CMAS Technology Training for Test Administrators October 2014

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Purpose -At the conclusion of this training, you will be able to: -Navigate the Pearson website -Start and stop a test session -Check students status and view their progress -Resume a student and mark a test complete

Agenda User Roles and Tools (slide 6) Navigation help (slide 9) Student Authorization Ticket example (slide 10) Seal Codes description and example (slide 11) Starting a test session (slide 13) Student Log in examples (slide 15) Monitoring student status (slide 19) Marking a test complete (slide 26) Stopping a session (slide 29) Java popups (slide 30)

PearsonAccess User Roles (CMAS Test Administrators) CMAS Test Administrators permissions include: Ability to administer the ePATs Proctor caching test content Starting and stopping test sessions Administering the CMAS and managing PearsonAccess test sessions Checking student test status Marking test complete

Tools

Help offers context-specific support. Click to close the Help window. PearsonAccess - Navigation: Help

Student Authorization Tickets Username: Test Code:

When students are ready to “unseal” a sealed test section, provide the Seal Code for that section only. Seal Codes apply only to sealed test sections. Each test contains 3 sealed test sections. Seal Codes must be used in the order they are printed. Seal Codes become invalid as soon as the test session is stopped. (A new test session requires new Seal Codes.) Seal Codes

Starting a test Session Test Administrator

Starting a PearsonAccess Test Session To start a session click Start Test sessions status shows as either Started or Not Started

Students logging in Test Administrators

Students Log In to TestNav Once the test session is started students launch a browser and enter the TestNav address provided in the Student Authorization Ticket When TestNav loads students enter the Username and Test Code provided in the Student Authorization Ticket

TestNav Testing Engine TestNav Welcome page

TestNav Testing Engine Section 1 Seal Code Entry

Checking Student Status Test Administrators

Student Status

These are the different status’ that may appear. Ready: The session has been started but the student has not logged in. Active: The student has logged in and started the test. Exited: The student has exited the test (for now) but has not submitted his or her answers. (because they need to complete more sections) Submitted: The student has finished testing and submitted his or her answers. Completed: The student’s submitted test data have been processed. Marked Complete: The student has exited the test and will not resume the test. Resume/Resume-Upload: The student has been authorized to resume the test.

View Student Progress A Test Administrator can view a student’s progress to determine if all questions have been answered Click on View Progress to view the student’s progress in the test

PearsonAccess Test Session Security Test sessions have multiple levels of security controls Session level security allows you to start/stop the entire test session to control access Student level security allows you to control access on a student level when the session is started

Resuming a Student If a student has exited a test they must be Resumed before they can log back into the test The student status is Exited Select the checkbox next to the student’s name Click Resume Test, Confirm you want to resume the test

Stopping a Test Session All test sessions must be Stopped at the end of a test administration All students in a session must be in Completed or Marked Complete status Click on Stop to stop the test session

Java pop ups you might encounter Test Administrators

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