Formatting Passages
TAG Test Item Bank
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Inserting HTML
HTML code can be inserted into any question stem within TAG. Custom codes can also be added to the answers for only single or multiple response item types.
To add custom code, put the cursor inside the text box and move from Design to HTML view by selecting the button at the bottom of the question or answer stem.
From the Design view, you can use the Edit in Full Screen Mode icon on the toolbar to provide more space to view the code.
Revise and Edit
Revise and Edit passages should have additional spacing between lines.
Click the HTML button at the bottom of the Selection(s) text entry box after pasting in your text.
From HTML view include style=”lineheight: 3;” inside of the start of the paragraph tag.
The only supported value for double spacing is 3.
Sentences should be numerically numbered; numbers should be in parenthesis.
Paragraph numbers - add 5 spaces before and 1 space after number in parenthesis.
Select the Design button to exit out of the HTML view and to preview how the passage will appear for students.
Paired Passages
Note: Page breaks are only necessary if you are printing out tests. For online tests, this is not something you need to worry about.
Control where page breaks fall between paired passages by using the following code in the paragraph tags from the HTML view.
<p style=”page-break-after: always;”>nbsp;</p> - Adds a page break after the paragraph.
<p style=”page-break-before: always;”>nbsp;</p> - Adds a page break before the paragraph.
Print - View how passage will look in printed form. Use the controls to print or save the passage as a PDF.
Poems
Click the HTML button at the bottom of the Selection(s) text entry box after pasting in your text.
From HTML view include style ="lineheight: 1.5," inside of the start of the paragraph tag. Ex. <p style="lineheight: 1.5,">
With poems, every 5th line is numbered counting by 5's. Each number should be italicized.
The beginning letter of each row/line should align with the starting letter of the prior row/line.
Select the Design button to exit out of the HTML view. Save and select the Print button to preview the passage.