1. Technology Coordinators Training

2. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Agenda Topic - Introduction to Pearson’s On-Line Testing Solution Administrative Site TestNav Proctor Caching Online Resources - Technology Configuration for On-Line Testing Hardware/Software Requirements Proctor Caching Test Delivery Wireless Networks TestNav Installation Best Practices Enhanced Early Warning System Firewalls/Content Filters Issues/Special Considerations – Q&A

3. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Online Testing Components Administrative Web Site http://etest.pearson.com Used by Test Coordinators, Test Administrators, etc. Manage Student Data Create Test Sessions Monitor the Test Session Testnav Used by Students to Take Tests Java Based Client that Looks Like a Browser Proctor Caching Stores test content locally Reduces the burden on your network and ISP

4. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Online Resources Resources Page Infrastructure Guidelines for Online Testing Proctor Caching User’s Guide TestNav Early Warning System Reference Manual Training for online testing Support Information Toll free support number (1-866-688-9555)‏ ADPAlgebraIIEOC@pearson.com

5. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Proctor Caching WAN ISP Test Content A caching solution is recommended Runs on both Windows and Mac OS X Does not require an underlying server-based operating system Reduces burden on ISP by storing a local copy of all tests. TestNav must be configured (proxysettings.properties file) to communicate through Proctor Caching. This configuration can be done during the TestNav install process. If there is an upstream proxy server, Proctor Caching will need to be configured to communicate through that device.

6. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Test Delivery – Local Installation Download and Install TestNav on each workstation used for Test Delivery You will also need to configure each machine to communicate with the Proctor Caching server (proxy settings.properties file)‏ System automation tools like SMS (Windows) and Apple Remote Desktop (Mac) make local installs much more practical.

7. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Test Delivery – Server Installation Server Workstations Download and Install TestNav on a server You will also need to configure the server installation to communicate with the Proctor Caching server (proxy settings.properties file)‏ Create a shortcut to the server installation of TestNav on each workstation used for Test Delivery

8. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Wireless Networks DO use Proctor Caching. DO use a local installation of TestNav. DO NOT overload access points with too many clients.

9. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. TestNav Installation Best Practices TestNav Software is entirely self-contained. This allows you to copy the TestNav folder to another client machine; there is no need to run the Installer on each machine. **Flash 9 or above must be installed on each testing workstation The TestNav/proxysettings.properties file is the only configurable settings file. This file can be edited with Notepad or TextEdit. Student machine logins will need full access to these directories TestNav/temp TestNav/Logs Early Warning Save Locations

10. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. TestNav Installation Best Practices Local Installation - If you use hard drive imaging tools like Deep Freeze you must exclude the TestNav/Logs and Early Warning Save Location directories Network Installation Do not run the TestNav installer on the File Server itself. Run the installer on a client workstation and then copy the client's TestNav folder to a mapped network drive. Once copied to the network drive, edit the proxysettings.properties file to have valid file paths for the save locations. It is best to use mapped drives for all paths.

11. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Enhanced Early Warning System In the event the connection to the testing server is interrupted during a test, the Enhanced EWS displays a warning message and automatically saves the student's responses to an encrypted file Allows the student to continue testing or exit the system without losing any of the student’s responses. When testing is resumed, the locally saved responses are transmitted to the testing server and added to the responses already stored there. Up to two (2) locations can be designated as “save locations” for student responses in the event of a connectivity loss to the testing servers. Best Practice: One local and one shared location Students must have write access to the designated “save locations”.

12. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Reasons Why EWS Triggers 1.TestNav client determines that neither Early Warning Save Location is valid. 2.TestNav is unable to download a test item. 3.TestNav is unable to upload responses.

13. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Early Warning - Demo

14. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Firewalls/Content Filters The following domains and ports must be allowed to pass through your Internet firewall or proxy system. DomainIP Address Port etest.pearson.com 206.17.160.33 80 www8.etest.pearson.com 206.17.160.38 443 www9.etest.pearson.com206.17.160.37 80 launcher.etest.pearson.com206.17.160.37 80 www.pearsonaccess.com206.18.174.15 80, 443

15. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Issues/Special Considerations Disable Popup Blocking Software (Administrative Site)‏ A pop-up blocker will block the login screens from opening on administrative workstations Applications that launch automatically Any applications that may automatically launch on a computer should be configured not to launch during testing sessions. Common applications that may launch automatically include: Anti-virus software performing automatic updates Power management software on laptops warning of low batteries Screen Savers Email with Auto message notification Screen resolution All ADP tests are authored to a screen resolution of 800 x 600 so make sure that your testing machines are capable of 800 x 600 resolution Screen Resolutions below this setting will cause an error as TestNav tries to load the test Screen Resolutions above this setting will cause the test to appear smaller than the available screen size.

16. Confidential Copyright © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. and/or one or more of its direct or indirect affiliates. All rights reserved. Questions?