--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/exam_basics.tex 2004/06/09 13:55:21 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/exam_basics.tex 2004/06/15 15:50:03 1.2 @@ -1,16 +1,13 @@ \label{exam_basics} -There are multiple things here that you will need in order to do this. - - -1) you will need to be able to get a file from your scanning office +There are multiple things here that you will need in order to run an exam. +\begin{enumerate} +\item you will need to be able to get a file from your scanning office that is scan of the bubbled scantron sheets. -2) you will need to modify the scantronfromat.tab file to properly +\item you will need to modify the scantronformat.tab file to properly describe what your data file looks like. +\end{enumerate} - -To see a hw problem set turned into a bubble sheet exam you need to - -- set the parameter 'problemtype' for the set to 'exam' +To see a homework problem set turned into a bubble sheet exam you need to - set the parameter 'problemtype' for the set to 'exam' in PARM. The set of problems now it should automatically convert to a 'bubbled input' display, both online and when printing. @@ -19,21 +16,21 @@ You should be able to print out all of t an individualized exam for each student. When grading the exam you will need to -1) goto the set -2) click PGRD -3) click on 'Grade Scantron Forms' -4) you will then need to upload the sacntron data file to the Lon-CAPA +\begin{enumerate} +\item goto the set +\item click PGRD +\item click on 'Grade Scantron Forms' +\item you will then need to upload the sacntron data file to the Lon-CAPA server (it is the bottom option on that screen.) -5) one it is uploaded go back to the 'Grade Scnatron forms' screen -6) fill in the top form, and click 'Validata records' +\item one it is uploaded go back to the 'Grade Scnatron forms' screen +\item fill in the top form, and click 'Validate records' +\end{enumerate} ->From there on out it tries to describe what is going on in detail so +From there on out it tries to describe what is going on in detail so reading the screen and answering the questions should be straight forward. - - -In Lon-CAPA 1.2, we will be supporting a new mode of using scantron +We are also supporting annonymous mode of using scantron form exams. Basically some people don't want to take the time to hand out 300 @@ -41,27 +38,24 @@ exams to indiviual students (I.e make su Bob gets Bob's exam.) So we have another mode, where we generate different exam versions all of which have a 6-letter 'CODE' which control the random numbers. The generating and grading of these is a -bit more complex and - -> You can find a description of this in - -Anon - -1) got to a resource in a course -2) hit PRT -3) select 'Problem from for anonymous students' -4) click Next -> -5) type in the number of exams you want generated -6) if you want to save the CODEs for later so the bubbled input can be +bit more complex. +\begin{enumerate} +\item got to a resource in a course +\item hit PRT +\item select 'Problem from for anonymous students' +\item click Next -> +\item type in the number of exams you want generated +\item if you want to save the CODEs for later so the bubbled input can be validated, type in a name to save them under -7) click Next-> -8) print them out -9) fill in some scantron forms -10) get them scanned -11) upload the scan results -12) goto PGRD -13) click 'Grade' scantron form -14) Select the map, datafile, scantron format that knows where a CODE +\item click Next-> +\item print them out +\item fill in some scantron forms +\item get them scanned +\item upload the scan results +\item goto PGRD +\item click 'Grade' scantron form +\item Select the map, datafile, scantron format that knows where a CODE is on the form, and the name that CODEs where saved under -15) click 'Validate Scantron Records' -16) follow the on screen prompts. +\item click 'Validate Scantron Records' +\item follow the on screen prompts. +\end{enumerate}