Upload or take a picture your students can view!
Click on the "+" icon
Choose "Image"
Add an image using any of the following methods:
Search Google Images to find an image or add an Image URL
Drag & Drop, or click to upload images or PDFs saved on your device (Document files will be converted to image files when uploaded)
Select "Pick from Google Drive" to upload images or other documents directly from your Drive (Document files will be converted to image files when uploaded)
Select "Take a Photo" to take a picture using your device's built-in camera
Select "Draw Image" to manually create the image on our Drawing whiteboard
Note: There is a image/PDF/Doc file size limit of 500MB per upload for all direct uploads from your device.
For imports from Google Drive the image/PDF/Doc/Slides size limit is 500MB, and there is also a limit of 100 pages per import.
If your file is larger, please split it into smaller chunks and upload each portion separately.
When attempting to upload an unsafe file extension (ie .exe files) or other non-supported files, a "That file is not supported" notification will appear
Note: Free Teacher account holders have an uploading limit of 200 pages per month.
Note: Free Teacher account holders have an uploading limit of 200 pages per month.
What is Draw an Image?
Draw an Image is a Whiteboard functionality. It is a media content item that teachers create by typing, drawing, uploading background images, and using editor tools.
Choose "Draw an Image"
Click "Edit image (Drawing)"
Start drawing or select the image icon to upload an image from your files
**Note: Students cannot interact with this whiteboard/drawn image item, only view it. If you would like students to be able to type, draw, or upload to a whiteboard of their own, choose the Drawing question type.
Add Alt-Text to Image Content Item
Image Content Items support Alt-Text for screen readers. To add Alt-Text:
Once the image has been uploaded, click on the Accessibility icon at the top of the image box
Proceed to enter a description of the image for screen readers to process
If you prefer to use the image as decorative only, check mark the Decorative box and the screen reader will skip the image
PDF - Extract Questions and Text
When selecting a PDF file - our system will automatically convert the document into an Image file. You have an option to add the PDF and generate questions to go along with it using Formative's AI agent - Luna.
Once the PDF is done processing and has been converted into images:
Un-check the PDF pages you wish to exclude
Click 'Generate questions'
Proceed to select if answer choices, hints and/or aligned standards will be generated as well, and click 'Generate questions' again
Allow our AI agent some time to process your request
When Luna completes processing, the converted PDF pages will be added to the assignment as images, and text and questions from the PDF pages will be extracted into formative. You can edit and adjust these to your preference at any time
Other File Types - Generate Questions
When selecting other file types for upload, for example images, GIFs, etc. - clicking the 'Add and Generate Questions" button will redirect to a questions generating window, where multiple questions will be automatically generated based on context gathered from the content you uploaded.
You can select any of the generated questions to use in your assignment as is, edit them as needed, generate similar questions or generate completely new ones.
Adjusting the prompt fields will help Luna, our AI agent, to generate questions that are most suitable to your needs.
Once you're satisfied with the generated questions - make sure they are check-marked and click "Add"
