--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/exam_basics.tex 2004/06/09 13:55:21 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/exam_basics.tex 2010/04/01 15:52:25 1.5 @@ -1,16 +1,14 @@ \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 -that is scan of the bubbled scantron sheets. -2) you will need to modify the scantronfromat.tab file to properly +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 a scan of the bubblesheets. +\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. @@ -19,49 +17,45 @@ 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/Manage/Review Bubblesheets' +\item you will then need to upload the bubblesheet 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/Manage/Review Bubblesheet' screen +\item fill in the top form, and click 'Validate Bubblesheet 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 -form exams. +We are also supporting anonymous mode of using bubblesheet exams. Basically some people don't want to take the time to hand out 300 -exams to indiviual students (I.e make sure Alice gets Alice's exam and +exams to individual students (e.g., to make sure Alice gets Alice's exam and 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 +control the random numbers. The generation and grading of these is a +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 bubblesheet forms +\item get them scanned +\item upload the scan results +\item goto PGRD +\item click 'Grade/Manage/Review Bubblesheets' link +\item Select the map, datafile, bubblesheet 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 Bubblesheet Records' +\item follow the on screen prompts. +\end{enumerate}