preview and download On Demand Tests. The Central Server is accessed via the Internet. Each school is supplied with a unique User ID and Password for the VCAA Central Server. Open Internet Explorer. Enter in the Address field and press the [Enter] key. The VCAA Assessment Online Central Server homepage will appear (see Figure 2.1). Figure 2.1 – VCAA Assessment Online – On Demand Testing homepage Click on the On Demand Testing link on this page to get to the homepage for the On Demand program (see Figure 2.2). Figure 2.2 – On Demand home page Click on the On Demand Testing Login link under Teachers and Administrators and the following login window will appear (see Figure 2.3). Figure 2.3 – Login window Enter the User ID and Password supplied and click on the [Login] button. This will take you to the Home menu (see Figure 2.4). Passwords are case sensitive. Figure 2.4 – VCAA Central Server Home menu Searching for Tests To display the available tests go to: Test Bank Download Test Public (see Figure 2.5). Figure 2.5 – Search Criteria window From the Download Test Search window you can narrow down your search by: Selecting a Domain menu (English or Mathematics), and/or Selecting or entering other criteria in the Search Criteria section, such as: Year Level, Test Flow (adaptive or linear)*. *Note – there are NO linear tests available at this time. Enter the required Search Criteria and click on the [Search] button. A Search Result list will appear with a
list of tests matching the parameters entered (see Figure 2.6). To a new search click on the [Reset] button. If no tests appear in the Search Result list, the criteria you have selected maybe too narrow. The Test Flow column indicates tests are ‘Linear’ or ‘Adaptive’. Figure 2.6 – Test Search Results list with both Linear & Adaptive Linear Tests NOTE: THERE ARE NO LINEAR TESTS AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. Previewing Linear Tests The Linear Test View lists details of all the questions contained within a test such as the dimension, key area, skill and standard level of the question. To preview a test, highlight the required test from the Search Result list and then click on the [View] button. The Linear Test View screen will appear containing information about the test you have selected (see Figure 2.7). Figure 2.7 – Linear Test View window Left click on the [Preview] button. This enables you to preview the actual questions that will be presented to the students when they sit the linear test (see Figure 2.8). NOTE: Due to reformatting of some questions to allow for Cross Browser Compatibility on Student Test Players, some questions may not display correctly in this preview mode. Figure 2.8 – Preview of a linear test Printing a Preview of a Linear Test It is possible to print the preview of linear tests. in the preview mode, go to the File menu in the top left hand corner of your screen and select the Print option from the drop down menu. Select your printing requirements and on the [Print] button.
Figure 3.23 – File Download dialogue box Figure 3.24 – The Import Message. Common reasons for import errors are: The file is not in comma delimited (CSV) format, There are fields missing, There are fields in the wrong order, Field lengths are wrong, Data formats of fields are wrong, Columns have their headings. Two other possible reasons for the import to fail are detailed in Table 4: PROBLEM SOLUTION Unable to save to database If the import with the message of: Import failed: Unable to save to database ['You have entered a record that already exists or has been used.' Followed by a series of failures with message: Import failed: Unable to save to database ['Method '~' of object '~' failed' (-2147220991)] The problem is that the field stdnt_extrnl_xid does not match the stdnt_xid field in the database and is causing errors. This can be fixed fairly quickly but will require someone with administration access to the On Demand server, e.g., a school technician. Log into the On Demand server. Open “Query Analyser” and connect to (local) using Windows Authentication [On Demand VM, Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft SQL Server 2012 ->SQL Server Management Studio] (see Figure 1) Figure 1 – Open SQL Server Management Studio. Figure 2 – Connect to SQL Server. Click ‘Connect’ Figure 3 – Open a ‘New Query” the following SQL command in the Query window EXACTLY as it appears below. USE AIM UPDATE student
The Login Screen will appear (see Figure 3.37). Students will need to be provided with the following information: The test Session Key, Their Student Code (CASES ID for Government schools), and Day and Month of birth. Figure 3.37 – Student Login screen. Once they have entered the required details, the students should click on the [Login] button. The student’s details will be displayed and the student will need to confirm that this is correct before proceeding with the test (see Figure 3.38) by clicking on the [OK] button. Figure 3.38 – Student confirmation screen. Problems starting a test: Check students are using a browser specified in 1.5.2. Check that the session key is correct. Students can complete a test only once with a session key. If students are required to sit the same test a second time, please generate a new session key for that student. Completing a test When the test has been completed a Summary list will be displayed for Linear tests (see Figure 3.39). Students can select any question number to review/change their answer by selecting the question and clicking on the [Answer] button. Figure 3.39 – Summary list for Linear Test. To end the test session on [End Test] button. A Test Completed screen will be displayed (see Figure 3.40). Click on the [Finish] button. Figure 3.40 – The Test Completed screen Interrupting a test Tests can be temporarily or permanently stopped if required.