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title: "Hot Text"
slug: "hot-text"
updated: 2025-04-25T22:06:34Z
published: 2025-04-25T22:06:34Z
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# Hot Text

To create an interactive response question, begin by [creating a new test](/v1/docs/options-for-creating-assessments) in **Aware** or open an existing test to add new questions.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:**Assessments with interactive response questions can be [printed as test booklets only](/v1/docs/print-and-preview-settings-for-district-and-campus-assessments). Answer documents are not available for these question types. This test is not scannable, nor will it have student IDs, class numbers, or any other information. Teachers must use the [**Enter Answers**](/v1/docs/using-the-enter-answers-feature) feature to manually input student responses for students taking a paper version of the assessment.

## **Creating a Hot Text Question**

In hot text questions, students select part of the question to answer the prompt. [TEA suggests](/v1/docs/technology-enhanced-items-tei-hb-3906) hot text for use in reading, language arts, and social studies assessments, but hot text is available for any assessment.

### **Quick Guide**

1. When working on an assessment, go to the **Questions** tab and do the following:
  - If this is the first time adding a question, select the **Interactive Item Types** button.
  - If adding more questions, select the **Plus** sign and choose **Interactive Item Types** from the drop-down menu.
2. Select **Hot Text**.
3. Use the text box and controls to enter the question prompt.
4. Select **Continue**.
5. Select the correct response(s).
6. When complete, select **Create / Update**.

### **Illustrated Guide**

**Step 1:**When creating or editing an assessment in Aware, navigate to the **Questions** tab and do the following:

- If this is the first time adding a question to the assessment, select the **Interactive Item Types** button.
- If you want to add more questions to an existing assessment, select the **Plus** sign above or below an existing question and choose **Interactive Item Types** from the drop-down menu.

![Interactive Item Types from new.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013450698647.png)

![Interactive Item Types from add.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013450702231.png)

**Step 2:** On the **Choose your interaction type** step, select**Hot Text**from the available question types.

![interactive_response_question_types.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/4403864426007.png)

**Step 3:**On the**Construct your question** step, use the text box and controls to enter the prompt for the question.

![construct question.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013732979351.png)

For **Hot Text** questions using math equations, reference the [Creating and Editing Equations](/v1/docs/hot-text#creating-and-editing-equations) section below.

**Step 4:**Select the **Continue** button to move on to the next step.

**Step 5:**Select the correct response(s). Selecting any of the blue checkmarks above the creation steps will return you to that step. The directions for each question are automatically updated to correspond with the settings selected on the right side of the panel, shown below. Note that the answers selected as correct will appear in a darker blue highlight.

![add interactions.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013732981143.png)

To allow an unlimited number of answers, enter 0 in the Max choices field.

**Step 6:**Review the preview and then select **Create** or **Update** to save the assessment question.

## **Creating and Editing Equations**

**Step 1:** Enter your interactive test question text.

**Step 2:** Select the **Add Placeholder** **Response** button for each response desired, but leave each box empty.

![construct question with fractions.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013732983575.png)

**Step 3:**Select **Continue**.

**Step 4:** On **Add interactions to the question**, edit each placeholder item to display the appropriate equation.

Use the **Add Math** button to enter the desired equations. Under **Text-to-speech Override**, add optional alternate text that students with Text-to-Speech support will hear when the math is read aloud. For example, the answer choice **½**could be read aloud as “one-half” instead of “half.”

![add math.gif](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013744218519.png)

Do not edit the text that appears after selecting **Update**. Use the question preview area on the left side of the screen to determine if the question is formatted correctly, not the encoded text on the right.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** As long as the equation looks correct on this third/final question preview screen, the equation will appear correctly to students. Equations occasionally appear incorrectly formatted on step 2 (construct your question).

**Step 5:** Review the preview and then select **Create** or **Update** to save the assessment question.

## **Student Experience**

Students see the hot text question during online testing. Selected answers turn dark blue.

![student_preview.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/1500017251382.png)

## **Data Analysis**

### **Viewing Responses in Quick Views**

**Question Type** is available in **Quick Views**. Access **Quick Views** through the navigation bar or through the **Quick Views** card.

![Quick Views.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013732985623.png)

Once in **Quick Views**, use the search field to find and select the assessment(s) you want to analyze. Choose the **Student Individual Responses** template from the drop-down menu. Select **Apply** to continue.

![Student Individual Responses.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/27013732987031.png)

In data analysis, interactive items will be indicated next to the scores for each question. Teachers can view the exact question asked on the [**Enter Answers**](/v1/docs/using-the-enter-answers-feature) screen and modify student answers if needed.

![TEI_data_analysis.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/14612187188375.png)

### **Show or Hide the Question Type Column**

If the table does not display the type of question, you can customize which columns appear or do not appear from the **Edit** menu. Select the **Columns** tab, and then expand the **Responses** folder. Drag the **Question Type** option to the empty space on the right side of the screen. Then, select **Update**to apply your changes. For more information, see [Editing Data Views as a Teacher](/v1/docs/editing-data-views-as-a-teacher).

![Question_type_data_analysis_column.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/17005872736535.png)

The **Question Type** column shows the type of question asked and the corresponding question number.

![new_data_analysis_question_type_detail_view.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/17005843526295.png)

### **Allowing Teachers to Answer and Score Assessment Questions**

For district- and school-level tests, the **Questions teachers can answer and score** option must be set to **All Questions** to enable editing privileges. Locate this setting in **Administration > Collection > General Settings** when authoring or editing an assessment in Aware.

![teachers_all_questions_toggle.png](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/17005872742551.png)

## **Additional Information**

Visit the [Interactive Item Types FAQ](/v1/docs/interactive-item-types-faq) for more information.