_________________________________________________________ / \ ) Student Aid ][ - EDIT/CREATE TEST - HELP ( \_________________________________________________________/ This is the area where you may edit or create a test. Basically there are two modes here. The VIEW mode - which allows you to view and scan through the questions in the test, and the EDIT mode - which allows you to input information or edit current question/answer information. When you first entered this area you were presented with a row of gadgets in the top row - this is the VIEW mode. From here you can scan through the questions in the test simply by pressing [+] or [-] by clicking the respective gadget or even by using the [->] and [<-] arrow keys on your keyboard. To quickly move to the top, bottom or a certain question you can do so by selecting the [T]op, [L]ast, [G]oto# gadget/key or by using the Up or Down arrow keys on your keyboard. The edit mode is entered when you select either the [M]odify question or the [A]dd question gadget/key. Once you are in the edit mode you can continue to enter information until you press the [ESC] key which will prompt you for the correct answer and then return to VIEW mode. In addition to the test [A]dd and [M]odify, you can do a single line modification by pressing the MOUSEBUTTON on the line you wish to modify while you are in VIEW mode. Pressing [ESC], [RETURN], arrow key or even a mousebutton will all take you out of line edit and back to VIEW mode. From the VIEW mode you can also select to EDIT the verbose [W]hy or even the test [S]ummary information screen by pressing the respecive key or gadget. Note: There is a different WHY for each question, so it is best to write some quick info regarding WHY the answer is the way it is in there. There is only one [S]ummary page which is always displayed upon exiting the take test area. For optimal effectiveness, this summary page should contain a table of how to rate performace based on grade % _________________________________________________________ / \ ) Student Aid ][ - EDIT/CREATE TEST - COMMANDS ( \_________________________________________________________/ (Click on gadget or press the underlined letter) [F]ormat - There are 6 pre-defined answer formats, this selection toggles the current answer format to use for question. (note: the questions are always 78 characters x 5 lines). The answer formats for a question are as follows: 1) 2 Answers (76 characters x 6 lines each) ie.. TRUE FALSE 2) 3 Answers (76 characters x 4 lines each) 3) 4 Answers (76 characters x 3 lines each) typical Multiple Choice 4) 5 Answers (76 characters x 2 lines each) 5) 8 Answers (76 characters x 1 line each) 6) FILL IN THE BLANK with 7 correct Answers (76 characters x 1 line each) - Note: Unlike formats 1-5 where there is only 1 correct answer in this format ALL ANSWERS will be compared to a user input and if any one is identical [NOT capitols/case sensitive] then it will be considered a correct answer. [W]hy edit - Enter edit mode for a brief (3 line X 50 chr) description of why the right answer is so. Displays only if student selects VERBOSE WHY during the take test review process. [S]ummary edit - Allows you to change summary page information. This is the information displayed after the user completes the test as a final note or to allow him to compare his grades to some given standard. [M]od - Enter edit mode and MODify current question and answer. After finishing modification of current question it will incrament to the next question until you choose to [ESC]ape out of modify mode. The following keyboard commands are available during line edit, Mod edit or Add type edit: ARROWS - Moves cursor up, down, side to side SHIFT SIDE ARROWS - Moves cursor to beginning or end of current line CTRL-D - Deletes all text in current line CTRL-Y - Deletes text from the cursor position to the end of line [C]py - Copy current question. After performing the copy, the new question (last one in test) will be displayed for editing. [A]dd - Enter edit mode and ADD a new question to this test, if the current question is empty it will begin with it and then append to the end of test. Also see above [M]od for commands available during edit mode. [G]oto# - Allows you to GOTO a certain question number in the current test. [-] or [UP ARROW] - Moves you to previous question in current test. [+] or [DOWN ARROW] - Moves you to next question in current test. [T]op or [LEFT ARROW] - Moves you to the top (or first) question in test. [B]ottom or [RIGHT ARROW] - Moves you to the last question in the test. [E]xit - This quits edit/create function and returns you to main menu.