Adding audio to an item set

You can add audio to item sets in Item Authoring. Audio can be used to support question content or to aid candidates with accessibility requirements. Audio files added to item sets appear above or below each item’s question stem when they are delivered to candidates in a test.

This article explains how to add audio to item sets, including how to configure audio player options.

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1. Go to your item set’s Edit screen

Select an item set in your subject to open it and go to the Edit screen.

2. Open the Select Media dialog

Select Select Media on the Edit screen to open the Select Media dialog. The Select Media dialog is populated with media from your subject’s media library. For more information about the media library, read About the Surpass media library.

3. Choose your audio

Search for your audio file and select Add media to item. You can preview your audio file before adding it to your item.

If you want to add another audio file to your item, select Add Media Item on the Edit screen.

To delete an audio file from your item, select Remove media from this item on the Edit screen.

Finding media

By default, files in the Select Media dialog are ordered alphabetically by name. To find a specific media file, you can search or re-order files.

Type into the search bar to filter the Select Media dialog in real time. Surpass looks up your search string in media files’ names.

Use the Order by menu to re-order the contents of the Select Media dialog by the most recently updated first (Last Updated), file names in alphabetical order (Title), or file types in alphabetical order (Type).

4. Configure audio player

If you add an MP3 or MP4 file to your item, you can configure how the media player behaves in the test driver. For more information on using the video player from a candidate’s perspective, read Listening to audio in the test driver.

Select Additional Options to open the options menu.

Expand the following section for an explanation of the audio player’s available options.

5. Choose a media layout

You can determine the audio’s layout by selecting a Choose Layout option. Audio added to item sets can be positioned above or below each item’s individual question text when they are added to an item set.

Refer to the following table for more information on each layout option.

Icon	Setting	Description
	Automatically scale media and place above the question text	Displays media above the item set’s shared text.
	Automatically scale media and place below the question text	Displays media below the item set’s shared text.

6. Save and close your item set

Select Save  to save your item set to your subject.

Select Close  to leave the Edit screen. If you have unsaved changes, you are prompted to either save or discard them.

7. Add items to your item set

When adding items to your item set, you can view the audio above or below the question text of all items in the item set.