5.4.4 Editing Properties of Multiple Questions

You can change multiple properties of selected questions on the Batch Edit page, which you access by clicking Batch Edit on the Search Questions page.

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As Project Administrator (ie Manager) for a project, you do not have to move questions back to the "Review" state if you are the one who is going to make the changes. You can make changes using the Question Bank page regardless of the state of the question, with the exception of "Locked" questions, which must first be Cloned.

To edit multiple questions at a time:

Search for questions.
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For details, refer to Searching Questions.
Select the questions you want to examine.
Click Batch Edit. The Batch Edit page comes up.

The Batch Edit page has the following features:

Property	Changes you can make
Blueprint Id	Select the Blueprint ID of the questions from a drop-down list.
Reference	Add references used by the questions.
Option Location	Select to randomize the positioning of the options when the question is presented to examinees.
Comments	Add comments to the questions.
State	Change the state of the questions.
Metadata	To add the contents for the selected metadata type/types.
Labels	Add a search label to all of the questions, either by selecting from the list of existing labels or by adding a new search label. You may also choose to remove all existing search labels associated with the questions.
Part of Collection	Change membership of questions within question collections
Find and replace question text	Change the question text by using Find and replace question text feature. Write the text to be replace in Text to replace field and write the text to replace with, in Text replace with field.
Block	Add block name to the question.
Category	Add new category to the question. Icon Please note that the categories which has been added will get listed. By clicking on icon user can delete the category from the list
Check Box	If you check out the check box, the question metadata will show "Yes".
Check metadata	Add new metadata to the question. Icon Please note that the metadata's which has been added will get listed. By clicking on icon user can delete the metadata from the list.
Dropdown	User can select content by dropdown. Also user can add content and it gets added in the dropdown list. Icon Please note that the dropdown list contents cannot be deleted.
Exam Type	Add new Exam type to the question. Icon Please note that the Exam types which has been added will get listed. By clicking on icon user can delete the exam type from the list.
Key	Add new key to the question. Icon Please note that the key which has been added will get listed. By clicking on icon user can delete the key from the list.
Keyword	Add new Keyword to the question. Icon Please note that the keywords which has been added will get listed. By clicking on icon user can delete the keyword from the list.
Multiselect	User can select content by scrolling. Also user can add content and it gets added in the multiselect list. Icon Please note that the multiselect list contents cannot be deleted.
Radlex	User can select the Radlex from the Select Radlex Item hyperlink. Icon Please note that the addition of new radlex is not allowed. By clicking on icon, the user can delete the radlex from the list.
Single	User can add the content with images.

4. Select the properties you want to edit. As you keep selecting properties, the editable fields for each property show up in the lower half of the page.

5. Edit the properties as required.

6. Click Preview Edits.

7. Batch Edit page will be displayed notifying the user about the number of questions affected, and the criteria to be modified for the questions.

8. Click Save, to save the changes for the questions selected from the Project Bank page.

9. Click Re-Edit to edit more properties; to change the properties selected, for the same set of questions selected from the Project Bank page.

10. Click Search for more questions, to navigate back to the Question Bank page.

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You can also Clone Questions from the Batch Edit page.

5.4.4 Editing Properties of Multiple Questions

To edit multiple questions at a time:

Property

Changes you can make