Hotspot - Click the picture

Hotspot questions are used to identify elements in pictures. For example, if you have a picture of the body's internal organs, you can ask participants to identify and click on the spleen. In the above example, the participants are asked to click on the tenderloin on a picture of an ox. It would be difficult to explain in words where the tenderloin is located. This question type is applicable to a wide range of courses. In geography you can click on maps, in anatomy you can identify the body's internal organs, and so on.

Participants submit answers by clicking the Submit button. Depending on the test settings, participants cannot see whether the answer was correct until either the Submit button is clicked, until after the test is finished, until the teacher decides, or participants may never be allowed to see the answer at all.

Hotspot questions are added in three steps: formulate a question, upload the hotspot picture and create the hotspot.

Question

The question is an introductory text to the picture. In the question, you must formulate what the participant should look for in the picture. The example below is similar to the question in the screenshot above:

Uploading the picture

You must upload the picture to which you want to add the hotspot, from your computer. If the picture is large, you can let itslearning resize it automatically. To upload a picture, click the Upload new image button. You can select a picture from Your web files, or insert a link to a picture. The image appears in the add test overview when you have uploaded it.

Creating the hotspot

When creating the hotspot area, you can select from three different shapes: a square, a circle and a freehand tool. You can add as many hotspots on a picture as you want.

• Rectangle marker: Click the square shaped icon, click on the area on the picture where you want the hotspot to appear, hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse until you see a square-shaped area. The square defines the area the participant must click to score. You can add as many hotspots as you want.
• Circle marker: Click the circle icon, click on the area on the picture where you want the hotspot to appear, hold down the mouse button and drag the mouse until you see a circle. The circle defines the area the participant must click to score.
• Freehand marker: The freehand marker, which is used in the picture below, allows you to draw a freehand area on the picture. Click the freehand (lasso) icon, and click on the spot you want to start the hotspot. Continue clicking until you have drawn a region around the object you want the participants to click. You must close the region by clicking back to the first spot you created. This spot is red. When the region is closed, the dots disappear from the hotspot. In the example below, the hotspot on the tenderloin to the right is closed while the hotspot around the rib is not closed.

1. Click on a test.
2. Click the Questions tab.
3. Click Add.
4. Click Hotspot - Click the picture.
5. Enter the question in the first text area.
6. Upload the image to which you are going to add a hotspot.
7. If the picture is large, it may be smart to check the box in front of Scale image for a student to prevent scrolling. This automatically resizes the picture.
8. Create the hotspot (see the instructions under The structure of hotspot questions above).
9. Click Save.

Preview
Before you save a question, itslearning allows you to preview it. To preview the question, click Preview. By clicking the preview link, you can see the question from the participants' perspective. Submit an answer to see how the feedback looks for a correct and incorrect answer. Click the Back link to continue editing the question.

1. Click on a test.
2. Click the Questions tab.
3. Click on the question you want to edit.
4. Make your changes.
5. Click Save.

1. Click on a test.
2. Click the Questions tab.
3. Select the question you want to delete by checking the box in front of the question.
4. Click Delete question.