Elaborating Tests

The Test Elaboration window allows you to create a new test or edit an existing one. Only the author of the test can edit it. To edit a test from another teacher you must save the test with another title.

This window can be displayed in the following situations: the New button is pressed in the Manage Tests window; the Edit button is pressed in the Manage Tests window or the Create a Test button is pressed in any window of the Tests and Quizzes module.

See the explanation of the buttons located to the left side of this window in the Tests and Quizzes topic.

Fields and Commands

Test

This group contains the necessary fields to enter the values referent to the test being created or being edited.

Author

This field displays the teacher's name that is logged into v-Class Teacher, indicating that you are going to be the author of the test being created or edited.

This field is read-only and cannot be modified.

Total Score

This field displays the total score of the test being created or edited. After the inclusion of a new question in the test, the Score field, located in the View Questions group, must be modified with the score of each question in the test. The value of the Total Score field will be automatically calculated by the application as the sum of the score of all questions in the test.

This field is read-only and cannot be modified.

Title

Enter a title for the test being created or edited. This field is required.

Discipline

Type in this field the name of the discipline for which the test is being created or edited. For example, you can be creating an English test, a Biology test, a Mathematics test and others. When a discipline is typed in this field, the next time that you create or edit a test, it will be displayed in the list of available disciplines. This way you will not need to type it again, just select it in the list. This field is required.

Grade

Type in this field the name of the grade for which the test is being created or edited. For example, you can be creating a test for the first, second or third grade. When a grade is typed in this field, the next time that you create or edit a test, it will be displayed in the list of available grades. This way you will not need to type it again, just select it in the list. This field is required.

Instructions

Type in this field instructions for the test, if necessary.

Questions

This fields and commands group lists the questions created or included to the current test and allows the management of these questions. At least one question must be included in the test, otherwise it cannot be saved. Besides, all questions included in the test must be scored through the Score field of the View Questions group or the test will not be saved either.

Question

This field displays the question's name.

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

Type

This field displays the type of the question. The question can be a one-answer choice question or an open question.

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

Add

This button allows adding a question to the test. After pressing this button, the Questions window will be displayed and the questions, that already exist in the questions base, can be included in the test, or new questions can be created to be included in the test.

Remove

This button allows removing a question from the test. Select a question in the questions list and then press the Remove button. Only one question can be removed at a time. When you press the Remove button a message will be displayed for you to confirm the removal.

If the Yes button is pressed, the question will be removed from the test. Note that the question will still be in the questions base, but it will not be included in the current test anymore. Press the No button to cancel the question removal. In this case, the application will return to the Test Elaboration window.

Edit

Select in the questions group, the question that you want to modify and then press the Edit button. The Create a Question window will be displayed and in this window you will be able to make changes to the question. The changes that you made will only affect the question of the current test, which means that the original question in the questions base will not be modified.

New

Press the New button to create a new question to the current test. The Create a Question window will be displayed and you can use it to create a new question. When you create a new question, it will be also included in the questions base.

Up

This button allows moving the selected question one position above the current one. You can use this function to change the order that the questions are displayed in the test. This button is only enabled if the selected question is not the first question in the test.

Down

This button allows moving the selected question one position bellow the current one. You can use this function to change the order that the questions are displayed in the test. This button is only enabled if the selected question is not the last question in the test.

View Questions

This group allows that you view the questions included in the test. To view a question, select it in the Questions group.

Score

Type the score to the question that is being displayed. When you type scores to the test's questions, the Total Score field will be automatically calculated, as the sum of all questions scores in the test.

Previous

Press this button to display the question that is before the current one. This button will not be enabled if the current question is the first question in the test.

Next

Press this button to display the question that is after the current one. This button will not be enabled if the current question is the last question in the test.

Preview

Allows that you preview the test, in the manner that it will be displayed to the students when it is applied to them. The Preview window will be displayed and you can press the Close Preview button in this window to return to the Test Elaboration window.

OK

After making the necessary changes, press the OK button to save the test. The window will be closed and the application will return to the Manage Tests window.

Cancel

If you want to cancel the creation or the edition of the test, press the Cancel button and the Test Elaboration window will be closed, returning to the Manage Tests window.

Help

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

Close

This button closes this window and returns to the v-Class Teacher Main window.