Managing Tests

In the Manage Tests window you can see all tests or filter them by discipline, grade and author. You can also access the window to create a new test, select a test to edit, view the created tests, remove tests, export tests, import a test and create or modify questions.

To display the Manage Tests window, press the Tests and Quizzes button in the Main window of the v-Class Teacher. In the window that is displayed, press the Test Paper Management in the Test Preparation group, located to the left right side of the screen.

Fields and Commands

Discipline

You can select a specific discipline in this field to show only the tests that are referent to this discipline. The disciplines displayed in this list are included when you create the tests and inform new disciplines in the creation process. When there is no discipline created, this field displays only the “All” option, indicating that all tests will be displayed, independently of their discipline.

Degree

You can select a specific degree in this field to show only the tests that are referent to this degree. The degrees displayed in this list are included when you create the tests and inform new degrees in the creation process. When there is no degree created, this field displays only the “All” option, indicating that all tests will be displayed, independently of their degree.

Author

If you type a value in this field, only the tests which author's name initiates with the typed text will be displayed. If there is no test created with an author's name initiating with the typed text, nothing will be displayed. To display all tests, independently of author, leave this field empty.

Tests List

Discipline

This field displays the discipline of the current test.

This field is read-only and it cannot be modified.

Grade

This field displays the grade of the current test.

This field is read-only and it cannot be modified.

Author

This field displays the author of the current test.

This field is read-only and it cannot be modified.

Title

This field displays the title of the current test.

This field is read-only and it cannot be modified.

Total Score

This field displays the total score of the current test.

The total score is the sum of all questions scores included in the test.

This field is read-only and it cannot be modified.

New

To create a new test the New button must be pressed. The Test Elaboration window will be displayed to the inclusion of information for the test being created. The author of the new test will be the teacher that is logged in v-Class Teacher and this author will be automatically assigned to the test.

Remove

If you want to remove a test, select it in the list and press the Remove button. The test will be permanently removed, and you will not be able to restore or view it again. Only the test's author can remove it. After pressing the Remove button, a message will be displayed for you to confirm if you really want to remove the test.

If the message is confirmed, through the Yes button, the test will be removed. Otherwise, if you don't confirm the message, by pressing the No button, the application will return to the Manage Tests window and the test will not be removed.

If you are not the test's author, an alert message will be displayed, indicating that the removal will not be possible.

Edit

If you want to edit a test, select it from the list and press the Edit button. If you are the test's author, it will be available for edition. The Test Elaboration window will be displayed with information of the selected test and changes can be made to it.

If you are not the test's author, an alert message will be displayed, informing that the edition will not be possible, but this test can be used to create a new one that you will own.

If the message is confirmed through the Yes button, the Test Elaboration window will be displayed for the creation of a new test, using the current one. If you don't confirm the message and press the No button, the application will return to the Manage Tests window.

Preview

To view the changes that were saved by the test, you can press the Preview button. A new window will be displayed to view the test, in the same manner that it will be displayed to the students.

Export

To export a test, after select it from the list, press the Export button. A window will be displayed for you to choose the location where the export file, in a XML format, will be saved. An exported test can be later be imported to the application. This feature is interesting, because a teacher can import tests exported by other teachers.

After exporting the test, an alert message will be displayed, indicating that the export was successfully completed.

Import

To import a test, press the Import button and a new window will be displayed for you to choose the XML test file that you want to import to v-Class Teacher.

To import a test, after selecting the corresponding file, press the Open button. The test will be included in the tests base and you will be the author of this test.

After importing the test, a message will be displayed, indicating that the test import was successfully completed.

Questions

To create or modify questions, press the Questions button. The Questions window will be displayed and you can create new questions to the questions base, modify existing questions or remove them. These questions can be later included in a test when you are creating or editing it.

Help

This button displays the Help window where you can navigate through the v-Class Teacher help topics.

Close

This button closes the Manage Tests window and returns to the Main window.