Step!1:!!Log!onto!https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/instructor!once!NMSI!has!approved!you!as!an!instructor.!!!
Click!here!
to!get!
started!
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Step!2:!!Create!a!New!Course!
Click!here!to!create!a!course.!!!
One!per!class!period!works!best!!
The!next!screen!follows…!
Step!3:!Choose!course!NAME,!course!UNIQUE!NUMBER,!course!START!AND!END!DATE
Name!your!course!and!choose!a!unique!#!
for!your!course.!!The!system!will!let!you!
know!if!it’s!already!taken.!!
Be!sure!and!select!
an!end!date!beyond!
the!last!day!of!
school!in!2009!!
Add!your!e"mail!
address!and!click!
UPDATE!
Step!4:!!Make!your!grading!decisions!then!press!the!“Save!Changes”!button!
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Step!5:!Initiate!creating!a!NEW!ASSIGNMENT!
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Press!here!to!get!started.!
The!next!screen!follows…!
Step!6:!!Name!your!Assignment.!If!you!plan!to!have!more!than!one!assignment!in!a!teaching!unit,!
consider!using!numbers!at!the!end!of!the!name.!!Give!thought!to!the!due!date!!!The!default!is!one!week!
from!the!start!date.!!You!may!wish!to!lengthen!or!shorten!it.!!!NMSI!due!dates!are!Sept.!2009—change!
them!to!suit!your!needs.!
Use!this!to!import!
assignments!from!another!
unique!course!number.!
Make!sure!you!NEVER!release!the!solutions!
prior!to!the!assignment!being!DUE!!!!
Also,!randomizing!question!order!makes!it!
more!difficult!to!discuss!the!assignment!
later.!!Use!that!option!sparingly.!
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Step!7:!!Add!some!questions…!
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Select!your!“Area”!if!you!
have!more!than!one.!!I!
chose!physics!as!my!
primary,!but!can!choose!
any!of!my!other!areas!as!
well.!!!
Select!the!chapter!
from!the!UT!TOC.!!
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Tell!the!system!
where!to!find!your!
questions.!!
To!select!all!the!
sections,!click!and!
drag!down!the!list!to!
highlight!all.!Click!
the!“Go”!button!
when!you!are!ready
Questions!will!display.!!You!can!click!
on!the!question!title!to!view!the!
questions,!but!it!is!slow!!!I!prefer!
choosing!from!a!hard!copy!of!the!
“Homework!Service!Book!of!
Problems”.!!!
Your!chosen!questions!will!display.!!
Don’t!be!alarmed!if!you!see!no!
evidence!of!“action”!when!you!click!
the!blue!arrow!to!select!a!question.!!
Click!the!“Done!adding”!button!
when!you!are!finished.
There!are!several!item!to!examine!before!proceeding:!!1)!!Is!that!the!due!date!
you!want?!2)!Is!that!the!solution!date!you!want?!!!Use!!
Edit!settings”!to!make!changes.!3)!NOTE!that!you!are!not!finished!as!long!as!you!
see!“Not!Published”!in!this!box!!
Once!you!
are!satisfied!
with!your!
selections!
and!wish!to!
be!done,!
Click!
Click!“preview”!and!
save!or!print!a!copy!!!!
This!is!your!KEY!!!!
You!can!still!add!
questions!if!you!wish.!
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Step!8:!!Print!the!“Preview”!which!is!your!ANSWER!KEY!and!Publish!the!assignment.!!!!
One!last!chance!to!
“abort”!or!see!that!
“Preview”!which!is!
your!answer!key.!
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