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1. Test Maker Wizard Users Guide T eduware The Wizard Test Maker EDUWARE INC Wizard Test Maker END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REDISTRIBUTION OR RENTAL NOT PERMITTED YOUR USE OF THE Wizard Test Maker AND THE ACCOMPANYING PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE PRODUCT PROGRAM IS GOVERNED BY THE TERMS OF THE ATTACHED EDUWARE Wizard Test Maker END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT LICENSE GRANT EDUWARE grants you a non exclusive nontransferable license to use one copy of the Wizard Test Maker software program on a single terminal connected to a single computer subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in this Software License Agreement You may not use the Program on more than one terminal of a network on a multi user computer on a time sharing system on a service bureau or on any other system on which the Program could be used on more than one computer at any time unless you have the explicit written consent of EDUWARE Inc COPYRIGHT The Program including its graphic displays and accompanying documentation are owned by EDUWARE Inc The Program including its graphic displays sound effects music and content as well as the accompanying documentation are protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions All rights are reserved You must therefore treat the Program and accompanying documentation like any other copyrighted material e g a book except that you may transfer the Program to a single har2. delete the highest Highlight a Subtopic then click Delete 2 A screen will ask if you wish to delete Click OK Sub Topic 3 Continue deleting the Subtopics 4 Now continue on to the deletion of higher classifica tions SETTING TYPE STYLES To Make text bold italic underline superscript or subscript ae 1 We suggest that you type all of the characters of your text first Then go Uee back and with your mouse highlight the text you wish to reformat or the place to 18 g cm Caneel insert a special character Subscript 2 Now Right Click your mouse or Click on Formatting The screen shown to Cut the right should appear Copy 3 Use the mouse button to select the formatting option you want In this Paste example the 3 in the first line has been highlighted and will become superscript like the 3 in the second line Note Sometimes with certain formatting changes like superscripts if you continue to type all subsequent characters will remain formatted until you highlight them and reselect the formatting that they presently have or Click Clear Formatting Fonts La Special Characters gt Clear Formatting Formatting JIEE USING SPECIAL CHARACTERS Bold een ree To add one of the special characters shown on the screen to Italic the right Underline h science andthe 1 Place the cursor at the position you want the special Superscript ce Tables character to appear Subscript 2 Now righ
3. NYS REGENTS EXAMS Databased Regents questions may have been altered slightly for the following reasons a We may have resized the pictures so as to fit in the two column format b Questions may have been deliberately omitted because they were similar to questions of other exams c We felt they were no longer appropriate for the course or d We have updated the symbols and language usage 18
4. CATALOGUE 1 Click By Using The Catalogue The Add by Question ID screen will appear right 2 Using the Classified Question Catalogue purchased separately enter the ID numbers of the questions you want by clicking Add or pressing the Enter key after each number Your list of question ID numbers will be displayed in two columns Add by Dushan MU pfQuesTions BE 3 To preview a question type its ID or select it with your mouse and click po SELECTED a Preview Question 19 i 4 To delete a question click on its number and select Remove pardi Wir 5 Cancel will take you back to the Study 6 When you have all your questions listed select View All 2 BY RANDOM SELECTION 1 When you click By Random Selection the Enter Random Questions form appears 2 Click on the Unit s that you want 3 To deselect click on the Unit again 4 When finished click After Selecting Your Units Click Here 5 The form Enter Random Questions now appears See next page for image By clicking on a classification name you will set focus to that selection and it will highlight in yellow Clicking on the square button next to a classification will bring up any sub topics under it Click on a Chapter button and the Topics in that Chapter will appear Click on any name and focus for selection is set to that To collapse the form just click on the square button that you would like it to collapse to With a little experimentation you ll
5. If it doesn t 1 Go to your Start Menu then Run then type your CD ROM drive letter setup exe or 2 view the CD contents using Explorer and double click on the file Setup exe Note If your machine cannot recognize that there is a CD inserted into your computer then call 1 888 EDUWARE 338 9273 immediately There are some CD readers that cannot read our CD R media We will immediately send you another CD or floppy disks 3 Follow the instructions of the installation program Do not use the Wizard Backup Program This is for Upgrade Installations We suggest that you choose the default directory C program files Wizard However if you would like to change this location do so now by typing in a location or clicking Browse Click Next to proceed 4 Now you must select the subjects you wish to install 5 Setup now has all the information required to install the Wizard Test Maker Click Next to begin the transfer of The Wizard Test Maker LAUNCHING WIZARD TEST MAKER Setup will create Win 3 1 a Program Manager Group or Win 95 98 a Start Menu gt Programs gt Group titled the Wizard Test Maker To launch the program double click on its icon SIGNING ON FOR THE FIRST TIME 7 The wod Test Maker The Entance E Geto tiep The Wizard Test Maker was designed to let you try out all its databases for 20 times before you register You ll be informed of your launches remaining Call us anytime and extend this usage See Regi
6. The devaian ot he eire region wil memaga Tha rate of erosion rall decrease Tha bndecapg featuras wil bacome more rounded Tha imestane will ragathar more skredy i E m 3 g 1 E 5 E To enter via the Vault 1 Enter the Vault by clicking on Filed Exams in the Study 2 Click on a test or add a new test then double click on it or click Editing Suite Fira 3 STEPS TO EDITING OR ADDING TEXT TO A QUESTION 1 To edit an existing question first click on the Edit button To add a new question click Add 2 Click in any text box and add or change the text If this is a free response question then type in the correct answer in the Answer 1 text box If you wish to set a permanent amount of space allowed for the answer then in the Question Field after the question strike the return key till you have the space you want and then type in any character This will hold the space you want when the question prints Also see Adding Special Characters 3 Designate the correct answer by clicking on the circle next to the correct answer 4 To not allow answers to be shuffled see appendix click off the Xin Allow Answer Shuffle 5 To change or add a classification of any question click on the Family Tree button Note All added questions must be classified 6 Click on Save 7 Click Preview to see it If you want to make further changes click Edit again You can overwrite the one you just saved and previewed 8 When f
7. database into any imaging program for editing and then adding to your question 1 If you click Edit Picture in Picture Edit the program will A export the existing image to our default image editor which is MS Paint typically installed with Windows 3 1 95 or 98 This path can be changed to another program by clicking on Set Edit Image Path Then select the program you wish to use This will now be your default program 2 Now click Paste in you imaging program The image will import for you to edit 3 When finished copy the picture in your image program then return to The Wizard s Picture Edit screen and click Copy from Clipboard Your edited picture will now appear for you to copy as a description or answer image i Set Edit Image Path 061599 exe backup exe dbbk exe restore exe uninst 1 exe CJ backup bitmaps CI dbf wizard exe USING THE FAMILY TREE The Wizard Test Maker The Family Tree allows you to classify your questions for future access by the Wizard s database There are four levels of classification Units Chapters Topics and Subtopics You can rename delete or add to any of them as you wish Keep in mind that for the Wizard Test Maker to properly store your question you should classify your question or it could possibly become an orphan without having a Family Tree Note The Family Tree edits independently of the Editing Suite so there is no need to click Edit or Save in the E
8. get the hang of it continued on next page Retrieves a Teast irom Dak Enter Randon Questions o The Wizard Test Maker 2 BY RANDOM SELECTION CONTINUED eCurrent level for selection Your current selection The number of available questions from your present selection Number of questions to be selected from 2 A Fusctoes Degaeizetion level ck here ta type Wa number al CE 2 mutikom in Human Questona to Add eManual adjust for number of questions MAJ BOL LJ Increment or decrement number of ques tions eTotal number of questions to be selected Question Suite Click here when finished To choose your questions 1 Click on the Unit Chapter or Topic in descending order and you ll see how many questions are stored in the database shown next to Maximum Number 2 Pick the number of questions you want by clicking on the and buttons or by clicking Change Value 3 Continue highlighting in yellow other Units Chapters Topics and continue as above 4 Finish by clicking Goto Select Question Suite Note The randomizer selects the greatest variety of questions It will randomly pick questions from every Subtopic under the Unit Chapter or Topic choosen It will continue to do so until the number of questions to be selected is less than the number of subtopics At this point it will choose questions from random subtopics 3 BY BROWSING THE TOPICS Clear All
9. till all questions are where you want them 4 Click Refresh Order to lock the questions into their new place 5 Click Save and Exit to save your changes and return to the Summary Wall Click Cancel to abort changes DK fd diag dude ok H Ok srl use beltome fo mice 2 qestiow Hesar deski fk B ncn cl Tha dar i bkuded urieni Tha dar i ikuei rem Tha arb tithe nurtach Maree afte oy roli nici baka tani sali rei zi ea ree haven dnric soietki peg Fiii cd hand erat py ti Il eee a Ce Tik EE rf oto al ui Eh ti u SDE ni i Tik Kuta ki pari Pee 1721 128 E72 tall a rd 5 24 m 28 if 20 z9 HI FERTETIT q ech mieta Tae i rare recat pyb bry tht gee dan oF Eng kur E i krwi sfery ch z ej kI Ta aes rey DI dieqa anghit rath eae TAPE eas Yri reisir Pieced Fidi aion Fra packi Taga af angie rain eel bbe rasha hai rg Mave Up Hore kasa Pui up Topoa The Wizard Test Maker Othe Printing Suite USING THE PRINTING SUITE So you ve created a test with questions from the Wizard database Now is the time to make the transition from screen to printer the Printing Suite allows you to print any number of questions in your exam using the space saving format of two columns and much more Click here to choose the order of the questions in your test As Selected does not change the order they had when entering this suite Choosing Random by clicking the down arrow
10. your test will look on screen and on paper 7 Prst Formatting Click here to change the font and size of the text of your test Note This will also modify the appearance of text in all preview screens throughout the program WIR aa Use this drop down menu to select the u ar printer vou will use if vou have more l than one printer connected Click here to change the font of vour first page header Use these menus to reposition vour header and footers on the page PRINT OPTIONS MENU The Wizard Test Maker By selecting the Print Options menu at the top of the Printing Suite a series of options becomes available When you select one a check mark will appear before it Test Options __ before Question Numbers Places a space be fore the questions for students to write in the answer Print Lines after Free Response Must be selected for short answer questions to have lines at the end rather than spaces Replace Question Number with ID Number Each question will begin with its Question ID number instead of achronological number Teacher Copy Bold Answers Another test will print after the student copy with bold answers Short Answer Questions at End of Test Places short answers and free response questions last Appendices Question ID s Numerically Order Will print a list of your exam s question IDs in numerical order Question ID s as Ordererd in the Test Will print a list of your exam s question IDs in
11. ARE Web site http www eduware com You ll find useful information patches and free upgrades for your program E Mail us wizard eduware com Write us EDUWARE Inc 292 Main Street Huntington NY 11743 Call us Local Voice Mail 516 421 9783 Long Distance Toll Free 1 888 EDUWARE 1 888 3389273 Fax 516 421 9245 We re open Monday through Friday 10 A M to 10 P M EST And often weekends YOUR SATISFACTIONIS GUARANTEED If for any reason within 60 days of registering you are not completely satisfied with our Wizard Test Maker we will refund your money Just call our toll free number 1 888 EDUWARE while you have your Wizard program running An EDUWARE representative will unregister your computer and refund your money upon receiving the merchandise The Wizard Test Maker Getting Started REQUIREMENTS To run the Wizard Test Maker TM you need the following e An IBM Compatible running Windows 3 1 95 98 or NT e 4 MB of RAM 8 MB recommended Minimum of 15 MB of free hard drive space 35 MB for all Subjects A monitor color setting of 256 colors and preferably higher is recommended We also suggest that you use a screen resolution of 800 x 600 pixels INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS 3 X USING CD 1 Itis advised that you close all programs you may have running before you attempt to install 2 From the File menu under Program Manager select Run 3 When it asks for the location of the file you wa
12. DABLE QUESTION GRID You can expand any column by placing your mouse over a line until it turns into a double headed arrow Then drag the mouse to change the width Indicates the skill level of the question Where applicable 7 The Wizard Test Maker e Select Question Seite FACJEJ Ele Goo Edt ddrawowe PeTo Hep Wow 1 Propart ias Ta i TT gt FT i tar pal 13h F EK derum J z midd ar ufa si ale staa siir ute w ay haw lt rargy gra ma wre wo 7 tm XXX indicates the ques tion has been selected MAGE indicates that there is a picture in this question By clicking here the high lighted question will be brought to the Preview Screen Short Answer Clicking here will delete all answers from the question highlighted A button will then appear called Set Number of Lines Clicking on that allows you to select the number of lines or spaces you would like placed below the question in printing the test If you do not choose the spacing here the number of spaces or lines can be set Pops up when the question highlighted for all short answer questions by defining the default value in Print is one of a group Clicking will show all Options see Chapter 7 other questions in its group THE SELECT QUESTIONS SUITE MENU BAR 4 The Wizard Test Maker The Select Questions Suite File Goto Edit Add Remo
13. IVE The Wizard can retrieve tests saved to your hard drive or a floppy via the EE Question Catalogue in the Study Another route to get there is Retrieve a Test from Disk in The Vault 1 Once in the Question Catalogue click on Retrieve a Test from Disk 2 The Retrieving Exam screen will appear enabling you to choose the drive or disk where your saved exam is located 3 Click on the exam you wish to load then click Retrieve The Wizard Test Maker The Editing Suite The Editing Suite is the most powerful piece of the Wizard Test MakerTM It sets the Wizard above and beyond all other test generators on the market Here is where you can edit existing questions in the Wizard TM databases or add your own including free response group questions and graphics The Editing Suite offers you the creativity of customizing your questions and developing your classification system Simply you can do anything you want USING THE EDITING SUITE There are two gateways to the Editing Suite either by entering with a question from the Select Question Suite or by entering with a new or existing test from the Vault To enter via the Select Question Suite 1 Ifyou would like to edit an existing question first find it so that it shows on the preview screen Then click Edit in the menu bar followed by Edit Selected Question Which change would probabiy be noted if tha cimeta In this area became mare humic ANTARA Jj DNC
14. Quedions USING THE SUMMARY WALL The Summary Wall allows you to see all of the classification of the selected questions in your exam Columns can be resized as in the Grid 1 If you wish to add or delete questions click the Back to Selection Suite window which will return you to the Select Ques tions Suite 2 You don t need to save a test at this time but you can by clicking on File then clicking on Save 3 If everything looks fine then go on to the Printing Suite by clicking on the Printing Suite window 4 However if you wish to reorder your questions click the Order Questions but ton The Reorder Questions screen will appear ert Meker The Summary Wall Properties San marija Conduction Bema G axl dadetjs a hen la osed charoctomtios Determed 0 stiate FEELELEDQ Minos Costa Changes MANUALLY CHANGING THE QUESTION ORDER The Reorder Questions screen is a powerful tool for fine tuning the location of questions in your exam With a few clicks of the mouse or by clicking on a question and dragging it you can put questions in any order you want To change by clicking your mouse 1 Click on the ID of the question you want to move 2 Click the Move Question Up or Move Question Down buttons as many times as necessary to put the question in the place you want it The old position number will remain next to the ID until the Refresh Order button is pressed 3 Repeat as necessary
15. RE with the program running and we ll deactivate your first computer Call again with the program running on your new computer to re register Network Registration The Wizard Test Maker should be installed on the server The network administrator should then call and register the server and one other client computer The Wizard Test Maker Managing User Accounts By clicking on the Roll Book in The Library you can add delete and modify users If you are not the only user on the computer of a subject database it is recommended that you add your own personal user name and password Then only your saved exams will appear in the Vault Close when you sign on Administrator The Administrator status can be assigned to any user s This status will allow that user to edit and delete any question in the database A non Administrator may only delete and change questions that he she has created a Registry Add User Modify User MODIFYING THE MASTER ACCOUNT Ii FOR SINGLE USER LICENSE Did Woot ama 1 Click on the Roll Book in The Library 2 The Registry top will appear 3 Here click Modify User The Modify User form will prompt for the old user name and password 4 Type Master in each field and click OK 5 This should bring up a new Modify User form that prompts for a new user name and password 6 Make yourself an administrator by clicking in the box next to DGA Administrator 7 T
16. Selecting Units allows you to individually pick the questions for your test 1 Click on By Browsing The Topics Ol RECONSTRUCTION AND INDUSTION 2 A form appears with all of the Units in your course By clicking on the name of a Unit the Chapters appear Likewise clicking on any Chapters show its Topics 3 All Topics within a chapter are initially selected and appear as Yellow text You may deselect any Topic by clicking on it It will change to Red 4 Once all your test Topics are selected click on Next shown below Physics version at the bottom right of the Study screen This brings you to the Select Questions Suite The U S in ww II Note You can always come back later to the Study and War s End select additional topics that you may have omitted Peace with Problems THE WORLD IN UNCERTAIN TIMES Ol CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATION Ol THE PROGRESSIYE ERA Ol PROSPERITY AND DEPRESSION Peace in Peril Ol THE NEw wORLD ORDER Ol NEEDS FAMILY TREE Ol ESSAY CATEGORIES The Wizard Test Maker The Select Questions Suite Regardless of how you decide to create a test the Wizard Test Maker brings you into the Select Questions Suite where you can preview your questions Here you can add and delete questions from your test You can also fine tune questions by taking them into the Editing Suite See Chapter 8 and change multiple choice questions into short answer format USING THE PREVIEW PAGE The Family Tree
17. al Observations _ A M tion of Objects in Sky Gun motion BH Print Click here to First Previous Next Last Note the pre formatted Use the Zoom feature to print your catalogue Use these buttons to header A footer with the preview the catalogue in navigate through the pre Unit title would appear at different sizes view the bottom CLASSROOM REVIEW OF TEST QUESTIONS You can preview or review questions from any test or Add by Question ID previously selected questions They will appear one at a pe time on the full screen A click reveals the next question in your test 1 In the Study create a test by Using the Catalogue 2 In the Add By Question ID window shown to the right open your saved test by clicking the Retrieve a Test From Disk button 3 Select the first questions number and press Preview This will open the Print Preview window f 4 In order to view the next question click the Next button 7 Preview on the Print Preview screen Only one question will be pa PIA f em Dej ml rej mj mj E i displayed at a time 21 Finished Based om the Gagram below what ie the cacumfereace of planet 7 Retrieve a Test from Disk b Save Test Cancel p 7 12 000 km 4 24 000 km The Wizard Test Maker Appendix THE SHUFFLING OPTION A special feature of the Wizard Test Maker allows the teacher to shuffle a question s answer o
18. classification system of any of your questions we suggest either of these two methods METHOD A 1 If you have a large number of questions to reclassify then from the Study Create a Test by Using the Catalogue Select as test items all of the questions you wish to change 2 Save this test name it Reclassify and assign it to any Unit 3 Now go into the Vault and bring this test Reclassify into the Editing Suite where you can reclassify each question in the Family Tree Note There is no need to click Edit in the Editing Suite to access the Family Tree just click the Family Tree button When you want to reclassify the next question just click the Next arrow 4 When finished with reclassifying all your questions delete your test from the Vault METHOD B 1 To reclassify only a few questions create a test By Browsing the Topics 2 In the Select Question Suite highlight the question that you wish to reclassify and click Edit 3 In the Editing Suite click Family Tree and enter your new classification 4 Click Back and return to the Select Question Suite for more questions and repeat the process PRINTING ON LEGAL SIZE PAPER WINDOWS 95 98 Click Start on the lower task bar then Settings then Printers then double click on your printer On the next screen click on Printer then Properties then Paper and select legal Then click OK Remember to change the paper option back to regular size when you are finished for future printing
19. d Deleting a Classification Setting Type Styles Using Special Characters 9 Special Options Printing and Updating Question Catalogues Classroom Review of Test Questions 10 Appendix The Shuffling Option Preview Screens Reclassifying Questions Printing on Legal Size Paper Windows 95 98 NYS Regents Exams The Wizard Test Maker IV PD PP WO NNO The Wizard Test Maker TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS Thank you for purchasing the Wizard Test Maker We at EDUWARE hope that our program will help the education of your students We re a company that was formed by a fellow teacher who is still teaching Our wish is to create computer programs that make the work of a teacher easier more productive and more professional We desire to free some of your time so that you can go about doing what you do best Teaching EDUWARE is a company composed of teachers high school students and college students We believe this organization will best understand your needs and will produce products that benefit both educators and students EDUWARE is not a computer company created primarily for financial gain We thank you for your support because it enables us in our efforts to create professional products for students and teachers We welcome any comments and suggestions for new features and programs Please e mail us at Wizard eduware com or visit our web site at http www eduware com Technical Support Resources CONTACTING EDUW
20. d disk provided you keep the original solely for backup or archival purposes ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS You may not reproduce prepare derivative works based upon distribute copies or offer for sale sell transfer ownership of rent lease or lend to others the Program or accompanying documentation or any portion or component of the Program or accompanying documentation provided however that you may transfer the entire Program and accompanying documentation on a permanent basis as long as you retain no copies including archival or backup copies of the Program accompanying documentation or any portion or component of the Program or accompanying documentation and the recipient agrees to the terms of this Agreement Further you may not modify reverse engineer disassemble decompile or translate the Program or accompanying documentation or any portion or copies of Program modules for use with other programs The Program is intended only for use by state or federally licensed teachers for the sole purpose of composing printing and administering exams to their classroom students within the confines of their school Any other use is strictly prohibited unless you have the explicit written consent of EDUWARE Inc The Program is NOT intended for commercial use including but not limited to publishing companies including their affiliates and distributors test item writers or analysts private or commercial tutoring and all other companies and the
21. diting Suite to access or make changes within the Family Tree CLASSIFYING OR RECLASSIFYING A QUESTION While in the Editing Suite click the Family Tree button and the Family Tree screen like the one shown below pops up Clicking in the text box below any level will cause it to expand clicking again will collapse it 1 Click on any Unit present in the selection box or on the scroll button to the right The box should extend down ward revealing more Units If you don t see the Unit you want use the scroll bar arrow to the right of the box to scroll until you find it 2 Now click on your Unit and it will become highlighted Classification This action should cause the Chapters of that Unit to descend 3 Find your Chapter and click on it and the Topics list will descend and so on down until you have highlighted the Subtopic you want 4 Anytime your subtopic is showing in the subtopic list box click OK The Wizard will now save your classification See the Appendix for the easiest method of reclassifying signifi cant numbers of questions Parent Exam lun 2276 Unit MEASURING THE EARTH f JIS Regents ini Chapter 4 Earth Dimensions Topic f Level B ADDING A NEW CLASSIFICATION To add a new classification 1 Click New 2 This brings up the New Genealogy screen Be sure that the proper level has a black dot in the radio button next to it If not click in the radio button next to the l
22. evel of your choice 3 Now type in your new name for that level 4 Click OK to add the classification or Close to cancel if you ve changed your mind RENAMING A CLASSIFICATION To rename a classification 1 It s best to first click on the name in the Family Tree and highlight it 2 Then click Edit and the Rename Units Chapters Topics Subtopics screen will appear 3 Check to see that the top name is what you want to change then type in the new name on the bottom In this example Earth Dimensions will be renamed to Earth Properties 4 Click OK Enter the beret pzu vast m nr oe anlsried om belt i Rename Unit Chapter T opic SubT opic Chapters 1 Earth Dimensions Edit Chapter Description 1 Earth Properties can Topic Subtopic The Wizard Test Maker DELETING A CLASSIFICATION Deleting a Unit Chapter Topic or Subtopic will remove UAG these classifications from your Family Tree Note If you ZAP have any quesiions classified under the classification that Classification Parent Exam you wish to keep you should first reclassify them If you i don t they will be orphaned See Chapter 10 for the Unit easiest method of reclassifying significant numbers of questions Chapter 1 Earth Dimensions p Level 1 It is also best to start your deleting at the Subtopic level and continue to delete all lower levels until you finally Topic New Edit Delete
23. functions the same here as in The Study Whatever is yellow is presently selected When you come to the end of viewing questions in any topic it will automatically cascade downward to the next At any time you can click on a topic to show questions from it which is helpful if you want to preserve a certain order to your selections or just get to a new topic quickly Check this button to select a question and make it short an swer A window will pop up allow Indicates the number of ques ing you to specify the amount of Expands the Grid to show tions chosen for exam lines Gluestans Ba aciad x Short Answer Show All Questions The Wiza Tost Maker The Seleet Dee Fie Goto Edt ddfiaresu PriCeskg ten Show Selected Questions Shows all your selected questions ase pi a wierz tn tha jaap balar and of social studsex Screen can be magnified or reduced borelopesent of wad dong Mie 60 vg led to the z M Shot Anewer Go ta Summary aed Print gt gt l View questions without se LESS lecting them Go to Summary and These buttons select and deselect This button appears when the ques When you re through making your questions You can also select tion being previewed is one of a selections click here and deselect by double clicking in group To view and select other the grid or striking the space bar questions in the group press it The Wizard Test Maker USING THE EXPAN
24. inished adding or editing your question s click on Back to return to wherever you came from 13 The Wizard Test Maker ADDING PICTURES USING THE EDITING SUITE 1 After you have clicked Add or Edit in the Editing Suite click on Picture Edit to add an image to a description or Ans Picture Edit to add an image as an answer Either action will reveal a somewhat similar screen The Answer Image Selection screen is shown below 2 Pictures may be imported in any of the following three ways a From disk drive Load New Image The follow ing image file types are supported BMP PCX GIF and most JPG b copied directly from the Windows Clip board or c entering the Picture ID number Image Catalogue required Note Any scanned images should be 300 dpi 3 After importing the image you must use a technique called click and drag to outline the portion of the image you wish to save as description or answer Here s how Place your mouse curser over an imaginary corner ofthe frame or box you want to make then depress the left mouse button while you drag your mouse diagonally across the image to the opposite corner Then release the mouse If you wish to resize your box click on the outer perimeter and handles will appear Then place your mouse on a handle and click and drag to resize If you want to reposition the box click anywhere inside it and drag to where you want it If you can t seem to create the f
25. ir affiliates unless explicit written consent is obtained from EDUWARE Inc The License is effective until terminated You may terminate this License at any time by destroying all copies including backup or archival copies of the Program This License will also terminate if you fail to comply with any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding between the parties and supersedes any prior agreements representations or understandings whether oral or written relating to the Program This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York LIMITED WARRANTY EDUWARE makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose EDUWARE shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material COPYRIGHTS AND TRADEMARKS Wizard Test Maker screen graphics and packaging are 1999 EDUWARE Inc The EDUWARE logo and Wizard Test Maker are trademarks of EDUWARE Inc Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation The Regents are property of the New York State Board of Regents and are redistributed with permission This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of thi
26. mam a date 2 Click on the Unit you wish to assign it to 3 When finished click Save to i i MEGEHWAT IDA ARD THE ENVIR the Wizard s Vault li THE CHARGE IK ENVIFIRMENT II HESSIE EG THE EARTH iw EARTH bl OS E ERBT H EARTH AAAA pi EISMINAL lb Ear A THE DEPOSTWIKAA PROCE SS THE FORMATION DF RICKS AMBL CHIET SAVING YOUR EXAM TO DISK DRIVE The Wizard Test Maker allows you to save your test to a drive on your computer or a 32 floppy disk 1 Follow the directions for Saving You Exam to the Vault above but this time click on the Save Test to Disk Drive button 2 Inthe form that appears select the drive or disk you would like to save your exam to 3 Name your test and then click Save This will save your test as an edu file which you can recall at any time THE VAULT The Vault is accessed by a click on Filed Exams in the Study Here you can access every test saved in the database and print rename or delete it You also can create a new one If you re interested in entering your own questions into the database or adding them to past tests this is one gateway to the Editing Suite for that purpose To access a test for printing or editing 1 Click on the test you want Puestionzaq 2 Select Print or Editing Suite on the left of Ste screen If you wish to add more questions to your exam you may also enter the Select Ques tions Suite eTvpe the name that you wish to use for you
27. nt to run type D setup exe where D is your CD ROM drive CD ROM drives may be located on other letters like E or F Click OK The Wizard Test Maker Setup will automatically load greeting you with a Welcome Screen 4 The License Agreement now appears Read it and click I agree to continue Note If your machine cannot recognize that there is a CD inserted into your computer then call 1 888 EDUWARE 338 9273 immediately There are some CD readers that cannot read our CD R media We will immediately send you another CD or floppy disk 5 Do not use the Back up Program that is next This feature is for Upgrade installations only 6 The next screen asks you to provide the location on your hard disk where you would like to install the Wizard Test MakerTM The default directory is C Program_ Wizard We suggest you use this However if you would like to change this location do so now by typing in a location or clicking Browse Click Next to proceed 7 Now you must select the subjects you wish to install 8 Setup now has all the information required to install the Wizard Test MakerTM Click Next to begin the transfer of files to your hard drive INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS 95 98 USING CD 1 Itis advised that you close all programs you may have running before you attempt to install 2 Insert the Wizard Test Maker CD into your CD ROM drive and wait about 10 15 seconds This should automatically launch the Installation program
28. o finalize the change click OK id Farreand tires hater LLU ADDING A NEW USER Use Mamar FOR SITE LICENSE USERS TestWiz Panisan 1 Click the Roll Book in the Library 2 The Registry screen will appear Select Add User 3 On the Add New User screen type in your new user name 7 kiminai and password 4 Choose an Administrator option and click OK Le l Laal NOTE Write down your user name and password and store them in a safe place If you forget your password call us for help LEJ Urm Mame te Dolna DELETING AN ACCOUNT Faazazie te Delete 1 Log in under your name and password as described above 2 Click the Roll Book in The Library 3 Select Delete User The Delete User form appears die 4 Enter the name and password of the user whose account you i i cmas want to delete 5 Click OK Creating a Test The Wizard Test Maker Clicking a course book in The Library will bring you into the Study From here you can go to The Vault and retrieve past tests stored there or on disk or you can create a completely new test Let s begin by learning the THREE WAYS to make an exam Start by clicking Create Test and the Creating Your Test window will pop up ELH te Gm tee How Would You Like lo Choose Your Questions By Using The Catalogue By Random Selection By Browsing The Topics The Physics Study Picture will vary depending on database 1 BY USING THE
29. r test here The date will automati cally be here or click within box to change it Click here to save the exam to the Wizard Da tabase Click here to save to a drive or disk The Wizard Test Maker Rename ADDING A TEST RENAMING A TEST DELETING A TEST To make up your own test from To rename a test To delete a test scratch 1 Click on the test you want 1 Click on the test you want 1 Click the New book inside the 2 Click the Edit book 2 Click on the Delete book chest 3 Rename the test 2 Type the name for your test 4 Click the Save book 3 Click Save The Wizard will bring you to the Editing Suite RETRIEVING A SAVED EXAM FROM THE VAULT Exam Date There are TWO WAYS of retrieving exams saved in this way 1 Clicking on Filed Exams in the Study will take you to the Vault where a list of all your saved exams will appear Click and highlight your exam there then click Select Question Suite or Print or Editing Suite See Chapter 5 for more about The Vault 2 To view only exams saved of a particular Unit In the Study click Create Test then click By Browsing the Topics When you select a Unit any exams saved in that Unit will appear Then do the following 1 Click on the exam you wish to retrieve 2 Click View Exam The exam will be taken to the Select Question Suite Note For Finals Midterms and past NYS Regents exams select the Unit Major Exams RETRIEVING A SAVED EXAM FROM DISK DR
30. rame click Cancel and start over since you may have already created the box but it was too small to see Click here to load an image that you have copied Click here to load an image file from your computer Click here to enter the Picture ID s from your 4 After you have framed your image click on Copy to Description or Copy to Answer and your image will appear in a box at the right Note If you have multiple images as in the picture below that you wish to copy individually as answers do not try to create a new box Simply move and resize the box that already exists on the screen 5 When you have added all your images click Save and Exit To exit without changes click Cancel To remove all of the pictures click Delete Special notes for Description Pictures After you have added a Description Picture please be sure that you have placed it at the correct position for your question The default is for the picture to be placed below the text description for the question but this can be changed by clicking on the down arrow in that box and selecting a new position Cope In Anamu arr ta Anew 4 ili EM Copy In Aaaa 2 apy te Ancor 4 Add Pateres be ID The handles Click here to add the framed picture shown as answer 4 Catalogue EDITING A PICTURE Here s you chance to get those creative juices flowing The Wizard Test Maker can export any picture stored in the Wizard s
31. rder Please note that some questions are programmed NOT to allow this feature For certain questions it might be confusing to the student if the answers are shuffled a Answers of the kind 1 decrease 2 increase 3 remain the same or 1 less 2 greater 3 the same or 1 shorter 2 longer 3 the same These remain consistently in the same order b Answers that follow a pattern like 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D c In cases where answers are numbers or dates that are in ascending or descending order d Any time the answer matches one of the choice numbers i e 1 8 2 2 3 6 4 10 Here because the answer of 2 should be always placed as the number 2 choice e Cases where one of the answers is 1 unchanged 2 doubled 3 tripled or are 1 the same 2 twice as great 3 three times as great If you wish to change the default values simply enter the Editing Suite and for any question click in the box Allow Answer Shuffle A check mark should now appear in the box signifying that the shuffle option is allowed PREVIEW SCREENS When previewing a test it may appear at times that words overlap or extend beyond the center divider This is due to restrictions on resolutions of monitors in displaying 812 x 11 documents with our program There should be nothing wrong with the actual printout of the test or question For more accurate viewing enlarge the preview screen to 150 RECLASSIFYING QUESTIONS If you wish to change the
32. s document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the written consent of EDUWARE Inc The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice Table of Contents Technical Support Resources 1 Getting Started Requirements Installation Under Windows 3 x and 95 98 Using CD Launching Wizard Test Maker Signing on for the First Time Registering Your Computer and Databases 2 Managing User Accounts Modifying the Master Account Adding a New User Deleting an Account 3 Creating a Test 1 By Using the Catalogue 2 By Random Selection 3 By Browsing the Topics 4 The Select Questions Suite Using the Preview Page Using the Expandable Question Grid The Select Questions Suite Menu Bar 5 The Summary Wall and Reordering Questions Using the Summary Wall Manually Changing the Question Order 6 The Printing Suite Using the Printing Suite Formatting Your Exam and Adjusting Headers Print Options Menu Multiple Versions Print 7 Saving Exams and The Vault Saving Your Exam to the Vault Saving Your Exam to Disk Drive The Vault Adding Renaming and Deleting a Test Retrieving a Saved Exam from the Vault Retrieving a Saved Exam from Disk Drive 8 The Editing Suite Using the Editing Suite Steps to Editing or Adding Text to a Question Adding Pictures Using the Editing Suite Editing a Picture Using the Family Tree Classifying or Reclassifying a Question Adding Renaming an
33. shuffles the questions Best Fit will pack them better leaving less open areas Click the down arrow here to randomize the answer order As Stored in Data base will keep the order the same as they ap peared in the Regents Select among these op tions By default a Teacher Answer Key will print Choose the number you want the first question of your test to be labeled Type in the number of lines or spaces you de sire for short answer Pring Talie Dlui na tbet Jead sama Kry Column Column T Hin Fumrh T Hals Pusri Anrenz Order 1 2 123 Ca a Mo a Anca Typu Kamie FO Lehmer szt nansecn IGE wiz fi Aki Chee Lie on Spaces alter nach Frem ReaneneE Penina hal piepie 1 Prot Ranga Bl pin Prot E ai Prist Ihean paguar Far peale pages mha pa remhes iim page rages repealed by cmos Foe gaapi 1 58 il questions vou left as De fault A two line header that will print on the first page only The middle top header will continue to print on subse quent pages Leave this blank if printing multiple versions and Ver sion A B will be printed here Feoter in zimatiza Left Vems A Ragu lua aa IF Kober Pages Part Furmattriz See Print Formatting below See Multiple Versions Print on next page FORMATTING YOUR EXAM AND ADJUSTING HEADERS Clicking the Print Formatting button will bring up the Print Formatting form where you can make changes to the way
34. stering below This feature will be deactivated when you register 1 The first time the Wizard Test Maker is used you will be asked for a name and pass word In the My name is box type in master 2 Next click or tab to the My password is box Again type in master AS 3 Then click Begin or strike the Enter key and a REGISTERING YOUR COMPUTER AND DATABASES You may register at any time Registering will ELF allow you to continue to use the program and arite down the twa numbers below leave your computer on and establish your own password and user name call Eduware l BAS EDUWARE at the nearest phone fo pour Here s how computer Wie will then give you a registration maser 1 Have a phone close to your computer if WEP possible l Code Esi Kember 271742470 2 At the top of the Sign On screen click on the Help menu and select Register with Eduware Enter To 3 Call our toll free number 1 888 EDUWARE 338 9273 anytime Monday through Friday 10 A M 10P M EST And often weekends 4 An EDUWARE representative will ask you for your Computer ID and Code Entry Number and will give you an Enter Code number Site Licenses If you have purchased a site license you need to register each stand alone computer you installed the program on Switching your registration to another computer If you wish to transfer your registration to another computer first call EDUWA
35. t click your mouse or click on Formatting Cut 3 With your mouse highlight the Special Characters pop out Copy screen The Screen shown to the right should appear Paste 4 Then mouse click on the desired special character and that will be inserted in your text Ate dewpoint al Characters gt I en dash 34 Three Quarters 14 One Quarter 2 Degree u Micron Answers Double Headed Arrow Left Arrow Up Arrow Right Arrow Down Arrow Delta Fill In Blank x lear Formatting 16 The Wizard Test Maker Special Options PRINTING AND UPDATING QUESTION CATALOGUES As a unique option you can print out your own Classified Question Catalogue with pre formatted page headers and footers showing the Unit Chapter Topic and Subtopic and ID numbers of your questions Follow these instructions to print out a new catalogue with updated questions 1 Enter the Study and create a test via By Browsing the Topics 2 Make sure to select the topics that have the new questions and then enter the Se ect Questions Suite 3 Select the Print Catalogues menu at the top of the screen 4 You now have two options You can opt to Print all Group Questions in Topic Selected or to Print all Questions in Subtopic Selected By choosing the latter option you will not print group questions 5 In Print Preview you will see the catalogue Note the diagram below for additional information Print Preview Close First 1 Celesti
36. the order they appear on the exam Genealogy of Quesitons with ID Prints the classifi cation of exam questions with their ID numbers MULTIPLE VERSIONS PRINT Appendices gt Print Options Test Options gt U before Question Numbers Print Lines after Free Response Replace Question Number with ID Number Teacher Copy Bold Answers Short Answer Questions at End of Test Print Options Test Options gt Appendices gt Question ID s Numerically Order Question ID s as Ordered in the Test Genealogy of Questions with ID Choose the Multiple Versions Print option in the Printing Suite to produce several variations on the same test This will help to reduce cheating in the classroom especially if you use the same test from year to year 4 Multiple Versions Click the down arrow to choose the amount of different tests you want printed Choose what types of variations you want in your test You can just mix up the questions the answers or both An answer key will print out for every version you make This option will print the verion letter in the footer if you leave that field blank in the Printing Suite 10 The Wizard Test Maker Saving Exams and the Vault To save a test go to File in the menu bar and click the Save option The Save Exam window seen below will pop up offering you several options SAVING YOUR EXAM TO JRE VAULT 1 Enter a name for your test and wine Tow Maker Garo E
37. ve Print Catalogs Help View Edit Selected Question Takes the highlighted question to the Editing Suite Add Random Questions Displays the Enter Random Question form so that you can add extra questions randomly Addifiemove Add Remove by Question ID Displays the Question ID screen to add Add Random Question remove questions by their ID number 3 Add ie awe Topic Adds all questions from th ti Seer enb i i ic ions from rren sze A s p i i me Add All Questions inT opic No Group Ques NOOO ORINA ARE l Remove All Selected Questions Remove All Selected Questions Removes all selected questions from your test Print All Group Questions in Topic Selected Previews and or prints all HzqySEZEFS group questions in the topic Note sometimes these questions span Print all Group Q s in Topic Selected IMIG OH Opies as well Print all Q s in SubTopic Selected Print All Questions in Subtopic Selected No Group Previews and or prints all questions in the subtopic of the highlighted question except Group questions Note This function prints the questions with the answers highlighted Preview Only Text MACUA vw Al Levels Regents Level College Prep Level Previews Only Text Will not display images good for slow computers Question to Preview Only for combined Chemistry databases Allows you to toggle between Regents Chemistry and College Prep Chemistry The Wizard Test Maker B he SUmmaryWal a nd Reordering
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