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1. Construction Arts Audio Video Audio and Video Technologies Technology and Communications Arts Audio Video Journalism and Broadcasting 165 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Folder Task List Communications Arts Audio Video Performing Arts Technology and Communications Arts Audio Video Printing Technologies Technology and Communications Arts Audio Video Telecommunications Technologies Technology and Communications Arts Audio Video Visual Arts Technology and Communications Business Management and Administrative amp Information Support Administration Business Management and Business Analysis Business Management and Business Financial Management amp Administration Accounting Business Management and Human Resources Administration Business Management and Management Business Management and Marketing amp Communications inistration Education and Training Administration and Administrative Support Education and Training Professional Support Services Education and Training Teaching Training a a o Financial amp Investment Planning a ee Government and Public Foreign Service Administration Government and Public National Security Administration ic LG Administration Government and Publ Administration Government and Public Regulation Administration Public Management and Administration 166 Folder Administration Government and
2. An altemate approach to course database initialization is for the CTE administrator or staff to provide each teacher with a diskette containing all of their courses with students already imported and an initial task list The data warehouse application can be used to build this diskette By adding a curriculum framework to a task list CTESTAR for Windows may also be used to cross walk the curriculum against the framework The user identifies whether each task in the task list applies to the framework dement The Curiailum CrosWalk report lists the tasks that apply to an individual framework dement in task list framework order INTRODUCTION CTESTAR for Palm OS The purpose of the CTESTAR for Palm OS application is to facilitate data entry from a portable easy to use handheld PDA utilizing Version 4 1 of the Palm OS and incorporating a minimum of 8 mb RAM The Palm m130 and Tungsten E are inexpensive PDA s that satisfy these requirements This application functions in conjunction with CTESTAR for Windows on the workstation Once the course task and student data have been defined on the workstation this data may be downloaded to the PDA via the standard Palm OS synchronization utilities Student assessment data may then be edited on the PDA As in the workstation application the teacher may grade all students across an individual task or an individual student across all tasks Once data has been edited on the PDA it may be up
3. Note that although you may select a task heading on the Sdet Tax form you may not assess them If you inadvertently click the Assss button with a heading selected the button will flash however the program will not display the Ass Tax form You must 127 CTESTAR USER MANUAL select a task before the Asses Task form will display If you select a new course from the Assess Task form you will be automatically returned to the Sdet Tax form Assessing a Student Across Tasks To assess an individual student across all tasks in a course tap the Student Tak selector on the Sdet Tak form so that the S is highlighted The Sdet Tak form will change to the Sdet Student form with a list of students displayed If necessary scroll to the desired student and tap the student s name In the following example Figure 123 the student Ahmad Davis has been selected Aaea a Y 12345 Block ALEXANDER RODHEY D BROOKS SHELDON D BURTON MARCELLUS D CLEVELAND JESSICA E DAWIS AHMAC DENSON YOLANDA Mi DORSEY KELLIE GIBBS EARNEST J 9055 DEMOND E 9055 KEOME J GRANT SH ADAY T mw Do Figure 123 When you have confirmed that the correct student was selected tap the Ass button The A s Student form will be displayed as shown below Figure 124 128 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK Ea ia Y 12345 Block DAVIS AHMAD Program Orientation T 1 Center Handbook 2 Program Operation Guide 3 Maoth Reading Assessment Te
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5. Sample Topic text entered into the Deaiption field before the Add New Topic button has been clicked 67 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL amh Sample Topi DRAWING AND WELDING ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AN OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AN WELDING INSPECTION AND TI KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Students H i i Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12367 New Course Figure 69 The following screen Figure 70 shows the results of adding a new sample topic to the previously illustrated sample task list by clicking the Add New Topic button 68 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Description amp DRAWING AND WELDING SYME amp ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AN OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC amp ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ANI H WELDING INSPECTION AND TE amp KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Sample Topic New Performance Element New Topic H Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 New Course New Topic Figure 70 Note that the newly added topic automatically contains one item the New Patformane Elmat option This item is used to add performance ed
6. Student Task Achievement Reports The primary purpose of the CTESTAR application suite is to produce a record of each individual student s proficiency in all of the individual tasks covered within the course These two reports demonstrate this proficiency The workstation and warehouse applications will print certificates in the format illustrated in Appendix A The student name partial id program entry and exit dates attendance assessment CTESTAR USER MANUAL course pathway name instructor host school and optionally facility are all printed on the certificate A separate Student Tak Achievement Report is also generated This report includes the student name id program entry and exit dates attendance assessment course pathway name instructor host school and optionally facility A list of all task descriptions along with the corresponding proficiency will be printed for the student A legend defining the assessment criteria is printed at the bottom of this report Both reports are presented in a visually appealing format suitable for presentation and use in a job interview Additional Reports In addition to the CTESTAR Certificate and Task List reports five additional reports are provided These are the Progress Report Course Task Lig Tak Assesment by Compdency Summary Curniailum CrossRdernce with Assesment and Cumialum CrossWalk reports A brief summary of each follows Progress Report The Progress Report is a conc
7. You will be notified of any un installation problems during this phase of the uninstallation MSI Installation Sequence The following screens illustrate the install sequence wth the MSI install package When you first start the install sequence the following screen is displayed Figure 12 Windows Installer Figure 12 21 CTESTAR USER MANUAL If all proceeds without eror the following screen will automatically be displayed Figure 13 i CTESTAR Setup Welcome to the CTESTAR Installation Wizard Please wait while the Wise Installation Wizard prepares the Windows Installer Figure 13 Finally the following screen should automatically be displayed Figure 14 These screens all appear automatically without user intervention 22 i CTESTAR Setup Welcome to the CTESTAR Installation Wizard ktis strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this setup program Click Cancel to quit the setup program then close any programs you have running Click Nextto continue the installation WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Figure 14 At this point click the Next gt button to proceed with the installation If you started th
8. be installed before the file can be viewed If your computer does not already have the Adobe Aaobat Reader installed the Ingall Acobat Reader button can be used to install the reader The Contac Us button will display contact information for Enthusiastic Software the organization which created the CTESTAR program Lastly the Exit button may be used to exit the BROWSE program Once the Ingall CTESTAR button is clicked one of two install programs is run If the screen looks like Figure 2 follow the Script Based Ingallation Sequence instructions otherwise follow the MSI Ingallation Sequence instructions found later in the chapter 12 Script Based Installation Sequence Once the Ingall CTESTAR button has been clicked the Sdup program searches your hard drive for any previously installed program components and insures that all required updates to Microsoft Windows have been installed Depending on the size of your hard drive it may take a few minutes for this search to complete If your computer has network drives mapped searching your entire network can consume considerable time If this is the case be patient the search will eventually complete While searching a small dialog is displayed Once this search is complete if Sdup determines that your version of Windows must be updated the required updates are installed Refer to the prior chapter Sytem Requirments to determine the updates which will be installed Installation of
9. have been provided to you You may be provided a CTEIS download file CTESTAR course files or possibly no files Each of these possibilities will be discussed below I I he steps required for you to create a new course file depend on the files which If you have been provided wth a CTEIS download file you must create course databases corresponding to each of your courses After creating these course databases you must import the students into each course The students are imported from the CTEIS download After importing the students you can then import and edit the task list for each course If you are provided with CTESTAR course files you need to import the CTESTAR course onto your workstation Some staff member has already taken the time to create the database and add the students to it You may still need to import and edit the task list for each course however you will not need to import the students from the CTEIS download file As a last resort you may have been provided with no files In this case you must create the course databases and manually add the students to the courses before you import and edit the task list for each course Alternatively the data may have been loaded on to your workstation already If the data has already been loaded you can proceed to editing your task list Ideally your support staff will tell you which data they have provided If not you must examine the media they have provided If y
10. 84 Notice that as this topic is no longer the last in the list the Move Down button has been automatically enabled The Move Up and Move Down buttons may be used with a newly added item or with an existing item If the topic or performance denent contains items they are moved also Changing the Order of Performance Elements and Measurement Criteria within an Item You may find it necessary to revise the order of the performance dements within a topic the order of measurement criteria within a performance element move a performance element to a different topic or move a measurement criterion to a different performance element To move such an item first select the item in the left hand treeview If the iten to be moved is a measurement criterion insure that the Edit Meas Criteria tab is selected Then use the Move Up and Move Down buttons When you do this a screen similar to the following Figure 85 will be displayed 83 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 f lojx Ele Edit Help W 2 O x o Save Print New Delete Undo rse List elding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AND F H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCIPL ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AND P H WELDING INSPECTION AND TEST Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance Element 66 Prepare Resume 67 Sample Measurement Criteria New Measurement Criteria New Performa
11. 9 S SU St 331 1 2 2 2 COU aS Sik r C ee S E N G oS BS A E TEOR e557 31206 6 OU DD 6 SNI RN 8 E 7 ae Bos 6 10 9 15 6 Sil 1 9 6 r ee Oe Vey AD Nis oe eC Seok deat tas et Pe Sg eee Le 53 3 1 Aware of Task 2 Completes With Help 3 Completes Without Help 4 Can Demonstrate to Others Dash Not Covered Page 1 of 7 Career Technical Education Curriculum 160 Sample Cross Walk Report APPENDIX A CTESTAR Course Curriculum Cross Walk Pathway Business Management Marketing and Technology Instructor Course Computer Applications Joan Abel Number 62312 Section Second Hour Host School Lakeshore High School CES CES CES 1 CES 1 1 CES 1 2 CES 1 3 CES 1 4 CES 1 5 CES 1 6 CES 1 7 CES 1 8 CES 2 CES 2 1 CES 2 2 CES 2 3 2 26 2005 CAREER AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS APPLIED ACADEMIC SKILLS Read from a technical manual and write a clear and logical report explaining the information using standard business English including correct spelling grammar and punctuation Give a verbal report explaining what the manual says Read a case study and identify the details about the situation define technical terms jargon or words with multiple meanings based on context and summarize the conclusion Relate the results of the study to a similar situation in a verbal or written report Take a verbal and written position on a topic and use correct grammar to defend it Approach prac
12. B peter Onmag E Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Welding 1 Block 2 12346 o New Course Engineering Manufacturing and Indus John Smith Benton Harbor High School Figure 46 The preceding process can be repeated as often as is necessary to create all of the required course files If you specify a bad course number a dialog such as the following may appear CTEStar Error X EA Figure 47 If such a dialog appears click the OK button correct the course number and click the Add New Course button again In this case the eror message has been displayed because the course number is only four digits long and this district requires fivedigit course numbers Remember the length of the course number depends on your district and should be consistent with other reports and programs you may use 44 CREATING A NEW COURSE Selecting a Course Selecting a course is necessary before editing importing viewing or printing any course specific data To select a course first insure that you have started CTESTAR If you have difficulty starting CTESTAR refer to the preceding section Starting CTESTAR When you initially start CTESTAR and have courses available for selection the screen will appear as follows Figure 48 Note your screen will reflect the actual courses that you have imported or created not these fictional ones CTESTAR Career Technical Edu
13. Beginning Architectural Drafting Mr John Smith School Monroe High School 09 01 04 6 01 05 Good WORKPLACE SAFETY Maintain safe working environment 2 Identify visual equipment controls g monitors read outs 2 4 Comply with personal safety rules and procedures 3 _ 5 Reeyele appropriate materials DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY Apply basic drafting skills 7 Identify line types alphabet of lines 3 9 Prepare title blocks and other drafting formats 2 11 Prepare multi view drawings 2 13 Prepare orthographic views 4 15 Draw horizontal vertical angular parallel and perpendicular lines 1 17 Bisect angles and ares 4 19 Divide lines 3 21 Construct regular hexagon and octagon 4 23 Prepare single view drawings 3 25 Interpret notes and dimensions 3 27 Transfer measurements 3 Apply intermediate drafting skills 30 Prepare sectional views 3 32 Prepare views of drilled and tapped holes counterbores countersinks 1 Aware of Task 2 Completes with Help 3 Completes without Help 4 Can Demonstrate to Others Dash Not Covered 2 5 2005 Page 1 of 6 158 APPENDIX A Sample Student Task Achievement Record Report Following Pages CTESTAR Student Task Achievement Record Allen Leslie J 0733411 34 Describe purpose of auxiliary and sectional views 3 Apply advanced drafting skills 37 Interpret various drawings 3 38 Visualize object from drawing 3 40 Interpret isometric
14. Block 2 72602 Construction Block 4 75213 Electronics I Block 2 78602 Electronics I Block 3 78603 Electronics I Block 4 78604 Electronics II Block 2 78802 Electronics II Block 3 78803 Electronics II Block 4 78804 Figure 139 Once the year has been created follow the procedures outlined in Chapter 4 for creating editing and deleting courses The only change is the addition of the academic year in the left hand selection window pane 147 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Export Differences The File Export Coursds to Floppy Removable command within the CTESTAR Data Warehouse application differs from that of the workstation application This command is found in the following menu hierarchy Figure 140 It is only available when an academic year is selected CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse CAPROGRA INESXICTESTAR Datai2002 Figure 140 148 CTESTAR DATA WAREHOUSE When you execute this command a dialog similar to the following appears Figure 141 rses to Export Year List I chid care 1 Block 1 76201 jo 3 2002 2003 child care 1 Block 2 76212 j 2003 2004 child care 1 Block 3 76203 je 2008 2005 child care 11 Block 1 76301 New Year C Chid care 11 Block 2 76312 child Care 1 Block 3 76303 cisco Networking Academy Block 3 72503 Electronics 1 cisco Networking Academy Block 4 72504 Electronics 1 Figure 141 1
15. Complete r CTESTAR for Windows Crystal Reports Runtime r Task Lists S3 CTESTAR for Palm OS _X_ CTESTAR Data Warehouse Figure 20 The following screen Figure 21 depicts an installation where the all of the CTESTAR features except the Data Warehouse and the Demo Data will be installed It should be noted that this is equivalent to the Typical installation ji CTESTAR Setup Select Features Please select which features you would like to install 2 3 Complete S3 CTESTAR for Windows r Crystal Reports Runtime r Task Lists CTESTAR for Palm OS x i Xx z Demo Data Figure 21 28 After selecting the features click the Next gt button and the following screen will be displayed Figure 22 This is your last chance to correct any configuration parameters before beginning the installation To go back and fix any configuration problems click the lt Back button To proceed click the N ext gt button ji CTESTAR Setup Ready to Install the Application Click Next to begin installation Figure 22 When you click the Next gt button in the screen of Figure 22 the installation will begin and a sequence of dialogs will be presented The next Figure 23 illustrates the file copy process 29 CTESTAR USER MANUAL ji CTESTAR Setup Updating System The features you selected are currently being installed Figure 23 The next screen Figure 24 will be pr
16. In designing CTESTAR the decision was made that desktop modifications override handheld modifications If you choose to assess on both platforms this is important to remember The last step in synchronizing the data files is to clear all of the modification flags The flags on the desktop are cleared and the flags on the handheld are also cleared The assessment values have also been reconciled At this point both databases are identical Consequently after a hotsync you can then assess any task on ether platform as long as you don t assess that same task on the other platform before the next hotsync In this way the program prepares for the next time the data is to be synchronized at which time the process begins all over again by examining the modification flags It should be noted that there is a modification flag for each assessment value for each student If you are careful you should have no problems as long as you never assess the same task for the same student to different values on different platforms between hotsync s One last potential hotsync problem must be avoided If you have CTESTAR installed on more than one desktop and synchronize your handheld with multiple desktops 112 SYNCHRONIZING COURSE DATA problems can arise For this reason CTESTAR does not support synchronization with multiple desktops It is important to remember that you can synchronize your handheld with multiple desktops you just sho
17. J BRADLEY ANDY BRAYER RHONDA A BROWN DAVID J BURT DON D CARROLL BEN C CLARK CHRIS N GOOD STEPHEN N KELLER MITCH P Assess Student Edit Student 000769590 CLARK CHRIS N OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Orientation 1 Follow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job cards reports or records 3 Perform housekeeping duties 4 Follow verbal instructions 5 Follow written details to complete work assignments DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETA oOohOOCO KILNER ERIC Interpretation KIRK TONY A 6 Interpret basic elements of a drawing or sketch o LANE PATRICK D 7 Interpret welding symbol information 0 LEE MARK A 8 Fabricate parts from a drawing or sketch 0 LONG EMMANUEL D ADC WELDING DRINICIDI FS ANN DRACTICFES MAPLE JEFF D Figure 98 The topic titled DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETATION is selected Since topics are not assessable no number is displayed in the Assessment column and no data entry is possible To move down to the task titled Interpret basic eements of a drawing or sketch hit the Down Arrow key twice You may use the Up Arrow Down Arrow Page Up Page Down Home and End keys to move up and down through the task list You need not begin with the first task in the list You can use the scroll bar and click on any task in the course with the left mouse button If you click on a different student in t
18. JAMES E Id 123456789 PETERS ANDREW L PETERSON PHILLIP E Entry 9 01 04 RHODES CINDY S SAMPLE NATE A Exit 5 31 05 SAMSON JON C SCHERMER GARY D Attendance Non Assessed SMITH JOHN SUMMERS RUSS L Comment WIND ROBIN A New Student Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 New Course Figure 61 When the student is deleted the tree view in the left hand window collapses removing the student name from the list and all assessment data from the database If you accidentally delete the wrong student click the Undo button to restore the student along with their assessments Once the course has been closed the ability to undo the deletion is gone so you must undo the deletion before you sdect a different course or close the program Importing a CTESTAR Task List from the Master Task List Database As when importing from the CTEIS download the first steps are to start CTESTAR and select the correct course If you teach more than one section of the same course the best strategy is to select one course Import the task list into that course Peform any task list edits that may be required Once you are satisfied that the task list is accurate it should then be imported into all of the other course sections Updating the data in this wey will minimize the effort required to edit the data If you and another teacher teach the same course you may want to share your task list once
19. Not Covered for all students in the course In the example this criterion was assigned the number 116 CTESTAR automatically numbers the measurement criterion in the order they appear in the list Any tasks following in the list are also renumbered As you move items around in the task list thar numbers will change however student assessments will be preserved Although ideally the task list should be finalized before you begin to assess students it is important to note that the student assessments remain with the task item they were assessed against If you assess the measurement criterion Sample Measurement Criteria as number 116 and then insert a new task which becomes number 116 the student assessments assigned to Sample Measurement Criteria stay with that criterion even though it has been renumbered Revising Task List Items To revise a task list topic performance element or measurement criterion you must first browse to it in the treeview displayed on the left hand side of the screen As has been previously discussed you will need to expand various dements of the list to find the dement you want to revise When you have expanded enough items to expose the item s description click the item to select it 73 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Revising a Topic In the following example Figure 75 the Task List Topics heading has been expanded to reveal the list of topics The topic Sample Topic has been selected and
20. and the desktop and become uncertain as to the accuracy of the desktop data you can use this option to overwrite all of the desktop data with the handheld data Do Nothing When the Do Nothing option is specified the conduit does not modify and CTESTAR data The desktop data will remain as is The handhdd data will remain as is No assessment values will be reconciled No modification flags will be cleared Use this option if you must synchronize your handheld with more than one desktop that has CTESTAR installed on it Synchronization Summary The following table summarizes the CTESTAR synchronization process 116 Transaction Desktop Database created Desktop Database deleted Desktop Database renamed Desktop Task Added Desktop Task Deleted Desktop Task Description Edited Desktop Task Order Changed Desktop Student Added Desktop Student Deleted Desktop Overwrites Handheld Database Copied to Handheld from Desktop Database deleted from Handheld Database renamed on Handheld Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data SYNCHRONIZING COURSE DATA Handheld Overwrites Desktop Database D eleted from Desktop Database Copied to Desktop from Handheld Desktop D
21. default to the Program File ESX CTESTAR folder on your system drive Unless your system administrator directs otherwise accept the default destination folder and click the Next button S3 CTESTAR f x Destination Location Setup will install CTESTAR in the following folder To install into a different folder click Browse and select another folder You can choose notto install CTESTAR by clicking Cancel to exit Setup Destination Folder c Program Files ESX CTESTAR Browse Wise Installation Wizard Cancel lt Back Figure 3 Once the Dedination Location dialog has been dismissed the following Sdet Components dialog Figure 4 will be displayed This dialog allows you to select which components of the CTESTAR application suite are installed Checked components will be installed Note that before installing the CTESTAR for Palm OS application the Palm Desktop software must have been installed on your computer Failure to install the Palm Dektop before installing the CTESTAR for Palm OS component will result in a failed installation of the Palm OS components of CTESTAR and will necessitate a re installation of this component If the Palm Desktop software has not been installed exit the installation immediately by clicking the Cana button install the required Palm software and restart the CTESTAR installation Unless you know that your computer already has version 9 or later of Cr
22. dialog will be dismissed You may see the report reformat itself This is to accommodate the print parameters of your selected printer After you have confirmed the printer setup with the Print Sdup dialog click the Print button The Print button appears as follows Figure 107 Figure 107 106 PRINTING REPORTS Notice that the Print Sdup button includes a yellow wrench the Print button does not include the wrench When you click the Print button the following Print dialog Figure 108 will appear x Printer HP LaserJet 4050 Series PCL on HP4050TN Cancel Print Range C Pages Copies 1 From 11 To M Collate Copies Figure 108 From this dialog you determine which report pages will be printed and how many copies will be printed When you click the OK button the pages will print To dismiss the Print dialog without printing a report click the Cand button Task List Report For a sample of the Task List Report refer to Appendix A Sample First and Continuing pages of the Task List Report are supplied The purpose of this report is to list the Headings and Tasks assigned for the course This report may be used to review the task list when editing it at the beginning of the year It may also be used as a syllabus Handing this report out to each student at the beginning of the year serves as a reference of the topics that will be covered throughout the course Progress Report For a sample o
23. indicative of the format and data included in each report and depict typical sample data Most reports will contain more pages of additional students and or tasks 153 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Course Task List First Page CTESTAR Course Task List Engineering Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Course Instructor Beginning Architectural Drafting Mr John Smith Number Section 012007110 4 Host School Monroe High School WORKPLACE SAFETY Maintain safe working environment 2 Identify visual equipment controls e g monitors read outs 4 Comply with personal safety rules and procedures DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY Apply basic drafting skills 7 Identify line types alphabet of lines 9 Prepare title blocks and other drafting formats 11 Prepare multi view drawings 13 Prepare orthographic views 15 Draw horizontal vertical angular parallel and perpendicular lines 17 Bisect angles and ares 19 Divide lines 21 Construct regular hexagon and octagon 23 Prepare single view drawings 25 Interpret notes and dimensions 27 Transfer measurements Apply intermediate drafting skills 30 Prepare sectional views 32 Prepare views of drilled and tapped holes counterbores countersinks 2 5 2005 Page 1 of 6 154 APPENDIX A Course Task List Following Pages CTESTAR Course Task List Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 012007110 34 Describe purpose of auxiliary and sectiona
24. infor LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWO ELA SKILLS AND PROCESSES ELA 7 All students will demonstrate analyze and r E e ETHICS AND LEGAL RESPON FLA GENRF AND CRAFT OF I ANGUAGE gt Figure 129 When you select a different curriculum framework element the check box changes to Yes if the item was checked or if the item was not checked When the crosswalk report is generated checked framework elements will list the associated measurement criteria beneath them to indicate that the measurement criterion addresses the indicated curriculum framework element Cross Walking a Curriculum Framework Item To crosswalk a curriculum framework item begin be selecting the item in the left hand treeview window Once you have selected the framework dement to be cross walked select the Cross Walk tab on the right hand side of the screen The following screen Figure 130 illustrates a correctly selected curriculum framework item ready for cross walking Note that the currently selected framework element text is displayed above the crosswalk entry screen 135 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 071101111 Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Advanced Drafting 3 70120 Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 07 ELA 1 All students will read and comprehend general an Curriculum Item Description poem Fak cn Item Description RAA English Language Arts WORKPLACE SAF
25. installed however before any workstation can use these files it must register them with the Palm HotSync Manager Installation without configuration can be executed via the following command line msiexec i d CTESTARDemo msi ESXINSTPALMAPP 0 Replace the path to the MSI file with the path appropriate for your environment Palm configuration to register the conduit notifier and se the application for download can then be accomplished with the following command Program Files ESX CTESTAR Palm IPA Install Where necessary substitute the appropriate path to the Palm sub directory If you select the Typical or Complde installation type the program will proceed to the screen in Figure 22 If you select the Custom installation type the following dialog will be presented Figure 19 26 i CTESTAR Setup Select Features Please select which features you would like to install Figure 19 Once the prior dialog appears Figure 19 click the plus sign next to Complete to expand the feature set Click on the appropriate item and select from the pull down box to select deselect any necessary items Items displayed with a red X will not be installed Avoid the Feature will be ingalled when required option The following screen Figure 20 depicts the configuration of the Deno Data feature 27 CTESTAR USER MANUAL ji CTESTAR Setup Select Features Please select which features you would like to install
26. is always that of the currently selected course When you start the program it defaults to the last course selected If the last course was deleted or if this is the first time that you have executed the program it will default to the first course Data Area The data area contains the most important form data In this form the data contains a list of tasks On a different form this area might contain a list of students If all of the data does not fit in the area scroll buttons are used to scroll the data up or down Tapping an item in this area with the stylus will select and highlight it Scroll Button The scroll buttons are used to scroll or move through the data in the Data Area In this example only a down button is depicted although a similar up button near the top of the Data Area might also be displayed Tap the button with the stylus and the Data Area will move up for an up button or down for a down button Student Task Selector The student task selector is used to switch to a different form The T is highlighted to indicate that you are assessing tasks and are expected to select a task If you tap the S the S will highlight the T will un highlight and the Select Student form will be displayed Two Basic Ways to Assess As in CTESTAR for Windows there are two basic ways to assess student proficiencies with CTESTAR for Palm OS The most common method is to asses
27. the lower right hand corner of the screen The resize handle appears as follows Figure 104 Hes Figure 104 Resizing the window to fill the screen will make it easer to see detail If the full report page is not visible use the horizontal and vertical scroll bars to view different portions of it Report Print Before printing the report click the Print Sdup button The Print Sdup button appears as follows Figure 105 105 CTESTAR USER MANUAL ea Figure 105 Note that there is a similar button that does not include the yellow wrench Clicking the Print Sdup button will produce the following dialog Figure 106 21x Printer Name HP LaserJet 4050 Series PCL Properties Status Ready Type HP LaserJet 4050 Series PCL Where HP4050TN Comment Paper Orientation Size Letter v C Portrait A Source Automatically Select v Landscape Network Cancel Figure 106 From this Print Sdup dialog you can determine which printer the report will print on and through the Propaties button the printer configuration options The destination printer is configured in the Printe Name field Unless your system administrator directs you otherwise leave the Paper and Orientation fidds as the program initializes them For use of the Propeties pages consult your Windows or printer documentation When you have configured the printer settings click the OK button The Print Sdup
28. these updates may reboot your computer a number of times Follow the directions carefully After all of these updates have been installed the following dialog is displayed The purpose of this dialog is to confirm that you want to install any of the CTESTAR program components To continue with the installation of any of the CTESTAR applications click the Net button x Welcome to CTESTAR Setup program This program will install CTESTAR on your computer Itis strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before running this Setup Program Click Cancel to quit Setup and close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law Figure 2 After clicking the Next button in the prior dialog box the following Detination Location dialog should appear Figure 3 This dialog indicates the folder where the CTESTAR application components will be installed and presents an option to 13 CTESTAR USER MANUAL change this location If previously installed components were found in the prior search of your system the program will default to the folder where they were found If these components were not found the program will
29. two procedures to enter the data in a way that is easiest for you Cross Walking a Measurement Criterion To crosswalk a measurement criterion begin by selecting the measurement criterion in the left hand treeview window Once you have selected the measurement criterion that you want to cross walk select the Cross Walk tab on the right hand side of the screen The following screen Figure 128 illustrates a correctly selected measurement criterion ready for cross walking Note that the currently selected measurement criterion text is displayed above the cross walk entry screen 133 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 071101111 z i Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Advanced Drafting 3 70120 Task List Topics WORKPLACE SAFETY DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY English Language Arts ADD FUNDAMENTALS MEANING AND COMMUNICATION MPLOYABILITY SKILLS i All students will read and comprehend gene E COMMUNICATIONS All students will demonstrate the ability to w i All students will focus on meaning and com LANGUAGE All students will use the English ff 138 Write and or presen Tee aa lal se New Measurement Criteria All students will read and analyze a wide vari New Performance Element VOICE NFORMATION TECHNOLOC i All students will learn to communicate infor LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWO SKILLS AND PROCESSES THICS AND LEGAL RESPON A All students wil demonstrate analyze and r IA GENRE AND C
30. 03150 KELLER MITCH P 000709621 KILNER ERIC 7 Interpret welding symb 000749664 KIRK TONY A 8 Fabricate parts from ac 000793611 LANE PATRICK D New Measurement Criteriaqe JOO 727246 LFF MADIA gt oo pooococoo0o0090 Figure 93 When you click the Save button select a different course or exit CTESTAR the Current assessment data will be written out to the course database Any time that you want to insure that your data has been saved to your hard disk click the Save button Assessing a Student Across Tasks The steps to assessing a student across all tasks begin by selecting the course Once the course has been selected expand the Students item After expanding the Students iten scroll the treeview until the desired student name is visible In the following example we will assess the student named Chris N Clark The results of expanding the Students item for our sample course are as follows Figure 94 94 ASSESSING STUDENTS 22 e a BIRD ANTHONY J BRADLEY ANDY BRAYER RHONDA A BROWN DAVID J BURT DON D CARROLL BEN C CLARK CHRIS N GOOD STEPHEN N KELLER MITCH P KILNER ERIC KIRK TONY A LANE PATRICK D LEE MARK A LONG EMMANUEL D MAPLE JEFF D CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Figure 94 lolx CAprojectstisdictestari CustomersiDemo Engineering Manufacturing and Indus John Smith B
31. 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 W Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 M Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 173 CTESTAR USER MANUAL 174
32. 2 You may review this report on the screen or you may print it Report Review To review the report on the screen refer to the following on screen control reference Figure 103 amp Certificate Report 3 ee Ee D E ctecert3 rpt H ALEXANDE BROOKS BURTON F CLEVELAN DAS E 5 2 Figure 103 In the above example the icon buttons are as follows 104 PRINTING REPORTS Annotation Function A GoToFirtPage Go To Previous Page Go To Next Page Go To Last Page E Toggle Group Tree Magnification Factor When you click one of the Go To Page buttons the report will advance or backup to that page Clicking the Toggle Group Tree button will enable or disable the Group Tree screen at the left of the preview window In this case the Group Tree lists each student in the report By clicking on a student s name with the left mouse button the report will go to the first report page for the selected student If the Group Tree is currently displayed clicking the toggle will disable it If the Group Tree is not displayed clicking the toggle will display it The Magnification Factor button controls the zoom factor Select Whole Page to preview the entire report page Select Page Width set the magnification to a size that fills up the full width of the preview window Note that you can also resize the window with the resize handle in
33. 45 Task List Topics 4 OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Sample Measurement Criteria RAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL RC WELDING PRINCIPLES AND F XYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCIPL ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AND P WELDING INSPECTION AND TEST Visual Examination Principles 64 Examine cut surfaces and 65 Examine tack intermediate la New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element iY Modified Revised Sample Topic 3 Sample Performance Element 67 Prepare Resume Figure 87 86 Chapter Assessing Students Assessing a Task Across Students and Assasing a Student Across Tasks After you have created each course built tasks lists for each course and assigned students to each course you are ready to begin assessing the students in each course If you have installed CTESTAR for Palm OS you may begin assessing directly on the Palm Chapters 7 and 8 document transferring data to the Palm device and assessing students on the Palm device This chapter documents assessing students with CTESTAR for Windows The basic steps to assessing students using the Windows version of CTESTAR are identical to those used when assessing using the Palm version of CTESTAR The only difference is that the layout organization and implementation of the screens is necessarily different Assessment Criteria All task assessments in CTESTAR are numerical The numbers range from zero through four and correspond to the foll
34. 49 CTESTAR USER MANUAL By selecting the courses that you want to export you can export only the courses that a specific teacher needs An administrator would typically do this at the beginning of the year after creating all courses and importing ther student lists In the following example Figure 142 only the Child Care courses have been selected for export Year List ESTAR Data 2002 exe Figure 142 150 CTESTAR DATA WAREHOUSE When you click the Export Cours button you are prompted to select the destination as in the following dialog Figure 143 E zix PROGRA IESXICTESTAR Data 2002 3v2 Floppy A Local Disk C amp Compact Disc 0 Control Panel Figure 143 Insert a blank diskette into drive A and select the 3 Floppy A item The CTESTAR Data Warehouse application will then write the data to the floppy after you click the OK button When exporting data from the workstation application all courses on a workstation are automatically exported 151 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Generate Course Files Generate Year End Reports Moving Students Between Courses Mid Year Procedures Beginning of Year Procedures End of Year Procedures Backup Procedures 152 Appendix Sample Reports Sample CTESTAR for Windows Report Pages The following pages illustrate sample report pages for each of the standard CTESTAR reports The reports are
35. 5 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Task List Components A task list is composed of three types of items Topics Performance Elements and Measurement Criteria This terminology has been adopted from the National Career Cluster standards and benchmarks published at http www careerclusters org Topic A Topic is the most general heading category within a task list Topics are not assessable Example topics include Academic Foundations Communications and Safety Many of the topics in the National Career Cluster task lists are common to all task lists A topic may only contain performance edenents Performance Element A Peformance Element is an organizational heading within a topic Peformance Elenents may only be contained by topics The performance elements within a topic will generally be tailored to the pathway and or cluster They are more specific than the topics and consequently are not broad across all clusters Performance elements may only contain measurement criteria For a task list to be aligned with the national standards it generally must contain all of the topics and performance edements of the national standards although the measurement criteria may vary Measurement Criterion A Measurement Criterion is an item to be assessed Measurement Criteria may only be contained by performance denats The measurement criteria for a pathway or cluster are generally specific to that subject area Often there are many different ways to meas
36. AREHOUSE Note that the warehouse application automatically adds the following year in this case 2004 to the description of the academic year displayed in the left hand selection pane When you select the newly created academic year the screen changes to as follows Figure 137 CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse IBAA CAProgram FilestESXCTESTARidatat20 Figure 137 To create a course within an academic year click the New Course item subordinate to the academic year Each course must be created within an academic year You should create a new academic year within CTESTAR at the beginning of each academic year To transfer a task list from one year to the next you can export the course to floppy from the prior year select the new year and import the classes from the floppy 145 CTESTAR USER MANUAL After you have accumulated a number of years of data within CTESTAR the screen may appear as follows Figure 138 CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse K ei maof Hnd Figure 138 146 CTESTAR DATA WAREHOUSE The courses within a year will appear as follows Figure 139 CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse i Nay C rimt Welg Child Care I Block 1 76201 Child Care I Block 2 76212 Child Care II Block 1 76301 Child Care II Block 2 76312 2002 Child Care II Block 3 76303 Cisco Networking Academy Block Cisco Networking Academy Block Construction Block 1 72601 Construction
37. Achievement Report 108 Certificate Report 110 CHAPTER 11 Summary Report 110 CTESTAR DATA WAREHOUSE Curriculum Cross Walk Report 110 Installing the Data Warehouse 139 Academic Years 142 CHAPTER 8 Export Differences 148 SYNCHRONIZING COURSE DATA Generate Course Files 152 Verify CTESTAR Transfer to Your Handheld Generate Year End Reports 152 111 Moving Students Between Courses 152 Synchronize Course Data 111 Mid Year Procedures 152 HotSync Configuration 113 Beginning of Y ear Procedures 152 Synchronize the Files 115 End of Y ear Procedures 152 Desktop Overwrites Handheld 115 Backup Procedures 152 Handheld Overwrite Desktop 116 Do Nothing 116 APPENDIX A Synchronization Summary 116 SAMPLE REPORTS Course Task List First Page 154 Course Task List Following Pages 155 Sample Course Progress Report First Page156 Sample Student Certificate 157 Sample Student Task Achievement Record Report First Page 158 Sample Student Task Achievement Record Report Following Pages 159 Sample Summary Report Page 160 Sample Cross Walk Report 161 APPENDIX B INCLUDED TASK LISTS Included Task Lists 163 APPENDIX C MSI INSTALL PROPERTIES Properties 171 Chapter Introduction Overview of the CTESTAR Program he purpose of the CTESTAR software application is to generate student certificates and task achievement reports for students enrolled in any of the various Career Technical Education courses Additional reports such as the
38. C WELDING INSPECTION AND TE Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance Element New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Knowledge 66 General Welding Safety 67 Welding Terms and Definiti Add New Measurement Criteria 68 Drawing Fundamentals 69 Drawing Interpretation 70 Welding Symbol _ 4 gt Figure 82 Note that after the measurement criterion was deleted the measurement criterion General Wadding Safety was renumbered All following measurement criteria are also renumbered even though thar numbers are not visible in this screen As is the case when measurement criteria are inserted measurement criteria are renumbered when a measurement criterion is deleted However the assessments for the General Welding Safety measurement criterion and all other renumbered measurement criteria in the task list remain unaltered Only the assessments for the deleted item are removed from the course database Changing the Order of Task List Items To change the order of task list topics performance denents and measurement criteria use the Move Up and Move Down buttons on their respective edit screens As with revision this means that the first step is to browse to and select the item to be moved in the treeview Then use the buttons enabled on the right hand side of the screen It should be noted that when moving topics or performance elements all of the contai
39. ENTHUSIASTIC SOFTWARE Software Documentation Version 1 3 CTESTAR User Manual SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION VERSION 1 3 REVISION T CTESTAR User Manual Copyright 2003 2006 2008 by Enthusiastic Software All Rights Reserved U S Patent Pending CTESTAR is a registered trademark of Enthusiastic Software 185 E Main Street Suite 300 Benton Harbor MI 49022 Phone 269 927 8088 Fax 269 927 1010 E Mail Info esx com Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 4 INTRODUCTION CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR for Windows 1 Starting the CTESTAR Program 38 CTESTAR for Palm OS 3 Creating a New Course 40 CTESTAR Data Warehouse 3 Selecting a Course 45 CTESTAR Certificate and Student Task Achievement Importing from the CTEIS Download 48 Reports 3 Manually Adding and Deleting Students 52 Additional Reports 4 Add a New Student 53 Progress Report 4 Deleting an Existing Student 56 Course Task List 4 Importing a CTESTAR Task List from the Master Task Task Assessment by Competency Summary4 List Database 58 Curriculum Cross Reference with Assessment 4 Importing a CTESTAR Task List from Another Course Curriculum Cross Walk 5 62 Documentation 5 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 2 EDITING A TASK LIST SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Creating a New Task List 65 Windows Requirements 8 Task List Components 66 Palm Requirements 8 Adding Items to a Task List 67 Adding a New Topic 67 CHAPTER 3 Adding a New Performance Element 69 INSTALLATION Adding a New Me
40. ETY Maintain safe working environment i 1 Maintain clean work area by removing waste keeping all AA 2 All students will dem 2 Identify visual equipment controls e g monitors read LELA 3 All students will focu 3 Comply with workplace safety rules and procedures 4 Comply with personal safety rules and procedures 5 Recycle appropriate materials DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY Apply basic drafting skills SKILLS AND PROCESSES 6 Use drafting equipment GENRE AND CRAFT OF LA 7 Identify line types alphabet of lines DEPTH OF UNDERSTAND 8 Select proper drawing scale introduction to different ty IDEAS IN ACTION 9 Prepare title blocks and other drafting formats 10 Anniv freehand and other letterina techniques gt Figure 130 To crosswalk this item click on the in the Applies column to indicate that this curriculum framework element is addressed by the indicated measurement criterion The following screen Figure 131 illustrates this entry process 136 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK lo x CTESTAR Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 071101111 File Edit Help ted ce Nr Save Print Wew eletey Undo Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Advanced Drafting 3 70120 Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 07 Task List Topics ELA All students will read and comprehend general an Students Curriculum Frameworks 3 English Language Arts amp MEANING AND COMMUN ELA 1 All student
41. ITCH P OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI KILNER ERIC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES KIRK TONY A WELDING INSPECTION AND LANE PATRICK D NOWLEDGE RELATED SUB 900727246_L FE Mania pooooooco0o0o0o0 o Figure 91 After entering a proficiency hit the Down Arrow key and the next student will be selected The following screen Figure 92 was captured after the proficiency of four was entered for Anthony and the Down Arrow key was hit once 92 ASSESSING STUDENTS CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 5 lolx File Edit Help Course List B Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTAT Orientation 1 Follow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job car 3 Perform housekeeping 4 Follow verbal instructior 5 Follow written details to New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element DRAWING AND WELDING S GOOD STEPHEN N H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI KILNER ERIC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES KIRK TONY A WELDING INSPECTION ANC LANE PATRICK D KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUB x ee ee gt BIRD ANTHONY J 781587 BRADLEY ANDY BRAYER RHONDA A BROWN DAVID J BURT DON D CARROLL BEN C CLARK CHRIS N pooococooo oc c of Figure 92 CTESTAR is now ready to accept the proficiency for Andy at this point You may use the Up Arrow Down Arrow Page Up Page Down Home and End keys to move up and down through the student list You nee
42. Legal Services Security amp Protective Services IA Le fea w A Health Safety and Environmental Assurance Logistics amp Inventory Control Maintenance Installation amp Repair Manufacturing Production Process Development Quality Assurance 167 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Folder Task List Marketing Sal Buying and Merchandising Service Marketing Sal Distribution and Logistics Service Marketing Sal E Marketing Service Marketing Sal Management and Entrepreneurship Service Marketing Sal Marketing Communications and Service Promotion Marketing Sal Marketing Information Management and Service Research Marketing Professional Sales and Marketing Service a Michigan Health Sciences ACUTE CARE NURSING ASSISTANT State ee Michigan Health Sciences ADMINISTRATIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences ANESTHESIA ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences ENTRAL SUPPLY ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences ERTIFIED NURSE AID CNA State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences CLINICAL LABORATORY ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences CLINICAL MEDICAL ASSISTING State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences Cluster State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences ENTAL ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences HEALTH CARE NURSE ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Hea
43. PA EXE application when installing CTESTAR for Palm OS or when executing a rollback If the value is 0 the Palm IPA EXE application will not be executed otherwise it will be executed with an 171 CTESTAR USER MANUAL ESXTASKNUMBERING argument of Install for installations or Uninstall for rollbacks This application interacts wth the Palm Desktop and sets the CTESTAR pre for download to the palm as well as registering the CTESTAR conduit and a notifier Determines the default task numbering sheme Refer to the administration manual for more information on this property 172 Index A G Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 N Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 3 3 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 H Index 2 2 B Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 R Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 C Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 S Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 K Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 D L Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 T Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 E Index 2 2 Index 1 1 Index 1 1 Index 2 2 Index
44. Palm If you have not already done so insure that your software is upgraded before you attempt to synchronize CTESTAR data with your desktop Verify CTESTAR Transfer to Your Handheld When you install CTESTAR for Palm OS the program is queued for download The first time that you hotsync with your Palm device after installation the CTESTAR program should have been transferred to your handhdd Verify that the CTESTAR program has been downloaded to your handhdd The handheld program icon is similar to the CTESTAR for Windows icon and is as follows Figure 112 CTESTAR Figure 112 If you can not find the CTESTAR program on your handhdd make sure that you have hotsync ed with the desktop CTESTAR was installed on and that you executed the install If necessary reinstall the CTESTAR for Palm OS component Synchronize Course Data After you have successfully transferred the CTESTAR program to your handhdid you are ready to transfer course data Whenever the Palm HotSync Manager program finds 111 CTESTAR USER MANUAL the CTESTAR program on your handheld it will automatically synchronize the course data on your workstation with the data on your handhdd Since the Palm application only supports assessment the master task list database will not be transferred However all of the tasks and students in each course will be transferred On the first transfer the HotSync Manager will copy the existing data to the hand
45. Public Administration alth Science Lth Science Lth Science Lth Science Lth Science ospita ospita ospita lity and Tourism lity and Tourism lity and Tourism ospitality and Tourism Human Services uman Services Human Services uman Services uman Services Information Techno Information Techno Information Techno Information Techno LOgY LOgY LOGY LOGY ee ieee fe eee oe el Human Services Human Services ee ee ee a ee Law Publ Security Law Pub Security Law Pub Security Law Publ Security Law Pub Security lic Safety and lic Safety and lic Safety and ic Safety and lic Safety and Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing Manufacturing APPENDIX A Task List Revenue and Taxation Biotechnology Research and Development Diagnostic Services Health Infomatics Support Services herapeutic Services E odging Recreation Amusements amp Attractions Restaurants and Food amp Beverage Services Travel amp Tourism Q onsumer Services Counseling amp Mental Health Services Early Childhood Development amp Services Family amp Comm Personal Care nity Services Services Information S Interactive Me Network System Programming and Software Development pport and Services dia n Correction Services Emergency amp Fire Management Services Enforcement Services
46. RAFT OF I ANGUAGF Read interpret and analy Figure 128 To crosswalk this item click on the in the Applies column to indicate that this measurement criterion addresses the indicated framework element The following screen Figure 129 illustrates this entry process 134 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK CTESTAR Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 071101111 o x File Edit Help Zj O X K Save Print New peeti Ondo E Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Advanced Drafting 3 70120 Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 07 Task List Topics WORKPLACE SAFETY DRAFTING TECHNOLOGY CADD FUNDAMENTALS Assess Meas Criteria Edit Meas Criteria Cross Walk j137 Use appropriate note taking methods a curricutum pos ELA English Language Arts ELA MEANING AND COMMUNICATION De Be EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ELA 1 All students will read and comprehend gene yes COMMUNICATIONS cme Reem Read interpret and analy AJ All students will focus on meaning and com S 137 Use ropriate note ELA LANGUAGE _ APRIORI ELA 4 All students will use the English language eff 138 Write and or present ELA LITERATURE New Measurement Criteria ELA 5 All students will read and analyze a wide vari New Performance Element ELA VOICE H INFORMATION TECHNOLOC ELA 6 All students will learn to communicate
47. STAR Palm IPA EXE ESxXFatalerre x AN Install CheckHotSyncStatus Unable to find HotSyne Manager Figure 27 Once the dialog of Figure 27 is acknowledged via clicking the OK button the MSI installer will present the following dialog Figure 28 ji Installer Information x Error 1722 There is a problem with this Windows Installer package A program run as part of the setup did not finish as 7 expected Contact your support personnel or package vendor Figure 28 Once the dialog of Figure 28 is acknowledged via clicking it s OK button the following dialog Figure 29 will appear and the rollback will begin The rollback will undo everything that the installation has done up to this point 32 ji CTESTAR Setup Updating System The features you selected are currently being installed Figure 29 When the rollback completes the following dialog Figure 30 will be displayed ji Fatal Error Figure 30 Clicking the OK button in this final dialog Figure 30 will complete the rollback and the failed installation At this point correct the problem that generated the error and repeat the installation When installing on Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98 you may see one of the following error dialogs Figure 31 Figure 32 or Figure 33 If so click the Ignore button CTESTAR should still function propelly 33 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Installer Information Installer Inf
48. TAR USER MANUAL r CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 lolx File Edit Help PERH S p D Save Print x Course List Welding 1 Block yE e Task List Topic File AACTEIS TXT Browse Students New Stude x Curriculum Fre COUrse AEA Na A v Welding 1 Block New Course stomers Demo ing and Indus mport_ canes Figure 56 To begin importing students from the selected course click the Import button When the program has completed importing the students for the selected download course into the currently selected CTESTAR course the Import ISD Student File dialog will disappear To review the students click the plus next to Students in the selection tree view The students should be listed in alphabetic order It is important to note that when students are imported they are added to the students in the course If you have made a mistake and imported the wrong students you will ether need to delete the incorrect students one by one delete the entire course and start again or click the Undo button It is also important to remember that each student must be assigned a unique student id number When importing students if a student with the same number already exists in the course the new student will be ignored When a student is ignored for this reason a dialog will be displayed notifying you of the duplicate student number If this occurs dismiss the dialog and contac
49. Y A LANE PATRICK D LEE MARK A Name LONG EMMANUEL D MAPLE JEFF D Id MCELROY JAMES E a New Student PETERS ANDREW L Entry 0 00 00 PETERSON PHILLIP E RHODES CINDY S Exit 0 00 00 SAMPLE NATE A SAMSON JON C Attendance Non Assessed SCHERMER GARY D SUMMERS RUSS L Comment WIND ROBIN A New Student Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Add New Student New Course Figure 57 In the nght hand data entry window enter the data for the new student Note that each student must have a unique id number The length of the Id has been tailored to your district and should match other reports and programs that you use The name should be entered in a specific format The format is last name followed by a comma then a space followed by the first name If a middle initial is available follow the pattern shown below If there are any name suffixes such as Jr add another comma to the end of the first name add a space and then add the suffix The following table illustrates the correct way to enter a few sample names 53 CTESTAR USER MANUAL NETS Correct Entry into CTESTAR Smith John Smith John Q Smith John Jr U U U John j John j i The Id field should contain the student id number assigned by your ISD or district A unique number must be entered If you attempt to add a student with an id e
50. a for all of your courses check the lower right commer of the pop up window for a scroll button If you still can t find all of your courses consult the prior chapter on synchronization to 124 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK determine the source of the problem To select a new course tap the course number with the stylus When you do this the current data will be saved the new course data will be loaded and the pull down will update to reflect the name of the newly selected course Assessing a Task Across Students After you have selected the proper course insure the Student Task selector indicates T for task The form title should be Select Task If the form title is Select Student the S is highlighted To correct this situation tap the T If the form title is Assess Task or Assess Student you are on the assessment form Tap the Sdec button to return to the Select form then check the Student Task selector When you have the correct form displayed a list of tasks will be displayed Use the scroll buttons to find the task that you want to assess Tap the down scroll button to advance to later tasks in the course tap the up scroll button to backup to prior tasks in the course When the task is on the form tap it with the stylus In the following example Figure 121 the task titled Prepare Resume has been selected 125 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Select Task w 12345 Bloc
51. al scroll bars to make the course visible If the treeview is to narrow to display all of the required information a horizontal scroll bar will also be available The following screen Figure 51 illustrates a more complex configuration with a vertical scroll bar 47 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Be ese KILNER ERIC KIRK TONY A LANE PATRICK D LEE MARK A File CAprojectstisdictestar Customers Demo LONG EMMANUEL D MAPLE JEFF D Pathway Engineering Manufacturing and Indus MCELROY JAMES E PETERS ANDREW L Number 12345 PETERSON PHILLIP E RHODES CINDY S Name Welding 1 SAMPLE NATE A SAMSON JON C Section Block 1 SCHERMER GARY D SUMMERS RUSS L Instructor John Smith WIND ROBIN A New Student Host School Benton Harbor High School gt Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Facility New Course 4 Edit Course Figure 51 Importing from the CTEIS Download To import a list of students into a course you must first start the CTESTAR program and select a course If you have difficulty launching CTESTAR refer to the prior section Starting CTESTAR To create and select a course refer to the prior sections Creating a New Courss and Sdeting a Course CTESTAR will only import students into the currently selected course Furthermore the course number name must also be selected in
52. anagement and Administration 16 Cl 16 Clusters Combined Quality Assurance 16 Clusters Combined Recreation Amusements amp Attractions 16 Clusters Combined Regulatio 16 Clusters Combined Restaurants and Food amp Beverage Services Revenue and Taxation Sales and Service 16 Clusters Combined Science and Mathematics Security amp Protective Services Standard 16 Clusters Combined Support Services Teaching Training Telecommunications Technologies 16 Clusters Combined Therapeutic Services Transportation Operations 16 Clusters Combined Transportation Systems Infrastructure Planning Management and Regulations 16 Clusters Combined Travel amp Tourism 16 Clusters Combined Visual Arts 16 Clusters Combined Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations ae eee Agriculture Food and Agribusiness Systems Natural Resources Agriculture Food and Animal Systems Natural Resources Agriculture Food and Environmental Service Systems Natural Resources Agriculture Food and Food Products and Processing Systems Natural Resources Agriculture Food and Natural Resources Systems Natural Resources Agriculture Food and Plant Systems Natural Resources Agriculture Food and Power Structural amp Technical Systems Natural Resources a ees Architecture and Construction Construction Architecture and Design Pre Construction Construction Architecture and Maintenance Operations
53. asurement Criteria 71 Installing CTESTAR 12 Revising Task List Items 73 Script Based Installation Sequence 13 Revising a Topic 74 Uninstalling CTESTAR 18 Revising a Performance Element 75 MSI Installation Sequence 21 Revising a Measurement Criterion 75 MSI Error Dialogs 32 Deleting Task List Items 77 MSI Un Installation Sequence 34 Deleting a Topic or Performance Element and All Contained Items 77 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CHAPTER 9 Deleting a Measuremet Criterion within a Performance ASSESSING STUDENTS ON A Element 79 HANDHELD Changing the Order of Task List Items 81 Launching CTESTAR 119 Changing the Order of Topics within the Task List 81 Form Components 121 Changing the Order of Performance Elements and Form Title 123 Measurement Criteria within an Item 83 Course Selection Pull Down 123 Data Area 123 CHAPTER 6 Scroll Button 123 ASSESSING STUDENTS Student Task Selector 123 Assessment Criteria 87 Two Basic Ways to Assess 123 Two Basic Ways to Assess 88 Course Selection 124 Assessing a Task Across Students 88 Assessing a Task Across Students 125 Assessing a Student Across Tasks 94 Assessing a Student Across Tasks 128 Exiting the Program 130 CHAPTER 7 PRINTING REPORTS CHAPTER 10 Report Generation 101 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK Report Review 104 Importing a Curriculum Framework 131 Report Print 105 Cross Walking a Measurement Criterion 133 Task List Report 107 Cross Walking a Curriculum Framework Item Progress Report 107 135 Task
54. atabase Renamed to Match Handheld Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data 117 Synchronize Files Database Copied to Handheld from Desktop Database deleted from Handheld Task Added to Handheld Database Assessment Data Copied from Desktop Task Deleted from Handheld Database Assessment Data on Handheld Deleted Task Description on Handheld copied from Desktop Assessment Data Remains Unchanged Task Order Changed on Desktop Handheld Student Added to Handheld Database with Assessment Data Copied from Desktop Student D eleted from Handheld Database Assessment Data Deleted Do Nothing No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld CTESTAR USER MANUAL Transaction Desktop Student Name Id Edited Desktop Assessment Changed Handheld Assessment Unchanged Des
55. ation is designed to be installed on one central computer Ideally it will be installed by the CTE Director or a member of thar staff The warehouse provides a repository for all student assessments at the end of each academic year It is also designed to assist in the preparation of teacher data diskettes at the beginning of the year It may also be used to transfer students between courses in between semesters It provides the ability to separate the data between different academic years and to search through the data for a student s assessments An additional command is also implemented to generate PDF versions of the End O f Year reports These PDF files may then be burned to a CD for archival storage purposes The data warehouse does not synchronize with a handheld PDA The End Of Year report generation is not supported on Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 If you intend to use this functionality avoid installing the warehouse application on these versions of Microsoft Windows Installing the Data Warehouse If you intend to archive the system reports at the end of the year you should install the CTESTAR Data Warehouse application on a computer with at least one of the following operating systems installed Windows ME Windows 2000 or Windows XP Later versions of Microsoft Windows should work however Windows 95 and Windows 98 will not This computer should also be capable of burning CD s or have some other type of l
56. awing Fundamentals 70 Drawing Interpretation w Figure 79 The following screen Figure 80 illustrates the same task list after the performance element titled Sample Performance Element has been deleted by clicking the Ddee button 78 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Save Print jelete Undo Task List Topics a New Performance Element H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATI DRAWING AND WELDING SYI H ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES 4 Description H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRIN H ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES H WELDING INSPECTION AND Revised Sample Topic New Performance Element El KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJI Knowledge 66 General Welding Safety 67 Welding Terms and Det 68 Drawing Fundamentals 69 Drawing Interpretation Add New Performance Element 70 Welding Symbol Funda 71 Welding Symbol Interpi 72 Fabrication Principles t 4 gt Figure 80 Note that after the item was deleted the measurement criterion titled General Welding Safety and all following criteria were renumbered This is because the measurement criterion titled Sample Measurement Criteria was deleted when the performance element titled Sample Performance Element was deleted As is the case when measurement criteria are inserted measurement criteria are renumbered when a measurement criterion is deleted However the assessments for t
57. been assessed they are all zero The Ddete button is not enabled 56 CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 wD ondo KIRK TONY A LANE PATRICK D LEE MARK A LONG EMMANUEL D 123456789 SMITH JOHN MAPLE JEFF D MCELROY JAMES E a B PETERS ANDREW L OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION PETERSON PHILLIP E Orientation RHODES CINDY S 1 Follow safe practices SAMPLE NATE A 2 Prepare time or job cards reports or records 0 0 SAMSON JON C 3 Perform housekeeping duties is 4 Follow verbal instructions ELENEN ue 5 Follow written details to complete work assignments TE ET DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETA SUMMERS RUSS L Interpretation WIND ROBIN A 6 Interpret basic elements of a drawing or sketch New Student 7 Interpret welding symbol information Curriculum Frameworks 8 Fabricate parts from a drawing or sketch Welding 1 Block 2 12346 had j mits r ne New Course Figure 60 The following screen Figure 61 shows a student ready for deletion Note that the Edit Student tab has been selected and the Ddde button is enabled 57 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help BW O Xx New Delete Undo KIRK TONY A LANE PATRICK D LEE MARK amp Assess Student Edit Student LONG EMMANUEL D Name SMITH JOHN MAPLE JEFF D MCELROY
58. been displayed enter all of the course data and click the Add New Course button The most important fidd is the course number This must be the unique number that is assigned to your course The length of this field has been tailored to match the numbers used in your district You should also select one of six pathways from the pull down list To view these pathways click the downward facing triangle at the end of the pathway fidd The following illustration Figure 43 depicts part of the pathway list after this triangle has been clicked with the mouse lo x CTESTAR Career Technical Education Student Task Achievement Recordi i Ele Edit Help E Course List New Course New Course Pathway v Number agri Science and Natural Resources l Arts and Communication Name Business Management Marketing anc Engineering Manufacturing and Indus Section Instructor Po Host School Po Facility Add New Course Figure 43 Once you have selected one of the pathways by sliding the mouse cursor over it and clicking with the left mouse button proceed to enter the rest of the data The following screen illustrates the data entered for a fictional welding course Note that the facility field is optional If the facility is identical to the host school leave the facility fied empty 41 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Career Technical Education Student Task Achievem
59. cation Student Task Achievement Record _ jo x File Edit Help Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Welding 1 Block 2 12346 New Course Figure 48 This screen reflects the two courses that were created in the prior section Initially the Course Lig item is highlighted To select one of your available courses single click the course name description with the left mouse button When you do this the course namg description will be highlighted and the title bar will be changed to reflect the namg description of the selected course The following screen illustrates the CTESTAR program after course Wdding 1 Blok 1 12345 has been selected Observe how the title bar changes to indicate which course is selected 45 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help S OTK Save Print New Delete Undo E Course List Edit Course ee VVelding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics Students File CAprojectstisdictestar Customers Demo Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Pathway Engineering Manufacturing and Indus New Course Number 12345 Name Welding 1 Section Block 1 Instructor John Smith Host School Benton Harbor High School Facility Figure 49 Most of the data on the right hand data entry pane of the dialog box should appear familiar It is the data that was entered when the course was create
60. ck 2 12346 lolx ey Urca Soms MOm HOPP Lem oy aac Tasks from Course CAprojectsiisdictestariCustomers Demo Engineering Manufacturing and Indus Curriculum Frameworks New Course John Smith Benton Harbor High School Figure 66 If you have not selected a course this command will not be available Note that in the example sample course 12346 has been selected It is the destination course To demonstrate this command the task list from course 12345 will be imported It is the source course When you select this menu option the following dialog Figure 67 will appear 63 CTESTAR USER MANUAL 12346 lo x r CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 2 1 File Edit Help S OTK Save Print New Delete Undo Course List Edit Course Welding 1 Block 1 12345 amp Welding 1 Block 2 Ry aaTSt eT arene j amp Task List Topics New Topic 8 Students Course MAAE 1 Block 1 12345 Curriculum Frarr Import Task List New Course Host School Benton Harbor High School Facility Figure 67 When the Sdet an Exiting Course dialog appears select the appropriate source course the course that you want to copy the tasks from in the Course field of this dialog Click the Import Task Lit button to import the tasks In the example illustrated above the source course is course 12345 The destination cours
61. click the Add New Peformane Elenent button The new performance element will be added at the end of the topic containing the New Peformance Elenent item that you selected To move the performance dement up in the task list see the following section titled Changing the Order of Items within the Tak Lis The following screen Figure 72 shows the results of adding a new sample performance dement to the previously illustrated sample task list within the sample topic 70 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 l lolx Ele Edit Help Save Print Course List 4 New Performance Element Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATIO Description H DRAWING AND WELDING SYM ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES Afr OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AN WELDING INSPECTION AND T KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Sample Topic Sample Performance Elemen New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element New Topic H Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Ps 4 gt Figure 72 Note that the newly added performance dement automatically contains one item the New Measurement Criteia option This item is used to add a measurement criterion to this performance dement Adding a New Measurement Criteria To add a new Measurement Criteria to an existing performance dement first select the course then expand the Taxs Lig Topics h
62. curriculum crosswalk report may also be generated Data entry is accomplished via a Microsoft Windows workstation application and or a Palm OS Handheld application Once entered this data is archived with the data warehouse application From the warehouse application data from prior years may be searched analyzed and reprinted Each application is briefly discussed below CTESTAR for Windows The CTESTAR for Windows application is a 32 bit Microsoft Windows application This application runs on Microsoft Windows 95 98 ME 2000 and XP with a minimum of 64 mb RAM The application is loaded on the user s workstation from an install CD which will also install a database containing the standard task lists for a number of courses possibly augmented by the Career Technical Education staff of the Intermediate School District ISD Once the application and this data have been loaded onto the workstation a list of students may be loaded from a download supplied on diskette by the CTE staff of the ISD This data imports the name identification number and program entry exit dates for the student By selecting from the various courses presented by the software from the data contained in this download a teacher s student records are loaded on to the workstation This saves the teacher from manually entering all the initial students into his her database Subsequent enrollment changes after the initial data load must be manually entered by the t
63. d Prepare Resume Career Development 5 Giving Tour To Prospective St 0 Recording Student Tasks Communication Skills T Why Study English Videoworks 0 lt a Figure 124 On the Asss Student form the selected student s name is displayed at the top of the form Any student proficiencies already assessed will be displayed on the right hand column of the form To assess a measurement criterion tap the description and write the value in the numeric side of the graffiti area right side To assess a different measurement criterion similarly tap and write This process may be repeated indefinitely Use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the form to scroll through the entire task list The following example Figure 125 illustrates the sample class after the Math Reading Assessment Test has been assessed 129 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Ea i Y 12345 Block DAVIS AHMAD Program Orientation 1 1 Center Handbook 2 Program Spon Guide 3 Math Reading Assessment Te 4 Prepare e Career Development 5 Giving Tour To Prospective St 0 Recording Student Tasks Communication Skills T ds e Fnglish la Figure 125 To assess a different student return to the Sdet Student form by tapping the Sdet button and repeating the process Note that CTESTAR for Palm OS prevents you from assessing topics and performance elements It will not permit you to select then on the Ass Student
64. d To change any of these fields simply click in the fidd with the left mouse button and use the Inst Ddde Backspacs LetArrow and RightArrow keys to edit the data The additional field displayed on this screen is the file name where the course data is stored This field can not be edited and is automatically generated based upon the course number If you change the course number this file name will be automatically changed however the new number must be a legal number that is not already in use If you need to swap the numbers of two files one of then must be changed to a distinct intermediate third temporary value first When a oourse is selected three additional sub categories are displayed Ta amp s Lig Topics Students and Cumioulum Frameworks By clicking on the plus next to any of these headings sub headings are revealed The following screen Figure 50 illustrates the expansion of the Students heading As no students have been added to this class yet only the New Student sub heading is available 46 CREATING A NEW COURSE Ye CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 lolx CAprojectstisdictestar CustomersiDemo Engineering Manufacturing and Indus John Smith Benton Harbor High School Figure 50 To select a different course simply click on the course name in the left hand treeview window You may need to scroll the treeview if the desired course is out of view Use the vertic
65. d not begin with the first student in the list You can use the scroll bar and click on any student in the course with the left mouse button If you click on a different measurement criterion in the treeview the assessments for the prior measurement criterion will be saved to memory not to disk and the assessments for the new measurement criterion will be displayed In the following example Figure 93 the measurement criterion titled Interpret basic edements of a drawing or sketch within the peformance dement titled Interpretation of the DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETATION topic has been selected 93 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 i lolx File Edit Help OIA S New Delete Undo Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTAT Orientation 1 Follow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job car 3 Perform housekeeping 4 Follow verbal instructior 5 Follow written details to New Measurement Criteria Assess Meas Criteria Edit Meas Criteria 6 Interpret basic elements of a drawing or sketch Hid Student Assessmmer a 000703798 BIRD ANTHONY J 000781587 BRADLEY ANDY 000708884 BRAYER RHONDA A 000710672 BROWN DAVID J 000704383 BURT DON D New Performance Element 000773760 CARROLL BEN C a 000769590 CLARK CHRIS N E DRAWING AND WELDING S flo99715181 GOOD STEPHEN N Interpretation 0005
66. ding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help p p TERE rse List a Assess Meas Criteria Edit Meas Criteria H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Description Sample Measurement Criteria amp DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL H ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AND F H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCIPL H ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AND P amp WELDING INSPECTION AND TEST Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance Element 66 Sample Measurement Criteria 67 Prepare Resume New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element Source Id I Modified KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJECT N New Topic Move Up Move Down Students X 4 gt Figure 86 The Move Up and Move Down buttons may be used with a newly added item or with an existing item Further notice that the measurement criterion is rnumbered when it is moved As when adding measurement criteria it is important to note that the assessments for a measurement criterion stay with the item as it is moved up and down in the list Ideally the task list is finalized before you begin to assess students However if it is not you can freely move task list items and be assured that the assessment will track the items Clicking the Move Up button a second time will move the measurement criterion to the prior performance dement as in the following screen Figure 87 85 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 EEES rse List elding 1 Block 1 123
67. dit or assess 66 EDITING A TASK LIST Adding Items to a Task List Adding a New Topic To add a new topic to an existing course first select the course Then expand the Taks List Topics heading immediately beneath the course name If necessary scroll the tree view vertically to expose the New Topic item When you click the New Topic item the following screen Figure 68 will appear r CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Save Pritt Course List E Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Description H DRAWING AND WELDING SYME ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AN H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ANI H WELDING INSPECTION AND TE H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC New Topic H Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 New Course Add New Topic Figure 68 Type the topic text into the Deription fidd on the right hand side of the screen The maximum number of characters in your topic is approximately 250 You may use the Inst Ddde Backspacg UpArrow DownArrow Let Arrow and RightArrow characters to edit the topic When you are satisfied with the text click the Add New Topic button The topic will be added at the end of the list of topics To move the topic up in the list see the following section titled Changing the Order of Items within the Task Lis The following screen Figure 69 shows the
68. e as seen in the title bar is course 12346 When you import the task list from another course all of the tasks from the source course are added to those in the destination course If you have already added students to the destination course thar assessments for the newly imported tasks will be initialized to zero Not Covered Student assessments in the source course are ignored As has been previously discussed you may find it useful to import the task list from another course when you teach more than one course that shares the same task list Once you have edited the task list to suit the first course you can then use it as the source course and import it into the second destination course and any other courses that also use it In this way you only need to edit the task list once Students may only be moved between courses with identical task lists 64 Chapter Editing a Task List Editing an exiding task list or creating a new task list necessary to manually edit the task list If you teach additional topics that should be listed on the Student Task Achievanent Report you can add topics performance elements or measurement criteria to the task list If the item to be added fits within one of the topics or performance edements already available you may directly add it to that item If not you can create a new topic and or performance element and then add your measurement criterion within t
69. e CTESTAR directory of the directory where your user configuration data is stored The full path to this directory is based upon the directory where you installed your Palm desktop software On a standard install this file would typically be found in C Palm Greg CTESTAR where you replace Gregg with your Palm user name Alternatively you can use the Windows search program to find the file The file will log any problems that are found when synchronizing your CTESTAR course data including double modify records and attempts to synchronize with more than one desktop The file is viewable as a normal text file with Microsoft WordPad or Microsoft Word HotSync Configuration The Palm HotSync manager maintains an icon in the Window system tray This icon appears as follows Figure 113 Figure 113 113 CTESTAR USER MANUAL When you click on this icon with the left mouse button a menu similar to the following Figure 114 will appear Y Local USB Local Serial Modem Y Network Seiwa Custom File Link View Log About Help Exit Figure 114 The menu allows you customize many aspects of the synchronization process For our purposes the import option is Custom When you click the Custom option a dialog similar to the following Figure 115 will appear x Gregg x Conduit Action Do Nothing Note Pad Synchronize the files Outlook Calendar Synchronize the f
70. e Ddde button the tree view will collapse and the deleted item will be removed from the treeview and the course database The following screen Figure 81 illustrates the sample task list before deletion of the Sample Measurement Criteria measurement criterion CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 i o x File Edit Help TE Save Print Gi Task List Topics a Assess Meas Criteria Edit Meas Criteria OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION DRAWING AND WELDING SYMB ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES ANI Description Sample Measurement Criteria OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ANE WELDING INSPECTION AND TE Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance Element 66 Sample Measurement Crite New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Knowledge 67 General Welding Safety Source Id F Modified 68 Welding Terms and Definiti 69 Drawing Fundamentals Move Up Move Down 70 Drawing Interpretation 4 gt FA Eeee m Figure 81 The following screen Figure 82 illustrates the same task list after the D d e button has been clicked 80 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Task List Topics New Measurement Criteria H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION H DRAWING AND WELDING SYMB H ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES ANI Description H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AN
71. e installation by mistake click the Cand button When you click the Net button the following screen will appear Figure 15 li CTESTAR Setup User Information Enter the following information to personalize your installation Gregg Chandler Enthusiastic Software Figure 15 23 CTESTAR USER MANUAL At this point enter the user s full name and the organization name Usually these will default to appropriate values Then select the users that you intend to install this application for If you select Anyone who uss this compute the advertising features of MS will allow other users that use the workstation to automatically access the software when they log in to this workstation If you only want the current user to use the software select the Only for me option Click the Next gt button and the following screen will appear Figure 16 i CTESTAR Setup Seis Destination Folder Select a folder where the application will be installed A RAS The Wise Installation Wizard will install the files for CTESTAR in the following folder To install into a different folder click the Browse button and select another folder You can choose notto install CTESTAR by clicking Cancel to exitthe Wise Installation Wizard Destination Folder CAProgram Files ESx Browse Wise Installation Wizard Figure 16 Unless there is some conflict with the default sub directory accept it and click the Nex
72. e paper manufactured by the Ampad Corporation http www ampad com It has been designed to work with Item 35526 Blue Certificate format This paper is available from Staples For an example of printing an individual certificate refer to the above section on the Task Achievenent Report Summary Report A sample of the Summary Report is included in Appendix A This report may be generated for each course In the summary report a row is defined for each of the five possible proficiencies four proficiencies plus Not Covered A column is defined for each task item Blank columns delineate heading separations The number of students with a given proficiency for an individual task are tallied at the intersection of each row and column Curriculum Cross Walk Report A sample of the Curriculum CrossWalk Report is included in Appendix A This report may be generated if you enter curriculum crosswalk data for a course Each referenced Curriculum Framework component is listed along with any task criterion that reference it 110 Chapter Synchronizing Course Data HotSyndng with CTESTAR for Palm OS When you installed the CTESTAR for Palm OS component of CTESTAR additional program components were installed to support direct HotSync ing of your course data to your Palm device These components dictate that version 4 0 1 or later of the Palm desktop be installed on the computer that will be used for synchronization with your
73. e the English language effectively 2 26 2005 Page 8 of 16 162 Appendix Included Task Lists Standard Tax Liss Induded with CTESTAR for Windows Included Task Lists The following task lists are included in the master task list database Folder IEO EEC ee a e S TS 16 Clusters Combined Administration and Administrative Support Agribusiness Systems 16 Clusters Combined Animal Systems 16 Clusters Combined lusters Combined Biotechnology Research and Development Business Analysis 1 lusters Combined Business Financial Management amp Accounting 1 lusters Combined Business Financial Management 1 usters Combined Buying and Merchandising 16 Clusters Combined Consumer Services 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined Diagnostic Services 1 usters Combined Distribution and Logistics 16 Clusters Combined E Marketing 16 Clusters Combined Early Childhood Development amp Services sters Combined Emergency amp Fire Management Services sters Combined Engineering and Technology 163 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Folder 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combined 16 Clusters Combi
74. eacher The teacher is able to select the tasks that are to be assessed for his her courses from the installed database of task descriptions If necessary they may add their own task definitions Task lists for the sixteen nationally standardized program clusters have CTESTAR USER MANUAL been included along with the Michigan Health Care Standards and the Van Buren ISD standards The Michigan Curriculum Framework of 1996 has also been included for generating the Curriailum CrosWalk reports Once the students have been loaded and the tasks selected the teachers may begin assessing students Options are provided to assess all of the students in a course against a specific task and a specific student in the course against all of the tasks in the course The assessment criteria are numbered zero through four These assessments correspond to the following proficiencies Assessment Proficiency Level Not Covered 1 Aware of Task 4 Can Demonstrate to Others Additional data to be entered for each student are the program entry and exit dates and an assessment of the student s attendance The required course data is pathway number name section instructor and host school An optional facility is also available By combining the student and course data the Student Tak A chievanent Reoord STAR may be printed Additional reports which may be printed from the workstation include the Task Proges by Class and Blank Task List reports
75. eading immediately beneath the course name If necessary scroll the treeview vertically to expose the parent topic of the performance element If necessary scroll vertically within the topic to expose the parent performance element Expand the performance dement by clicking the plus next to its description and if necessary scroll vertically within the performance element to expose the New Measurenent Criteria item Click the New Measurement Criteia item When you Click the New Measirenent Criteia item the following screen Figure 73 will appear 71 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 B x File Edit Help Course List New Measurement Criteria E Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATIO Description H DRAWING AND WELDING SYM H ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES Af H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AN H WELDING INSPECTION AND T H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Sample Topic Sample Performance Elemen New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element New Topic Add New Measurement Criteria Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12367 4 gt Figure 73 Type the measurement criterion text into the Deniption field on the right hand side of the scren The maximum number of characters in your measurement criterion is approximately 250 You may use the Inst Ddd amp e Backspace UpAr
76. ectural Drafting 4 0711 New Course John Smith Monroe Senior High School Figure 126 When you execute this command a dialog similar to the following Figure 127 is displayed Select Curriculum Framework File to Import Curriculum Frameworks v e a a Michigan Career and Employability Skills 2001 cte Michigan Curriculum Framework 1996 cte History a Michigan Technology Framework 2004 cte Desktop N My Documents Computer l n My Network Pla 132 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK To import one of the frameworks select it and then click the Opm button The framework will be imported and the course tree view will be updated A plus will be displayed next to the Curriculum Frameworks labed To import additional frameworks repeat these steps selecting a different framework file each time Once you have imported all of the necessary frameworks you may cross walk the items The option that you choose depends upon your educational style If it is easier for you to pick a measurement criterion and think about which parts of the framework it addresses choose the CrossWalking a Measurement Criteion option If you find it easier to pick a curriculum framework dement and identify the tasks that address that dement follow the CrossWalking a Curmailum Framework Itm procedure As both procedures edit the same data you may freely mix these
77. ed on any of the reports and can be used for any purpose such as storing an altemative college student id if your courses are taught in conjunction with a local college If you have no data to enter in to the Commet fied leave it blank 54 CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 K Urca K LEE MARK A SMITH JOHN LONG EMMANUEL D MAPLE JEFF D 123456789 MCELROY JAMES E PETERS ANDREW L 9701 04 PETERSON PHILLIP E RHODES CINDY S 5431705 SAMPLE NATE A SCHERMER GARY D SUMMERS RUSS L WIND ROBIN A ee Figure 58 To add the student to the course click the Add New Student button The student list will immediately update to include the new student The list is resorted automatically as is shown in the following screen Figure 59 The student named John Smith has been added between the students Gary D Sheme and Russ L Summes 55 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help KILNER ERIC a New Student KIRK TONY A LANE PATRICK D LEE MARK A Name LONG EMMANUEL D MAPLE JEFF D Id MCELROY JAMES E PETERS ANDREW L Entry 9 01 04 PETERSON PHILLIP E RHODES CINDY S Exit 5 31 05 SAMPLE NATE A SAMSON JON C Attendance Non Assessed y SCHERMER GARY D SMITH JOHN Comment SUMMERS RUSS L WIND ROBIN A New Student i 1 Curriculum Framework
78. ehouse application avoid these versions of Microsoft Windows I The CTESTAR for Windows program has been designed to operate on the CTESTAR USER MANUAL Windows Requirements Browser Upgrade Operating System Installation Requirements RAM Microsoft DCOM95 1 3 Windows 95 MDAC 2 5 SP2 Microsoft DCOM95 1 3 Windows 95 O SR2 MDAC 2 5 SP2 Microsoft Windows 98 MDAC 2 5 SP2 Microsoft Windows 98 SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Although the CTESTAR Installation program will install the DCOM and MDAC upgrades it will not upgrade your browser If you are uncertain of this task consult your system administrator MDAC 2 5 SP2 Palm Requirements The CTESTAR for Palm OS requires a Palm handhdd device with at least version 4 1 of the Palm OS with a minimum of 8 mege bytes of memory The current version has been tested extensively on the Palm m130 which meets these requirements Version 4 0 1 or later of the Palm Dektop software supplied with the m130 is also required If you plan to use CTESTAR for Palm OS install the Palm Dektop software and insure that your Palm device hotsync s correctly before installing CTESTAR Although CTESTAR for Palm OS may work earlier Palm devices this configuration is not officially supported If you are trying to use a different Palm device the Palm Dektop software must be upgraded to at least version 4 0 1 for the synchronization and installation software to
79. element has been selected 74 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help amp DIX lt New Delete Undo E Course List Edit Performance Element E Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Description Sample Performance Element DRAWING AND WELDING SYMI ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AN H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AN H WELDING INSPECTION AND TI H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Revised Sample Topic Eg Sample Performance Elemen New Performance Element New Topic H Students Source ld M Modified Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Move Up Move Down New Course Figure 76 Note in the above example Figure 76 the Sample Performance Element item has been selected in the treeview and the description of the original topic has been changed from Sample Topic to Revised Sample Topic Revising a Performance Element Revising a performance elenent is similar to revising a topic Browse to and select the performance element instead of the topic A similar edit screen will be displayed When you are done revising the text select another item The above example Figure 76 illustrates the Edit Peformance Element screen Revising a Measurement Criterion To revise a measurement criterion begin by browsing to and selecting the item in the treevi
80. ements to this topic Adding a New Performance Element To add a new Performance Element to an existing topic first select the course then expand the Taks Lit Topics heading immediately beneath the course name If necessary scroll the treeview vertically to expose the parent topic If necessary scroll vertically within the topic to expose the New Peformane Elmat item Click the New Peformance Elenent item When you dick the New Peformane Elenent item the following screen Figure 71 will appear 69 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 B x File Edit Help New Performance Element Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Description amp DRAWING AND WELDING SYME amp ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AN OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC amp ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ANI H WELDING INSPECTION AND TE H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC Sample Topic New Performance Element New Topic H Students Curriculum Frameworks Add New Performance Element Welding 1 Block 2 12346 New Course Figure 71 Type the performance element text into the D aiption field on the right hand side of the screen The maximum number of characters in your performance dement is approximately 250 You may use the Inset Ddde Backspace UpArmow DownArow LatArrow and Right Arrow characters to edit the paformance dement When you are satisfied with the text
81. ent Record lolx Engineering Manufacturing and Indus John Smith Benton Harbor High School Figure 44 Double check the data that you have entered especially the course number Most of this data will appear on the Student Achievement Certificate so check your spelling and punctuation carefully Once you are satisfied that all of this information is correct click the Add New Course button and the new course will be created The following screen should appear Figure 45 42 CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR Career Technical Education Student Task Achievement Record mile x x B peter Onmag E Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Engineering Manufacturing and Indus John Smith Benton Harbor High School Figure 45 Note in the above dialog Figure 45 that the new course has been created and is displayed in the left hand treeview Of the data entry fields only the course number has been cleared This makes it easy to create sub sequent sections of the same course by simply entering a new course number possibly editing the section fied and clicking the Add New Course button again In this case a second section of the same course will be created with course number 12346 After doing so the screen appears as follows Figure 46 43 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Career Technical Education Student Task Achievement Record mije x xX
82. enton Harbor High School To assess Chris click his name with the left mouse button The following scren Figure 95 should appear 95 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 i a ES OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Orientation 1 Follow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job cards reports or records 3 Perform housekeeping duties 4 Follow verbal instructions 5 Follow written details to complete work assignments DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETA Interpretation 6 Interpret basic elements of a drawing or sketch 7 Interpret welding symbol information 8 Fabricate parts from a drawing or sketch L A Bil DR IN DI A PA re MAPLE JEFF D Figure 95 If the student demographic data Name Id Entry Exit Attmdan and Comment appears insure that the Ass Student tab is selected The following screen Figure 96 illustrates the wrong screen with the Edit Student tab selected 96 ASSESSING STUDENTS Course List ding 1 Block 1 CLARK CHRIS N 000769590 Non Assessed Figure 96 Once you have the correct screen displayed as shown in Figure 95 above verify that the correct student data is displayed above the task list Then click one of the items The description will highlight Enter the student s proficiency for the selected measurement criterion CTESTAR prevents asses
83. equired before a full configuration will be downloaded to the handheld Select Palm OS User User 7 oj Ca Figure 7 17 CTESTAR USER MANUAL The following dialog confirms that the CTESTAR application has been successfully installed Figure 8 To exit the installation and return to the BROWSE program on the installation CD click the Finish button Once you have returned to the BROWSE program click the Exit button and totally exit the installation program Assuming that you installed the CTESTAR for Windows program you may execute it from the Start Manu or from an icon installed on your desktop Look for the yellow star labeled Shortcut to CTESTAR EXE Figure 39 on your desktop CTESTAR has been successfully installed Click the Finish button to exit this installation Figure 8 Uninstalling CTESTAR If you should need to uninstall CTESTAR click on the Windows Add Remove Programs icon This icon is found in the Control Pand If you have trouble finding the Control Pand consult your Windows documentation Windows XP labels this icon Add or Remove Programs Once you have double clicked the Add Remove Programs icon a dialog similar to the following will be displayed Figure 9 Highlight CTESTAR as shown and click the Chang Remove button 18 1S Change or Remove Programs aw aay Add New Programs Add Remove Windows Components Ei Set Program Access and Defaults Cl
84. esented if you have chosen to install the Palm OS components Any Palm configuration problems will show up here If you have not selected the Palm OS feature the next screen will be that of Figure 26 ji CTESTAR Setup Updating System The features you selected are currently being installed Figure 24 30 If more than one Palm HotSync user is configured the following dialog Figure 25 will be presented Select the user that the CTESTAR for Palm OS feature should be installed for and click OK If only one Palm HotSync user is configured the program will proceed directly to the screen of Figure 26 Select Palm OS User Figure 25 Once the correct Palm OS HotSync user has been selected and you dick the OK button the following dialog Figure 26 will appear ji CTESTAR Setup CTESTAR has been successfully installed Click the Finish button to exit this installation Figure 26 The prior screen Figure 26 indicates that the installation has ben completed successfully 31 CTESTAR USER MANUAL MSI Error Dialogs If the installation process encounters an error a sequence of dialogs will be presented This particular sequence indicates what happens when the CTESTAR for Palm OS feature is installed but the Palm HotSync Manager software has not been previously installed The following dialog Figure 27 will appear after the dialog in the prior Figure 24 c Program Files ESX CTE
85. ew If a list of students with assessments is displayed on the right hand side of the screen click the Edit Meas Criteria tab To edit the description text click in the fidd labeled Deniption Then use the Inst Ddde Backspace UpArrow DownArow LatArrow and Right Arow keys to edit the text When you click another item in the tree view the data will be automatically updated and the description displayed in the treeview will also be updated Editing a measurement criterion description does not affect any of the student assessments that may have already been entered for this iten The following item Figure 77 illustrates the Edit Meas Criteia screen 75 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 AESA Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12345 amp Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTAT Sample Measurement Criteria DRAWING AND WELDING S ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES WELDING INSPECTION ANC KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUB Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance New Measurement Criteria jew Performance Element A Modified New Topic Students Move Down Figure 77 The following screen Figure 78 depicts a list of student assessments In this screen the Asses Meas Criteria tab has been selected Note that the measurement criterion may not be edited from the following screen 76 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Weldi
86. f the Progress Report refer to Appendix A From the sample observe that a row is assigned to each student Tasks are assigned columns The task number is displayed at the head of the column The student s proficiencies are in the resulting grid The last two digits of the student id are displayed In this way students with identical names can hopefully distinguish their respective records If the number of tasks requires more columns additional pages with successive columns of information are generated If more rows are required additional pages with successive rows of information are also generated An option to generate this report without student names but with student id number also exists 107 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Task Achievement Report The first and following page of the Task Achievement for a fictional students is included in Appendix A This report is generated for each student in the course The report heading includes both student and course data The body of the report lists each task heading and description along with the student s proficiency at each task A legend documenting the assessment criteria is included in the footer to the report As this report can grow quite large it is important to use the Group Tree to navigate to sub reports for individual students By observing the page numbers displayed in the heading of the report preview window it is possible to reprint reports for specific students using the Pages
87. fferent course or closing the program You may import tasks from more than one list into a course however you are responsible for deleting any duplicates and sorting the tasks into a meaningful order When you import a new task list the imported tasks are added to those already in the course database The new tasks are added at the end of the list To reorder the tasks see the following section entitled Manually Adding Ddeing and Sorting Taks To view the tasks that you have just imported click the plus next to Task Lis Topics in the left hand treeview The treeview will then display all of the task Topics To view the Performance Elements within a topic click the plus next to the desired topic To view the Measurement Criteria within a Performance Element expand the Performance Element similarly The following screen Figure 65 illustrates the display of the tasks imported into the example course after the Taks Lig Topics heading ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES Topic and Shielded Metal Arc Welding Performance Element have been expanded 61 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 i lolx File Edit Help wal DIX Save Print New Delete Undo List Se VVelding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATI H DRAWING AND WELDING SY ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES Shielded Metal Arc Welding 9 Perform safety inspectio Number 12345 10 Make minor repairs to 11 Set up for sh
88. form Exiting the Program To exit the CTESTAR for Palm OS program return to either the Sdet Tak or Sdet Student form and click the Home button Any of the other standard Palm OS buttons that switch to a different application may also be used 130 Chapter Curriculum Cross Walk CrossWalking a Task Lit Against a Curriculum Framework To demonstrate that your tasks lists are consistent with a curriculum framework CTESTAR supports cross walking your task list against a curriculum framework Three curriculum frameworks have ben included The Michigan Curriculum Framework of 1996 The Michigan Technology Framework of 2004 and The Michigan Career and Employability Skills of 2001 No provisions have been made for editing curriculum frameworks If you need a different curriculum framework please contact Enthusiastic Software Importing a Curriculum Framework Importing a curriculum framework into an existing course is similar to importing a task list however a different menu command is used Use the Cumalum Framework menu command found on the Import sub menu of the Filecommand The following screen Figure 126 illustrates the path to this command 131 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 SomniGUrauon yy ey Orel S orm Boppy Henoy ale Ciprojects isdictestaricustomersttrainin Curriculum Framework Advanced Drafting 3 70120 Engineering Manufacturing and Indus Beginning Archit
89. g Architecture and Construction marketing Sales and Service Arts Audio Video Technology and Communications michigan Health Sciences State Certifica Business Management and Administration CUScience Technology Engineering and Curriculum Frarneworks Transportation Distribution and Logisti Education and Training Ci VanBuren non aligned Finance Government and Public Administration Health Science Hospitality and Tourism Human Services gt ree FS Files of type cre files f cte z Cancel MAPLE JEFF D The Sdet Task List to Import dialog defaults to the Task List database folder Within this folder are a number of sub folders representing the National Career Cluster task Figure 63 lists as well as optional additional task lists The sixteen national cluster task lists are organized by cluster in separate folders for each cluster The Michigan Health Sciences tasks are in their own folder as are any additional task lists The 16 Clusters Combined folder contains a second copy of all of the national task lists combined into a single folder This makes it easier to review the available national task lists Double click a folder such as Michigan Health Sciences State Certificates and you are presented with a dialog like the following Figure 64 60 CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 i o x File Edt Help Select Task List File to Import 2 x Look in a Michigan Heal
90. g themselves exporting it to from diskette Students that need to be transferred to another course section can only be done so if the course task lists are identical This is why teachers should share a common task list Starting the CTESTAR Program When the CTESTAR program was installed on your computer a desktop short cut was created This shortcut should appear as follows me Shortcut to CTESTAR Figure 39 To start CTESTAR just doubleclick this icon Altematively if you have deleted this icon you may start the program from the start menu as illustrated below 38 CREATING A NEW COURSE Ss gt 2 H g ie W CTESTAR Career Technical Education Student Task Achievement Record Ly 7 5 E ej Onda Figure 41 This screen shows that no courses are selected and that none have been created 39 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Creating a New Course To create a new course confirm that you have started CTESTAR The previously illustrated screen should appear Figure 41 If you have already created or imported some courses they will appear Otherwise the screen should appear exactly as previously shown The left hand pane contains a treeview Anytime you see a small plus next to an item clicking the plus will reveal more items nested beneath the plus Similarly clicking a minus will collapse the items contained within the item Items may also be nested When you expa
91. hdd On all subsequent synchronizations the program will reconcile both databases so that they are identical Although it is not recommended you may enter assessment data on the handhdd and on the desktop Whenever you modify an assessment value CTESTAR sets a flag that indicates that the value has been modified The desktop program sets a flag in the desktop database and the handheld program se a flag in the handhdd database When the desktop data is reconciled with the handheld data these flags are inspected If the value on the desktop has been modified but the value on the handheld has not the value on the desktop replaces the value on the handhad If the value on the handheld has been modified but the value on the desktop has not the value on the handheld replaces the value on the desktop If nether value has been modified the values are not changed they are already equal The difficulty is when the value on the desktop has been changed and the value on the handheld has also been changed When the values on both the handheld and the desktop have been changed the program has no way to determine which value should be retained If they have both been modified to the same value there is no problem However if for example the desktop was modified from one to two and the handheld wes modified from one to three which is the proper value This is the danger that results from careless modification on both the desktop and the workstation
92. he measurement criterion titled General Wedding Safety and all other renumbered measurement criteria in the task list remain unaltered Only the assessments for the deleted measurement criteria are removed from the course database Because this command is very powerful and has the potential to delete considerable data be very careful when using it Deleting a Measuremet Criterion within a Performance Element To delete a measurement criterion from within a peformance element first select the item in the treeview by clicking it with the left mouse button and then insure that the Edit Meas Criteria tab is selected If a list of students with assessments is displayed in the right hand Important side of the screen recheck the Edit Meas Criteria tab If the Edit Meas Criteria tab is not selected click it with the left mouse button When the Desiption field is displayed the Dd e button will also be enabled To delete the measurement criterion click the Ddde button fourth from the left near the top of the screen When you click the Ddde button the measurement criterion and all corresponding assessments will be deleted Be very 79 CTESTAR USER MANUAL careful Do not delete the measurement criterion unless you are also willing to discard all of the assessment data for the item If you delete the wrong task clicking the Undo button immediately will restore the item and all student assessments for the item After you click th
93. he new performance element A fter you have imported the tasks from the master task list database it may be If the task list was designed for a course that covers more material than yours does you may want to delete some of the measurement criteria You may even want to delete an entire topic or paformance dement along with all of the items that are contained within it You may also need to revise the wording of an existing topic performance element or measurement criteria After revising your task list you may also choose to change the order of the items within the list This chapter explains how to add deete revise and sort all of the dements of a task list Creating a New Task List Usually one of the task lists included in the task list database is a suitable starting point for a new course In such a case you can import the task list as explained in the prior chapter Creating a New Cours and then revise it In the event that no suitable starting point is found you can create an entirely new task list This process is similar to revising a task list with the exception that all items must be initially added You must first create and select the course that the task list is for You can then skip the task list import steps You then add topics performance elements and measurement criteria as detailed below All of the commands work identically The only difference from the examples is that the initial task list will be empty 6
94. he tree view the assessments for the prior student will be saved to memory not to disk and the assessments for the new student will be displayed In the following example Figure 99 the student named Anthony J Bird has been selected 99 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 o x Bile Edit Help MW 2 DIX Save Print New Delete Undo Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics Students BIRD ANTHONY J BRADLEY ANDY BRAYER RHONDA A BROWN DAVID J BURT DON D CARROLL BEN C CLARK CHRIS N GOOD STEPHEN N KELLER MITCH P Assess Student Edit Student 000703798 BIRD ANTHONY J OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Orientation 1 Follow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job cards reports or records 3 Perform housekeeping duties 4 Follow verbal instructions 5 Follow written details to complete work assignments DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETA OohOOCO KILNER ERIC Interpretation KIRK TONY A 6 Interpret basic elements of a drawing or sketch LANE PATRICK D 7 Interpret welding symbol information 0 LEE MARK A 8 Fabricate parts from a drawing or sketch 0 LONG EMMANUEL D ADC WELDING DRINICIDI FS ANN DRACTICFES MAPLE JEFF D Figure 99 When CTESTAR switched to new student it automatically highlighted the same item that was last highlighted for the pr
95. icking the Change Renove button launches the CTESTAR uninstallation program The following Sdet Uningall Mehod dialog is displayed Figure 10 izp Add Remove Programs Currently installed programs ff Bluetooth Software Suite v1 09 5 BT COM SERVER CANalyzer 3 1 i CodeWarrior for Palm OS Platform 7 0 B CodeWarrior Palm OS Platform V9 0 ER Crystal Reports CTESTAR Click here for support information amp Debugging Tools for Windows Dell AccessDirect lt i Dell Documents Dell Internal Modem Diagnostics Tool Figure 9 Automatic option then click the Next button 19 Sort by Name Size Size Size Size Size Used Last Used On oome El 24 1MB 6 13MB 327MB Select the CTESTAR USER MANUAL Select Uninstall Method Figure 10 Once the uninstall method has been selected the Paform Uningall dialog is displayed Figure 11 This is your last opportunity to confirm your intent Clicking the Finish button will immediately begin to uninstall all CTESTAR components Course data which you have created will not be uninstalled however you will not be able to access the files without the CTESTAR program If you need to transfer your data to diskette do this before uninstalling CTESTAR 20 Perform Uninstall Figure 11 After clicking the Finish button the uninstall program displays a progress dialog which disappears once the uninstall program has finished
96. ielded met Name Welding 1 12 Operate shielded metal 13 Make fillet welds all pos Section Block 1 14 Make groove welds all 15 Perform 26 36 limitec Instructor John Smith New Measurement Criteria Gas Metal Arc Welding Host School Benton Harbor High School gt Short Circuit Transfer Spray Transfer Facility gt 4 Edit Course File CAprojectstisdictestar Customers Demo Pathway Engineering Manufacturing and Indus Course Figure 65 To view the contents of more items expand then by clicking the plus signs next to them More than one item may be expanded at the same time however as more headings are expanded it may be necessary to scroll the treeview to view ther contents To collapse a previously expanded topic or performance element click the minus next to the item Importing a CTESTAR Task List from Another Course As when importing any of the other databases the first steps to importing a task list from another course are to start the CTESTAR program and select the course that you want to import the tasks into This is considered the destination course You will then use the Tasks from Cours option of the Import sub menu of the File menu command to import the task list The following screen Figure 66 illustrates the path to this menu command 62 CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR Welding 1 Blo
97. iles Change Outlook Contacts Synchronize the files Outlook Tasks Synchronize the files Default Outlook Notes Synchronize the files CTESTAR Files Synchronize the files Help Install Enabled Install Service Templates Enabled lInatall Ta Caval j Croblee Figure 115 Find the Conduit labded CTESTAR Files highlight it by clicking it with the left mouse button once Conduit is the Palm name for the software that reconciles desktop and handhdd data files After you have highlighted the CTESTAR conduit click the Change button A dialog similar to the following dialog Figure 116 will be displayed 114 SYNCHRONIZING COURSE DATA Change HotSync Action r Gregg s CurrentSettings Default HotSync Action Synchronize the Files Next HotSync Action Synchronize the Files HotSync Action for CTESTAR Ok Synchronize the Files Cancel C Desktop Overwrites Handheld Handheld Overwrites Desktop r Set as Default Do Nothing Figure 116 The dialog displayed on your desktop should identify your user profile From this dialog you can configure the actions that will be taken by the CTESTAR conduit If you dick the Set as Default checkbox the default will be changed for all subsequent hotsync s If you leave the Set as Default checkbox clear the configuration wil only affect the next hotsync Once you are satisfied with your configuration c
98. intenance Health Safety and Management Logistics Planning and Management Services Sales and Service Transportation Operations Transportation Systems Infrastructure Planning Management and Regulations Warehousing and Distribution Center Operations Equipment Environmental 169 Appendix MSI Install Properties Implanented CTESTAR MSI Install Properties Properties If you choose to utilize the included MSl based install the following configurable properties are supported Property ESXPATHTODATA ESXPATHTO REPO RTFILE ESXINSTPALMAPP Interpretation This property is used to determine the default path to user created files Typically this will point to a mapped drive or folder The special value a single tilde is used to indicate that the data should be stored on the local computer in the user s application data directory typically Docmmets and Sdting logonid A pplication Data ESX CTESTAR on Windows 2000 This property is used to determine the default path to generated PDF report files Typically this will be enpty in which case the files will be generated to the desktop folder usually Documants and Setingslogon id D exktop The special value a single tilde is used to indicate that the data should be stored on the local computer in the users desktop folder othawise a folder name should be specified This property detemines whether the MSI install executes the Palm I
99. ior student As when assessing a task across students when you click the Save button select a different course or exit CTESTAR the current assessment data will be written out to the course database Any time that you want to insure that your data has been saved to your hard disk click the Save button 100 Chapter Printing Reports Generating Standard CTESTAR Reports CTESTAR generates the following six basic reports the Task List Report the Progress Report the Certificate Report the Task Achievement Report the Task Assessment by Competency Summary Report and the Curriculum CrossWalk Report These reports will be discussed in this chapter along with the procedure for generating these reports to the screen and printing them to paper Samples for all of these reports are found in Appendix A Report Generation To generate any of these six reports begin by starting CTESTAR and selecting a course Whenever a course is selected the Print button second from the left near the top of the screen is enabled When you click the Print button the following screen Figure 100 will be displayed 101 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 feo ee fed Welg E Course List i lt Task List Topics _ amp Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12367 New Course Figure 100 From this screen select the appropriate report by clicking the radio bu
100. ise summary of task proficiencies for each student in the class This report may be printed with or without student names Each student is identified by ether student id number or name in the first column of a row Rows of data represent individual student s task proficiencies Subsequent columns of data represent all of the proficiencies for an individual task Additional pages of columnar data as well as additional pages with rows of student data are generated as necessary Individual rows of student data are sorted by the identification fidd Appendix A illustrates this report printed with student names Course Task List The Coure Tax Lig report is similar to the Student Task Achievanent Report however it does not include any student proficiencies or demographic information A sample of this report is included in Appendix A Task Assessment by Competency Summary The Tak Assssnent by Competency Summary report summarizes the number of students attaining each competency level for each individual task in a course This report is useful in analyzing the curriculum Appendix A includes a sample page from this report Curriculum Cross Reference with Assessment The Curiailum CrossReerence with Ament report is generated from the CTESTAR Data Warehouse application For each item of the selected task list all of the courses that include the item are listed along with the teacher name and a summary of student achievement INTRODUCTION C
101. k Program Orientation 1 Center Handbook 2 Program Operation Guide 3 TARN Assessment Tests Career Development 5 Giving Tour To Prospective Students Recording Student Tasks Communication Skills T Why Study English Videoworksheet 8 Listening Figure 121 When you have selected the task as above tap the Ass button When you tap the Asses button the Ass Tax form will be displayed as shown below Figure 122 126 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK Assess Task w 12345 Block 4 Prepare Resume ALESANDER RODNEY D BROOES SHELDON D BURTON MARCELLUS D CLEVELAND JESSICA E DAWIS AHMAD DENSON YOLANDA M DORSEY KELLIE GIBBS EARNEST J 4055 DEMONE E a055 KEOME J Ee LE ade of P o Naana Figure 122 On the Ass Tax form confirm that the correct task is displayed above the student s names To assess a student tap the student s name When the student is selected it will be highlighted as in the prior figure In the example Alexander is selected Write the numeric value in the numeric side of the graffiti area right side To assess a different student tap their name If all of your students do not fit on the form a scroll bar will be enabled to the right of the assessment values Use this to scroll through students on the Ass Tax form To select a different task tap the Sdet button and the program will retum to the Sdet Tak form From this form you can repeat the process for a new task
102. ktop Assessment Unchanged Handheld Assessment Changed Desktop Assessment Changed Handheld Assessment Changed Desktop Assessment Unchanged Handheld Assessment Unchanged In the above table it should be noted that database transactions affect the entire Desktop Overwrites Handheld Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Data Overwritten by Desktop Data Handheld Overwrites Desktop Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Desktop Data Overwritten by Handheld Data Synchronize Files Student Name Id on Handheld Updated Copied from Desktop Assessment Data Remains Unchanged Handheld Assessment Data Copied from Desktop Desktop Assessment Data Copied from Handheld Desktop Assessment Data Unchanged Handheld Assessment Data Unchanged No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld No Change on Desktop No Change on Handheld database where as assessment transactions only affect the individual records involved 118 Chapter Assessing Students ona Handheld Assessing a Task Across Students and A
103. l views Apply advanced drafting skills 37 Interpret various drawings 38 Visualize object from drawing 40 Interpret isometric views 42 Interpret detail and assembly drawings 44 Interpret screw thread specifications 45 Convert dimensions and tolerances from English units to metric units Apply revision control process 48 Apply documentation including project filing back up material tracking process Demonstrate dimensioning techniques 51 Add labels notes to drawing 53 Dimension angles 55 Dimension rounded end shapes 57 Dimension features on circular center line 58 Interpret decimal tolerance dimensions 60 Calculate interference fit tolerances of mating parts 62 Calculate transitional fit tolerances 63 Prepare assembly drawings Prepare advanced mechanical drawings 66 Prepare fastener drawings CADD FUNDAMENTALS Demonstrate basic use of computer operating system 68 Manage files 70 Rename files 72 Format diskettes 2 5 2005 Page 2 of 6 155 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Sample Course Progress Report First Page CTESTAR Progress Report 1 Monroe High School Mr John Smith 012007110 Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 atudini eume onmolrNOTYSrS RENRSRRRR RSSHBS8 Allen Leslie J oeeeely 32233 43423234314423343333332 332 333 Cooper Patsy A 9000036 339332 4442333334333343 4343323 332 434 on Roger H ooeee1s 22313 LVS2TV201233 3 92313333 2 1 23 2 133 Finch
104. lement first select the item in the treeview by clicking it with the left mouse button When the item is selected the Ddde button will be enabled To delete the heading click the Ddde button fourth from the left near the top of the screen When you click the Ddde button the item and all items that it contains will be ddeted along with ther corresponding assessments Be very careful Do not deete the topic or performance element unless you are also willing to discard all of the assessment data for all of the measurement criteria that it contains If you delete the wong item clicking the Undo button immediately will restore the item and all subordinate items and associated student assessments After you click the Dd e button the treeview will collapse and the deleted item will be removed from the treeview and the course database The following screen Figure 79 illustrates the sample task list before deletion of the performance dement titled Sample Performance Element Important 77 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATI DRAWING AND WELDING ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES Sample Performance Element OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES Z WELDING INSPECTION AND Revised Sample Topic sample Performance Elem 66 Sample Measurement C New Measurement Criteria lew Performance Element KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJI Knowledge 68 Welding Terms and Det 69 Dr
105. lick the Ok button to dismiss the Change HotSync Adion dialog box Your new configuration will be displayed in the Custom dialog Click the Done button in the Cusom dialog to dismiss it Your configuration changes will be set for the next hotsync between the handheld and this desktop for the specified user profile The following sections explain the differences between the four synchronization options Synchronize the Files The Synchronize the Files option is the action described in the prior section titled Synchronize Course Data This option reconciles the handhdd data with the desktop data on a value by value basis This should be the normal default when synchronizing your handheld with your desktop Desktop Overwrites Handheld When the option Desktop Overwrites Handhdd is specified the conduit ignores the assessments found on the handhdd and overwrites the data on the handheld with the data from the desktop If for some reason the data on your handheld has been lost and you must restore your entire handheld from a backup use this option to overwrite the restored backup data assuming the desktop data is the most current 115 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Handheld Overwrite Desktop When the option Handheld Overwrites Desktop is specified the conduit ignores the assessments found on the desktop and overwrites the data on the desktop with data from the handheld If you have been modifying data on both the handheld
106. loaded to the workstation through the standard Palm OS synchronization utilities Note that because the CTESTAR for Palm OS application relies on the standard Palm OS utilities the Palm OS utilities should be installed on the workstation before CTESTAR for Palm OS is installed on the workstation All reports must be printed from the CTESTAR for Windows or CTESTAR Data Warehouse applications CTESTAR Data Warehouse The CTESTAR Data Warehouse application archives all student course and task list data Additionally this application may be used to print CTESTAR Certificates and CTESTAR Task Lists At the beginning of the year this application may be used to create data diskettes for each teacher At the end of the year data from each of the workstation applications will be saved to diskette This data from these diskettes will then be imported back into the warehouse application The warehouse application should be installed on a centrally located computer In the event a student loses thar certificate or task list this application can be used to print a new one By backing up this application all data may be archived The data issearchable by student name The warehouse application can be used to generate year end file copies of all reports however this functionality is not supported on Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 These reports are saved as PDF files which can then be backed up to CD CTESTAR Certificate and
107. lowing screen Figure 133 should be displayed 140 CTESTAR DATA WAREHOUSE CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse amp a Bi 3 Opieley anad Figure 133 Note that warehouse displays CTESTAR DW on the title bar that the top level of the hierarchy or outline is Year List and that an additional Find button is conditionally available next to the Undo button 141 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Academic Years Before creating any courses you must create an academic year Each course you create with the warehouse application must be created within an academic year To create a new academic year click the New Year item displayed in the left hand window pane When you do s the following screen Figure 134 will be displayed CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse y K Pi el Daol Einmal Figure 134 142 CTESTAR DATA WAREHOUSE In the Year field enter the four digit number of the first year in the academic year For the academic year of 2003 2004 enter 2003 Then click the Add New Year button Before you click the Add New Year button the screen should appear as follows Figure 135 CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse KaJ S Daop tnd Figure 135 143 CTESTAR USER MANUAL After you click the Add New Year button the screen should appear as follows Figure 136 CTESTAR DW Data Warehouse 1J Or Daop and Figure 136 144 CTESTAR DATA W
108. lth Sciences MEDICAL RADIOLOGIC AIDE State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences EDICAL RECORDS ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences OPTOMETRIC LABORATORY TECHNICIAN State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences OPTOMETRIC OPHTHALMOLOGY ASSISTANT State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences PHARMACY TECHNICIAN State Certificates 168 Folder Michigan Health Sciences State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences State Certificates Michigan Health Sciences State Certificates Science Technol Engineering and Mathematics Science Technol Engineering and Mathematics Transportation Distribution and Transportation Distribution and Transportation Distribution and Transportation Distribution and Transportation Distribution and Transportation Distribution and Transportation Distribution and Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics Logistics APPENDIX A Task List RESPIRATORY THERAPY AID Draft re eee ineering and Technology nce and Mathematics Facility and Mobile Ma
109. n Smith OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES Benton Harbor High School WELDING INSPECTION ANC KNOWLEDGE RELATED Sw Figure 88 More than one topic and or peformance element may be expanded at a time however only one measurement criterion may be assessed at a time with this assessment method To assess the measurement criterion titled Follow verbal instructions click it with the left mouse button A screen similar to the following Figure 89 should appear 89 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR welding 1 Block 1 12346 KD Urca E Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics Orientation 1 Folow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job car BIRD ANTHONY J 3 Perform housekeeping BRADLEY ANDY i BRAYER RHONDA A 5 Follow written details to BROWN DAVID J New Measurement Criteria BURT NE CARROLL BEN C New Performance Element CLARK CHRIS N DRAWING AND WELDING S GOOD STEPHEN N ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES KELLER MITCH P OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI KILNER ERIC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES KIRK TONY A WELDING INSPECTION AND LANE PATRICK D NOWLEDGE RELATED SUB w f CASE poooooo0c0coo0o0 0 Figure 89 If the Edit Meas Criteria tab is selected the Desaiption field Move Up and Move Down buttons will appear Insure that the Assess Meas Criteria tab is selected The following screen Figure 90 illustrates
110. nce Element H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJECT N Assess Meas Criteria Edit Meas Criteria Description Sample Measurement Criteria Source ld M Modified Move Up Move Down Figure 85 If a list of students and assessments is displayed in the right hand data window instead of the above edit page insure that the Edit Meas Criteia tab is selected If not click it once with the left mouse button When the correct screen is displayed you will note that the item text is displayed along wth two buttons The Move Up button is used to move the task item up in the list of task items The Move Down button is used to move the task down in this list of items If this is the first item within a topic or paformance dement moving the item up will move it to the prior item If this is the last item within a topic or performance dement moving it down will move it to the next item If the current item cannot be moved up the Move Up button will be disabled Similarly if the current item cannot be moved down any further the Move Down button will be disabled Each time you click the Move Up or Move Down button the task item is moved one position until you reach either the top or bottom of the list The following screen Figure 86 illustrates moving the Sample Measurement Criteria measurement criterion up by clicking the Move Up button once 84 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Wel
111. nd one item it may reveal additional items that can be expanded This is like an outline where you can control the expansion of individual items All of the items contained within an item are connected via lines Think of these as branches The items revealed are leaves Every time that you click a plus you reveal more branches and leaves When you click a minus you conceal the leaves and branches but they are still there By clicking the pluses and minuses you can control how much information is displayed in the tree view To create a new course click the New Cours item within the Course List If the course list is not expanded you must first click the plus next to it to reveal the New Coure item as shown above When you click the New Coure item the following screen will appear CTESTAR Career Technical Education Student Task Achievement Record File Edit Help 5 x New Course Pathway fo Number Hl Name Sn Section Instructor Po Host School Po Facility Add New Course Figure 42 40 CREATING A NEW COURSE From this illustration Figure 42 you can see that the New Coure item remains high lighted in the selection treeview on the left of the screen and a data entry screen appears on the right side of the screen In general all data entry in CTESTAR is done in this right hand window To create a new course once the data entry screen has
112. ned 16 Clusters Combined Task List Environmental Service Systems Facility and Mobile Equipment Maintenance Family amp Community Services Health Infomatics Health Safety and Environmental Assurance Health Safety and Environmental Management Logistics Planning and Management Services lusters Com bined M intenance Installation amp Repair 16 C 16 C 16 C 16 C 16 C 16 C 16 16 C 16 Clu lusters Com lusters Com lusters Com lusters Com lusters Com lusters Com lusters Com lu lu lusters Com lusters Com bined bined bined bined bined bined bined bined bined a Man a M nufacturing Production Process Development 16 Clusters Combined Marketing amp Communications a Marketing Communications and Promotion Marketing Information Management and Research 16 Clusters Combined National Security 16 Clusters Combined Natural Resources Systems N etwork Systems 16 Clusters Combined Performing Arts 16 Clusters Combined Personal Care Services sters Combined Plant Systems Power Structural amp Technical Systems 16 Clusters Combined Printing Technologies 16 Clusters Combined Professional Sales and Marketing 16 Clusters Combined Professional Support Services Programming and Software Development 164 APPENDIX A Folder Task List lusters Combined Public M
113. ned items move with the moved item As with ddeion and insertion renumbering of measurement criteria is automatic and preserves assessment data Changing the Order of Topics within the Task List You may find it necessary to revise the order of the topics performance elements or criteria within a task list Perhaps you have just added a topic to the task list and want 81 CTESTAR USER MANUAL to move it near the top Possibly you have merged multiple task lists together and want to reorder the topics or merge the peformance elements of two identically named topics To move an item first select the item in the left hand treeview When you do this a screen similar to the following Figure 83 should appear CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 zA File Edit Help B x lt Print New Delete Undo Edit Topic Fl Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION DRAWING AND WELDING SYMB ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES ANI OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ANC WELDING INSPECTION AND TE KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC l Sample Performance Element New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element New Topic w Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 fe ee Description Revised Sample Topic Source ld M Modified Move Up Move Down Figure 83 Notice that the topic text is displayed a
114. ng 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Course List E Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics H OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTAT H DRAWING AND WELDING S ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES H WELDING INSPECTION ANC KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUB Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance Elem 116 Sample Measuremer New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element Assess Meas Criteria Edit Meas Criteria fi 16 Sample Measurement Criteria Hid Student Assess a 000703798 BIRD ANTHONY J 000781587 BRADLEY ANDY 000708884 BRAYER RHONDA A 000710672 BROWN DAVID J 000704383 BURT DON D 000773760 CARROLL BEN C 000769590 CLARK CHRIS N 000715181 GOOD STEPHEN N 000503150 KELLER MITCH P 000709621 KILNER ERIC BO CO OvOr Ovo e CO oO New Topic 000749664 KIRK TONY A Students 000793611 LANE PATRICK D Curriculum Frameworks Mi OO0 72 746 LEE MADIA gt Figure 78 Deleting Task List Items Dedeting topics paformance edements and measurement criteria is similar to revising them Whenever the appropriate edit screen is displayed the Ddde button at the top of the screen is enabled As with revising measurement criteria the Edit Meas Criteria tab must be selected to delete a measurement criterion Deleting a Topic or Performance Element and All Contained Items To dedete a topic or peformance e
115. nts for each task That is the only difference One entry method is horizontal the other method is vertical These are just two different ways of entering the same data Data entered via one method is visible in the other method Assessing a Task Across Students The steps to assessing a task across all students begin by selecting the course Once the course has been selected expand the Task Lig Topics item After expanding the Tax Lig Topics item expand the topic that contains the peformance dement of the measurement criterion you wish to assess After expanding the performance element of the measurement criterion select the measurement criterion by clicking in the task list treeview In the following example we will assess the measurement criterion titled Follow verbal instructions This measurement criterion is part of the Orientation performance dement of the OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION topic Both the topic and performance element have been expanded The results for our sample course are as follows Figure 88 88 ASSESSING STUDENTS We CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 lolx CAprojectstisdictestari CustomersiDemo 1 Follow safe practices EngineeringiManufacturing and Indus 2 Prepare time or job car 3 Perform housekeeping 4 Follow verbal instructior 5 Follow written details to New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element Block1 DRAWING AND WELDING S ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES Joh
116. on If you want to review these selections you may click the Back button to retum to prior installation dialogs When you are sure of your decision click the Next button and the installation will begin 15 CTESTAR USER MANUAL 2 CTESTAR Start Installation Figure 5 When the installation process begins the following Ingalling dialog will appear Figure 6 As the installation proceeds the progress bars should both fill If the installation program encounters any problems an error dialog will be displayed The installation of some components may necessitate rebooting your computer Such component installations will precede the CTESTAR components installation 16 CTESTAR l Installing Poy Current File 5 Copying file c Program Files ESX CTESTAR Data TaskList elding cte All Files Time Remaining 0 minutes 0 seconds Wise Installation Wizard Figure 6 If you have dected to install the CTESTAR for Palm OS application component additional Palm dialogs may appear asking you to select a Palm usr Figure 7 This determines which Palm user configuration the Palm OS components are installed for When the selected user is next HotSync d the CTESTAR for Palm OS application will be downloaded to your Palm OS handheld computer Once the application has been downloaded subsequent HotSync s will download any created course data to the handheld Two HotSync s are r
117. on The program will return to the program launch form of the handheld Review the prior chapter to determine why your data was not synchronized to your handheld Form Components It is important to identify a number of the most important controls on the CTESTAR for Palm OS forms Although the buttons are important they are easily identified The following diagram Figure 119 highlights the most common non button form components 121 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Select Te ook MCE ES a Assessment Tests A Frepare Resume Figure 119 The following table names each of these form components Component Description A Form Title Course Selection Pull Down Data Area Scroll Button Student Task Selector 122 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK Each of these form components will be briefly described Form Title The form title identifies the form Each unique data entry form has a unique name In this example form the title is Select Task and the data area lists a number of tasks This fidd will be updated to the name of the currently active form Course Selection Pull Down The course selection pull down is used to select the course As will be seen when you tap the downward pointing triangle a list of courses will be displayed Whe you select a different course the current course is closed the new course data is displayed and the course number is updated to reflect that of the newly selected course The number displayed
118. ong term data storage If you do not know whether your computer meets these requirements consult your system administrator to be used in archiving your data Important 139 CTESTAR USER MANUAL The data warehouse installation is similar to that of the Windows workstation application You should avoid installing both applications on your computer at the same time as they store data in different sub directories You want to avoid confusion regarding which data set you are working wth As with the workstation version of CTESTAR version 9 or later of Crystal Reports is required to generate and view the reports The task lists should also be installed so that you can initialize the teacher diskettes When you are presented with the Sdet Components dialog during installation you should select the components as illustrated below Figure 132 2 CTESTAR x Select Components S In the options list below L CTESTAR 54201 k select the checkboxes M Crystal Reports Runtime 9848 k for the options that you M Task Lists 3528 k would like to have L CTESTAR for Palm OS 2489 k installed MCTESTAR Data Warehouse 54221 k The disk space fields reflectthe requirements ofthe options you have selected Disk Space Required 67597 k Disk Space Remaining 6644404 k Wise Installation Wizard lt Back Cancel Figure 132 When you have successfully installed and executed the warehouse application the fol
119. option of the Print dialog and filling in the appropriate From and To fields As an example observe from clicking the student Davis Ahmad that the first page of his STAR begins on page 85 There are 546 total pages in the report BS Student Achievement Report lolx x M 4 85056 gt gt g amp l 5 l Totaza0 100 24180 of 24180 Preview El ctestar rpt ALEXANDE BROOKS A BURTON h Student Task Achievement Record CLEVELAN Engineering Manufacturing and Industrial Technology DAVIS AHI DENSON DAVIS AHMAD 000691041 DORSEY K 7 P Welding 1 John Smith GIBBS EAF ra S teri GOSS DEK Goss KEC Benton Harbor Area Schools Skill Center GRANT SF gi TERN HALL CAN 09 01 02 06 01 03 JEFFERSOI Program Enty Dak Program Eli Dae KELLIE CH LOVE DAN Program Orientation MARLOWE 1 CentrHanibood NEWMAN 2 Pro gam Operation Guida 3 Math Beading Areore ment Torte ORR DOM Propare Barume PAYNO JA PEOPLES Career Development POOLE CH 5 Giving Tour To Prospuctim mdunte SWIFT SH Euconling mdont Darke WASHING WHITFIELCE Communication Skills 7 Why mdy English Video work shoot WILLIAMS 8 Livning WYSINGEF 9 Suxml Hariase ment Training A 2 G 4 4 10 Display Evdexce OfC arsar Pha Job Goal EDP gt 11 Build A L t Of Porribh Empbyur
120. ormation Installer Information Figure 33 MSI Un nstallation Sequence The easiest way to begin the uninstallation sequence is from the Add Remove Programs dialog illustrated below Figure 34 34 igp Add Remove Programs Currently installed programs Sort by JName jf BT COM SERVER i5 Cimaware ExcelFIX Size 805KB f amp CodeWarrior for Palm OS Platform 7 0 Size 6 13MB CodeWarrior Palm OS Platform V9 0 Size 327MB Crystal Reports Size 153MB Size 51 6MB CTESTAR Dell AccessDirect M Dell Documents Dell Internal Modem Diagnostics Tool 5 Dell ResourcecD fq DemoShield 7 01 a Dialer Figure 34 Add Remove Programs Q Ced e Figure 35 Once you affirm that you want to remove CTESTAR from your computer by clicking the Ye button the following dialog appears Figure 36 Windows Installer Figure 36 The following dialog Figure 37 will appear automatically as the MSI installation package determines which files registry entries and programs to remove 35 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Figure 37 As the actual application components are removed the following dialog will be displayed Figure 38 Figure 38 When the last dialog Figure 38 disappears the un installation is complete 36 CREATING Chapter Creating a New Course Creating a new course database within CTESTAR for Windows or Importing a supplied course file
121. ou have been provided wth a CTEIS download your media will include a file named CTEISTXT This file will contain all of your students for all of your courses To use this file you must import the data for a specific course number If you do not see this file look for files with the CTE file name extension These are CTESTAR course databases If these files have been 37 CTESTAR USER MANUAL provided to you one should have been provided for each of your courses These files can be imported to your workstation If the files supplied to you are neither of these two options and no files have been already supplied on your workstation contact your support staff If you teach multiple sections of the same course ie more than one class with the same task list the best strategy is to create a file for one of the courses Once you have finalized this course s task list through importing adding and deleting you can then import the task list to each of the other courses that use the same task list After you have begun to assess students within these courses this strategy is not viable Once you have begun to assess students you will need to make any Important subsequent task list changes to each of the courses affected individually Therefore it is important that you finalize your a task list before you begin to assess your students Teachers that teach different sections of a common course should create a common task list to share amon
122. owing proficiencies Assessment Interpretation VEUT Not Covered Aware of Task Completes With Help 3 Completes Without Help Can Demonstrate to Others 87 CTESTAR USER MANUAL These proficiencies do not correspond to the grades A through F but rather are designed to reflect the student s mastery of individual tasks A legend documents these interpretations on all reports that display them The zero value Not Covered is printed as the hyphen character rather than a zero This is to avoid stigmatizing the student as a zero All assessment values are initialized to zero when either a new student is added or a new task is added to an existing database CTESTAR will prevents entry of an invalid value Numeric data entry via the numeric keypad provides an efficient way to enter student assessment data Two Basic Ways to Assess There are two basic ways to assess student proficiencies within CTESTAR The most common assessment method is to assess a task across all students in the class The less common method is to assess a student across all tasks in the class The method you choose depends on your teaching style If you envision a teacher s grade book there are typically rows for each student and columns for each task When you assess a task across all students you pick a column and enter assessments for each student When you assess a student across all tasks you pick a row and enter assessme
123. qual to that of a student already in the course CTESTAR will inform you of the duplicate id To add such a student you must edit the id until it is unique The Entry and Exit fields denote the program entry and exit dates As these dates will print on the certificate be sure to enter the correct dates The format is the traditional month day year format common in North America CTESTAR will prevent you from entering illegal dates To move between the date components use either the tab key or the mouse To use the mouse left click in the field that you wish to modify The Attendane field is used to assess each student s attendance The options are excellent good fair and poor You should enter a value based upon your school district s attendance policies You may choose to leave this value at the default Non Asses value until the end of the school year Viewing the Non Assssal value will remind you that you need to review the student s attendance and enter the appropriate value before printing any reports In any case this fidd will print on the student s certificate and Student Task Achievement Report so you should enter a value before the certificate and student task achievement reports are printed A sample record ready to be added is shown below Figure 58 This entry assumes that the attendance field will be edited later The Comment field is for entry of comments unique to each individual student This fidd is not print
124. r Figure 109 By clicking on Denson Yolanda we see that her report begins on page 106 of the report 108 PRINTING REPORTS BS Student Achievement Report amp amp I Student Task Achievement Record Engineering Manufacturing and Industrial Technology DENSON YOLANDA M 000633921 John Smith nstucke Benton Harbor Area Schools Skill Center Shod Fadliy 09 01 02 06 0103 Program Enty bar Program Ell bake Program Orientation 1 CuntxHandbood 3 MathBeading Ar ure mont Torte Career Development J Giving Dour Io Prospactam tudenty Communication Skills 7 Why tudy English Vilao workshoot 9 Soxual Harrase mont Training 11 Build A LitOf Porribh Emphyure 13 Compht a Job Application Figure 110 In the print dialog we then select the pages option and specify from 85 to 105 as illustrated below Figure 111 Figure 111 Clicking the OK button prints the report for the student named Ahmad Davis The From field denotes the first page printed and the To denotes the last page printed 109 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Certificate Report A sample page from the Certificate Report is included in Appendix A The watermark printed behind the student name and course data is based upon the course Pathway fied If this field is not correctly set the watermark will not be correctly displayed This report may be printed on plain paper or altematively on certificat
125. row DownAnow Leat Arrow and Right Arrow characters to edit the measurement criterion When you are satisfied with the text click the Add New Measurement Critaia button The new measurement criterion will be added at the end of the performance element containing the New Measurenent Criteria item To move the measurement criterion up in the list see the following section titled Changing the Order of Itens within the Tax Lit The following screen Figure 74 shows the results of adding a new sample measurement criterion to the previously illustrated sample task list within the sample performance element and topic 72 EDITING A TASK LIST r CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 i lojx File Edit Help New Measurement Criteria elding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION H DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL H ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AND PF H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCIPLE ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AND PR H WELDING INSPECTION AND TESTI H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJECT M Sample Topic Sample Performance Element 116 Sample Measurement Criteria New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element New Topic Students Curriculum Frameworks Description Figure 74 Notice in the above example that after the new measurement criterion was added it was automatically assigned a number The assessments for this newly added measurement criterion are initialized to zero
126. s Welding 1 Block 2 12346 xl Figure 59 After adding the student the name and id are erased When entering a list of students the last Entry and Exit dates are preserved This minimizes the data entry burden when you add a number of students which all share the same entry and exit dates When you add a new student to a cour already containing tasks the new student s assessments for all of the tasks are initialized to zero Not Covered Deleting an Existing Student To delete a student click on the student name in the left hand selection treeview When you select a student the right hand data entry pane will show ether the student s assessment data or thar demographic data name id entry date exit date attendance and comment To toggle between the two views click the tabs at the top of the data entry screen When the Edit Student tab is selected the Ddde button fourth from the left is enabled To delete a student insure that the Edit Student tab has been clicked so that the demographic data is displayed and click the Ddde button When a student is deleted all of thar assessment and demographic data is irretrievably lost If you delete the wrong student you may immediately undo the operation however once a different course has been selected the operation cannot be undone The following screen Figure 60 shows a student selected along with their assessment data In this case no task items have actually
127. s a task across all students in the class The less common method is to assess a student across all tasks in the class The method you choose depends on your teaching style If you envision a teacher s grade book there are typically rows for each student and columns for each task When you assess a task across all students you pick a column and enter assessments for each student in the course When you assess a student across all tasks you pick a row and enter assessments for each task in the course One entry 123 CTESTAR USER MANUAL method is horizontal the other method is vertical These are just two different ways of entering the same data Data entered via one method is visible in the other method Course Selection The first step for either assessment method is to select the proper course Use the course selection pull down to select a course To do this begin by tapping the down arrow downward facing triangle with the stylus When you do this a form similar to the following Figure 120 will appear Sel 12345 Block 1 Welding 1 Pri 12346 Block 2 Welding 1 1 1234 Block 3 Welding 2 2P 99990 Test 3 Math Reading Assessment Tests d Frepare Resume Career Development 5 Giving Tour To Prospective Students Recording Student Tasks Communication Skills T Why Study English Videoworksheet 8 Listenin SM Gar ian Figure 120 In this example four courses are available If you do not see dat
128. s well as two buttons The Move Up button is used to move the topic up in the list Each time it is clicked the topic moves up one position In this example the Move Down button is disabled This is because the topic is already at the end of the task list It is not possible to move this item down any further The use of the Move Down button is similar to that of the Move Up button Fach time you click the Move Down button the topic is moved down below the following topic Similarly if this sample topic were moved to the top of the list the Move Up button would be disabled as the Move Down button is disabled at the bottom of the list The following screen Figure 84 illustrates moving the Revised Sample Topic up by clicking the Move Up button once 82 EDITING A TASK LIST CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 l lolx File Edit Help AAA ourse List Edit Topic Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION Description Revised Sample Topic DRAWING AND WELDING SYMB ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES ANI OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINCI ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ANC WELDING INSPECTION AND TE Revised Sample Topic Sample Performance Element New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC New Topic Source Id M Modified H Students Curriculum Frameworks Move Up Move Down Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Ps 4 SF 0 22 22 Figure
129. s will read ELA 2 All students will dern ELA 3 All students will focu H LANGUAGE LITERATURE VOICE Cross Walk Curriculum l Edit Curriculum Element F F 133 Practice good work habits time management 134 Be a team player 135 Demonstrate respectful behavior in workplace 136 Maintain knowledge and skills COMMUNICATIONS Read interpret and analyze technical materials dis 137 Use appropriate note taking methods 138 Write and or present a report on technical literature INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS SKILLS AND PROCESSES Develop good safety and health practices Use appror H GENRE AND CRAFT OF LA 139 Exercise good safety practices 7 4 DEPTH OF UNDERSTAND 140 Encourage others to employ safe practices al IDEAS IN ACTION LEADERSHIP AND TEAMWORK s Fxercise the ability to lead or follow in a team enviro zl Figure 131 When you select a different measurement criterion the check box changes to Yes if the item was checked or if the item was not checked When the crosswalk report is generated check measurement criteria are listed beneath the curriculum framework element to indicate that the measurement criterion addresses the associated curriculum framework element 137 Chapter CTESTAR Data Warehouse Working with the CTESTAR Data Warehouse application The CTESTAR Data Warehouse applic
130. sment of topics and performance elements The following figure Figure 97 shows the assessment screen after the measurement criterion titled Follow verbal instructions has been selected 97 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 000769590 CLARK CHRIS N BRADLEY ANDY BRAYER RHONDA A OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTATION BROWN DAVID J Orientation BURT DON D 1 Folow safe practices o CARROLL BEN C 2 Prepare time or job cards reports or records o 3 Perform housekeeping duties 8 0 is instructions 7 SOOD dear 5 Follow written details to complete work assignments KELLER MITCH P DRAWING AND WELDING SYMBOL INTERPRETA KILNER ERIC Interpretation KIRK TONY A 6 Interpret basic elements of a drawing or sketch LANE PATRICK D 7 Interpret welding symbol information LEE MARK A 8 Fabricate parts from a drawing or sketch LONG EMMANUEL D ai Bite n MAPLE JEFF D Figure 97 After entering a proficiency hit the Down Arrow key and the next item will be selected The following screen Figure 98 was captured after the proficiency of four was entered for Chris and the Down Arrow key was hit twice 98 ASSESSING STUDENTS CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 5 lolx File Edit Help Wej x Save Print New Delete Undo Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics Students BIRD ANTHONY
131. ssasing a Student Aanoss Tasks on a Palm OS Handhdd After you have successfully synchronized your handhdd with your desktop and transferred the CTESTAR for Palm OS program and data to your handheld you are ready to begin assessing tasks and students on your handhdd If you are unsure whether the CTESTAR program has been transferred to your handhdd refer to the prior chapter Synchronizing Course Data Note that the Palm OS refers to each screen of data as a form Consequently that tam will be used in the following discussions Launching CTESTAR To confirm that course data has been downloaded launch the CTESTAR program on your handhdd When you start CTESTAR a form similar to the following should appear Figure 117 119 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Select Task w 12345 Block Program Orientation 1 Center Handbook 2 Program Operation Guide 3 MathReading Assessment Tests d Prepore Resume Career Development 5 Giving Tour To Prospective Students Recording Student Tasks Communication Skills T Why Study English Videoworksheet 8 Listening Figure 117 If you see a form like the following one Figure 118 your course data has not been correctly synchronized with your desktop Review the prior chapter titled Synchronizing Course Data 120 CURRICULUM CROSS WALK CTESTAR Fatal Error x No course data available Figure 118 If you see the above form Figure 118 click the OK butt
132. t gt button If you click the Next gt button the screen in Figure 18 will appear If you click the Browse button the following screen Figure 17 will appear 24 ji CTESTAR Setup Figure 17 If you clicked the Browse button on the screen in Figure 16 the prior screen Figure 17 appeared Browse to and or create the appropriate directory When you click the OK button the following screen will appear Figure 18 ji CTESTAR Setup Select Installation Type Select the desired installation type Figure 18 The installed components for each type of install are defined in the following table The custom installation supports user selection of individual components 25 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Component Typical Complete Custom CTESTAR Daa Wadous Ye Slaton Demona e Seton Note that if CTESTAR for Palm OS is to be installed the Palm HotSync application must have been previously installed and the user should have already HotSync d at least once If this has not been done the installation will fail and the rollback will be executed You will then need to repeat the installation The ESXINSTPALMAPP property determines whether the Palm files will be configured By setting it to zero the Palm files will be installed however their configuration will not be executed and the install will succeed This is useful if you want to install the files on a server which does not have the Palm software
133. t your system administrator to determine why you have duplicate student id numbers in your data Manually Adding and Deleting Students Throughout the year it may be necessary to manually add or delete students to or from a course Your data download may only be available at the beginning of the year If a student transfers into your course mid year you will need to manually add the student If a student transfers out of your course you may want to delete the student 52 CREATING A NEW COURSE If you delete a student insure that you print any required reports first After a student has been deleted their assessment data is no longer available Alternatively you may move a student to a different course as long as both the original and the new courses have identical task lists Add a New Student To manually add a student insure that you have selected the course to which the student will be added Expand the Students heading in the selection treeview After expanding the Students heading a New Student item should be revealed If you already have students in the course you may need to vertically scroll the treeview to select it The New Student item will always appear at the end of the list of existing students Single click the New Student heading with the left mouse button The following screen should appear Figure 57 t CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 i lolx File Edit Help KILNER ERIC KIRK TON
134. th Sciences State Certificates z ce Ely E i Acute Care Nursing Assistant cte la Occupational Therapy Assistant cte 4 a Administrative Medical Assisting AMA cte l Optometric Laboratory Technician cte History Desk fa Anatomy and Physiology cte ia Optometric Opthalmology Assistant cte ie Anesthesia Assistan Type CTE File a Pharmacy Technician cte ja Central Supply Assi size 4 05 KB la Physical Therapy Assistant cte a Certified Nurse Aid 7 Recreation Activity Therapy Assistant cte ja Clinical Laboratory Assistant cte la Respiratory Therapy Aide cte a Clinical Medical Assisting cte la Surgical Technologist Assistant cte S Core cte la Veterinary Assistant cte a Dental Assistant cte fa Home Health Care Nurse Assistant cte a Medical Radiologic Aide cte a Medical Records Assistant cte ma My Documents My Computer TAA My Network Pla Files of type CTE files cte x Cancel a Figure 64 Select the task list that you want to import by browsing to it When you select it the file name will then appear in the File name fidd Click the Opm button and the task list will be imported Click the Cand button if you decide that you do not want to import a new task list If you have not installed the task list database or if you have not selected a course this command will not be available If you import the wong task list click the Undo button before switching to a di
135. the left hand treeview window After you have selected a course execute the Import CTEIS Students command from the Import sub menu of the main File menu The following screen Figure 52 illustrates the path to this menu command 48 CREATING A NEW COURSE CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 lolx Import net Hopp ReEmnorane nts CAprojectsiisdictestariCustomers Demo urriculurn Frameworks Engineering Manufacturing and Indus Welding 1 Block 2 12346 New Course John Smith Benton Harbor High School Figure 52 If you have not selected a course and highlighted the course number name in the tree view this command will not be available You must select the course first When you select this menu option the following dialog will appear Figure 54 49 CTESTAR USER MANUAL olx Figure 53 From this dialog click the Brows button to select the CTEIS download file When you click the Browse button a dialog similar to the following appears Welding 1 Block New Course ct CTEIS Import File amp TaskList e cf EA Hospitality and Tourism Human Services CInformation Technology CILaw Public Safety and Security Cimarketing Sales and Service CI Michigan Health Sciences State Certifica Cimonroe non aligned Ciscience Technology Engineering and Government and Public Administration C1Transportation Dis
136. the right hand side of the screen has been updated with the topic s data r CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 o x File Edit Help Save Print a 2 New Delete Undo E Course List Edit Topic amp Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTAATIO Description Sample Topic H DRAWING AND WELDING SYMI ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES AN H OXYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRINC ARC CUTTING PRINCIPLES AN H WELDING INSPECTION AND TI H KNOWLEDGE RELATED SUBJEC H Sample Performance Elemen New Performance Element New Topic H Students Source ld i Modified Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12346 Move Up Move Down New Course Figure 75 To change the description of the topic edit the Dewiption fidd You may use the Inst Dde Backspaca UpArrow Down Arrow LdtArrow and RightArrow keys to edit the text Whe you click on another item in the treeview the data will be automatically updated and the description displayed in the treeview will also be updated The Sourceld fied may not be edited It identifies the source of the original task list The Modified check box also indicates whether the original item has been modified As this item was manually added the Sourveld and Modified flag are both empty The following screen Figure 76 illustrates the sample task list after the above topic has been revised and it s only performance
137. the wrong screen with the Edit Meas Criteria tab selected 90 ASSESSING STUDENTS CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Follow safe practices Prepare time or job car Perform housekeeping Follow written details to New Measurement Criteria New Performance Element RC WELDING PRINCIPLES XYFUEL GAS CUTTING PRI RC CUTTING PRINCIPLES ELDING INSPECTION ANE NOWLEDGE RELATED SUB w Figure 90 Follow verbal instructions _Move up _Move Down Once you have the correct screen displayed as shown in Figure 89 above verify that the correct measurement criterion is displayed in the fidd above the student list Then click one of the student names The student s name will highlight Enter the student s proficiency for the selected assessment The following Figure 91 shows the assessment screen after student Anthony J Bird has been selected 91 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 wD Urca E Course List Welding 1 Block 1 12346 Task List Topics OCCUPATIONAL ORIENTAT 4 Follow verbal instructions 1 Folow safe practices 2 Prepare time or job car 3 Perform housekeeping BRAYER RHONDA A 5 Follow written details to BROWN DAVID J New Measurement Criteria PIR IDOND New Performance Element ake eR 4 DRAWING AND WELDING S GOOD STEPHEN N ARC WELDING PRINCIPLES KELLER M
138. tical and workplace problems using a variety of mathematical techniques e g figuring discounts or calculating perimeter and area Problems include making conversions between the metric system and non English systems of measurement mixed units such as hours and minutes and can require several steps to finding a solution Research how math is used in the workplace and make a presentation detailing the process Use correct grammar to communicate verbally 8 Use business and computer terminology correctly Listen to a presentation and record important information Report back identifying central themes and use key points to explain how the message applies to a similar situation Apply technology to workplace or career situations Include research and a written paper CAREER PLANNING Understand and organize career information and labor market trends from a variety of sources g MOIS computer data banks the internet interviewing experts and potential employers mentorships internships 19 Compare career information with personal interests Explain the advantages and disadvantages of working for self and working for others and being an employee of a large or small organization Analyze information and preferences resulting from work based opportunities such as job shadowing mentorships work experiences apprenticeships and or occupational coursework Page 1 of 16 161 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Course C
139. tribution and Logisti Health Science Ci VanBuren non aligned a Figure 54 50 CREATING A NEW COURSE From this window browse to your CTEIS TXT file If the file was supplied on diskette and you have inserted the diskette into drive A browse and select the file as shown in the following screen Figure 55 CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 a lojx Fie Edit Help 4 O x Save Print NeW eee n port ISD Student File E m 3 4 Floppy A a Welding 1 Block Task List Topic 5 Students New Stude Curriculum Fr Welding 1 Block New Course Desktop rN My Documents nE My Computer FA AE File nome cTeIs txT x Files of type Textiles ba x Cancel F Open as read only Z Figure 55 After you have browsed to and selected the file click the Open button When you click the Opa button CTESTAR scans the file and builds a list of course names and numbers from the file If there are any problems with the file you will be notified at this point If CTESTAR notifies you of errors while reading your download file contact your system administrator When the CTESTAR program has completely scanned the file the import dialog will be updated to reflect the location of the download file and the courses found therein Select the correct course from the course drop down list The results for this example course are shown below Figure 56 51 CTES
140. tton that is to the left of its name The selected report is indicated by the circle with the filled in black dot If you changed the Windows color scheme the color may not be black In the following example Figure 101 the Student Catificate report has been selected 102 PRINTING REPORTS CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12346 ale ees Course List amp Task List Topics _ amp Students Curriculum Frameworks Welding 1 Block 2 12367 New Course Figure 101 To generate this report click the Gmeate Report button To return to the course properties without generating any reports click the Raum to Course button When the Generate Report button is clicked a dialog similar to the following Figure 102 will be displayed Depending upon the speed of your computer number of students in your course and available memory this dialog may take a few minutes to generate If you don t see this dialog check the Windows task bar to insure that the dialog is not obscured by the main program dialog CTESTAR USER MANUAL BS Certificate Report m Hglx Xu ide Om g amp n o Ts o sds Competency Certifica Engineering Manufacturing and Industrial Tech This is t certify that RODNEY D ALEXANDER Achieved the performance levels acknowledged on the task achievement record for the program of Welding 1 Benton Harbor Area Schools School Skill Cente F acili 4 Figure 10
141. uldn t synchronize CTESTAR data with multiple desktops Avoid installing CTESTAR on the computer in your classroom your computer at home and your handheld Similarly avoid synchronizing your CTESTAR data with multiple handhdd computers If you must install CTESTAR on multiple computers heed the advice of the next section regarding HotSync Configuration When you attempt to synchronize CTESTAR data with more than one desktop it becomes very difficult for CTESTAR to determine which values have been modified most recently When you synchronize with the first computer the modification flags on both the computer and the handheld will be cleared When you then synchronize with the second computer the reconciliation algorithms are compromised because the modification flags on the handheld are no longer accurate with respect to the data stored on the second computer They indicate that no data has been modified on the handhdd and this is true when compared to the data now on the first computer However this is not true with respect to the data stored on the second computer Needless to say the situation can become very complex If you must synchronize with more than one desktop or handheld use the HotSync Custom option to manually manage the customization process as explained in the next section If you suspect that the synchronization process has been compromised review the file named XHotSynclog This file will be found in th
142. ure a student s proficiency within a performance dement The measurement criteria are the criteria that are actually used CTESTAR organizes these task list dements like an outline Topics are the top levd of the outline Within topics are contained performance denents and within performance elements are contained measurement criteria If your task list does not have all three of these dements you must insert placeholders CTESTAR requires all three components in every task list The outline of these task list items is displayed as a Microsoft Windows tree view The following screens depict this treeview Whenever you see an dement with a plus sign next to its description you may click the plus with the mouse to reveal additional contained items To help you keep the items organized in your mind lines are used to connect the items in the list to those items that contain them You can browse the outline expanding items as you go If an item contains many items you may need to scroll vertically to see them all When all of the items within an item are displayed a minus sign is displayed next to the name To collapse the outline concealing the items beneath such a heading click the minus The minus will change to a plus and the headings will be hidden Although hidden the items are still present Clicking the plus again will reveal then Hiding the contents of other items permits you to focus on the items you need to e
143. urriculum Cross Walk The Curnailum CrossWalk report summarizes the relationship between the task list and the selected curriculum frameworks The report used to document where each task fits into the framework and how much of the framework is covered Documentation Program documentation is supplied in PDF format only and will be installed along with the application All procedures such as beginning of year end of year and printing will be documented Program usage is also documented Chapter System Requirements Insure that CTESTAR is compatible with your computer and handhdd following versions of Microsoft Windows with the indicated upgrade memory RAM and browser requirements As the following table indicates Microsoft Windows 95 may need to have two additional components installed along with a browser upgrade Microsoft Windows 98 may require only one component upgrade plus the browser As these components are required by many newer programs they may have been already installed on your computer If they or later versions have already been installed on your computer the CTESTAR installation program will not reinstall them Installing each of these upgrade components may necessitate rebooting your computer The warehouse application can be used to generate year end file copies of all reports however this functionality is not supported on Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 Thus for full support of the war
144. urriculum Cross Walk Computer Applications Second Hour 62312 CES 10 9 Identify avenues for conducting a job search e g networking employment agencies internet ichigan Works etc 17 Identify job requirements and characteristics for a career of interest 19 Compare career information with personal interests English Language Arts English Language Arts 3 ELA 1 All students will read and nd general and technical material 4 Know and apply appropriate computer ethics E A 2 All students will demonstrate the ability to write clear and grammatically correct sentences itions 10 Use correct spelling punctuation and capitalization 25 Develop a personal resume for specific job opening 27 Complete job application forms provided by employer 31 Incorporate use of spell check Thesaurus and or grammar check features 41 Identify and use proofreaders marks to indicate all errors in content 44 Can prepare and format a spreadsheet 46 Format labels and values 52 Define relationships of tables ELA3 All students will focus on meaning and communication as they listen speak view read and write in l social occupational and civic contexts 8 Use business and computer terminology correctly 10 Use correct spelling punctuation and capitalization 25 Develop a personal resume for specific job opening 27 Complete job application forms provided by employer LANGUAGE Ep 4 All students will us
145. views 3 42 Interpret detail and assembly drawings 4 44 Interpret screw thread specifications 4 45 Convert dimensions and tolerances from English units to metric units 3 Apply revision control process 48 Apply documentation including project filing back up material tracking process 4 Demonstrate dimensioning techniques 51 Add labels notes to drawing 1 53 Dimension angles 4 55 Dimension rounded end shapes 2 57 Dimension features on circular center line 4 58 Interpret decimal tolerance dimensions 2 60 Calculate interference fit tolerances of mating parts 3 62 Calculate transitional fit tolerances 3 63 Prepare assembly drawings 3 Prepare advanced mechanical drawings 66 Prepare fastener drawings 3 CADD FUNDAMENTALS Demonstrate basic use of computer operating system 68 Manage files 3 70 Rename files 4 72 Format diskettes 2 1 Aware of Task 2 Completes with Help 3 Completes without Help 4 Can Demonstrate to Others Dash Not Covered 2 5 2005 Page 2 of 6 159 CTESTAR USER MANUAL Sample Summary Report Page Course 012007 2 5 2005 A L Ln Monroe High School Beginning Architectural Drafting 4 Total 1935 194 614 1646 763 rN Oo ew 24 it 3 3 2 j for Wis wa le J nish 9 10 SLE CTESTAR Summary Report Task Assessment by Competency Mr John Smith 012007110 wromaeSrsSe2SrEeSrSsSRaNRashRRR RSESEKRRIAGB 1 LWA s 12 2 M a e e E 1 oe dS
146. work correctly All current Palm devices ship with this version or a later version of the Palm Dextop software Chapter Installation Installing and Uningalling the CTESTAR Program hen the installation CD is inserted into your CD drive the following screen should appear If it does not AutoRun has probably been disabled on your drive If this is the case or if the screen does not appear browse to the drive and execute the BROWSE program If you can not browse to the CD or the BROWSE program does not appear check to insure that you have correctly inserted the CD into your drive Depending upon the configuration of your computer the program name may appear as BROWSEEXE When the BROWSE program is executed the following screen will appear 11 CTESTAR USER MANUAL TESTAR BROWSE CD C VIEW PRESENT VIEW DOCUMEN i NSTALL ACROBA Installing CTESTAR From this screen a number of tasks may be peformed To install any of the CTESTAR applications click the Indall CTESTAR button The Brows CD Contents button brings up an explorer view of the CD contents This allows you to see what files are actually included on the CD Additional documentation for each of the sixteen national career clusters is also induded on the CD The View Presntation button launches a presentation on CTESTAR The View Doamentation button will display the program manual this document however the Adobe Aavbat Reader must
147. you have verified its accuracy Remember to promote students between two courses and preserve the student s assessment data the courses must share the same task list 58 CREATING A NEW COURSE To import from the master task list database once you have selected the course execute the Tasks from Tak Lit menu command found on the Import sub menu of the File menu command The following screen Figure 62 illustrates the path to this command CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 Jaz aA Sia I Ke Opicles GOUnse s Ton Hoppy REmoy ae Tasks from Task List CAprojectstisdictestari CustomersiDemo Engineering Manufacturing and Indus BRAYER RHONDA A BROWN DAVID J BURT DON D CARROLL BEN C CLARK CHRIS N KELLER MITCH P KILNER ERIC John Smith KIRK TONY A LANE PATRICK D Benton Harbor High School LEE MARK A MAPLE JEFF D Figure 62 When you execute this command a dialog similar to the following Figure 63 is displayed 59 CTESTAR USER MANUAL CTESTAR Welding 1 Block 1 12345 TEE File Edt Help Select Task List File to Import 2 x Lookin TaskList J emam History Desktop My Documents a Lora My Computer A My Network Pla 16 Clusters Combined Information Technology Agriculture Food and Natural Resources ClLaw Public Safety and Security American Welding Society non aligned Manufacturin
148. ystal Reports installed or your system administrator directs otherwise you should install the Crysal Reports Runtime components The Crysal Reports Runtime components are required to 14 generate and view all CTESTAR reports To access any of the standard task lists included with the software the Task Lists component must be installed Note that both of these are enabled by default Once you are confident of your selections and that sufficient disk space is available in the destination folder click the Next button to proceed to the Start Ingallation dialog Figure 5 NOTE The CTESIAR Data Warehouse component should be installed only on a single central computer and not on individual teacher workstations 2 CTESTAR x Select Components Poy lV CTESTAR 54201 k M Crystal Reports Runtime 9848 k M Task Lists 3528 k L CTESTAR for Palm OS 2489 k L CTESTAR Data Warehouse 54221 k In the options list below select the checkboxes for the options that you would like to have installed The disk space fields reflect the requirements of the options you have selected Disk Space Required 67577 k Disk Space Remaining 6988153 k Wise Installation Wizard Cancel Figure 4 As a final check before the installation begins the Start Ingallation dialog will again prompt you This is your last chance to confirm that you want to install the selected CTESTAR components into the selected destination locati

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