Messages will appear when creating or editing an item to notify you of any alerts or warnings for the test item you are working on. While a test is in a draft state, you can work on new items before finalizing previous items. However, draft tests can be moved to the Ready to Schedule state only when all required alerts are resolved. Tests can be scheduled with unresolved warnings, but not with unresolved alerts.
The following table lists some common alerts and warnings. It is not a comprehensive list of all warnings and alerts.
If a required alert appears, you must resolve it before scheduling the test.
Yes
Appears in red text below required fields. Select or enter all required content.
At least one answer must be selected as correct
Select a correct answer using the checkboxes.
Standard alignment is required
Yes
Select a standard using the standard picker (click Select Standards).
Incomplete
Yes
The item is missing a required field. This alert appears when hovering over the alert icon for an item when editing a test.
Assign at least one point to an answer choice.
Primary alignment is not from preferred standards document
Appears when the standard you select using the standard picker is from a different standard set than the preferred standards used in test creation.
Fix the errors in the highlighted tabs
Yes
For item types with gaps or containers, fix any errors that appear in the answer choice tabs.
Multiple correct answers (multiple choice)
No
Make sure only one answer is selected as correct.
The question must contain at least one gap (gap match and graphic gap match)
Yes
Click Insert New Gap in the question content area to add gaps.
At least one correct answer choice per gap is required (gap match and graphic gap match)
Yes
Make sure each gap has at least one correct answer.
Other alerts
This table is not comprehensive. You may see other alerts for specific item types that need to be resolved.
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