The Test Name
field is for entering the
name the test. It is a long field so you can use descriptive names.
You can enter spaces, but do not use apostrophe or quotation marks.
This name appears on the top of the test when it displays in the
browser.
It is often useful to
prefix test names with a number such as 111-Title. Then use the same
number 111 as the Passcode. This makes it easy to remember the
Passcode and also organizes the tests when they are displayed in
the Test List according to the order of the codes.
The
Subtitle
field
is where you enter a description of the Title to make it clearer to students what the
test is all about. It will appear on the top of all tests below the
title.
The Test ID
field
is where you can enter an identification code for this test.
The ID must
consist of 1 word only and may not contain any spaces.
It can
include numbers or even the underscore. For example, 123, A123,
Test_1, and Test_One are all acceptable test codes. But "Test One"
or anything with a space is not acceptable.
The Test ID
is required to identify a test when a student wants to take it. If a
link is made to the test from course materials, it must contain this
code along with the test and the Student Area names. Click
HERE for more information on
making these links.
The
Authorfield is where you enter the name of the person
designing the test.
The
Student Instructions field appears at the top of the
test under the title. It can be as long as you need to explain to the
student how to take the test. Hyperlinks can be added both here and in
the test questions themselves using simple HTML commands.
The heading can also be used to present a problem or case study about
which the test questions relate.
The two Email
Results fields, when filled in with an email address, will send a copy of the
Test Results to the email addresses entered without the test-taker
knowing. For example, one could be sent to the teacher and another to
the principal or supervisor.
The Display Email check box,
when checked, displays an email field
at the top of the test so the student can fill-in his or her own email
address and get a copy of the Results Page.
The Add Questions and
Answers to Email check box, when checked, adds the questions and
student responses to every email sent out.
Note, it is possible in System Administration
to specify that an additional email with test results be sent out to a
designated address. This would apply to every test taken using RoboTutor on the
server.
The
Optional Fields 1, 2, and 3
will appear
at the top of the test if they are filled-in. These fields can be such
things as "Teacher", "Course", "Department",
etc. When students take a test,
these fields appear at the top of the test and must be filled-in. Teachers can use this
information to sort the database for specific information.
The fields can be left blank and they will not
appear on the test. The information students enter into these fields
go into the Student Area, but is not scored. Optional fields can
be used in the reports to sort student data.
To the right of each field
is a button that lets you create a drop-down menu to replace the text
box that would otherwise appear at the top of the test.
Once you have
created questions for the test, the next time you enter the Test Setup
page, you will see an option for selecting questions by Category.
Question Category
(Cat): refers to any name or number you
assign a question when you create it. For example, you may enter
200 questions for a course and organize them into subject area
categories. Or you may want to base categories on difficulty levels.
Category names are entered on the Question List page or on the Edit
Questions page.
Category Number (#)
When you select questions by Category, you enter how many in the "#" field. The maximum you can enter
is shown under Max.
Order: Questions can be displayed by category or randomly mixed together.
To have them appear randomly, leave
the Order and Heading fields blank.
To have them appear together, pick
the order in which they are to appear.
Heading:
Questions that appear together can have a heading displayed above
them. Enter the words for this heading in the "Heading" field.
The Cut-Off point for Passing
is the score a
student must get to pass the test. After students take a test, a
Results Page appears that tells whether the student passed or failed
the test.
The
Time Limit in Minutes field controls
whether the student has a restricted amount of time to take the test.
If any number greater than 0 is put in this box, then a timer will
appear on the test that shows the time remaining in
minutes. If the time expires before the student finishes the test,
then the test is automatically scored and entered into the student record. All
questions not answered are scored as wrong. Note, a time
remaining display appears on all tests when this feature is turned on
and floats in the upper right corner as the page is scrolled up and
down.
The
Number of Questions Selectedrequires you enter a number greater than 0 and no greater than the
number of questions you will have in the test. This is the number of
questions that will appear on the test.
The default is ALL and means to use all the questions that are entered
into the database for that test.
*Do NOT use the back button on your
browser to navigate around or you may get error messages, especially
in Netscape.
Advanced Features
There are a number of optional enhanced features organized into a separate
section called Advanced Features. You can access it by clicking the Advanced
Features button on the bottom of the test setup page.
Click on "Save" to save your changes
Click "Cancel" to exit to the
previous page.
Click the Set as Default
button to make your changes the default for all other tests.
Do NOT use the back button on your
browser to navigate around the Administration pages or you may get
error messages.
RANDOMIZE Questions.If this field is checked, then all the
choices below each question are randomly presented to the student. If
you do not check it, then the choices are presented in the same order
at which they are entered into the database.
TRANSCRIPT: Designate this test for printing on student transcript.
A number of menu options in Student Administration let you select just
the transcript tests for use in various analyses.
COMMENTS: Put a student comments box at
the end of the test.If this
field is checked, a text area field will appear at the end of
the test that invites students to make comments or complaints about
anything they want. The data is entered into the Test Area, but
otherwise not scored.
BORDERS:
Remove borders from around test questions.
This option is very useful in Surveys and tests where space is at a
premium. If you are only going to print the test for use in the
classroom, you have the option to remove borders at that time.
DISPLAY QUESTIONS
on screen
at a time.
If this option is
checked, then you can specify how many questions you want displayed on
the screen at one time.
Normally, the range
is from 1 to 30. If DISPLAY QUESTIONS is not checked, then any test
with more than 30 questions (upper limit) is automatically displayed in
sets equal to 30.
Note, the System
Administrator can change the upper limit of 30 by modifying the
Header.asp.
If there are multiple
Categories and they are set to display in a specified order, then
each screen will contain only the questions from one Category at a
time.
TUTORIAL:
Check this box if you want the test presented in
tutorial format.
Each question is displayed
on the screen 1 at a time and immediately scored before the next
question appears. The student can get feedback concerning why an
answer is wrong.
Show Tutorial
explanations: Check this box if you plan to
enter explanations when you create the questions.
Display the Back button so
students can return to the test after it is scored. Sometimes it is very useful to
let student return back to the test.
In Tutorial mode, the
student returns to the first question missed.
FREQUENCY: Number of times a student may take
this test. If set at 0,
then it is unlimited. If set at 1, then a student can only take it
once, and so on.
RESTRICT ACCESS to Students with a passing score in the
following test: The drop-down menu
lists all the tests in the database (except the one you are currently
editing). If you select one of these tests, then students cannot
take the test you are editing until they have a passing score on
the test you select in the drop-down menu. This feature makes it
possible to string any number of tests together so students must take
them in a specified order.
Show
the browser MENU BAR: If
this field is checked, then the test will appear in a regular browser
window. All the usual buttons such as the "Back" button and "Print"
button will be at the top of the screen. If you don't check this box,
then the test will appear in a new window without any of these
buttons. If you check this option, then you can also have the Results
Page display the incorrect answers for a test. Students use the back
button on the browser to return to the test and fix the errors.
Return
student to page with original test link:
Check this box if you are linking to a
test from another web page, Power Point presentation, or Word
document. Have your original link open the Log-In page in a NEW
window. By checking this box, the test will open in the same window as
the Log-In page. When the student closes it at the end, he will be
returned to the page with the original test link.
Remove the
CLOSE WINDOW button: Check this box if only if the original
link to the Log-In page does NOT open in a NEW window. Put a link at
the bottom of the Results page to where you want the student to
go next.
When students go to the Log-In page, they are required to
enter their name and password. The teacher has the option to set that up in advance, in which
case the student must enter it exactly as the teacher did. Or the teacher can
let the student enter a new name that is not currently in the student database.
If the 1st button is checked
(the default), the student can enter a new name. A page will then appear that
asks if it is correct. It also asks the student to enter the password again
for confirmation. This is useful when the teacher has new students and no time
to setup the names.
If the 2nd button is checked,
the student can enter a new name, but no confirmation is requested. This is
useful when doing surveys.
If the 3rd button is checked,
the name and password must be entered in advance by the teacher and the
student cannot access a test unless it is spelled exactly the same.
Background Color is
followed by a drop-down menu that lets you specify the background color for
the test. The default is white. The color appears only if no
background graphic has been selected.
Background Graphic
lets you specify a background graphic for this test. This graphic can
be uploaded from your own hard drive using Option 1 or linked to a
background on the web using Option 2.
To upload from your hard
drive, click on the Browse button and locate the graphic on
your hard drive. When you save the test, the graphic is uploaded to
the server and saved in the database. The maximum size of this graphic
is 25,000 bytes.
The Header Graphic option lets
you specify an animation, logo, or image to appear above or to the
left of the test title. This is what students will first see when the
take a test.
Option 1 lets you specify a graphic on the web.
To use this option, put the URL in this field and click Test Link to
make sure it is a good link. It is assumed this graphic is wide and so
it is placed above the title to the test.
Option 2 lets you locate a graphic on your own
hard drive and upload it to the Test Area. This graphic is
assumed to be small (max=25,000 bytes) and to the left of the title
and with a border around both. To remove this graphic, click the Remove button.
Note, the graphic will
appear on the page the next time to reload it.
If both Options 1 and 2 are selected, then
Option 2 takes precedence.
Click the Setup button to configure exactly how you want
this page to look. After setting up the Results Page, you will be
returned to the Advanced Features page.
There are 3 types of
Results Pages that can be displayed:
A
Results Page with Scores presents the student's name and score.
When Students Pass the Test:
The student's name appears at the top of the page.
Below the name you can insert a line of your choice
such as "Congratulations! You passed the test!"
Below this line you can insert a graphic. Six
animations are available to choose from, you can specify a link to an
address on the web, or you can upload a graphic to the Test Area.
The default is the jumping frog.
The test name and date appear next.
Below this line you can insert two more lines if you
want.
A line across the screen displays next. Below it you
can specify a final line. You can put the name of your institution
here or enter a link.
Change the text in
red to be what you want the link to say.
Change the text in
blue to be the address to the page where
you want students to go when clicking on the link.
You can used
HTML basic codes to modify any text
in the Result's page.
Finally, you can specify a sound file. This file must
be located somewhere on the web. The default is a midi file in the
"media" folder. There is no option to upload a sound file from your
PC.
When students fail the test, the options are almost
identical to the above.
The default for the 1st
line below the name is "A Score of 80%...."
It doesn't matter what
percent you put this line, it is automatically changed to match the
actual passing percentage point when the test is scored.
Display Category Scores
on the Results Page.
This option, when checked,
displays on the Result's page how the student did in EACH
category in addition to the overall score.
Have Results Page
provide feedback on questions answered incorrectly. If
checked, this option will put a button on the bottom of the Results
Page.
When clicked, it will
display one of these three:
Show questions missed
Show questions missed and
correct answers
Show questions missed and
tutorial comments
No matter which one of the
above is selected, it will always display any Commentary that has been
added to each question.
The Commentary is opened
by clicking on the hyperlinked number of the question to the left.
At the bottom of the screen:
You have the option to
view the Results Page you have designed, both Passing and Failing.
You can save your changes so they become the default
the next time anyone designs a test using this database.
You can click Submit and simply save your
changes for this test only.
A Results Page with Thank You is generally used with
Sliding Continuum surveys
and does not give the student's name or score. This Results Page does not give the student's name
and score. It is designed for use with Surveys and others types of
tests where a displayed score is not desirable.
At the top of the page you have the option to specify
what the page header says: the default is "Thank You."
As with other Results Pages, you can pick an
animations or upload a graphic.
You can specify 3 lines below the graphic.
A line across the screen displays
at the bottom. Below it you
can specify a final line. You can put the name of your institution
here or enter a link.
Change the text in
red to be what you want the link to say.
Change the text in
blue to be the address to the page where
you want students to go when clicking on the link.
You can used
HTML basic codes to modify any text
in the Result's page.
When you are finished with the design work, you save
it as the default for everyone else who will use this Test Area,
you can view the page, or simply save it for use with this test.
A Results Page with
Certificate presents the student with a Certificate if the test is
passed and his name and score if the test is not passed.
When Students pass the test a certificate appears:
You can specify at the top the title on the
certificate. If you want a specific font, color, or size, HTML
commands can be used.
As with other Results Pages, you can specify a graphic
already on the web or upload one to the Test Area.
Below the graphic you can specify a number of lines to
appear on the certificate.
You can add links to
the end of the Results Page or to the instructions at the top of a
test. Simply enter the following code.
Change the text in
red to be what you want the link to say.
Change the text in
blue to be the address to the page where
you want students to go when clicking on the link.
You can used
HTML basic codes to modify any text
in the Result's page.
When
Students fail the test a regular Results page with the student name
and score appears:
This page is setup in the same way as described above
under Results Page with Scores.
The default for the 1st
line below the name is "A Score of 80%...."
It doesn't matter what percent you put
this line, it is automatically changed to match the actual passing
percentage point when the test is scored.
When you are finished with the design
work, you can save it as the default for everyone else who will use
this Test Area, view the page, or simply save it for use with this
test.
It is possible and
often very desirable to make links to other web pages directly from
within a test. This feature is often used in Tutorial format so
students can use other sites to look up answers to the questions. Such
links also serve as a supplement to the learning materials provided in
the test tutorial. There are 6 places where such outside links can be
entered:
STUDENT
INSTRUCTIONS: At the top of the
test the instructions to the student can be customized when setting up
a test. To access this option, click Test Setup from the Question List
page. One or more links can be put here that reference other web
pages. These links would be used throughout the test.
TEST QUESTIONS:
All 10 question types have an area at
the top for writing the question. One or more test links can also be
put here that reference other web pages. These links would be used
only for this specific question.
TUTORIAL COMMENTS:
When writing specific test questions it is possible to enter comments
that the student can view when he or she answers a question
incorrectly. One or more test links can also be put here that
reference other web pages.
EXTENDED COMMENTARY:
When writing specific test questions it is possible to enter an
extended commentary that the student can view when he or she answers a
question incorrectly or at the end of the test.. One or more test
links can also be put here that reference other web pages.
CATEGORY HEADINGS:
A test can be designed so it has multiple categories with various
questions assigned to each. In Test Setup it is possible to enter
headings the precede the placement of questions in these categories on
the tests. This is often done when 2 or more questions refer to a
specific story or other materials. These headings can also have one or
more test links to outside web pages in them.
RESULTS PAGES: The
Results Pages can be customized with up to 3 lines of writing. These
lines usually contain only test. But it is also possible for them to
contain links to other pages. For example, it may be desirable to put
a link to pages where additional material can be found or where the
next course begins.
HOW DO YOU MAKE AN
OUTSIDE LINK?
You simply type in the
following code along with the other information you want to provide.
It will look like this in your test: For more information,
Click Here.
For more information,
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.robotutor.com/default.htm">Click
Here</a>.
The part in red
is what you will see in the test. The link itself is the words that
following the URL. You can change this for your application needs.
The part in blue
is the address. You need to change this address to the one where you want the
students to go.
The part in black is HTML that you must
type as shown. Do NOT change it. It is not seen in the test. It is what makes
it all work.
