To use secure photo hosting with Flickr for adding an image to a test question:

  • Go into your Flickr settings and make your images available for sharing
    • Click the camera icon in the upper right hand corner
    • Click Settings
    • Click Privacy and Permissions
    • Make sure the following settings are set
      • Who can access your original image files? - ANYONE
      • Allow others to share your stuff - YES
  • Upload your photo or open your previously uploaded photo
  • Click the Share This Photo icon


  • Under Code select BBCode
  • Select Original for the image size
  • Copy the link detail provided
  • Paste the link detail that you copied into a text editor such as Notepad or Textedit
  • Copy the link to the image from the text editor


  • Paste the copied link into the insert image for your question

Another way to do it from Flickr would be:

  • Go into your Flickr settings and make your images available for sharing
    • Click the camera icon in the upper right hand corner
    • Click Settings
    • Click Privacy and Permissions
    • Make sure the following settings are set
      • Who can access your original image files? - ANYONE
      • Allow others to share your stuff - YES
  • Upload your photo or open your previously uploaded photo
  • Click the Share This Photo icon


  • Under Code select HTML
  • Select Original for the image size
  • Copy the embed code provided
  • Paste the embed code into the question detail source code editor



  • Click the OK button