Getting Started With ExamView Test Builder

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ExamView Test Generator

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Getting Started WithExamView Test Builder

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GETTING STARTED WITH EXAMVIEW TEST BUILDER........................................................................1 WHAT IS EXAMVIEW® ASSESSMENT SUITE?........................................................................................................2 WHAT IS THE EXAMVIEW TEST GENERATOR?......................................................................................................2 START THE EXAMVIEW TEST GENERATOR...........................................................................................................2 CREATE A NEW TEST WITH THE QUICKTEST WIZARD.........................................................................................2 SAVE A NEW TEST ....................................................................................................................................................6 CLOSE A TEST ...........................................................................................................................................................7 OPEN AN EXISTING TEST.........................................................................................................................................7 IDENTIFY THE TEST SECTIONS...............................................................................................................................8

Header.....................................................................................................................................................................8 Footer ......................................................................................................................................................................9 Test Title..................................................................................................................................................................9 Question Type Header and Instructions ...............................................................................................................10 Questions ..............................................................................................................................................................11 Answer Section .....................................................................................................................................................11

USE THE QUESTION SELECTION METHODS .......................................................................................................12 QuickTest Wizard..................................................................................................................................................12 Select Randomly ...................................................................................................................................................12 Select From a List .................................................................................................................................................15 Select While Viewing.............................................................................................................................................17 Select By Standard ...............................................................................................................................................18 Select By Criteria ..................................................................................................................................................20 Select All ...............................................................................................................................................................23

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EDIT AN EXISTING TEST.........................................................................................................................................24 Add an Additional Question...................................................................................................................................24 Add a New Question .............................................................................................................................................24 Edit a Question......................................................................................................................................................25 Reorder Questions ................................................................................................................................................26 Delete Questions...................................................................................................................................................27 Adjust Choices and Columns................................................................................................................................28 Assign Point Values to Test Questions.................................................................................................................29

CUSTOMIZE THE APPEARANCE OF A TEST.........................................................................................................31 Layout Options ......................................................................................................................................................31 Style Options.........................................................................................................................................................36 Style Gallery ..........................................................................................................................................................41 Default Instructions ...............................................................................................................................................42 Custom Headers and Footers ...............................................................................................................................44 Font Size and Type ...............................................................................................................................................45

PRINT A TEST AND AN ANSWER KEY ...................................................................................................................46 Select the Print Test Options ................................................................................................................................47 Select the Print Options ........................................................................................................................................48

SET UP A TEST FOR USE WITH A SCANNER........................................................................................................48 What is the ExamView Test Manager?.................................................................................................................48 Create a New Class ..............................................................................................................................................49 Enter Student Information Manually......................................................................................................................50 Save a New Class.................................................................................................................................................51 Import Student Information from Another File.......................................................................................................52 Prepare a Test to Be Scored with a Scanner........................................................................................................54 Get Results from a Scanner..................................................................................................................................56 Manually Score Questions ....................................................................................................................................57 Generate Reports..................................................................................................................................................58

CLOSE THE EXAMVIEW TEST MANAGER.............................................................................................................58 CLOSE THE EXAMVIEW TEST GENERATOR ........................................................................................................59 CHECKLIST SUMMARY...........................................................................................................................................60

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CONTENTS What is ExamView Assessment Suite? What is the ExamView Test Generator? Start the ExamView Test Generator Create a New Test with the QuickTest Wizard Save a New Test Close a Test Open an Existing Test Identify the Test Sections Use the Question Selection Methods Edit an Existing Test Customize the Appearance of a Test Print a Test and an Answer Key Set Up a Test for Use With a Scanner Close the ExamView Test Manager Close the ExamView Test Generator Checklist Summary

OBJECTIVES After you complete this section, you will be able to do the following:

Explain the purpose of the ExamView Assessment Suite, the ExamView Test Builder, and the ExamView Test Manager.

Start and exit the Test Generator and the Test Manager. Create, open, view, navigate, edit, save, and close a test. Identify the test sections. Use the seven question selection methods to build a test. Customize the appearance of a test. Print a test and an answer key. Create and save a new class in the Test Manager. Enter student information manually and import student information from another file. Prepare a test to be scored with a scanner, get results from a scanner, and manually score questions.

Generate and view reports in the Test Manager.

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WHAT IS EXAMVIEW® ASSESSMENT SUITE? The ExamView® Assessment Suite is a family of software products that creates assessment questions and tests for K-12 classrooms, universities, and corporations.

•• The ExamView Assessment Suite is comprised of the Test Generator, Test Manager, and Test Player.

oo Instructors use the Test Generator to create and manage assessment items, study guides, and tests.

oo Instructors use the Test Manager to view reports of test results.

oo Students use the Test Player to take tests that have been placed on a local area network (LAN).

•• The ExamView Assessment Suite can save you hours of work each week and significantly improve how you create and administer tests, worksheets, and study guides, resulting in improved student learning and more accurate student progress assessment.

WHAT IS THE EXAMVIEW TEST GENERATOR? The ExamView Test Generator is a powerful assessment tool for creating questions and building tests, worksheets, and study guides in any subject area. The ExamView Test Generator includes two components: Question Bank Editor and Test Builder.

•• The Question Bank Editor allows you to create your own question banks or to edit questions in the ExamView Learning Series (22 grade-level products with more than 8,400 questions in math, science, social studies, and reading) or an existing publisher-supplied question bank.

oo A question bank (or a bank) is a database of up to 250 questions from which you can make selections to be included on a test.

oo A question bank can include questions from any of the 14 different question types, including multiple choice, true/false, short answer, and completion.

•• The Test Builder allows you to create a test from questions in the Question Bank Editor and to print and save a test.

oo A test is a series of formatted questions of one or more question types.

•• Question banks are the source files of questions that appear on a test.

oo You should make any permanent changes to questions at the source (i.e., in the question bank), not on a test.

oo If you make changes to questions on a test, those changes will not be reflected in the question bank.

START THE EXAMVIEW TEST GENERATOR You can launch the ExamView Test Generator program in one of two ways: (1) click Start and select ExamView Test Generator on the Start menu or point to All Programs, select ExamView Pro Test Generator, and select ExamView Test Generator or (2) double-click the shortcut icon on the desktop.

Important: If this is the first time you are running ExamView Test Generator, you will be prompted to enter your name, organization name, and city/state.

CREATE A NEW TEST WITH THE QUICKTEST WIZARD Within a few minutes, you can create a test in ExamView. The fastest, easiest way to build a test is to use the QuickTest Wizard.

Step 1: Start ExamView Test Generator .

•• ExamView Test Generator is commonly referred to simply as ExamView.


•• Make sure that your state (Edit | Preferences) is set to FL. The existing question banks used in this section were built using Learning Series FCAT questions.

•• The Test Builder is the ExamView component in which you create tests, quizzes, and worksheets.

oo To create a test, quiz, or worksheet, you will select questions from existing question banks.

•• The QuickTest Wizard is one of the seven methods available for building a test in the Test Builder.

Step 2: Select Create a new test using the QuickTest Wizard and click OK. (See Figure 1.)

Figure 1 ExamView Test Generator – Startup menu

•• Each test title should be descriptive and unique.

•• Each test title appears at the top of the printed test.

Step 3: Enter QuickTest Training in the Test title field.

Step 4: Click Next.

•• Select the folder and the question banks from which to choose the test questions.

oo The default folder location is ExamView | Banks.

oo Navigate to the appropriate subfolder within ExamView | Banks, or browse to find a folder in another location, if necessary.

oo To select a folder, click the folder name and click Open, or double-click the folder name.

Step 5: Navigate to the ExamView | Banks | Training folder.

Step 6: Select the Biology folder.

•• To select a question bank, click the bank name and click Select, or double-click the bank name.

Step 7: Select Biology – Chapter 1. (See Figure 2.)


Figure 2 QuickTest Wizard – Select a question bank

•• To remove a question bank, click the bank name and click Remove, or double-click the bank name.

Step 8: Remove Biology – Chapter 1.

•• To select more than one question bank at a time, press and hold CTRL and click the bank names. Then, click Select.

Step 9: Select Biology – Chapter 1 and Biology – Chapter 3 at the same time.

•• To remove all the question banks, click Remove All.

Step 10: Click Remove All to remove Biology – Chapter 1 and Biology – Chapter 3.

•• To select all the question banks in the folder, click Select All.

Step 11: Click Select All to select all three question banks.

•• Navigate to another folder to select additional question banks, if necessary.

Step 12: Click Up one level and select the Chemistry folder.

Step 13: Select Chemistry – Chapter 1. Then, click Next.

•• Select the number of questions for each question type to include on the test.

oo The Question Type column lists the available question types.

oo The Available to Select column lists how many questions of each type are available to select.

oo The Number to Select column provides space to select how many questions of each question type to include on the test.

oo Press TAB or the UP/DOWN ARROW keys on the keyboard to move between the question types.

oo You can include a maximum of 250 questions on each test.

•• ExamView randomly chooses the selected number of questions from the selected question banks.

Step 14: Select 5 Multiple Choice, 5 Bimodal, 1 Numeric Response, and 1 Short Answer for the test. (See Figure 3.)


Figure 3 QuickTest Wizard – Select the number of questions in each question type

•• At any time, you can go back to previous steps in the QuickTest Wizard to make changes, if necessary, without losing data.

Step 15: Click Back.

Step 16: Select Chemistry – Chapter 2.

Step 17: Click Next. The available questions in the Available to Select column changed, but the selections in the Number to Select column remained the same.

Step 18: Click Clear All to clear all selections.

Step 19: Click Select All to select all available questions.

Step 20: Click Next.

•• Review the selections.

Step 21: Review the selections in the Test Summary for QuickTest Training. (See Figure 4.)

Figure 4 QuickTest Wizard – Test summary for QuickTest Training


•• ExamView automatically creates the test in a matter of seconds.

•• Within a few minutes, you can build an entire test.

Step 22: Click Finish to build test. (See Figure 5.)

Figure 5 QuickTest Training test built with the QuickTest Wizard

SAVE A NEW TEST

You can save a test in one of three ways: choose File | Save As, choose File | Save, or click Save .

•• The first time you save a test, all three save options default to Save As.

oo With the Save As option, you must enter a file name and select the location to which to save the test.

oo The Save option saves the current test (that has been previously saved) with the same file name to the same location.

•• Get into the habit of saving a test soon after you create the test.

•• Remember to save your test as you add questions and edit a test.

Step 1: Choose File | Save As or File | Save or click Save .

•• Enter the test file name (to replace untitiled.tst).

oo Each test file name should be descriptive and unique.

oo The file name can be the same as the test title, an abbreviation of the test title, etc.

•• Test file names are displayed in alphabetical order in the Test Builder (when you open a test).

Step 2: Enter QuickTest Training in the File name field.

•• Select the location to which to save the test.

oo The default location for saving tests is ExamView | Tests.

oo You can navigate to another location (other folders within ExamView | Tests), if necessary.

oo You can create a new folder in which to save the test, if necessary.


Step 3: Navigate to ExamView | Tests | Training. (See Figure 6.)

Figure 6 Save a test

Step 4: Click Save to save the QuickTest Training test in the ExamView | Tests | Training folder.

CLOSE A TEST When you are finished working with a test, save and close the test.

Step 1: Save the test.

Step 2: Choose File | Close to close the test.

OPEN AN EXISTING TEST

To open an existing test, choose File | Open Test or click Open Test . Note: If File | Open Test is not visible, choose File | Switch to Test Builder, select Open an existing test, and click OK.

•• Navigate to the folder that contains the test you want to open, if necessary.

•• Select the file name of the test you want to open.

•• Click Open or double-click the file name of the test you want to open.

Step 1: Choose File | Open Test or click Open Test .

Step 2: If necessary, navigate to the ExamView | Tests | Training folder where you saved the test you created in the first part of this training session.

Step 3: Select QuickTest Training.tst. (See Figure 7.) Then, click Open.


Figure 7 Open an existing test

IDENTIFY THE TEST SECTIONS Each test you create includes these sections: header, footer, test title, question type header and instructions, questions, and answer section.

Header •• The header appears at the top of each test page.

•• The default header on the first page of a test includes the Name, Class, and Date fields and the test version ID.

Step 1: Look at the header at the top of the first page of QuickTest Training.tst. (See Figure 8.)

Figure 8 Header on page 1 of a test

oo When you print multiple versions of a test, ExamView automatically increments the version ID for each version of the test.


oo The version ID appears on both the test and the answer key section.

Step 2: Scroll to the Answer Section of the test; the Answer Section begins on a separate page after the end of the test. The version ID appears on the answer key pages in the top right corner.

•• The default header on subsequent pages includes only the Name field and the test version ID.

Step 3: Scroll to the second page of the test. Look at the header at the top of the page.

Footer •• The footer appears at the bottom of each test page.

•• The default footer on all test pages includes the page number.

Step 4: Look at the footer at the bottom of the first page. (See Figure 9.)

Figure 9 Footer on each test page

Test Title •• The test title appears just below the header.

•• Every test must have a title.

Step 5: Scroll to the first page of QuickTest Training.tst. Highlight the test title. (See Figure 10.)


Figure 10 Test title

Question Type Header and Instructions •• The question type header (or question type title) and instructions appear at the start of each new question type.

•• Instructions are included for all objective question types except for the Matching and Numeric Response question types.

Step 6: Highlight the Numeric Response question type header. Note that no instructions are included for the numeric response questions. (See Figure 11.)

Figure 11 Question type header and no instructions for numeric response questions

•• No instructions are included for open-ended question types.

Step 7: Scroll to the Short Answer question type header; highlight the header. Note that no instructions are included for the short answer questions. (See Figure 12.)


Figure 12 Question type header and no instructions for short answer questions

Questions •• Questions appear below each corresponding question type header.

Step 8: Scroll through the questions. Look at the different types of questions.

Answer Section •• After the end of the test, the Answer Section begins on a separate page.

•• The Answer Section includes the answers and other question information.

•• You can customize the information that appears in the Answer Section. Choose Edit | Preferences | Layout and select the desired Show On Answer Key options.

Step 9: Navigate to the Answer Section of the QuickTest Training.tst.

Step 10: Choose Edit | Preferences | Layout. Note the Show On Answer Key options. (See Figure 13.)


Figure 13 Show On Answer Key options

Step 11: Click Cancel.

•• The page numbering in the footer starts over in the Answer Section. In other words, the page numbering for the Answer Section does not continue with the page numbering from the test.

Step 12: Scroll to the bottom of the first page of the Answer Section. Note the page number is 1.

Step 13: Choose File | Close and close the test without saving it.

USE THE QUESTION SELECTION METHODS The ExamView Test Builder offers seven question selection methods to build a test: QuickTest Wizard, Select Randomly, Select From a List, Select While Viewing, Select By Standard, Select By Criteria, and Select All.

QuickTest Wizard You learned about the QuickTest Wizard in the first part of this training session. (To review, see Create a New Test With the QuickTest Wizard.)

Select Randomly •• Use the Select Randomly question selection method if you want to quickly choose questions without regard to the content of

the question.

Step 1: Choose File | New Test or click New Test .

Step 2: Enter Test in the Test title field. Then, click OK. The Information pop-up provides an overview of the six question selection methods. (See Figure 14.)


Figure 14 Information pop-up for question selection methods

Step 3: Click the Don’t show this message in the future checkbox and click OK.

Step 4: Choose Select | Randomly or click Select Randomly . The Select Questions Randomly window opens. (See Figure 15.)

Figure 15 Select Questions Randomly window

•• Select the folder and question banks from which to choose the test questions.

Step 5: If necessary, navigate to the ExamView | Banks | Training folder and select the Chemistry folder.

Step 6: Click Select All.

Step 7: Click Next.

•• Select the number of questions to include on the test.

•• The Select Questions Randomly window includes five columns:


oo The Question Type column lists the available question types.

oo The Already Selected column shows the number of questions from the selected bank that has already been selected for the test.

oo The Number Remaining column shows the number of remaining questions that are available to be selected.

oo The Additional Selections column provides space to select how many of each question type to include on the test.

oo The Total column shows the total number of each question type selected for the test.

•• To select all questions, click Select All.

•• To clear all selections, click Clear All.

Step 8: Select 5 Multiple Choice, 1 Bimodal, 2 Numeric Response, and 2 Short Answer in the Additional Selections column. (See Figure 16.)

Figure16 Select the questions

Step 9: Click Finish to build the test. (See Figure 17.)


Figure 17 Test built by Select Randomly

Step 10: Choose Select | Randomly or click Select Randomly .

Step 11: Confirm that all the Chemistry banks are selected and click Next. Note the Already Selected and Number Remaining columns. Then, click Cancel.


Select From a List •• The Select From a List question selection method is an easy way to select questions if you know which questions you want

to select for your test.


Step 14: Enter Test in the Test title field. Then, click OK.

Step 15: Choose Select | From a List or click Select From a List . The Select Questions from a List window opens.


Step 16: Click Select All to select the three question banks in the Chemistry folder. Then, click Next.

•• Select the questions to include on the test.

•• The Select Questions From a List window includes two columns:

oo The Question Number column lists the question type and the question number of all the questions in each of the selected question banks. (See Figure 18.)


Figure 18 Select From a List window

oo The second column varies depending on the sort option selected in the Sort by drop-down list. (1) You can sort by Type and Number or by any of the question information fields (Difficulty, Reference, Learning Objective, National Standard, State Standard, Local Standard, Topic, Keywords, and Miscellaneous). (2) The availability of question information is dependent on the question information that was entered in the selected question banks.

Step 17: Select Keywords from the Sort by drop-down list.

•• To select questions, click the checkboxes to the left of the questions you want to include on the test.

Step 18: In Chemistry – Chapter 1, select NR:2, MC:2, and NR:1. In Chemistry – Chapter 2, select MC:1. (See Figure 19.) In Chemistry – Chapter 3, select MC:4 and MC:3.

Figure 19 Select questions in the Select From a List window

Step 19: Click Finish to build the test.



Select While Viewing •• The Select While Viewing question selection method lets you view the questions on the screen and choose which ones you

want to include on a test. As a result, you can preview questions easily before you add them to a test.



Step 23: Choose Select | While Viewing or click Select While Viewing .


Step 24: Click Select All to select the three question banks in the Chemistry folder.

Step 25: Click Next. The Select Questions While Viewing window opens. (See Figure 20.) Scroll to view all of Multiple Choice 1.

Figure 20 Select Questions While Viewing window


oo The Select Questions While Viewing window provides a preview of the questions in the selected question bank (one bank at a time).

oo The preview can either show or hide question information (including rationale and feedback), when the question information is available.

Step 26: Click Hide Info to hide the question information. Scroll to view the results.

Step 27: Click Show Info to show the question information.

oo To select questions, click the check boxes to the left of the questions you want to include on the test.

Step 28: In Chemistry – Chapter 1, select Multiple Choice 1 and Multiple Choice 3. (See Figure 21.)


Figure 21 Select the questions in the Select Questions While Viewing window

Step 29: Select Chemistry – Chapter 2 from the Bank drop-down list. Then, select Multiple Choice 2.

Step 30: Select Chemistry – Chapter 3 from the Bank drop-down list. Then, select Multiple Choice 3 and Multiple Choice 4.

Step 31: Click Finish to build the test.


Select By Standard •• The Select By Standard question selection method is a powerful tool that allows you to quickly create “benchmark tests” to

help you determine which objectives students have mastered and which objectives they still need to study and practice.

•• The Select By Standard question selection method lets you choose questions based on learning objective, national standard, state standard, or local standard.


Step 34: Enter Test in the Test title field and click OK.

Step 35: Choose Select | By Standard or click Select By Standard .

•• Select the folder and the question banks from which to choose the test questions.

Step 36: Click Up one level to navigate to the ExamView | Banks | Training folder. Select the Biology folder.

Step 37: Click Select All to select the three question banks in the Biology folder.

Step 38: Click Next. The Select Questions by Standard window opens. (See Figure 22.)


Figure 22 Select Questions by Standard window


oo The Question type drop-down list allows you to select a specific question type or all available question types.

Step 39: Confirm that Question type is set to Any.

•• The Standard type drop-down list allows you to select the type of standard to display (Learning Objective, National Standard, State Standard, or Local Standard).

oo The Standard type drop-down list includes only the standard types that have been populated in the question bank(s).

Step 40: Select State Standard from the Standard type drop-down list.

•• The Select Questions by Standard window includes five columns (similar to the columns displayed in the Select Questions Randomly window).

oo The first column varies depending on which type of standard you have selected from the Standard type drop-down list.

•• In the Additional Selections column, indicate how many questions of each standard you want to include on the test.

Step 41: Select 3 for SC.F.1.4.1 and 3 for SC.F.2.4.1. (See Figure 23.)


Figure 23 Select questions based on the state standard

•• To select all the questions, click Select All.

•• To clear all the selections, click Clear All.

Step 42: Click Select to add the selected questions to the test.

•• If you want to make additional selections, you can do so.

Step 43: Click Close when you are finished building the test.


Select By Criteria •• The Select By Criteria question selection method enables you to select questions based on data in any of the question

information fields.

•• The Select By Criteria question selection method allows you to create a wide variety of tests quickly—from broad knowledge (using the Difficulty field) to general concepts (using the Topic field) to specific skills mastery (using the State Standard and the Keywords fields).



Step 47: Choose Select | By Criteria or click Select By Criteria .


Step 48: Click Up one level to navigate to the ExamView | Banks | Training folder. Select the Chemistry folder.

Step 49: Click Select All and click Next. The Select Questions by Criteria window opens. (See Figure 24.)


Figure 24 Select Questions by Criteria window

•• Select the questions you want to include on the test.

oo Set the question type in the Question type drop-down list.

Step 50: Confirm that Question type is set to Any. Note that 15 questions match the criteria.

•• Click to the right of the desired field to generate a list from which to select the search criteria.

Step 51: Click to the right of the Difficulty field.

Step 52: Select Grade 10. (See Figure 25.)

Figure 25 Search for questions based on the Difficulty field

Step 53: Click OK. Note that 10 questions match the criteria.

Step 54: Click to the right of the State standard field.

Step 55: To refine the search, select SC.A.1.4.1 and click OK. Note that 4 questions match the criteria. (See Figure 26.)


Figure 26 Refine the search for questions in the Select Questions by Criteria window

•• You can type the search criteria in the appropriate question information field, rather than selecting from a list by clicking

.

Step 56: Click in the Keywords field and enter electron configuration. Note that 3 questions match the criteria. (See Figure 27.)

Figure 27 Refine the search for questions based on the Keywords field

•• In the Select questions box, type the desired number of questions or use the UP/DOWN arrows to enter the desired number of questions.

Step 57: Set the Select questions box to 3 to select the three questions for your test.

Step 58: Click Select to add the three questions to the test. Note that 0 questions now match the specified criteria because you have already added all the questions that match the criteria to the test.

Step 59: Delete electron configuration from the Keywords field.

Step 60: Click to the right of the Keywords field.


Step 61: Select electron. (See Figure 28.)

Figure 28 Continue refining the search for questions based on the Keywords field

Step 62: Click OK. Note that 0 questions match the criteria.

Step 63: Delete SC.A.1.4.1 from the State standard field. Note that 2 questions match the criteria.

Step 64: Set the Select questions box to 2 to select the questions for your test.

Step 65: Click Select to add the questions to your test.

•• You can continue to change the criteria to add more questions to the test.

•• Click Close when you are finished building the test.

Step 66: Click Close.


Select All •• The Select All question selection method allows you to select all questions from the selected question bank.



Step 70: Choose Select | All Questions or click Select All .


Step 71: If necessary, select the ExamView | Banks | Chemistry folder.

Step 72: Click Select All and click OK.

Step 73: Click Yes to select all 15 questions from the three banks. (See Figure 29.)


Figure 29 Select all questions with the Select All question selection method


EDIT AN EXISTING TEST You can edit an existing test in numerous ways.

Add an Additional Question •• Use any of the question selection methods except the QuickTest Wizard to add additional questions to an existing test.

Step 1: Choose File | Open Test or click Open Test .

Step 2: Open QuickTest Training.tst (the test you created earlier in this session).

Step 3: Look at the bottom right corner of the Test Builder window to see how many questions are on the test. The Total questions on test shows 25.

Step 4: Choose Select | Randomly or click Select Randomly .

Step 5: If necessary, select the Chemistry folder in the ExamView | Tests | Training folder.

Step 6: Click Select All.

Step 7: Click Next.

Step 8: Add 5 Multiple Choice.

Step 9: Click Finish.

Step 10: Look at the bottom right corner of the Test Builder window to see how many questions are on the test. The Total questions on test now shows 30.


Add a New Question Step 12: Click New at the bottom of the Test Builder window.

Step 13: Select Multiple Choice and click OK.


•• The Information pop-up warns you that new questions you add in the Test Builder will not be available for other tests. (See Figure 30.) Instead, you should use the Question Bank Editor to add new questions to the question bank so that the questions will be available for other tests.

Figure 30 Information pop-up for adding a new question to a test

•• Remember that question banks are the source files of questions that appear on a test.

Step 14: Click OK.

•• If desired, you can add a new question in the Test Builder just as you would in the Question Bank Editor. You would enter the question, the answer, and question information (optional), and then record the question.


Edit a Question •• Select the question you want to edit. To do so, select the question and click Edit at the bottom of the Test Builder window or

double-click the question.

Step 16: Select Multiple Choice 3. (See Figure 31.)


Figure 31 Select a question to edit it

•• Edit the question, change the answer, and/or modify the question information. Then, record the question to accept the changes you made.

oo Changes made to questions in the Test Builder apply only to the questions on the test.

oo The original questions in the question bank(s) are not updated.

oo Do not change a shaded word. A shaded word is dynamic content. Dynamic questions contain algorithms that use programmed logic and commands to change variables within the question stem, answers, and, in many cases, the rationale.


Reorder Questions Step 18: Choose Question | Reorder.

•• Select an individual question or a question type header, and drag and drop the item to the desired location within the list.

•• You can reorder individual questions within the same question type, and you can reorder entire question type groups. That is, all questions of the same question type must stay together.

•• You can reorder questions attached to narratives only within the narrative group.

oo In QuickTest Training.tst, you cannot move Multiple Choice 15 before Multiple Choice 10 because Multiple Choice 15 cannot be reordered outside of the narrative group.

Step 19: Reorder Multiple Choice 6 to Multiple Choice 1. (See Figure 32.)


Figure 32 Reorder questions on a test

Step 20: Reorder the Numeric Response question group to appear before the Multiple Choice question group. Then, change the question group order back to the original order (that is, Multiple Choice, Numeric Response, and Short Answer).

Step 21: Click OK.

Delete Questions •• You can delete a question or a question type group.

•• To delete a question, select the question you want to delete and click Delete at the bottom of the Test Builder window or choose Question | Delete.

Step 22: Select Multiple Choice 5.

•• Once you delete a question or question type group, you cannot retrieve the item(s). You must add the item(s) to the test again.

Step 23: Click Delete at the bottom of the Test Builder window, or click the DELETE key on the keyboard.

•• Click Yes to confirm that you want to permanently remove the question(s) from the test.

Step 24: Click Yes to confirm that you want to permanently remove the question from the test.

•• To delete an entire question type group, select the question type header and click Delete.

Step 25: Select the Multiple Choice question type header and click Delete.

Step 26: Click No; do not actually delete the questions from the test. (See Figure 33.) Then, save the test.


Figure 33 Delete a question type group from a test

Adjust Choices and Columns •• You can change the number of answer choices for all multiple choice questions at once.

oo You might want to reduce the number of answer choices to create a test for special needs students.

Step 27: Choose Question | Adjust Choices/Columns.

Step 28: Select Reduce choices for multiple choice questions and reduce the number to 2. (See Figure 34.)

Figure 34 Reduce choices for multiple choice questions option

Step 29: Click OK.

oo The Caution pop-up warns you that reducing the number of answer choices is a permanent change and that other choices will be lost. (See Figure 35.)


Figure 35 Caution pop-up for reducing the number of answer choices

oo If you want to reduce the number of answer choices, first save the test with all the answer choices. Then, reduce the number of answer choices and save the test with reduced answer choices.

Step 30: Click No.

Step 31: Deselect Reduce choices for multiple choice questions.

•• You can change the number of columns for all multiple choice questions and multiple response questions at once.

Step 32: Select Set columns for multiple choice/multiple response questions and reduce the number to 1.

oo The Use best fit for questions with long answer choices option automatically formats the number of columns for multiple choice/multiple response questions with long answer choices.

Step 33: Click OK. Note that all the multiple choice questions are now formatted with one column.


Assign Point Values to Test Questions Step 35: Choose Question | Assign Points.

•• The Assign Points window includes three columns. (See Figure 36.)

oo The Question column lists each question on the test.

oo The Type column lists the question type for each question on the test.

oo The Points column lists the point values for each question on the test.


Figure 36 Assign Points window

•• For each question, you can enter/edit the point value in the Points column.

•• To assign points to all questions of a certain question type or all questions on the test at once, click Fill.

Step 36: Click Fill.

Step 37: In the Fill Points window, select Multiple Choice from the Question type drop-down list. (See Figure 37.)

Figure 37 Fill Points window

Step 38: Enter 3 in the Points field and click OK.

Step 39: Click Fill.

Step 40: Select Short Answer from the Question type drop-down list.

Step 41: Enter 10 in the Points field and click OK.

•• You can assign points for each question individually.

Step 42: In the Assign Points window, scroll to the three Numeric Response questions (questions 23, 24, and 25).


oo You can press TAB or the UP/DOWN arrow keys on the keyboard to move between the questions.

Step 43: Assign 5 points to each Numeric Response question. Notice that the entire test is now worth 121 points. (See Figure 38.)

Figure 38 Assign Points window with changed point values

Step 44: Click OK.


CUSTOMIZE THE APPEARANCE OF A TEST ExamView gives you the power and flexibility to customize the appearance of the tests you create.

Layout Options •• Use the Test | Layout options to change the appearance of a test.

Step 1: With QuickTest Training.tst open in ExamView, choose Test | Layout.

•• In the Show On Answer Key section, select the items you want to appear in the Answer Section of the test.

•• The default settings show all question information except Question Source (that is, the question bank(s) from which the questions originate).

Step 2: Note the options that are selected in the Show On Answer Key section. (See Figure 39.)


Figure 39 Show On Answer Key options


Step 4: Scroll to the Answer Section of the test. Note that all the question information is displayed in the Answer Section. (See Figure 40.)

Figure 40 Answer Section of QuickTest Training.tst

Step 5: Choose Test | Layout.

Step 6: In the Show On Answer Key section, select or deselect to show these options only: Answer, Rationale, Feedback, Points, and State Standard.

Step 7: Click OK. View the results in the Answer Section of the test. (See Figure 41.) Note that the Answer Section now displays the answer, rationale, feedback, points, and state standard.


Figure 41 Revised Answer Section of QuickTest Training.tst


•• In the Display Bimodal Questions As section, select whether you want the bimodal questions to display as multiple choice or short answer questions.

oo You can click Toggle Bimodal to manually override this preference for individual questions.

Step 9: Verify that Multiple Choice is selected in the Display Bimodal Questions As section.

•• You can format the test so that each new question type will begin on a new page if the entire section does not fit on the current page. To do so, select the Begin each section on a new page option.

oo The default is set for each new question type to immediately follow the previous question type (i.e., not to begin on a new page), which helps conserve paper.


Step 11: View the test. Note that the Numeric Response question type begins on the same page immediately following the Multiple Choice question type.


•• In the Leave Answer Space For section, select which question types should include space for students to write their answers directly on the test.

oo The default is set to include (1) answer space for all objective questions except the Numeric Response and Completion question types and (2) no answer space for open-ended questions.

Step 13: In the Leave Answer Space For section, select Multiple Choice, Numeric Response w/ Grid, and Short Answer. Deselect all other question types. (See Figure 42.)

oo If the numeric response questions include response grids, the response grids will not display on the test unless you select Numeric Response w/ Grid.


Figure 42 Leave Answer Space For options

Step 14: Select the Begin each section on a new page option.

Step 15: Click OK. View the results on the test. Each of the three question types begins on a new page.


•• In the Beginning page number field, enter the page number that will appear in the footer on the first page of the test.

Step 17: Confirm that the Beginning page number is set to 1. (See Figure 43.)

Figure 43 Beginning page number field

•• Select the Show answer lines option to display answer lines on a test for open-ended questions (for example, problem, essay, short answer, etc.).

oo You must also enable the corresponding Leave Answer Space For option(s).

oo The default is set to not show answer lines on a test.


Step 18: Click OK and view the results on the test. Note that for the objective questions (i.e., the multiple choice questions), answer space appears to the left of the question number (i.e., the multiple choice questions). Note also that for the open-ended questions (i.e., the short answer), answer space appears below the question and that there are no answer lines. (See Figure 44.)

Figure 44 Answer space for short answer questions


Step 20: Select the Show answer lines option.

Step 21: Click OK and view the results on the test. (See Figure 45.) Note that the short answer questions now display answer lines.

Figure 45 Show answer lines for the short answer questions


•• In the Extra space between questions field, identify how much space to leave between the questions (0 pt to 36 pt).

oo The default is set to leave 0 pt between the questions.



Step 24: View the test. Note that no extra space appears between the multiple choice questions.


Step 26: Enter 12 pt in the Extra space between questions field. (See Figure 46.)

Figure 46 Extra space between questions option

Step 27: Click OK. View the results on the test, noting the extra space between the multiple choice questions.


•• To apply the changes to the current test only (as you have done throughout this section), click OK.

•• To apply the changes to the current test and to all new tests created in the future, click Save As Default.



Style Options •• Use the Style options to change any of the test fonts, answer style, or number style.


Step 32: Click the Style tab.

•• In the Test Fonts section, you can change the font attributes of various test items.


•• The default font attributes for the test items are as follows:

Test Item Font Size Style

Test title Times New Roman 13 pt. Bold

Section title Times New Roman 11 pt. Bold

Question numbers Times New Roman 11 pt. Regular

Answer choices Times New Roman 11 pt. Regular

New question Times New Roman 11 pt. Regular

Question information Times New Roman 11 pt. Regular

Point values Times New Roman 8 pt. Regular

Step 33: Click the arrow next to the Test Fonts drop-down list to display the different items that you can change. (See Figure 47.)

Figure 47 Test Fonts drop-down list

Step 34: Select Test title and click Set.

Step 35: Change Font style to Bold Italic and change font Size to 14. (See Figure 48.)


Figure 48 Change the fonts on the Style tab

Step 36: Click OK. View the test preview on the right in the Preferences window. Note the font style and size for the test title.

•• Select the Question number style to choose the desired style of the question numbers.

oo The default setting for Question number style is 1.

Step 37: Click the arrow next to the Question number style drop-down list.

Step 38: Select 1).

Step 39: View the results in the test preview on the right in the Preferences window. Note the question number style. (See Figure 49.)

Figure 49 Question number style in the Test Preview

•• Select the Answer choice style to choose the desired style for multiple choice, multiple response, and matching answer choices.

oo The default setting for Answer choice style is a.


Step 40: Click the arrow next to the Answer choice style drop-down list.

Step 41: Select .

Step 42: View the results in the test preview on the right in the Preferences window. Note the answer choice style. (See Figure 50.)

Figure 50 Answer choice style in the Test Preview

•• Select the Show choices for True/False and Yes/No option if you want the true/false and yes/no questions to appear with multiple choice style answer choices.

oo The default setting is to not have multiple choice style answer choices for the true/false and yes/no questions.

Step 43: Verify that Show choices for True/False and Yes/No is not selected.

•• For the Multiple Choice/Multiple Response option, indicate whether to format the multiple choice and multiple response questions using the predefined column layouts or without columns to conserve paper. (You can set the column layouts for the multiple choice and multiple response questions in individual questions and in the Adjust Choices/Columns option from the Question menu.)

oo The default setting for Multiple Choice/Multiple Response is Use columns.

•• The No columns (conserve paper) option formats the answer choices to run continually.

Step 44: Select No columns (conserve paper). View the results in the test preview.

•• Select the Choice sequence for multiple choice and multiple response questions to indicate the answer choice lettering scheme.

oo The default setting for Choice sequence is abcde.

Step 45: Click the arrow next to the Choice sequence drop-down list.

•• If any multiple choice or multiple response questions have more than five answer choices, the Choice sequence option is disabled.

Step 46: Select abcde – fghjk. (See Figure 51.) View the results in the test preview.


Figure 51 Choice sequence options

•• For the Question Numbering option, indicate whether to format the question numbers by question type (start the numbering over with each new question type) or continuous throughout the test.

oo The default setting for Question numbering is continuous.

Step 47: Select By question type.

•• In the Beginning question number field, you can change the number of the first question on the test.

Step 48: Confirm that Beginning question number is set to 1.

•• To apply the changes to the current test only, click OK.

•• To apply the changes to the current test and all new tests created in the future, click Save As Default.

Step 49: Click OK to apply the style changes to the current test.

Step 50: View the results on the test. (See Figure 52).

Figure 52 Results of new Style options



Style Gallery •• You can use the Style Gallery to instantly format a test to match existing standardized test formats.

oo The predefined test styles include basic ExamView layouts as well as layouts based on state and national standardized test formats.

Step 52: Choose Test | Style Gallery.

Step 53: From the Layout Styles list, select ExamView (bubble sheet). View the results in the test preview on the right in the Style Gallery window. (See Figure 53.)

Figure 53 Style Gallery – Test Preview

•• To apply the changes to the current test only, click OK.

•• To apply the changes to the current test and all new tests created in the future, click Save As Default.

Step 54: Click OK to apply the format change to the current test.

Step 55: View the results on the test.

•• Selecting a layout from the Style Gallery overrides any formatting set previously with the Layout or Style options.

•• You can modify or override the Layout styles from the Style Gallery by selecting other Layout and Style options.


Step 57: In the Leave Answer Space For section, select Multiple Choice, Numeric Response w/ Grid, and Short Answer.

Step 58: Click OK and view the results on the test. (See Figure 54.) Then, save the test.


Figure 54 Test formatted with Style Gallery and Layout options

Default Instructions •• Default instructions are included for all objective question types except for the Matching and Numeric Response question

types.

•• No default instructions are included for open-ended question types.

•• You can modify, add, or delete instructions for any question type.

oo You can use one of two ways to modify default instructions: (1) double-click the question type header and enter the new instructions, or (2) choose Test | Instructions and edit as desired.

Step 59: Double-click the Short Answer question type header.

Step 60: After the words Short Answer, press ENTER to insert a hard return.

•• All word processing features (fonts, styles, tabs, etc.) are available, except tables.

Step 61: Enter the instructions in italic font (no bold): Answer the question thoroughly with complete sentences. (See Figure 55.)


Figure 55 Customized instructions for the Short Answer question type

•• To apply the changes to the current test only, click Record.

•• To apply the changes to the current test and all new tests created in the future, click Save as Default.

Step 62: Click Record to apply the change to the current test.

Step 63: Choose Test | Instructions.

Step 64: Select Multiple Choice.

Step 65: Replace the word Identify with the word Select. The instructions should read: Select the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

•• To apply the changes to the current test only, click Record.

•• To apply the changes to the current test and all new tests created in the future, click Save as Default.

Step 66: Click Record to apply the change to the current test. (See Figure 56.) Then, save the test.

Figure 56 Customized instructions for the Multiple Choice question type


Custom Headers and Footers •• Each test includes default headers and footers.

•• You can modify the default headers and footers.

Step 67: Choose Test | Headers | First Page to modify the first page header.

Step 68: Change Class to Class Period. (See Figure 57.)

Figure 57 Customized header for a test

•• To apply the change to the current test only, click Record.

•• To apply the change to the current test and to all new tests that you create in the future, click Save as Default. Step 69: Click Record to apply the change to the current test. View the results.

Step 70: Choose Test | Footers | First Page to modify the first page footer.

Step 71: Enter the word of after . Then, press SPACEBAR to insert one space.

Step 72: Choose Insert | Page Count or click Page Count in the bottom right corner of the window. (See Figure 58.)


Figure 58 Customized footer for a test


•• To apply the change to the current test and to all new tests that you create in the future, click Save as Default.

Step 73: Click Record to apply the change to the current test.

Step 74: Scroll to the bottom of the first test page, and view the results.

Step 75: Choose Test | Footers | Subsequent Pages to modify the subsequent pages to match the format of the first page.

Step 76: Enter the word of after . Then, press SPACEBAR to insert one space.

Step 77: Choose Insert | Page Count or click Page Count . The footer should match the footer that you created for the first page.


•• To apply the change to the current test and to all new tests that you create in the future, click Save as Default.

Step 78: Click Record to apply the change to the current test. Then, save the test.

Font Size and Type •• You can instantly change the font for some or all elements in a test.

oo You can replace all fonts in a test with a larger font for students with special needs.

oo You can replace the default Times New Roman font with Arial.

Step 79: Choose Edit | Replace Font.

•• Use caution when selecting All Fonts in the Find what: Font field.

oo If you intentionally use Symbol font in questions (for example, for special characters) but you replace all fonts, you will undoubtedly introduce problems (for example, a special character may not look as intended because you replaced the font).

Step 80: Select Times New Roman from the Find what: Font drop-down list. Enter 11 in the Find what: Size field. (See Figure 59.)


Figure 59 Find a font and size in a test

Step 81: Select Arial from the Replace with: Font drop-down list. Enter 10 in the Replace with: Size field. (See Figure 60.)

Figure 60 Replace a font and size in a test

Step 82: Click Replace All and click Yes. Then, view the results in the test.


•• If you want to reduce the answer choices for special needs students, choose Question | Adjust Choices/Columns. Then, set the Reduce choices for multiple choice questions option as desired.

PRINT A TEST AND AN ANSWER KEY The Test Builder allows you to print up to 26 different versions of the same test.


Select the Print Test Options

Step 1: Choose File | Print or click Print .

Step 2: Enter 3 in the Number of test versions to print field.

•• You can create multiple versions of the test with these options:

oo Scramble sections (e.g., True/False, Multiple Choice) varies the order of the question types on each version of the test.

oo Scramble questions varies the order of the questions on each version of the test.

oo Scramble multiple choice/multiple response answer choices varies the order of the multiple choice/multiple response question answer choices on each version of the test.

oo Calculate new algorithm values generates new algorithm values for dynamic questions on each version of the test. This option is available only on tests that contain dynamic content.

Step 3: Select Scramble questions. (See Figure 61.)

Figure 61 Print Test options

•• You can easily score paper tests with the Print answer strip option.

oo Answers for all objective questions, such as the multiple choice questions, are printed in columns on a separate page that prints at the end of each test.

oo Spacing for the answers on the answer strip corresponds to the vertical spacing of the questions on the test.

oo To use an answer strip, fold it so that only one column is visible at a time. Then match up the answer strip to a page of a student’s completed test. You can score the student’s work quickly. The Print answer strip option is available only when the test layout is set to leave answer space for objective questions.

Step 4: Select Print answer strip. (See Figure 62.)


Figure 62 Print answer strip option

•• The Print bubble sheet option allows students to record their answers for true/false, yes/no, multiple choice, and multiple response questions.

oo At the end of each test, a bubble sheet is printed on a separate page.

oo A bubble sheet does not provide answer space for other question types, such as short answer or essay questions.

oo Only those numeric response questions that include a response grid are included on a bubble sheet.

•• The Print version map option prints a correlation chart to show how each test was scrambled. This option is available only when the Scramble section and/or Scramble question options are selected.

Step 5: Select Print version map.

Step 6: Click OK.

Select the Print Options •• Select the Print range. You can print the entire test or selected pages of the test.

oo If you enabled (1) the Print answer strip option and/or (2) the print multiple versions of a test option, the Print range - Pages option is not available.

•• Select the Number of copies. You can print one copy of a test or multiple copies of the test.

Step 7: Click Cancel. Do not print the test.


SET UP A TEST FOR USE WITH A SCANNER The ExamView Test Manager makes it possible to score paper tests with a scanner. ExamView currently supports two scanners: the Apperson Advantage™ 1200 scanner and the Pearson/NCS EZData® scanner.

What is the ExamView Test Manager? •• The ExamView Test Manager is commonly referred to simply as the Test Manager.


•• The Test Manager provides the tools necessary to track results of paper and online tests, quizzes, worksheets, etc. created with the ExamView Test Generator.

•• The Test Manager provides an array of useful features to gather detailed performance data.

oo You can create a class roster that includes a wide range of student information including demographic information. You can then track individual student results and/or class trends.

oo You can automatically score paper tests using a scanner to gather data.

oo You can administer and automatically score online (LAN-based) tests.

oo You can produce a variety of useful class and student reports. If your tests include learning objectives, state standards, etc., you can use the information to pinpoint areas where students need additional help.

Step 1: Confirm that QuickTest Training.tst is open in the Test Builder.

Step 2: Minimize the ExamView Test Builder window.

Step 3: Start ExamView Test Manager from the Start menu or the desktop icon. The ExamView Test Manager startup dialog opens. (See Figure 63.)

Figure 63 ExamView Test Manager startup dialog

Create a New Class •• Before you can score a test with a scanner, you must set up a class in the Test Manager.

Step 4: Select Start a new class and click OK. The New Class window opens. (See Figure 64.) In the Instructor/School Information section, the Instructor name, School name, City, and State/Region should be populated based on the settings in Preferences. You can click Preferences to view or edit these settings.


Figure 64 New Class window

•• You can enter other information as desired in the Instructor/School Information section.

Step 5: In the Class Information section, enter ExamView Training in the Class name field. Then, click OK to record the class information.

Enter Student Information Manually

Step 6: Choose Student | Add New Student or click Add New Student . The New Student window opens. (See Figure 65.)

Figure 65 New Student window

•• At a minimum, you must enter the student’s first name, last name, and ID.

•• Student Alias and Password are optional.

Step 7: Enter Kate in the First Name field.


•• You can press TAB to move from one field to the next.

Step 8: Enter Adams in the Last Name field.

Step 9: Enter 01245 in the Student ID field.

Step 10: Click More to show optional demographic information that you can add for each student.

Step 11: Click Less and click Next.

Step 12: Enter Andrew in the First Name field.

Step 13: Enter Boyd in the Last Name field.

Step 14: Enter 02341 in the Student ID field. Then, click Next.

•• Add all students to the class roster.

Step 15: Click OK to record the class information. (See Figure 66.)

Figure 66 Class information

Save a New Class

Step 16: Choose File | Save As or File | Save, or click Save .

•• The default location for class files is ExamView | Classes.

•• Navigate to another location or create a new folder, if necessary.

Step 17: Enter Training in the File name field. (See Figure 67.)


Figure 67 Save a new class

Step 18: Click Save.

Import Student Information from Another File •• You can import student information into an existing class or a new class.

•• The file that you want to import must be a text file.

•• At a minimum, the file being imported must include the student’s first name, last name, and ID.

•• The default folder for files being imported is ExamView | Classes.

•• If necessary, you can navigate to the appropriate subfolder within ExamView | Classes, or you can browse to find a file in another location.

Step 19: Choose File | Import | Class Roster from Text.

Step 20: Select Training Class.txt in the ExamView | Classes folder and click Open. (See Figure 68.)


Figure 68 Import Class Roster window

•• Click the drop-down lists in the First Data Record from File column to identify the data to import from the text file into the Test Manager.

Step 21: Select Thomas from the First name drop-down list.

Step 22: Select Able from the Last name drop-down list.

Step 23: Select 04832 from the Student ID drop-down list.

•• The Test Manager uses the data from the first student in the text file to determine which fields in the text file correspond to the fields in the Test Manager class roster.

Step 24: Click OK twice. You imported 8 student records from the text file to the Test Manager. View the results in the Test Manager. (See Figure 69.)

Figure 69 Class Roster with imported student information

•• Notice that the Test Manager sorts the student records in alphabetical order.

•• You can click the Student ID header to order student records by Student ID number.


Step 25: Choose File | Save or click Save .

Prepare a Test to Be Scored with a Scanner

Step 26: Choose Assignment | Create New Assignment or click Create New Assignment . The New Assignment window opens.

•• The assignment name can be the same as the test title, an abbreviation of the test title, etc.

Step 27: Enter QuickTest Training in the Assignment name field.

•• You can score and track all types of assignments with the Test Manager: benchmark tests, quizzes, homework, exams, etc.

•• Scanning works only with objective questions such as multiple choice, multiple response, and true/false.

•• Tests can include open-ended questions, such as short answer or essay, but you must manually score the questions and then manually record the points within the Test Manager.

Step 28: Select Test from the Category drop-down list.

Step 29: Confirm that Term is set to 1 and Date is set to the current date.

Step 30: Select Paper test scored manually or with a scanner. (See Figure 70.)

Figure 70 New Assignment window


•• You must select a test created in ExamView Test Generator.

•• The default folder for tests is ExamView | Tests.

•• You can navigate to the appropriate subfolder within ExamView | Tests, or you can browse to find a file in another location, if necessary.

Step 32: Navigate to the ExamView | Tests | Training folder and select QuickTest Training.tst. (See Figure 71.)


Figure 71 Select a test for the new assignment

•• The Test Manager reads the answer key and other test information it needs to scan and score the test.


Step 34: Review the summary information and click Finish.

Step 35: View the results of the new assignment in the class roster. The assignment appears in the work area as a shaded column. (See Figure 72.)

Figure 72 New assignment in the class roster

•• The assignment title, date, category, term, and possible points are shown in the class roster.

•• A placeholder (--) appears for the score for each student.

•• The Test Manager is ready to score the tests with a scanner and record the results.


Get Results from a Scanner •• Students complete the test, using the appropriate scanner form.

Step 36: Choose Assignment | Get Results from | Scanner or click Get Results from Scanner .

•• The Information pop-up reminds you that the selected assignment includes open-ended questions and that you must manually score the open-ended questions.

Step 37: Click OK. The Get Results from Scanner – QuickTest Training window opens. (See Figure 73.)

Figure 73 Get Results from Scanner – QuickTest Training window

Step 38: Confirm that Advantage 1200 from the Scanner name drop-down list is selected.

Step 39: Select Form 2850 (green side) from the Form name drop-down list.

•• The Test Manager will automatically determine to which port the scanner is connected.

Step 40: Click Detect Scanner. (An error message will appear if the scanner is not connected to your computer and turned on.)

•• You must identify which question number on the scanner form corresponds to question 1 on the test.

Step 41: Confirm that Question number is set to 1. (See Figure 74.)


Figure 74 Set all options in Get Results from Scanner – QuickTest Training window

Step 42: Click Next. (Your instructor will scan all 10 forms for the 10 students in the class roster.)

•• Scanning forms reads students’ responses for each question.

•• Currently, the forms only support Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, True/False, Yes/No, and Matching question types.

oo Only the multiple choice questions for this test are scored.

oo The numeric response and short answer questions on this test must be manually scored.

•• The Test Manager stores the information for each student and automatically calculates each score based on the point values assigned to the questions.

•• An asterisk (*) next to a student’s name indicates that a problem exists with the student’s form, such as missing responses, multiple responses, answer out of range (for example, entering E if only A-D are valid).

Step 43: Select Yoder, Benjamin.

Step 44: Click Stop Scanning.

Step 45: Click Edit.

Step 46: Note that the student entered multiple responses for 4:Multiple Choice.

oo You have several options. You can fix the student response; give the form back to the student to fix and rescan; etc.


Step 48: Click Finish. View the results in the assignment column of the class roster.

•• Results are for the multiple choice questions only.

oo Results appear in red font in the Assignment column when only some of the questions on an assignment have been scored.


Manually Score Questions •• You must manually score questions on a test that cannot be scored by a scanner.

•• On the QuickTest Training.tst assignment, the numeric response and short answer questions must be manually scored.


oo Students must provide answers for the numeric response and short answer questions on tests or other answer sheets (separate from the scan forms).

Step 50: Choose Assignment | Edit Scores.

Step 51: Scroll to 23:Numeric Response.

Step 52: Enter 5 for 23:Numeric Response – 25:Numeric Response.

Step 53: Enter 10 for 26:Short Answer – 29:Short Answer.

Step 54: Click Next to move to the next student.

oo Repeat steps 50 through 54 until you have entered the points for all the numeric response and short answer questions.

Step 55: Click Done. View the results in the class roster.

oo The results appear in black in the Assignment column when all questions have been scored.

Step 56: Click Toggle Points/Percentages to change the scores from points to percentages.


Generate Reports •• You can generate various reports based on individual student and class results.

Step 58: Choose Report to show the menu of reports that you can generate.

Step 59: Choose Report | Assignment Results | by Student.

Step 60: Confirm that QuickTest Training is selected from the Assignment drop-down list.

Step 61: Confirm that Thomas Able is selected from the Student drop-down list.

Step 62: Select State Standard from the Focus drop-down list.

Step 63: Click OK.

Step 64: Scroll through the report that the Test Manager generated.

Step 65: Click Next to view the report for the next student.

Step 66: Click the drop-down arrow in the student name list to choose to another student.

Step 67: Click Close to close the report.



CLOSE THE EXAMVIEW TEST MANAGER When you are finished working with the Test Manager, close the program.

•• If you have a class file open, save and close the class before you close the program.

•• To close the program, choose File | Exit or click in the upper right corner of the window.

Step 1: Save the class. Then, choose File | Close to close the class.

Step 2: Choose File | Exit to exit the ExamView Test Manager.


CLOSE THE EXAMVIEW TEST GENERATOR When you are finished working with the Test Generator, close the program.

•• If you have a test open, save and close the test before you close the program.

•• To close the program, choose File | Exit or click in the upper right corner of the window.


Step 2: Choose File | Close to close the test.

Step 3: Choose File | Exit to exit the ExamView Test Generator.


CHECKLIST SUMMARY Now that you have completed this section, are you comfortable with all the concepts presented in this section? See whether you can answer yes to each of the questions in this checklist summary. If you answer no to any question in the checklist summary, take the time to review the referenced material from this section.

Can you explain the purpose of the ExamView Assessment Suite? (See What is ExamView Assessment Suite?)

Can you explain the purpose of the ExamView Test Generator? (See What is the ExamView Test Generator?)

Can you start the ExamView Test Generator? (See Start the ExamView Test Generator.)

Can you create a new test with the QuickTest Wizard? (See Create a New Test With the QuickTest Wizard.)

Can you save a new test? (See Save a New Test.)

Can you close a test? (See Close a Test.)

Can you open an existing test? (See Open an Existing Test.)

Can you identify the test sections? (See Identify the Test Sections.)

Can you use the seven question selection methods to build a test? (See Use Question Selection Methods.)

Can you edit an existing test? (See Edit an Existing Test.)

Can you customize the appearance of a test? (See Customize the Appearance of a Test.)

Can you print a test and an answer key? (See Print a Test and an Answer Key.)

Can you set up a test for use with a scanner? (See Set Up a Test for Use With a Scanner.)

Can you close the ExamView Test Manager? (See Close the ExamView Test Manager.)

Can you close the ExamView Test Generator? (See Close the ExamView Test Generator.)

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Getting Started With ExamView Test Builder