Any question can be tagged with additional information to help you quickly create tests and find content. Question metadata assists you in keeping track of learning standards, question difficulty, topics, and more to ensure that your tests are meeting curriculum, school district, state, and other requirements.

When creating or editing a question, you can add any of your existing metadata. Metadata must be created before it can be added to a question. If you import a question bank, test, or RTF file into EchoExam, any associated metadata will be imported and automatically added to your metadata library.

There is no limit to the number of metadata tags you can use. Metadata is organized in a nested hierarchy. This hierarchy helps you group tags into broad themes. Creating relevant metadata within each that highlights specific topics, skills, or concepts ensures you can quickly sort and filter questions, making it easy to build targeted assessments or tests based on specific content areas. You must be logged into EchoExam to create, edit, and use metadata. 

Create a New Metadata

1. Click your profile icon and select Manage Account. 
2. Click Metadata from the navigation sidebar.
   

   Metadata is displayed.

   
3. Click New Metadata.
   

   The Add New Metadata modal opens.

4. In the Metadata field, enter the metadata text.
   

   You will see a warning if you attempt to add metadata that already exists.

5. Click Add, as shown in the figure below.
   

   The metadata is created.

Create New Metadata Under an Existing Tag

1. Click the New Metadata button.
   

   The Add New Metadata modal opens.

2. In the Metadata field, enter the metadata text.
3. From the Parent dropdown, choose an existing tag.
   

   You will see a warning if you attempt to add metadata that already exists.

4. Click Add, as shown in the figure below.
   

   The metadata is added to the selected parent tag.

Single Metadata Actions

Take action on a single metadata to make changes without impacting other metadata that have been created / imported.

For any single metadata, click the vertical action menu and select an action.

• Edit Tag - Opens the Edit Metadata modal to update the metadata text. Edits will automatically be applied to all questions tagged with that metadata.
  

  The metadata is automatically checked to ensure it is unique.

• Move - Opens the Move Metadata modal. Enter a New Location for the metadata and select the new category from the available options. Click Save.
• Duplicate - Creates a copy of the selected metadata with Copy (1) - prepended on the metadata text.
  

  If the metadata has been copied before and already exists with Copy (1) -  prepended, duplicates are prepended with Copy (2) - , Copy (3) - , etc. to prevent save errors.

• Delete - Opens a confirmation window to ensure you do not accidentally delete metadata. Click Continue to proceed.

Bulk Metadata Actions

Bulk Metadata actions allow you to take action on multiple metadata quickly to make similar changes.

When multiple metadata are selected, the bulk action bar displays the following:

• An indicator for the number of selected metadata.
  • Each page displays 25 metadata by default. Page navigation controls display in the lower right corner of your browser window. Use the dropdown under the table to change the metadata displayed to 50, 100, or 250.
• Deselect All - Removes selection from all metadata and closes the bulk action bar
• Duplicate - Creates a copy of the selected metadata with Copy (1) - prepended on the metadata text.
  

  If the metadata has been copied before and already exists with Copy (1) -  prepended, duplicates are prepended with Copy (2) - , Copy (3) - , etc. to prevent save errors.

• Delete - Opens a confirmation window to ensure you do not accidentally delete metadata. Click Continue to proceed.

Edit / View Metadata in the Question or Test Editor

When creating or editing a question, you can update the associated metadata tag to ensure your questions can be tracked back to topics, standards, etc.

From the Question / Test Editor

1. Open a question from the Question tab or a test from the My Tests tab and select a question.
2. Click the Metadata tab on the right side panel.
   

   Metadata is shown.

3. Click the X to remove the metadata tag from the question.
4. Click Add Metadata.
   

   The Add Metadata modal opens and all available metadata is shown.

5. Use the Search box to find existing metadata.
   

   You must add new metadata before adding it to an existing question.

6. Select the specific metadata.
   

   If a metadata tag is already associated with the question, it will already be selected.

7. Click Save.