User manual

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User Manual
Printing Reports in QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
About the Reports in QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
How to Print Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Exporting Student Quiz Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
KeyBoard ShortCuts in QuizManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Frequently Asked Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
How many students can take a quiz on one NEO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
How many different quizzes can be loaded onto a NEO? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Does the student response to a short answer question have to be spelled
correctly? Is it case-sensitive?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
What happens if a student skips a question? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
If I’m using an AlphaHub (SmartOption Mobile Lab), and I also have an
open USB port on my computer, can I use both methods of
communication between QuizManager and NEOs at the same time? . . . . . . . . 9-52
Can a student spell check an essay question? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Can a student take a quiz twice?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Is it possible to print a quiz from the teacher’s computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Once an essay question is graded, what capabilities are there to make notes on
the student response in QuizManager? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
How and when do I assign the point values for each question? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Can the grades from quizzes be saved as a spreadsheet file or be copied and
pasted directly into a tab-delimited grading program? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
In essay responses, will AlphaQuiz or QuizManager highlight or underline
key words that were defined when creating the question? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
What happens if the NEO is turned off before a quiz is completed? What
appears on the screen when the NEO is turned back on? How does a
student continue the quiz? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
The QuizManager control bar shows a yellow indicator.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
The QuizManager control bar shows a black indicator, but a NEO is
connected to that location on the Cart or to the USB port on the computer. . . 9-55
I have a quiz installed on some NEOs, and I have student responses that I
have not yet retrieved, but I’ve accidentally erased the quiz
document from my computer. Now I can’t retrieve, or even remove, the
responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
I have a quiz installed on some NEOs, but I have accidentally erased the quiz
document from my computer and I don’t remember the Admin Password.
Now I am unable to remove the quiz from the NEOs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55