EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide

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1 EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide

2 EdPlan TM : Assessment II Table of Contents Taking Online Assessments...1 Installing the Scanning Software...4 Setting up Scanning Reference Defaults...8 Scanning Plain Paper Answer Documents Preslugging the Plain Paper Form PCG Education, 2013 Proprietary and Confidential - i - v3.0

3 Taking Online Assessments TO DO 1. Log in 2. Click active Assessment link 3. Take test 4. Submit test 5. Log out EdPlan TM Terms Save Using the Save button only saves any answers that have been entered. It does NOT score. Submit Using the Submit button completes the testing session and scores the test. The test may not be reopened. Exit Using the Logout button properly closes the session with the server. 1. Type the following URL in your browser: com, and press enter. 2. Log in as a student, using the login and password you have been given. 3. Click Submit. 4. Click on the student s folder to show the contents. 5. Click on the Assignments link. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 1

4 6. Click on the Assessments link under the class in which you need to take a test. 7. The right side of the screen will display all assessments assigned in that class, both available and completed. If necessary, scroll down until you find the available assessment (it will be a blue hyperlink), then click on it 8. Answer each question by clicking in the bubble to the left of the answer you think is correct. The red x beside an answer choice will mark out that answer choice if you want to eliminate it from consideration. The Use Test Tools link allows you to use highlighting, bolding, and striking out text to help decide which answer is best. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 2

5 Note: If you need to stop the test for some reason, click the Save button at the upper right corner of the screen, then close the window. IF YOU CLOSE THE WINDOW WITHOUT SAVING, NONE OF YOUR ANSWERS WILL BE SAVED. 9. When you are finished, click on the Submit button at the upper right of the screen. (You may need to scroll back up to the top to see it.) Be sure to click on Submit only one time. Do NOT doubleclick. You will see the screen refresh, then your score will be displayed. 10. To exit the program, be sure to click on the Exit icon at the upper right corner of the screen (the door). If you just close the window without clicking on the exit icon, you will not be logged out of the application. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 3

6 Installing the Scanning Software TO DO 1. Know your rights 2. Download the scanning application 3. Change the reference file settings EdPlan TM Terms Reference location to set up scanner default settings MFP Multi-function Printer TIF Tagged Image File Format COM Port used to specify how scanner is connected to your computer (i.e., COM1, COM2, USB, etc.) Note: Before you begin to download the scanning application, please verify with your technology department that you have full rights to save to the C:\directory and that Microsoft.NET Framework 4.0 or higher is installed on the computer. 1. Launch your D2SC website: and login with your user name and password. 2. From the Main Menu, scroll down and click Solution Center. 3. On the Solution Center screen, scroll down and click the latest version of the PCG Assessment Tool. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 4

7 4. At the prompt, Do you want to run or save this file? click Run. 5. At the prompt, The publisher could not be verified. Are you sure? click Run. 6. At the Welcome to the PCG Assessment Tool Setup Wizard screen, click Next. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 5

8 7. At the Configure Shortcuts screen, click Next. 8. At the Read me file screen, click Next. 9. At the End-User License Agreement screen, click Next (make sure the radio button for I accept the terms in the License Agreement is selected) EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 6

9 10. At the Ready to Install screen, click Install. 11. The Installing PCG Assessment Tool screen will show status of the installation. 12. When the Scan Tools Link runtime has completed the installation, click Finish. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 7

10 Setting up Scanning Reference Defaults On the new HP scanners (N8420), (7000s2 & 7500) and (5000 & 7000) TO DO List 1. Open Reference file 2. Set District URL 3. Specify scanner used 4. Specify scanner collection 5. Designate most common form used EdPlan TM Terms PCG Assessment Tool Application that is installed locally (on your computer) and is used for scanning and handheld response pads. Reference Screen where default scanning settings are saved. 1. Launch the PCG Assessment Tool. 2. From the Main Menu, click Scanner and then Reference. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 8

11 3. In the URL line, type your PCG web address: Note: The web address is EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 9

12 4. Under Scanner Settings: a. Click on the Scanner drop box and select your scanner type: Select MFP if using a multifunction printer or scanner used for plain paper scanning b. Click on the COM Port drop box and select how the scanner is connected to the computer (usually COM1). c. Leave the Scan Form box blank d. Select the Custom Scan Settings box and the show MFP UI box will appear. Select this box as well. (The Printer TWAIN drivers will appear upon scanning. This step will only need to be done once) e. Click the OK button. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 10

13 Scanning Plain Paper Answer Documents PCG Assessment Tool Barcode Scan TO DO List 1. Get forms ready to scan: all facing the same way; stray marks erased; no paper clips or sticky notes; all the same test. 2. Scan answer documents 3. Submit scores PCG Terms Plain Paper Answer Documents Answer documents that were printed and pre-slugged from the EdPlan system. Submit Send the data to EdPlan database Barcode-a series of lines of varying width containing campus, test, class, student, and form information used for scanning multi-test batches. 1. Launch the PCG Assessment Tool V Click the Login button and login with your EdPlan TM username and password. 3. From the menu bar at the top, click Scanner and select Reference. 4. Under Scanner Settings, verify that MFP is selected for scanner. 5. Click OK. Once the scanning is completed, Click the Submit button to submit The tests for grading. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 11

14 From the home screen, click the Barcode Scan button. Select the scanner from dropdown list. NOTE: Check Show MFP Scanner UI if you have not set the default brightness threshold for your HP scanner. Uncheck this after setting the brightness threshold after the first scan. Load the answer documents in the hopper and click Scan to begin scanning the answer documents. NOTE: The barcode preslugged on the answer document allows scanning to occur for any test, any subject, and any grade at one time. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 12

15 Preslugging the Plain Paper Form 1. From the Main Menu, select Preslug Scan Sheets. 2. In the navigation tree, drill down to the desired teacher s folder. The viewing screen will display scan sheet options. 3. Click the Form type drop box and select the appropriate scan form for the test. Note: Select the PCG Plain Paper form. When preslugging Scantron forms, you may need to use horizontal and vertical printing alignment options to move the student ID bubbles on the page. 4. Click the Lookup icon to select the test. A test selection screen will open with folders for QBAs and Quick Tests. 5. Drill down to the appropriate test and click the paper icon to select the test. The title of the test will turn red to show that it is selected. To preview the test, click the title of the test. 6. Click the green check mark to add the selected test to the scan sheet options. The window will close and the test will be displayed on the screen. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 13

16 7. In the Print Sort Option field, you can select how you want the preslugged documents sorted: By Teacher, by Class, by Student This is the default sorting option. All of a teacher s answer documents are alphabetized by student name within each class. By Teacher, by Student - Answer documents would be preslugged by teacher and alphabetized by student name regardless of which class the student is in. By Student Answer documents would be preslugged in alphabetical order by student name regardless of teacher or class selected. By Gender, by Student Answer documents would be preslugged by females in alphabetical order followed by males in alphabetical order. By Grade level, by Student Similar to By Student option except that the grade level is included. 8. Select the classes to preslug. 9. To save this group for future preslugging, click the Save Preslug Selections. Click Save. Note: Saving your preslug selections will save the classes selected for the Release QBA utility. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 14

17 To preview the test form, select Print Test Page. To print student s test forms, select Print Forms. Page scaling should be set to none or actual size. Errors may occur during scanning if the printed scan sheets are not aligned correctly. Do not photocopy scan sheets for student use. To preview the test form, select Print Test Page. To print student s test forms, select Print Forms. EdPlan TM : Assessment II User Guide v3.0 Taking Online Assessments Page 15