After authoring the content of an item, you must enter rationales for each of them. The stem/stimulus rationale provides an explanation for the inclusion of that particular exam question in an exam, while answer choice rationales provide reasons why each of the choices is being offered to the exam taker for that particular question.
1. Navigate to the Rationale tab (highlighted in green, below):
2. Enter the rationale for the item in the Item Rationale field, and then enter rationales for each of the item's answer choices in the Answer Choice Rationale fields. When entering item rationales, you can format and spell check text, plus add tables, images, and symbols. In the example below, the user has entered all rationales:
