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Previewing questions in Inspera Assessment is essential to ensure they display and function as intended for candidates. 

This article explains how to access the question preview and provides guidance on testing scoring rules for automatically marked questions.

The purpose of preview

The preview function allows you to verify that your question displays properly, especially if it contains images, mathematical formulas (LaTeX), or other rich content. It also enables you to check that the scoring rules you've defined work correctly.

How to preview questions

You can preview questions from two main locations:

1. From Question Lists:
   • Go to Author and select Question or Question sets.

   • Select a Question and click Preview.

     

2. From Edit Mode:
   • While in the question's edit mode, click the preview icon in the top right corner.

Testing correct answers

The preview functionality is crucial for verifying that the correct answers for automatically marked questions are well-defined and that your scoring rules calculate scores as intended. This is especially important for more complex questions, which might contain multiple interaction elements.

1. Answer the question in the preview mode as a candidate would.
2. Click Check answer at the bottom of the preview. This will display the calculated score for your answers.
3. If you wish to test a different answer combination on the same question, click Try again next to the displayed score.