My Item Writer
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1. button Each item must have a minimum of two item options associated with the item Adding Item options can be added by using the add button Each item may only have a maximum of ten item options associated with the item The add item option button is located below the last item option Once this button is pressed a new item option will be inserted at the bottom as shown in Figure 20 Add New Item Option KA I R N Enter option text here Figure 20 Add New Item Option References To associate a reference with an item the user can click the reference button S as shown at the bottom of Figure 5 Create an Item Once this button is pressed the user will be presented with the reference window as shown in Figure 21 References Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 14 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC gt Add References to the Item Reference Details Source Type g Publisher Conference Name Conference Indicates Required Field Current Item References mo emme O OOOO Book Title Book Title Figure 21 References In order to create a reference the user must select a reference Source Type from the list as shown in Figure 22 Reference Source Type Once the reference source type has been selected the list of fields related to that reference type will be presented to the user All mandatory fields are denoted with an asterisk Electronic Sou2. last updated will be displayed as shown in Figure 16 Last Updated Information Last Updated 24 02 2014 10 52 24 Figure 16 Last Updated Information Text Editor Text editors are used in order to fill in the information related to the item These text editors support text formatting for each of the item options Bold Italic and Underline The editor enables the user to select between bold italic and underline text by using the text editor options B 7 U Full Screen Editing The editor enables the user to expand the editor to full screen mode by using the text editor option lt x The editor will be expanded as shown in Figure 17 Full Screen Editing Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 11 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC E Editor Times New Roman v 3 v BT gt be This is a test item PROMETRIC Figure 17 Full Screen Editing Once in full screen editing mode the user can make the appropriate changes and then minimise the editor by using the text editor option an Assets Currently images are the only supported asset type in MIW To associate an asset with the item the user can click the text editor option jail The user will be presented with the asset import window as shown in Figure 18 Import Assets Window Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 12 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC e Image Asset Prev
3. E Analysis Application Communication Do Not Know Evaluation Judgement Knowledge Not Applicable Recall Figure 6 Cognitive Level Selection Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 7 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC Language To associate a language with an item the user can select from a list of languages as shown in Figure 7 Language Bulgarian Chinese Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Maltese Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Figure 7 Language Selection Group Users have the ability to Group their items using the group functionality within MIW The user can create a group by navigating to Account gt Settings gt Group on the menu options as shown in Figure 8 Add Group Menu Figure 8 Add Group Menu Once the menu option has been selected the user can then create groups as shown in Figure 9 Add Delete Group Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 8 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC e ih 1 New Group Details Figure 9 Add Delete Groups In order to create a group the user mush type the name of the group and then click the Add button To delete a group simply click the icon related to that group A group may only be deleted if it has no items associated To as
4. User Manual ITEM WRITER PROMETRIC Contents TI TEE 3 Mod iaee sosneee lt on eden nen T 4 EY SINS CS OO AUN og EE EEE 4 Ko EEE ER ER MR teres 4 ENNO 4 NON 5 FOO ict EEE NE 6 CAS AD BC EE EE EE EE A 6 ETI ETT E E S E E A E E A E E 7 Eg CS ERE EE 8 GN 8 ONEI JR EE 9 MON 9 MOR A E E E E A nee 10 MCOMR DICHOTOMOUS Luv rvvevvveerrssaeeneek k ene 11 FEL 11 TE OT EEE EE ences E 11 Bold Itaicond Bers lT 11 FUF ereen EAN EEE EE 11 PN 12 ENN 14 ENN 14 Te EEE EE E cevaueaeecnoeess 14 Pa 10 1 EE EE EE EE NE 14 VE n JE REE 14 RIGON REE EE T 16 EN 16 cT EE NE NE EE TE EE 17 MEET TTT 17 16 se aoe seine reed ne otc vine EEE EE EN NENNE S pence reps NE EE 17 MIN pec se sets cn enc AE Sow eerste pe ee Sores ie Seige sen eee ee one ou ere 17 EGET ace E E 18 Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 1 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC Bls ee TET 18 IIH EE EE EE EE cies aen acess 19 Kol GT EE A ENE EEE 20 GN 20 EIT 20 De 21 Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 2 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC Table of Figures Je as SE ERE EAE i 4 Figure ENN 5 TE T EITS E A E E 5 PPT TN br 6 Fig re 5 TB 7 PICUKe 6 Cognitive Level Se ETON 7 STATI Ea HT R ase 8 Figures Ada Group ME Ned 8 Feure 9 9 ADIGE NE 9 eV 9 Fe ENN ESN 9 Figure 12 Last Updated Information sss sss sees eee eee 11 FSCS NENNE 12 Figure 14 Import Assets Window rrrrrnanarrnenare
5. at they have selected an incorrect number of keys as shown in Figure 13 MCQMR Key Selection Please select a minimum of 2 keys for an MCOMR item Figure 13 MCQMR Key Selection In addition to the key selection MCQMR items require the user to select a weighting for each of the selected item options Once this item option has been selected a weighting option will be displayed alongside each of the item options as shown in Figure 14 MCQMR Weighting Option Figure 14 MCQMR Weighting Option When attempting to save the item if the user has not selected an item for their chosen key they will be presented with a message stating they must specify a weighting as shown in Figure 15 MCQMR Weighting Message Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 10 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC 7 1 Selected item option A but no weighting has been specified Figure 15 MCQMR Weighting Message MCQMR Dichotomous Multiple Choice Multiple Response Dichotomous items are items where there is more than one response required i e the user must select at least two keys If the user does not select at least two keys and tries to save the item they will be presented with a message stating that they have selected an incorrect number of keys as shown in Figure 13 MCQMIR Key Selection Last Updated When creating a new item the Last Updated field will be empty When editing an item the time at which the item was
6. ction Ctrl S Save an item Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 21 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC Ctrl N Create a new MCQSR item Ctrl D Create a new MCQMR Dichotomous item Ctrl E Create a new MCQMR item Ctrl R Display References Ctrl T Display Rationale Ctrl M Display Comments Ctrl G Display Groups Ctrl P Display item bank Ctrl K Display uploaded items Figure 38 Application Hotkeys Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 22 of 22 Version Number 1 0
7. iew Add New Image Asset Figure 18 Import Assets Window Within this window the user can add assets to their library by clicking the Add New Image Asset button This will bring the user to an upload window where they can select a file on their hard drive as shown in Figure 19 Adding New Asset Image Asset Import ug do Pictures Sample Pictures E ea Organize v New folder v Fr Favorites Pictures library BB Desktop Sample Pictures F Downloads 37 Dropbox Arrange by Folder S i Recent Places S Libraries bk C Documents Chrysanthemum Desert jpg Hydrangeas jpg B Music JPY Pictures File name v All Image Files JPEG GIF BMP F Figure 19 Adding New Asset Once the desired image has been selected this image will now be available in their library This library will be available for all items related to the user To insert the asset into the item click the required asset in the library and click the Insert button Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 13 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC 3 Item Options All item options must be filled out before saving an item Key Selection Before saving an item the user must select an item option as the key A key can be selected by using the key button Once you have selected that item option as the key the icon will turn green 2 Deleting Item options can be deleted by using the delete
8. ill be presented with the comments window as shown in Figure 25 Comments Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 16 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC 7 2 Add Comments to the Item pasame men 24 02 2014 11 57 32 OX Figure 25 Comments The user can add comments by pressing the Add button The user can delete the comments by clicking the icon The user can click OK to commit the comments or click Cancel to undo any changes made Save To save all the information related to the item the user can click the save button W Menu Bar The menu bar provides all the main interactions within the application It contains four separate menu options as shown in Figure 26 Menu Options Item Mv Item Bank Account Help Figure 26 Menu Options Item The Item menu option as shown in Figure 27 Item Menu Option allows the user to create a new item from all the item types supported Once the user chooses this option they will be presented with a blank item for that item type as described in the section Item Type Item My Item Bank Account Help MCQSR ST MCOMR Ctrl E MCOMR Dichotomous Ctrl D Multiple Choice Single Response Figure 27 Item Menu Option My Item Bank The My Item Bank menu option as shown in Figure 28 My Item Bank Menu Option allows the user to view all the items they ve created and also all the items that they ve previously uploaded Co
9. m dolore eu fugat nulla pariatur Excepteur snt occaecat cupidatat non proident sunt in culpa qui officia deser molit am m id est laborum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit sed do esusrmod tempor incdidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua Ut enam ad minim versam quis nostrud exercation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex e2 commodo consequat Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugsat nulla pariatur Excepteur sant occaecat cupidatat non proident sunt in culpa qui oficia deserunt molit anim id est laborum Figure 30 View Item Bank Item tooltip Edit Item To edit an item the user can click the edit button 2 Once this button is pressed the user will be presented with the item window as shown in Figure 5 Create an Item with all the item information populated Delete Item The delete an item the user can click the delete button icon Once this button is pressed the item will be no longer available to the user Upload Item To upload an item the user can select the required items by checking the checkbox next to the item At this point the user will be presented with another login screen and asked to Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 18 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC e input their credentials as shown in Figure 31 MyltemReviewer Login This login is used for uploading the items to MyltemReviewer NOTE This username and pi
10. n is NOT the same as the login details for the MIW application These credentials should have been received via email If these credentials have been misplaced please get in touch with Prometric Sign in to My Item Reviewer NOTE Your upload credentials are separate to your MyltemWrnter login email and PIN Username Password Figure 31 MyltemReviewer Login Once the credentials have been authenticated the user will be presented with a list of contexts and ICS codes that they have the permission to upload the items to as shown in Figure 32 Returned Contexts and ICS Codes Choose the relevant context along with the ICS code and click the Submit button Choose the Item Category Please choose the item context Siez Sample Context T ICS Code Sample ISC Code Sample I5C Code Description Figure 32 Returned Contexts and ICS Codes View Uploaded Items Once the View Uploaded Items option has been selected the user will be presented with an overview of all their items which they have previously uploaded as shown in Figure 33 View Uploaded Items Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 19 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC 7 My Item Bank View Uploaded Items This is sample item This is a sample item MCOSR 34 02 2014 15 29 37 Figure 33 View Uploaded Items Account The Account menu option as shown in Figure 34 Account Me
11. nenevennnnsnnnunevennvennnnvennnnsnnnunsnenenenenevenennsennunsnennnenenevenenere 13 Feure 15 Adaing New a airsrnsineernke dinee ea e A A R E EE 13 Figure 16 Add New ltem Option Leone Gemia 14 PVC K RS COS oii a S T 15 STI 18 Relerence SET EN 15 US 19 Saved e EN N 16 Foure TEN 16 Pl TN 17 EE VEG ea EE EE 17 Figure 23 Item Menu Option css sees eee eee eee 17 Figure 24 My Item Bank Menu Option sese eee ee eee eee 18 Fedre 29 NNN 18 Figure 26 MyltemReviewer Login ss ssessessessessessessesseeseeseesersersersersrrsrrsresressrorrerrosreresreeseesreseeseeseese 19 Figure 27 Returned Contexts and ICS Code a pe Ea EAG aE neen ai 19 Figure 28 Account Menu OptiOn sssssssessessessessesseesessessessessessersersersrrsresressrsrrsrroressrsresreoseeseesesseeseese 20 Figure 29 Help Menu OU Oia EE EE E 20 Mee 30 oe 21 Figure ST APG ON AE Saa 22 Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 3 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC 3 Introduction My Item Writer MIW allows users to create edit and upload items There are no prerequisites required in order to start writing items Users can write items using MIW then subsequently upload them to MyltemReviewer a web based application which enables the items to be reviewed collectively Using the Application The following sections of this manual will provide the user with all the information needed to proceed in using the application Login An email address and pin a
12. nu Option allows the user to Log Out of the application and also view add and delete Groups Account Groups Ctrl G Figure 34 Account Menu Option Log Out Once this option has been selected the user will be logged out of the application They will be brought to the login screen as shown in Figure 1 Login Screen Groups Once this option has been selected the user will be brought to the groups section of the application as described in the section Group Help The Help menu option as shown in Figure 35 Help Menu Option allows the user to view information related to the MIW application Help Manual Figure 35 Help Menu Option Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 20 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC About Once this item has been selected the user will be presented with information regarding the current version of the application as shown in Figure 36 About Information AboutForm WRITER vi 4 Powered by Prometric Figure 36 About Information Manual Once this item has been selected the user will be presented with the user manual related to the functionality of the application as shown in Figure 37 Manual User Manual WRITER PROMETRIC Figure 37 Manual Hotkeys The application has a number of hot keys These shortcut keys are shown in Figure 38 Application Hotkeys These allow for rapid item creation Key Combination A
13. pyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 17 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC My Item Bank Help View Item Bank Ctrl F View Uploaded Items Ctrl k Figure 28 My Item Bank Menu Option View Item Bank Once the View Item Bank option has been selected the user will be presented with an overview of all the saved items as shown in Figure 29 View Item Bank My Item Bank View Saved Items Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit sed do eiusmod tem Group 1 MCQMR Di 24 02 2014 11 35 24 mur E T 77T AMES ect All Upload Selected Items Cancel Figure 29 View Item Bank The user has the option of viewing the entire item as a tooltip by hovering their mouse over the item stem within the View Item Bank grid view as shown in Figure 30 View Item Bank Item tooltip piscr Lorem en dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit sed do eusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua Ut enam ad minim ven irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugsst nulla pariatur Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non prode nt in culpa qui officia deserunt molit anim id e Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet conse ope sed do eusmod tempor inadidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua Ut enam ad minim versa quis nostrud exerctation ullamco laboris nesi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillu
14. rce Film Int Journal Article Patent Performance Periodical Article Report Figure 22 Reference Source Type Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 15 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC T The reference can now be saved once all the fields have been filled out This can be done by clicking the Save button Once saved the reference will be added to the list as shown in Figure 23 Saved Reference Current ltem References CE ME Book Title Book Title Figure 23 Saved Reference In order to edit the reference the user can click on the reference in the saved list All the saved reference fields will be presented to the user to edit Rationale To associate rationale with the item options the user can click the rationale button 87 Once this button is pressed the user will be presented with the rationale window as shown in Figure 24 Rationale gt Add Rationale to the Item Stem 1 This is the reason this is the stem because tem EY This is the key because eam This is the reason this is a distractor because om 5 tem Option EPP Figure 24 Rationale i The user can clear the rationale text by clicking the icon The user can click OK to commit rationale changes or click Cancel to undo any changes made Comments To associate comments with the item the user can click the comments button Once this button is pressed the user w
15. re required in order to log into MIW A user can log into MIW by either creating a new account or logging in with an existing account as shown in Figure 1 Login Screen Welcome to my Item Writer WRITER Log into Account Create an Account Figure 1 Login Screen Creating New Account To create a new account the user must click the Create an Account button as shown in Figure 1 Login Screen The user is prompted to enter a unique email address and pin The user must also choose two security questions from the list presented and provide an answer for each of them as shown in Figure 2 Create Account These security questions will provide a method of retrieving the users pin securely if forgotten Once these requirements have been met the account will be created and the user will automatically be logged into Copyright O 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 4 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC the application On future logins all credentials are authenticated against the account details stored in the database Welcome to my Item Writer TEM WRITER Name Email Address Confirm Email User Pin Confirm Pin I wish to receive future information on myltemWriter and Prometric products vi4 Create Account Figure 2 Create Account Log into Account To login the user must click the Log into Account button as shown in Figure 1 Login Screen They will then be asked to enter their email add
16. ress and pin as shown in Figure 3 Login Welcome to my Item Writer TM Email Address User Pin Forgot Pin Figure 3 Login Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 5 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC 7 Forgot Pin In the event that the user forgets their pin they can retrieve the pin by clicking the Forgot Pin link as shown in Figure 1 Login Screen They will then be asked to submit their email address Once they have entered a correct email address they will be presented with the security questions that they answered when creating their account Once the security questions have been answered and submitted their pin will be displayed in a popup box as shown in Figure 4 Forgot Pin Welcome to my Item Writer Please an What was nickname Who was hero Submit Figure 4 Forgot Pin Create an Item On successful login to MIW the user is presented with the item writing screen as shown in Figure 5 Create an Item Users can write and update items from this screen Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 6 of 22 Version Number 1 0 7 My Item Writer Item My Item Bank Account Help Last Updated EA Bug Enter stem text here PROMETRIC Figure 5 Create an Item Cognitive Level PROMETRIC 7 To associate a cognitive level with an item the user can select from a list of cognitive levels as shown in Figure 6 Cognitive Level E
17. sociate an item with a group the user can select from a list of their created groups as shown in Figure 10 Group Selection Figure 10 Group Selection Item Type To associate a type with the item the user can select from a list of item types as shown in Figure 11 Item Type Selection This version supports MCQSR Multiple Choice Single Response MCQMR Multiple Choice Multiple Response and MCQMR Dichotomous Multiple Choice Multiple Response Dichotomous item types The full name of each of these item types is displayed in a tooltip to the right once the mouse is hovered over the item type in the list Figure 11 Item Type Selection MCQSR Multiple Choice Single Response items are items where there is only one response required i e the user must only select one key If the user selects more than one key and tries to save the item they Copyright 2012 Prometric Inc All Rights Reserved Page 9 of 22 Version Number 1 0 PROMETRIC will be presented with a message stating that they have selected an incorrect number of keys as shown in Figure 12 MCQSR Key Selection Please select only 1 key for an MCQSR item Figure 12 MCQSR Key Selection MCQMR Multiple Choice Multiple Response items are items where there is more than one response required i e the user must select at least two keys If the user does not select at least two keys and tries to save the item they will be presented with a message stating th
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