You can change multiple properties of selected items on the Batch Edit page.

Access the Batch Edit page

1. Select the Manage → Project Bank menu.
2. Enter Search criteria and click Retrieve Questions.

3. Select the desired items and click Batch Edit.

   As Project Manager, you do not have to move items 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 item, with the exception of Locked items, which must first be Cloned.

Edit multiple items at a time

1. Search for items.

   For details, refer to Search for Items.

   
   
   

2. Select the items you want to examine.

3. Click Batch Edit. The Batch Edit page appears.
   
   
   The Batch Edit page has the following features:

   Property	Changes you can make
   Blueprint ID	Select the Blueprint ID from a drop-down list to be applied to the selected items.
   References	Add references to the selected items.
   Shuffle Response	Enable (Yes) or disable (No) shuffle response for the selected items. If Not Set is selected, shuffle response is disabled.
   State	Change the state of the selected items.
   Part of Collection	Make the selected items part of an existing collection selected via a drop-down.
   Find and replace question text	Change the item text by using Find and replace Question text feature for all of the selected items. Insert the text to be replaced in Text to replace field, and insert the text to replace with in Text replace with field.
   Language	You can apply a language to all the selected items by selecting this check box. A drop-down appears listing all the languages from the current Item Bank for you to choose one.
   Exhibits - Add	You can assign either split screen or popup exhibits to the selected items. Enter the exhibit number into the Add Item text box. Click the name of the exhibit that is displayed. Click the Add Item button. The exhibit is added to the list below the Add Item text box.
   Exhibits - Remove	You can remove stand-alone exhibits from questions using the Exhibits - Remove batch edit option. Enter the exhibit number in the Add Item field. Click the name of the exhibit that is displayed. The exhibit is added to the list below the Add Item text box.
   Exhibit configuration	You can batch edit just the split screen exhibit configuration of items, without having to add exhibits. Value settings are enabled when the Change check box is selected for the Setting. If any of the values are changing on the selected items, a new revision for the item is created. If none of the values are changing on the selected items, a new revision is not created.
   Randomize Options	You can randomize the order of the answer options for the selected items.
   Add Calculator	You can add a calculator to the selected items. Note: If you add a calculator to an item, you must add the calculator to the Exam Level or you will receive a QTI Compilation error. See PearsonvueApplication (Calculator) topic for details on adding calculators to the exam level.
   Minimum Response	You can set the minimum number of correct response options a candidate can select for an MCQ, Multiple Correct Options item. See the Advanced Configuration Properties topic for details.
   Maximum Response	You can set the maximum number of correct response options a candidate can select for an MCQ, Multiple Correct Options item. See the Advanced Configuration Properties  topic for details.
   Blocktext Metadata	You can add blocktext metadata to a group of items.
   Clone Questions	Clones the selected items. Please note that the original item and its clone become enemies. The enemies of the original item also become the enemies of the cloned item. A confirmation pop-up window appears with check boxes for Statistics, Blueprint, or Metadata, which must be selected in order to transfer information related to these parameters from the original item to the cloned item. When you opt to de-select the Statistics check box, and the item has statistics associated with it via External ID, the statistics are not transferred to the cloned item, but the External ID is transferred to the cloned item. In the previous versions of ExamDeveloper, the statistics were transferred to the cloned item regardless of the state of the Statistics check box. You can opt via radio button to make the original Question Obsolete, so that only the cloned Question is active. You can select the second radio button to keep the original item active so that there are two active versions of the same item in the Item Bank. If the item being cloned is part of a Draft Exam Form/Section, a warning message is displayed mentioning the name of the Draft Exam Form/Section. This message is not displayed if the item is part of a published Exam Form/Section. Items in an Obsolete state can only be cloned with batch edits. No other actions under batch edits are permissible. For items that belong to a case, the cloned item is not part of the original case.
   Copy statistics from last version	Clicking this link copies the statistics from the last version of the item containing statistics, to the current version.
   Add Comment	Click the Add Comment button to add a comment for the Batch edit.

   
   
   

4. Select the property you want to edit. As you select a property, the editable fields for the property is displayed in the lower half of the page. You may only select one property at a time and make edits.
   
5. Edit the properties as required.
6. Click Preview Edits.
7. Batch Edit page is displayed notifying the user about the number of items affected and the criteria to be modified.
   
8. If you wish to edit more properties for the same selected set of items, click Re-Edit instead of Save. Once you have made the necessary edits, you can click Preview Edits to return to the page as in step 7 to finalize the batch edits.
9. Click Save to save the changes for the items selected from the Project Bank page.
   
10. Click Search for more Questions to navigate back to the Item Bank page to search for more items to be batch edited with the same changes.