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1. Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 13 Boot Settings Specific information for accessing the boot menu or configuring your hardware to facilitate booting via an e Exam USB stick is outlined below Common One Time Boot Keys by Manufacturer The following list covers Intel based hardware from a number manufacturers including Apple i e the most common machines that normally run Windows Apple OSX or Linux Common Intel based hardware boot menu access keys Brand Model One Time Boot Key BIOS Set up Key Acer F12 note some models need to be Del F2 enabled in the BIOS setting see below Apple Intel laptops MacBook ALT Option hold down the key turn on Pro Air the power and keep holding down the key until the boot choice appears Then select windows or EFI 7021 900 1000H ASUS el or F2 Mi o 10 Most others including F12 F2 Alienware Shutdown first Then hold Volume Down button and turn on the power Keep pressing volume down until the Venue 11 tablet PCs note venue 7 and 8 tables use a micro USB port so need an boot menu appears adapter See also Win 8 boot settings eMachines fem fraoe Mer fm gt HP Compad F10 Tett 2000 Pavilion ENVY ESC gt F9 ESC gt F10 dv6 and dv7 PC dv9700 Lenovo F1 F2 Microsoft Surface not yet Hold Volume down then power on Hold Vol up then n N I working on e Exam power on NEC Packard Bell 18 FlD
2. paper and moodle exam types o Note to adjust permitted network destinations IP addresses the IP table of the operating system will also need to be changed On the Demo ISO this is currently fixed to the UQLMS server This will require IT technical skills make these changes however this only needs to be done once per institution The settings applicable to each exam type are set out in the table below Type sf Reset Names Sound Start URL Demo Y INMA Y Y O Currently not applicable but may be utilised in future feature enhancements To locate the settings file 1 Having mounted the e Exam USB stick inside another operating system go to the eExam partition and locate the config file you will need to have hidden files visible or use Terminal to Is a 2 Open this file in a text editor Setting the Exam Type The USB can be configured to use a particular type of exam only as it would in production To configure the exam type 1 Mount the USB into another operating system capable of mounting multi partition USB sticks OSX or Linux Note windows won t work for this step because it can t mount multi partition USB sticks If you only have a windows computer you can use a generic Ubuntu Live USB to boot a windows computer and then mount the e Exam USB within it 2 Goto the eExam partition and locate the config file you will need to have hidden files visible or use Terminal to Is a Open thi
3. 1 Checking the Downloaded File MD5 Hash mmmsesrveesesesereeseserveseseserseseservenesereeseseversenererveseseseesenereesenenene 2 Create an e Exam USB SUCK suasssnemmmmt dnsednsnetknnmmidtiddsnmmeniiamidnsed mise 3 Vide 3 VDS 3 Universal TN eee 4 I og OD EE NN NE NM 4 MF PNG 7 vvs NG 8 ru KOD aee E E E TOE eee 8 CON A E eean E E EA E ete 8 Me 9 Creating an ISO file from an Existing e Exam USB Stick 1rrnnonerevvenserervenererersesererseserereesesererseseresennnn 10 OD ERE EE 10 Method 1 Using Diskutil Imager recommended n smsevsesevrvvesesrvvrsenerervesesesersenerersensesesvesenene 10 Method 2 Usne Terminal and DD soseen ee 11 Linu COn 00020 000 AD EE ee eee 13 Testthe ESN sa EEE ERE aieiaiee 13 BOGE CCUG Sins NE EN NT 14 Common One Time Boot Keys by Manufacturer ssrsrninsssessseseseeivvereseseeevvereeeen 14 Devices Incompatible or Not Recommended for USC rnesesrvevsesenrsrvevevsenenevsveveesesensneverevnenenenens 15 Changing the BIOS Set up Boot Priority non Apple Hardware enevevevsesenrvrversvnenenerens 15 Dealing with Pre installed Windows 8 and Secure BO0t sesenresesrsrrsesesersesesesvesesesersesesesvenenens 16 Managing e Exam USB Sticks nenrnroreservrvenerereesenseverseneservesenevervesenerersenerersenesessenenereesenesessenersreesenesersenereenennn 18 ETEN 18 Changing the Exam Content seseseesesrvvrsenesevvesesrsersenerervesesevereesesesensenesersesesereenenereesenesessesenesersenenessenenene 19 Recommen
4. Set up Guide e Exam System v5 19 To set up a different exam on an existing e Exam System USB follow the steps below You can obtain one of the sample exam ZIP files or create your own Tip for those creating their own be sure to save as doc format and avoid the docx format To change the exam file s on an existing e Exam USB you will need to 1 2 Create or obtain the exam files e g Download and unzip the example exam files Mount the USB into another operating system capable of mounting multi partition USB sticks i e inside OSX or Linux Note windows won t work for this step because it can t mount multi partition USB sticks If you only have a windows computer you can use a generic Ubuntu Live USB to boot a windows computer and then mount the e Exam USB within it Replace the contents of the eexam partition with the contents of the ZIP file Boot a computer using the e Exam USB to try The minimum files required in the eexam partition are One x config file the per exam configuration file One x background file an image file to serve as the wallpaper background This should be unique per exam One x doc file This contains the exam questions The exam document file name must begin with the string STUDENTNO without the quotes E g STUDENTNO s2 2014 bilogy final exam doc This file will be opened and will be copied to the answers partition where the STUDENTNO strong is replaced with the
5. This command line script will reset a single e Exam USB to as new for an exam and clean up various junk files left after mounting in OSX This script was designed re set an e Exam USB It acts upon volumes with the names system db answers and eExam It is configured to reset paper type exams e g after quality control testing to get it ready for duplication This script will not remove the exam question file from the eexam partition However it will remove the eexam sql from the db partition so it may not be suitable for moodle type exams see variants below Variations on this script are e _all as above but does extra and inoculates the partitions against several types OSX temp files e _keeplibre as per _all but keeps the libre folder that contains libre office temp files e keepmoodle as per _all but keeps the exam sal file that contains the latest version of the Moodle database e _batch py Python script Functions as per _all but does so for all attached devices that have volumes with the names system db answers and eExam e Copybox sh This allows for simple bit for bit duplication of USBs from an ISO file Normally only used to set up new blank USBs with the e Exam System Use with great care further Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 23 information TBA See also Initial Set up of Blank USB Sticks for the e Exam System At present using this sc
6. a couple of examples to get you started There is a post paper exam using the word processor paper exam type and a computer marked exam example using the on board LMS Moodle exam type There are example exams are provided on the transforming exams website as ZIP downloads Additional examples may be added over time The example exams provided on the TransformingExams com site are Example paper equivalent exam This small ZIP file contains a doc file and ancillary config files This utilises the on board office suite This style of exam can be done as an e Exam or via pen on paper giving students a choice This is prepared using a regular word processor and either printed or copied onto the e Exam platform This approach is ideal for first the stage of a transition to e exams Tip save as doc format and avoid docx format Example post paper exam This is a larger ZIP file that contains doc file sample multimedia files sample applications and ancillary config files This also utilises the on board office suite along with multi media components and additional software tools This style of exam requires a computer is used by all students as it contains elements that cant be done via pen on paper This could be extended to use any common office file format such as a spreadsheet file and presentation files or indeed other file formats such as CAD files provided the appropriate software is added to the e Exam system Demo
7. run the file 3 Locate the MD5 hash by clicking the i icon adjacent the file name on SourceForge file listing for e Exam Home Browse e Exam Files e Exam A scalable examination platform for BYOD invigilated assessment Brought to you by eexam Summary Files Reviews Support Looking for the latest version Download eexam v5 demo iso 2 5 GB Home ISO EY Name Modified Size Downloads Click an i icon to reveal the MD5 hash for a file 4 Parent folder readme txt lt 10 mins ago 696 Bytes 0 eexam v5 demo iso 2013 10 27 25GB 5 0 SHA1 ddaib43d98d3a52d30b6c236606 2943 Downloads 0 View details MD5 9885 582347ea6831816cb26b0e537b1 nUTLTADT ZU VL EVIV 4 Use the Checksums Calculator to check the hash Select the newly downloaded file Select md5 and click Calculate Copy and paste the MD5 hash from SourceForge in to the Original checksum box Click Compare eoo Checksums calculator Sigma Informatics File Volumes VM e ExamvS eexam_v5_demo iso B Hash function md5 Oshal sha256 sha384 O sha512 Calculate Checksum 9885f582347ea6831816cb26b0e537b1 Original checksum 9885f582347ea6831816cb26b0e537b1 g HRE Sigma Informatics www sinf gr Compare If a dialog box appears with the result checksums are identical then the file is intact You can now proceed to create an e Exam USB stick Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v
8. sold with Microsoft Windows 8 pre installed please see Note 2 See note 1 Required Components The following is needed to create a working e Exam Demo USB stick e The e Exam Demo ISO file It can be downloaded via Transforming Exams website http transformingexams com this file is hosted by SourceForge e The file is quite large so to save trouble it is recommend to o Use a download manager with resume capabilities E g the free DownThemall add on for Firefox https addons mozilla org en US firefox addon downthemall o Check the downloaded ISO s checksum with the free Checksums calculator Get it from http www sinf gr en hashcalc htmli e One USB storage device at least 20 bigger then the ISO onto which the ISO will be burnt e g a 4GB stick will work in most cases It is best that the USB stick is formatted as a single FAT32 partition to begin Most new USB sticks tend to be so out of the box e Acomputer with an Intel processor and enough hard drive space to store the ISO file ranges from 2 to 3GB depending upon release and at least one USB port e A USB burning or imaging application in the case of Apple OSX we recommend you use the command line suggestions are given for each operating system in the relevant section Notes 1 e Exam USB sticks only boot computers with Intel processors and at least one USB port they will not boot computers with ARM or AMD processors future versions may be re
9. 4 DOS FAT 32 db 314 MB diskis4 Again you see the list of drives mounted You will notice one new disk in the list in this case disk1 This is our source USB stick containing the e Exam system You will notice the sum of the individual partitions doesn t add up to the full 8GB This is because the e exam image was smaller then the maximum capacity of the USB stick The identifier digit assigned will likely be one greater than the highest number seen in the previous command Again the example of a computer with three physical HDDs diskO disk1 disk2 it is likely the USB stick would be given the id of disk3 Be sure of the correct designation of the USB stick because this will be used as the source of the ISO On my Mac it is disk1 Write down the diskID of your USB Unmount the disk but do not physically remove it diskutil unmountDisk dev diskl Now create the ISO Sudo dd 1if dev diskl of exami 156 If you browse to the location using the Finder you will see the new file Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 12 Linux command line At a command prompt type dmesg Insert the USB Observe the output to find the identifier of attached disk such as sdb Then use dd to create the ISO S sudo dmesg 745060074199 sa 35207020 sdb Attached SCSI disk 5 sudo dd i1f dev sdb or cexam 166 Test the e Exam USB stick Before running the newly created e Exam USB your computer must be complet
10. 5 2 Create an e Exam USB stick The instructions below intended to be used to burn the demo e Exam ISO file to a single new blank USB stick To create multiple e Exam USB sticks at once in batches see the section Initial Set up of Blank USB Sticks for the e Exam System Warning To avoid risk of unintentional data destruction it is highly recommended that you remove all connected USB storage devices card readers portable hard disk drives etc before following any of these processes All data on the targeted storage device will be irretrievably overwritten so be sure to follow instructions carefully Windows Using the procedures shown here via Windows Vista 7 8 to create USB sticks results in USB sticks that can boot Intel based hardware that normally runs Windows or Linux Two options are offered below there are several other methods revealed by a web search Win32 Disk Imager Win32 Disk Imager is a tool used for writing images to USB sticks or SD CF cards Download it http sourceforge net projects win32diskimager Run Win32Diskimager by opening the folder and double clicking the Win32Diskimager exe file The Win32Disklmager program starts Click on the small blue folder icon to locate the e Exam ISO file on your computer You will need to change the file format selection from img to in order to see the iso file The USB stick will probably be located automatically make sure the drive letter matches t
11. 50 0 MB 4 Apple HFS APPS 90 0 GB of Apple HFS FILES 208 3 GB 6 Apple HFS VM 100 7 GB IDENTIFIER disko diskOsl disk0Os2 diskO0s3 diskO0s4 diskO0s5 diskO0s6 This list will display all the drives mounted on your Mac s file system Your computer will look different Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 11 In this case my Mac has one internal physical HDD given the identifier diskO There are a number of partitions volumes in Mac speak numbered 0 to 6 If you have more then one physical HDD it will be numbered disk1 disk2 and so on The number of volumes on your HDD will likely be different So a computer with three physical HDDs connected internally or externally would display disko disk1 disk2 Now we need to find the correct source USB disk identifier Next insert the USB stick and run the command again Type this command diskutil list Again on screen it will look similar to this MacBook Pro user diskutil list dev disk0 Ta TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0 GUID partition scheme 500 3 GB disk0 1 EFI 209 7 MB diskOsl Ze Apple HFS Macintosh HD 100 0 GB disk0s2 of Apple Boot Recovery HD 650 0 MB diskO0s3 4 Apple HFS APPS 90 0 GB diskO0s4 oe Apple HFS FILES 206 3 GB diskOs5 6 Apple HFS VM 100 7 GB disk0Os6 dev disk1 Ta TYPE NAME SLZE IDENTIFIER Oe FDLSK partition scheme s 0 GB diskl is DOS FAT 32 Exam 209 MB disklsl F DOS FAT 32 Answers 209 MB diskls2 Se DOS FAT 32 system 1 6 GB diskls3
12. 5055 742214 sd 8 5055 742218 sd 8 5055 742712 sd 8 5055 742715 sd 8 5055 745326 sd 8 0 5055 745329 sd 8 5055 781564 sdc Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 OOO CO O O 0 0D0O O O 0 0D0O O O OD O OD sdcl 0 0 20 device 5 5 was not an MTP device 0 Direct Access JetFlash Attached scsi generic sg3 type 0 sdc 4005888 512 byte logical Write Protect is off Mode Sense 03 OO OO No Caching mode page Assuming drive cache 00 present write No Caching mode page Assuming drive cache present write Oct 27 00 35 08 Ubuntu kernel 5055 784191 sd 8 0 0 0 sdc No Caching mode page present Oct 27 00 35 08 Ubuntu kernel 5055 784196 sd 8 0 0 0 sdc Assuming drive cache write RH through Oct 27 00 35 08 Ubuntu kernel 5055 784200 sd 8 0 0 0 sdc Attached SCSI removable disk Locate the short identifier in square brackets that is repeating sdc in this case Generally Ubuntu designates USB sticks with the identifier sdx where x an assigned letter Note it down on a piece of paper sdc Press Ctrl C to terminate the tail process and get back to an active command prompt Next locate the e exam ISO file If the ISO file is at pathto e exam iso note this path on a piece of paper Next write the ISO onto the USB stick Warning Be double sure you have the correct target disk Typing a drive letter or number wrong will result in permanent data loss on a dif
13. Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 This document provides The process for creating your own e Exam System v5 USB stick based on the demonstration ISO image file Details of how configure and start your computer from the e Exam System v5 USB stick Managing demo USB Sticks Acknowledgements The e Exam System version 5 platform project is supported by an Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching grant The project is being lead by the University of Queensland in partnership with the University of Tasmania with in kind support from both THE UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY NE OF QUEENSLAND SF op TASMANIA AUSTRALIA Office for Australian Government Learning amp Teaching The views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching or participating institutions Project Team e Lead Dr Mathew Hillier University of Queensland e Collaborator Dr Andrew Fluck University of Tasmania former lead to predecessor versions e Developer Marisa Emerson University of Queensland Former developer Joshua Hesketh Project Contact Leader m hillier uq edu au This is a work in progress Last Updated minor 20 Apr 2015 Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 Contents GN a EEE EA 1 Required Components sesasevevsesesrsavevevseneneveveveesenensnevevsnnenenenenenenseneneneveneesenensnevevnneneneveveneenenenenevevsenenenensne
14. Select Restart now go to step 2 Option C Command line e Shutdown exe r o go to step 2 2 At the Boot Choose an option screen e Select Troubleshoot then e Select Advanced Options then e Select UEFI Firmware Settings or Start up Settings if UEFI isn t present then Click Restart Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 16 The computer will now restart and depending upon the manufacturer one of the following should happen e IF UEFI Firmware Settings was available and chosen then the computer may automatically boot directly to the UEFI firmware settings screen e Or you may be presented with a choice to enter the BIOS UEFI set up area be sure to select it e Otherwise the computer will restart somewhat normally you will need to press the BIOS set up key early in this process tap repeatedly if you are unsure of the timing The specific key varies by manufacturer see list in guide Wk A message such as Press F2 for setup may be displayed briefly after the power is cycles on 3 Once inside the UEFI BIOS settings area the options you see will depend on the manufacturer Look for menu items such as Security Authentication UEFI or Boot First try to 1 Disable secure boot or disable security check at boot 2 Change the boot priority to place the USB device first see previous section Try these two settings first by saving existing and rebo
15. afely remove the USB stick The final step is to eject the USB so you can safely remove it from the computer Type this command diskutil eject dev diskl On screen MacBook Pro user diskutil eject dev diskl Disk dev diskl ejected The USB stick can now be safely removed It is ready to use Ref Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 Instructions for creating Apple compatible bootable USB sticks follow the link and start at step 2 http www ubuntu com download desktop create a usb stick on mac osx Linux Ubuntu Desktop You can use a standard Ubuntu LiveUSB Ubuntu LiveCD or installed Ubuntu to perform this task Open the dash and search for Startup Disk Creator Select the Startup Disk Creator to launch the app Click the Other button to browse to the downloaded e Exam ISO file Select the e Exam ISO file and click Open Select the USB stick in the bottom box and Select the radio button for discard on shutdown Note The e Exam ISO has defined storage areas Click Make Startup Disk When the process completes eject each partition of the USB stick before removing it e g right click the USB icon and choose eject or eject parent drive It is now ready for use Ref http www ubuntu com download desktop create a usb stick on ubuntu Command Line Warning To avoid unintentional data loss follow the instructions very very carefully It is best to
16. alised to cater for these processor architectures 2 By default the demo e Exam USB wont boot computers with Windows 8 stickers on them i e UEFI hardware that comes with Windows 8 pre installed unless Secure Boot is disabled via BIOS UEFI settings Please refer to the section Dealing with Pre installed Windows 8 However we are still testing with regard Windows 8 UEFI hardware so the suggested solution s may not work in every case 3 If you are using an older pre 2014 release of e Exam then please heed the following a If you want to create e Exam USB sticks that boot Apple Mac Intel laptops recent Air and Macbook Pro we recommend you use OSX to create the USBs Follow the instructions for Apple OSX i USBs created on OSX will boot both Apple and non Apple Intel hardware although some error messages may be displayed on some models such as Air this niggle will be addressed in due course b If you do not have OSX then follow the instructions for Windows or Linux i We can t guarantee that USBs created using Windows will boot Apple hardware however they will work to boot all non Apple Intel based hardware We endeavour to recommend and use free and preferably open source tools wherever possible Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 1 Checking the Downloaded File MD5 Hash 1 Obtain the Checksums calculator software to match your operating system from http www sinf gr en hashcalc html 2 Unzip the archive and
17. ately 20 bigger than the DMG file This gives a reasonable safety margin I use 8GB sticks I have on hand but as will become apparent they are not 8GB in reality 4GB will probably do too Do not format the stick to a Mac format New sticks are normally formatted as FAT32 windows format out of the box and this is what we want Now we need to determine the correct disk ID of the USB stick Do not insert the USB stick yet recommend that you remove all externally connected USB storage devices or external hard disk drives This will help avoid making any tragic mistakes later If you are not able to remove external drives then take extra heed of the instructions below To start we need to determine the current set of identifiers Type this command diskutil list On the screen it will look similar to this MacBook Pro users diskutil list dev disk0 F TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER Us GUID partition Scheme 500 3 GB diski T EFI 209 7 MB disk0s1 2 Apple HFS Macintosh AD 100 0 GB disk0s2 a Apple Boot Recovery HD 650 0 MB diskO0s3 4 Apple HES APPS 90 0 GB disk0s4 De Apple HFS FILES 208 3 GB diskOs5 6 Apple HFS VM 100 7 GB disk0Os6 This list will display all the drives mounted on your Mac s file system Your computer will look different In this case my Mac has one internal physical HDD given the identifier diskO There are a number of partitions volumes in Mac speak numbered 0 to 6 If you have more then one physical HDD
18. ble or Not Recommended for Use e Hardware containing AMD or ARM processors such as mobile phones tablet devices running iOS or Android Raspberry pie etc e PowerPC based Apple Macs these are now quite old e Older Intel hardware approx pre 2004 may not boot from USB due to BIOS limitations e Some hardware may not work due to graphics card driver incompatibilities it actually does boot but the screen goes blank e Microsoft Surface may boot but is unstable and likely to crash e Chromebooks require a switch to developer mode in order to enable booting from USB The switch to developer mode is destructive to existing data Changing the BIOS Set up Boot Priority non Apple Hardware On most Intel based machines those that normally run windows you can change the Boot Priority specified in the BIOS UEFI CMOS Set up settings on a more permanent but reversible basis This will allow the e Exam USB stick to be started automatically This won t impact the normal operation of your computer because if no bootable USB stick is present it will still boot your regular operating system It also means you won t need to remember the one time boot key anymore Exceptions e The BIOS UEFI from some manufacturers e g ASUS are not capable of setting a generic USB device in the boot priority list e This section is irrelevant for Apple hardware as the boot priority cannot be set You will need to enter the BIOS UEFI settings a
19. ded Quality Control for Exam FileS n muvmvevresesesevevevsvsesenrverersenenereveveesesensnerereenenenersns 20 A Note on Managing Computer Marked Question Type Exams sesevevevsesesrsrversvseneserevevsenenns 21 Enabling the Reset Feature mmessnssesesrvvereserersesererresesevervesesesessenererseseseseeseneseesenesessesenerersenesessenenene 21 Initial Set up of Blank USB Sticks for the e Exam System m mssssvvesesereseveesesesrneverevsenenenens 21 Recycling Existing e Exam USB sticks for the Next Exam msssrsrsesesevreseserveseserersesesesvesenens 22 Administrative Helper Scripts sesrvrvsrsesenrvrversenenerevevevsenenenerevevsesenenevenensenenereveneesenensnevensenenenereneenenennn 23 Manually Resetting the e Exam System USB Stick irsnsesesevrvevsvsesrnrveversenenerereneeseseneneverernenenersns 24 Returning an e Exam USB Stick to a Generic Storage Device ssmsesisessesrvesevvreseseveseren 25 Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 ii This page is intentionally blank Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 iii Get Started Update e Releases dated 2014 and later of the e Exam version 5 should now boot most Intel based laptop hardware regardless of the operating system used to burn it to a USB stick This includes computers that normally to run Apple OSX Microsoft Windows and Linux If you are using an older pre 2014 release of the ISO then please see Note 3 If you want to boot hardware that was
20. el Samsung Oo R and Series 7 Chronos Sharp es Sony Sony VAIO PCG VGN F1 F2 F3 Sony Esc F10 Sony VAIO e series F12 ASSIST while computer is off Toshiba F1 Esc or F2 This list may not be exhaustive If your computer is not shown or the key doesn t work try a web search for the user manual for your computer make and model n UT T1 Tmn N TI TI N N Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 14 Notes e In some cases the computer may have the one time boot menu locked out You can probably enable the one time boot menu by altering the BIOS EFI Set up settings see the following section e Onsome computers you may need to disable the Boot booster or Fast Boot in the BIOS EFI Set up settings in order to gain access to the one time boot key but if you change the boot priority order this becomes a moot point see next section e On some computers you may need to enable the external devices within the BIOS EFI Set up settings to allow booting from USB sticks e If you have a recently purchased computer laptop with a Windows 8 sticker on it i e Windows 8 pre installed please see the relevant sub section at the end of this document for instructions on enabling the ability to boot using a USB device e Some models with a mix of USB3 and USB2 ports wont boot from the USB3 ports these have usually blue inside the port Put the e Exam USB stick into a USB2 port and try again Devices Incompati
21. ely shut down Not just put to sleep or suspended you will be booting into a completely new operating system Ubuntu so you need to do a full shut down 1 With the computer turned off insert the USB stick 2 Turn on power on the computer laptop i e press and release the power button 3 Quickly press the one time boot key tap repeatedly on windows hardware F12 is common see a longer list under the Boot settings section on Macs hold down Alt Option and wait 4 Aboot menu should appear 5 Select the USB device to boot on a Mac this might appear as Windows or EFI and press enter 6 The e Exam system should start If your normal operating system starts shut down and try again or check the information in the Boot Settings section For more detailed start up and hardware set up guides to match your hardware see the guides on the transformingexams com site e W8 for setting up windows 8 machines to allow booting from an e Exam USB stick e Wal for automating the start up of an e Exam SUB stick on Windows hardware See also the section titled Changing the BIOS Set up Boot Priority e Wm for manualy starting up an e Exam SUB stick via one time boot key on Windows hardware or e A for starting up an e Exam SUB stick using Apple hardware and e Wk for a list of common boot keys Note Refer to the e Exam v5 Features Guide for use of the e Exam system software itself
22. en a USB stick is put on a short term loan in a library or for use in drop in help desk sessions This feature should not be used for real exams If configured the reset option is invoked as an extra reset step when the Shut Down button on the side bar is used If so the clear exam dialog box appears on which the user has three choices Clear exam Would you like to clear your exam before shutdown T Please note that this dialog will not appear during your exam and is for the example exam only Cancel Clear my data Keep my data Shutdown Shutdown e Cancel cancels the action and returns the user to the desktop e Clear my data shut down o This re sets the stick to an as new state This will wipe student data and any answers files in the Answers partition This should be used before the USB stick is returned e Keep my data shut down o This is used when a student user wants to continue practicing It will retain student data and answers file s so they can practice recovery and loss of power scenarios After pressing either of the shutdown buttons the regular shut down confirmation dialog will appear and will need to be confirmed as normal To enable this extra reset step 1 Mount the USB into another operating system capable of mounting multi partition USB sticks OSX or Linux 2 Goto the eExam partition and locate the config file you will need to have hidden files visible or use Ter
23. ferent drive Pay extra attention while issuing the dd command Type the command dd if pathto e exam iso of dev sde ibs 20M obs 20M Be sure to e replace pathto e exam iso with the actual path to your ISO file e replace dev sdc with whatever target device you noted down earlier If the repeating part is sdb use dev sdb if it was disk1 then use dev disk1 and so on The dd process will take some time and will not show any progress indication When it is finished it will display something like this 2401 0 records in 2401 0 records out 2517630976 bytes transferred in 566 717 secs 4442482 bytes sec You will probably find that the multiple partitions of the newly created USB stick will mount if are using the Terminal within Ubuntu desktop then you will notice that each will appear in the launcher bar or on your desktop You need to unmount each of the partitions before removing the USB stick from the computer e g by typing sudo umount dev sdcl sudo umount dev sdc2 sudo umount dev sdc3 You can now remove the USB stick from the computer It is now ready for use More Methods http www webupd8 0rg 2009 04 4 ways to create bootable live usb htmli Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 9 Creating an ISO file from an Existing e Exam USB stick This is useful for creating back ups at each stage before you make changes that could destroy a working stick OSX There are two methods Method 1 Using Diskutil Ima
24. gain the example of a computer with three physical HDDs diskO disk1 disk2 it is likely the USB stick would be given the id of disk3 You must be certain of the correct designation of the USB stick because this will be the target of the burn On my Mac the USB stick was assigned disk1 Write down the diskID assigned to your USB Stage 3 Unmounting the target USB stick We now need to unmount disconnect at a software level the target disk USB However do not physically remove the USB stick from the computer The command structure diskutil unmountDisk dev diskID replace ID with the disk number from the last command in the previous example ID would be 1 So typed diskutil unmountDisk dev diskl On screen it would look similar to this MacBook Pro user diskutil unmountDisk dev diskl Unmount of all volumes on diskl was successful If you do not get the above success message check that you had not opened a Finder window to the USB stick If so close all Finder windows and other software programs and try again Stage 4 Burn to the stick Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 6 Now things get high stakes We are using the deadly dd command It has the structure sudo dd if input path to file of target diskID bs 1m This command will irrevocably overwrite all data on the target To burn to the USB stick with the disk identifier disk1 type the following command all on a single line reme
25. ger recommended This will create a smaller ISO than the DD method Method 2 because it excludes the unused space For example an e Exam USB stick with all its active partitions may be 3 5GB sitting on a 8GB stick This produces 3 5GB ISO so it will copy the sum of the partitions rather than the entire USB stick Stage 1 Prep the USB It is best to close all programs and Finder windows 1 Plug the USB into system and let it mount The icons for the e Exam partitions should appear on the desktop 2 Control click right click on one of the e Exam drive USB icons and choose Eject Name here 3 A dialog will appear click the Eject All button The e Exam dive icons should disappear from the desktop Do not physically remove the stick Stage 2 Create the ISO 1 Open Disk Utility Finder gt Go gt Utilities 2 Click on the USB Drive located on the left hand pane The actual USB drive not any of the partitions 3 Press the New Image button located at the top of the window The new image dialog will appear 4 On the bottom bar change Image Format to DVD CD master This will create an image in the cdr format 5 At the top of the dialog change the name of the file and set the directory in which you want it saved 6 Click save Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 10 i C 1 500 28 GB APPLE Save As e exam_image cdr lt _ Macintosh HD Tags APPS an Where Do
26. he correct device because this process destroys all existing data on the target device Once these two items are correct click on the Write button 3 Win32 Disk Imager O ES Image File Device E Users user Downloads eexam_v5_13_may_2014_demo_mode iso F v Copy _ MD5 Hash Progress Version 0 9 5 Cance Read Write Exit A warning may appear Double check you have selected the correct USB drive if so then click YES 3 Confirm overwrite EI Writing to physical device can corrupt the device Target Device FA Are you sure you want to continue A progress bar will be displayed The process of making an e Exam USB can take several minutes depending on the speed of your computer and the speed of the USB stick itself When the process is complete you will see a complete notification dialog box click OK Close down Win32 Disk Imager using the Exit button Perform a safe removal for your USB and eject it The e Exam USB is now ready for use Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 Universal USB Installer Obtain the Universal USB Installer from http www pendrivelinux com universal usb installer easy as 1 2 3 button Load the software At the top of the window locate the Step 1 selection menu and choose Try Unlisted Linux ISO Next to the step 2 field click Browse button to locate the e Exam ISO file Insert the target USB stick From the Step 3 selection menu choose the ta
27. ing secure boot for computer with Windows 8 1 that has not been updated is that it may cause a watermark to appear in bottom right corner of the screen stating that SecureBoot isn t configured correctly Microsoft has released a hotfix on 17 Oct 2013 to remove the notice if you find it annoying see http support microsoft com kb 2902864 In any case this will not affect the normal operation of Windows 8 1 Refer to the e Exam v5 Features Guide for use of the e Exam system itself Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 17 Managing e Exam USB Sticks The e Exam System allows for manual configuration of settings such that the same USB stick can be converted to perform different tasks Possible settings are e Exam type demo paper moodle remote see details in the table below e Include student names yes no this toggles the student name input field on or off for the e Exam Start dialog used for paper and moodle exam types e Wipe student data on shut down yes no when set to yes the clear my data dialog will appear upon shut down This allows the USB to be reset to as new when using it for demos practice See further information below e Sound muted yes no when set to yes this sets the sound volume to zero It can still be manually adjusted by users e Start URL this sets the starting URL for when the web browser is tigered while using the remote exam type only The setting is ignored for
28. lows of a batch burn process using Windows with a generic USB hub and the free ImageUSB tool 1 Start the computer 2 Connect the USB Hub s 3 Start ImageUSB 4 Inset USB sticks into the hub s one by one Note some computers may reach a limit of the number of USBs they can accept at one time so it is important to observe that each new USB is mounted properly 5 Refresh the drive list in ImageUSB and count to ensure the dives listed match the number of USB sticks 6 Select the ISO file as the source you may need to change the file type being sought in the dialog box in order to see your ISO file 7 Select the destination drive letters USBs 8 Start the duplication process you will need to confirm twice 9 Wait until the process is completed Status messages will show progress 10 Unmount eject the finished USBs Each USB stick will be identical You can test one by booting a computer to the e Exam USB stick and remember to reset it if it is to be used for an exam Note a helper script is available from the project team that can produce multiple USBs from a single ISO file using the OSX command line However this script is much slower than the ImageUSB application See the Administrative Helper Scripts section for details Recycling Existing e Exam USB Sticks for the Next Exam It is possible reuse e Exam USB sticks multiple times You can extend their life by performing file operations on these USB
29. mber to adjust your path to file and target diskID to suit sudo dd if Volumes VM e Examv5 e exam demo dmg of dev rdiskl bs 1m After hitting return you will be asked for your password On the screen it looks similar to this MacBook Pro user sudo dd if Volumes VM e Examv5 e exam demo dmg of dev rdiskl bs 1m Password This process will take a long time depending on your computer speed of the USB stick size of the file etc it could be anywhere from 10 minutes to 45 minutes There will be no indication of anything happening after you enter your password until it completes Do not be tempted to disturb it tend to just go and have lunch or work on another computer to be safe See the tip box following if you want to monitor progress When the burn completes you will receive feedback like this 2401 0 records in 2401 0 records out 2517630976 bytes transferred in 566 717266 secs 4442482 bytes sec Also you will probably notice a number of drives Volumes will appear on your desktop These are part of the e Exam USB Monitoring DD on OSX Tip If you want to maintain a watch on the burn process you need to open a NEW Terminal window do not close the existing one In the new terminal window type this command remember to adjust the diskID to suit 1ostat Iw 5 diskl This gives an update of progress every 5 seconds for activity on disk1 Change the 5 to another number for a different interval Stage 5 s
30. me of the e Exam ISO file you downloaded Tip you can insert the path and file at the active cursor position in Terminal by dragging the file from Finder into the Terminal window This saves typing and lessons the chance of errors So to convert the ISO file that was downloaded I typed the following command be sure to adjust insert path and file names to suit hdiutil convert format UDRW o Volumes VM e Examv5 e exam demo dmg Volumes VM e Examv5 eexam v5 demo iso On the screen it looks similar to this note the stuff up to and including is your prompt and will look different on your computer Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 MacBook Pro user hdiutil convert format UDRW o Volumes VM e Examv5 e exam demo dmg Volumes VM e Examv5 eexam v5 demo iso Reading Master Boot Record MBR 0 Reading Apple Free I e Reading DOS FAT 32 2 Reading DOS FT 22 i SJ Reading DOS FAT 32 4 Elapsed Time 11 631s Speed 206 4Mbytes sec Savings 0 0 created Volumes VM e Examv5 e exam demo dmg Then in just several seconds the conversion is done If you browse to the location using Finder you will see the new file Note down the full path to the created file You will need this later or select it copy and paste to a text editor e g Volumes VM e Examv5 e exam demo dmg Stage 2 Determine the allocated Identifier of the target USB stick We recommend that you use a new USB stick that is approxim
31. minal to Is a 3 Open this file in a text editor 4 Change the setting like so wipe student data on shutdown yes 5 Save the file The next time you boot using the USB stick the re set function will be available To disable the reset feature just delete the yes word leaving the line blank Initial Set up of Blank USB Sticks for the e Exam System In order to turn multiple new blank USB sticks into e Exam System USB sticks we will need to burn a disk image file ISO containing the e Exam operating system and application files onto each This is a one to many bit for bit duplication process and so is exact and can take some time Note if you already have e Exam USBs and would like to re use them for another exam see the Recycling Existing e Exam USB sticks for the Next Exam section Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 21 USB sticks formatted with a single FAT32 partition are best for this initial set up Fortunately when USB sticks manufactured and sold new they are commonly formatted as a single FAT32 Windows partition so it is just what we need Note All files on the USB stick will be irrevocably overwritten If there are files on the USBs that you would like to keep please back these up first You do not need to remove the files Do not change the format of the partition and do not create multiple partitions yourself To perform the burn you will need e Multiple USB sticks each forma
32. on iii Replace the original exam file on the eexam partition with the updated file iv Adjust the file name to ensure it begins with the string STUDENTNO __ v Reset the USB stick See Manually Resetting the USB stick or by booting back into the e Exam System USB and choosing Clear my data upon shut down Mount the USB into another operating system capable of mounting multi partition USB sticks again Adjust the config file to disable the reset feature see Enabling the reset feature Un mount the e Exam USB stick The customised e Exam System USB should now be ready to use or duplicate You might like to do another round of testing resetting to be sure Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 20 A Note on Managing Computer Marked Question Type Exams Note The Moodle feature is currently still in demonstration status and should not be used for production environments See the separate document Setting Up Moodle Mode Exams e Exam System v5 Enabling the Reset Feature Recent versions of the e Exam System v5 Demo contain a feature to allow the USB stick to be reset to an as new condition after it has been used by a student user Therefore a reset can be done from within the e Exam System interface itself rather then having to mount the USB stick ona secondary operating system This is to allow a single USB to be shared between multiple students for practice and demonstration purposes For example wh
33. oting with the USB inserted If the e Exam System still fails start try the following e Some systems don t permit automatic boot from a USB stick while they do will allow manual start up via the one time boot key Try a manual start up via the one time boot key next If that fails then depending on the design of your particular BIOS UEFI you might also need to try one or more of the following e Enable external boot devices i e USB devices e Enable or switch to legacy boot mode It may appear as disable UEFI boot or set launch CSM to enabled o Note some computers allow both modes to be active at once o Those that only allow one mode to be active i e legacy mode or UEFI mode when set to the former may prevent Windows 8 from booting Try it and see you can always reverse the setting later e You may also need to enable the boot menu so that you can make use of the one time boot key e If you find the options greyed out unable to be changed you may need to use a BIOS CMOS administrator password or may need to turn off a security setting to unlock the options If you are having trouble try a web search for the user manual for your computer make and model Search for your computer brand and model along with key words such as boot menu or bios set up Save and Exit You should now be able to boot using the e Exam USB stick Note a possible minor side effect of disabl
34. pe can be used in conjunction with the reset sound mute and names settings moodle computer marked question type exams using the on board Moodle LMS quiz features This will have the e Exam Starter dialog request a student ID number names the name box can be disabled and then proceed to create a student Moodle account on the fly using the details given It then opens the web browser to the start page for the exam having already logged the student into their account This exam type can be used in conjunction with the reset sound mute and name settings If the name box is disabled then the text exam candidate will be used in place of the student name remote for use with remote LMS based exams e g LMS on a server This initiates a connection to the LMS server by opening a browser to the defined URL in this case the UQ Blackboard login page Notes o If relying on a wireless connection the user must manually connect to the wireless network before pressing the start exam button or the Bb button This may be automated in a future version o There are matching IP address es set in the IP tables thus if you want to change to another online LMS both the start URL setting and the system IP tables need to be edited The latter requires a system squashfs re build to be performed Changing the Exam Content The e Exam System v5 Demo serves as a base platform from which to build custom exam environments The sample ISO files contain
35. r Volumes System SRECYCLE rm r Volumes eExam SRECYCLE rm r Volumes Answers SRECYCLE rm r Volumes db SRECYCLE rm Volumes System rm Volumes eExam rm Volumes Answers rm Volumes db rm r Volumes System Spotligh rm r Volumes eExam Spotligh rm r Volumes Answers Spotligh rm r Volumes db Spotligh rm Volumes Answers user info rm Volumes db log rm Volumes db temp backups rm Volumes Answers bak rm Volumes Answers odt rm Volumes Answers doc rm Volumes eExam DS Store rm Volumes eExam bootlog rm r Volumes Answers tmp rm r Volumes Answers libre Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 24 Plus to reset the Moodle database to default demo mode rm Volumes db eexam sal Plus to remove an exam question script document and associated materials for the next exam rm Volumes eExam doc rm r Volumes eExam Materials Returning an e Exam USB Stick to a Generic Storage Device To convert a multi partition e Exam System USB stick back into a standard USB stick that can be used for file storage then you will need to re partition it This will also work to re birth e Exam USB sticks that failed to burn correctly e g dud sticks Warning Re partitioning the USB device so will completely wipe all data on the device To re partition an e Exam USB stick so you will need to use an operating system capable of mounting reading multi partition
36. rea in the early stages of the boot process by pressing the setup key The specific key varies by manufacturer and a list is given in the previous section The key may be displayed briefly just after you power on the computer E g a message such as Press F2 for setup may be momentarily displayed Note For those running Windows this is a different menu to that of the Windows Advanced Boot Options screen available via F8 To change the boot priority order 1 With your computer powered off 2 Turn the power on press and release the power button while rapidly tapping the set up key 3 Keep tapping the setup key until a message such as preparing BIOS setup menu appears or the BIOS UEFI screen itself appears Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 15 4 Once inside the BIOS settings area you need to locate the Boot Priority or Boot Order or Boot Sequence menu e If you are not able to use a mouse you will find instructions on the screen as to which keys you need to press in order to navigate select menu items alter settings save changes etc 5 Within the Boot Priority sub menu you need to change the sequence of boot devices 6 Put the USB device s Removable storage device s first in the list If you are unsure which option is the correct USB device try to identify the hard disk drive and place it last 7 Save and Exit Refs One time boot keys https craftedflash com info how boot computer f
37. removable devices i e OSX or Linux This can t be easily done within Windows If you only have Windows then you can use a generic bootable Live Linux USB or CD to boot the computer into Linux and perform these operations 1 Mount the e Exam USB stick inside the operating system 2 Goto the appropriate tool a In OSX use Disk Utility 1 In Disk Utility select the root of the USB device not one of the volumes 2 Click on the Partition button 3 Change the Partition layout to 1 partition by default it will select MS DOS FAT and use all of the available device capacity 4 Click apply 5 It will unmount the volumes and perform the re partitioning b In Linux use GParted see the user manual here http gparted org display doc php name help manual 6 Select the root of the USB device not one of the volumes 7 Unmount all of the partitions 8 Select and delete each partition 9 Create a single new FAT32 partition to fill all the space 10 Click apply 11 It will perform the re partitioning You can now unmount remount the USB as a standard a single FAT32 partition storage device Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 25 Good luck
38. remove all removable storage devices from the computer before starting i e USB sticks memory cards card readers portable HDDs etc Don t insert the target USB stick yet At a command prompt first switch to a root prompt by typing s do su next we need to detect what device node is assigned to the USB stick Type the command tail f var log syslog You now have a live view of the system log syslog Now plug in your USB stick You should see some messages on screen Something like this Oct 27 00 35 07 Ubuntu using ehci hcd Oct 27 00 35 07 Ubuntu Oct 27 00 35 07 Ubuntu mtp probe sys devices pci0000 00 0000 00 Oct 27 00 35 07 Ubuntu mtp probe Oct 27 00 35 08 Ubuntu TS2GJFV30 Oct 27 00 35 08 Ubuntu Oct 27 00 35 08 Ubuntu blocks Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 Oct 27 through Oct 27 00 35 Oct 27 00 35 through Oct 27 00 00 00 00 00 ere age na ie See 135 08 08 08 08 Ubuntu Ubuntu Ubuntu Ubuntu 08 08 Ubuntu Ubuntu oot 08 Ubuntu 8 07 PQ kernel kernel kernel kernel kernel 2 05 GB 1 91 GiB kernel kernel kernel kernel kernel kernel kernel 0 ANSI 5054 5054 checking bus 2 646585 741437 scs1i8 USD 2 1 Ls new high speed USB device number 5 usb storage 2 1 1 1 0 1d 0 sp2 2 17 2 1 1 bus 2 device 5055 739177 scsi 8 2 5055 740198 sd 8 0 5055 741593 sd 8 0
39. rface versions of these tools are planned The scripts are e copy from py This can be used to collect the response file s from multiple e Exam USBs after an exam This command line script will copy the contents of the specified partition of one or more e Exam USBs to a specified destination on the host computer The script will prompt for the relevant source and destinations The default source is answers You can drag an empty folder into the command line to insert the path to the destination E g if 20 e Exam USBs are connected via a Hub then the contents of all 20 answers partitions will be copied to the specified folder on your computer e copy to py This can be used to copy a new set of exam files onto multiple e Exam USBs before an exam This command line script will copy the contents of the specified folder on the host computer to one or more e Exam USBs to a specified partition The script will prompt for the relevant source and destinations The default destination is eexam You can drag the folder containing the exam files into the command line to insert the path for the source e delete py This can be used to remove exam answer files or question files from one or more e Exam USBs in order to get ready for the next exam This command line script will delete all contents of the specified partition of one or more e Exam USBs The script will prompt for the partition name It defaults to answers Use with care e cleanup sh
40. rget USB stick drive letter be sure it is the correct storage device because this process will destroy all existing data on the selected device Leave other settings at their defaults Click create Wait for the process to complete Perform a safe removal for your USB and remove it The e Exam USB is now ready for use Ref http www ubuntu com download desktop create a usb stick on windows Mac OSX USBs created using this process will be bootable on both Apple branded Intel based hardware and a range of non Apple Intel hardware i e regular windows laptops Warning To avoid unintentional data loss follow the instructions very very carefully It is best to remove all removable storage devices from the computer before starting i e USB sticks memory cards card readers portable HDDs etc Don t insert the target USB stick yet We assume you have the e Exam v5 ISO file downloaded onto your Mac We will use the command line Terminal First open Terminal in Applications Utilities or query Terminal in Spotlight Stage 1 Convert ISO to DMG OSX doesn t play nicely with ISO files so we need to convert it to a Mac friendly format Terminal command structure hdiutil convert format UDRW o pathto destination dmg pathto source iso Be sure to change the pathto to a real path and note e destination the new dmg file to be created for example you might want to name it e exam demo dmg e source the na
41. ript is much slower then tools like ImageUSB Manually Resetting the e Exam System USB Stick The USB stick can also be manually reset for the next student user This is used for practice and between testing and getting ready for duplication To do so 1 Mount the USB into another operating system capable of mounting multi partition USB sticks OSX or Linux 2 Goto the answers partition and delete the following files and directories e user info e libreoffice directory e any doc files or other student created response files that are present 3 Goto the db partition and delete the following file this resets moodle to the default database and example demo exam but don t do this for Moodle exams where you want to keep updated Moodle material instead follow the guidance given in Managing Moodle exams e eexam sql The e Exam USB can now be reused for the next student user as if it were new However it is likely a range of temp junk files will remain For completeness the full list of files that can be removed are rm r Volumes System fseventsd rm r Volumes eExam fseventsd rm r Volumes Answers fseventsd rm r Volumes db fseventsd rm r Volumes System Trash rm r Volumes eExam Trash rm r Volumes Answers Trash rm r Volumes db Trash rm r Volumes System Temporaryltems rm r Volumes eExam Temporaryltems rm r Volumes Answers Temporaryltems rm r Volumes db Temporaryltems rm
42. rom usb flash drive BIOS setup access keys by motherboard brand not computer brand http pcsupport about com od fixtheproblem a biosaccess mb htm Dealing with Pre installed Windows 8 and Secure Boot Laptops with a Windows 8 sticker i e sold with Windows 8 pre installed will prevent you from booting to the e Exam USB stick Ubuntu via the one time boot menu or via changed boot priority due to secure boot settings This may also be the case if you installed Windows 8 yourself using UEFI On some brands even the one time boot menu itself is locked out The first thing to try is to disable secure boot You may also need to unlock the one time boot menu and or enable Legacy BIOS mode amongst other things in order to enable the booting of alternative operating systems the e Exam system uses the Ubuntu operating system To do so you need to boot into Windows 8 and follow a lengthy series of menus to gain access to the UEFI BIOS settings 1 gain access to the UEFI BIOS settings Option A At a Power button found in the Charms bar gt Settings or login screen bottom right e Hold down a Shift key while clicking Restart go to step 2 Option B Inside Windows 8 tiles Metro e Go to Charms Win C e Select Settings gear icon e Select Change PC settings next o If in Win 8 0 Select Update and recovery then Recovery or o Ifin Win 8 1 Select General e Then Select Advanced startup e
43. s file in a text editor 4 Change the examtype setting to the applicable value examtype XXXX 5 Save the file The choices for xxxx under examtype are Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 18 demo all options available but with the e Exam Starter dialog inactive each must be started manually by the user The reset feature sound mute and start URL where applicable settings can be used Users will need to manually launch use each exam type o To manually launch paper word doc mode press the Q button on the left side bar Open the relevant doc file Once inside the word processor perform File gt Save As place the file into the Answers drive and prefix your student ID to the file name o To manually launch moodle on board LMS mode press the M button on the left side bar At the Moodle login screen use the username student and pass StudentAccount1tt o To manually launch remote LMS mode Connect to a network e g join a wireless network then press the Bb button on the left side bar paper word processed exams using Libre Office Writer This will have the e Exam Starter dialog request a student ID number student names the name box can be disabled and then proceed to copy the question file rename it prefixing the student ID number to the file name and placing this copy into the Answers partition It then opens the file ready for the student to begin typing their responses This exam ty
44. sticks copy delete rename rather then performing a full burn of an ISO Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 22 file to sticks each time Performing a full burn will shorten their usable life and will likely take longer than simple file operations as well A typical workflow to recycle a set of used e Exam USBs collect answers and set up for the next exam 1 Insert used USBs into a USB Hub connected to a computer 2 Copy answer file s from multiple USBs to a single folder on the computer while checking each has copied correctly Check that there is an answer file for each student that sat the exam manual process Delete answer files delete all files on the answer partition of each USB Delete exam question files delete all files on the eexam partition of each USB Delete database files as applicable delete all files on the db partition of each USB Copy the new exam question file s to multiple USB sticks see also Recommended Quality Control for Exam Files oS Ot a A collection of Administrative Helper Scripts is available to perform such tasks on multiple USB sticks at once batch Administrative Helper Scripts Several bash or Python scripts are available to assist with administrating e Exam USBs These scripts assume you have one or more e Exam USBs already created These scripts require OSX or Linux and run via the command line Please contact the project team to obtain them Graphical inte
45. student s ID number This file thus becomes the student own response file It is then opened by the system for the student Note do not use spaces in the file name One x 123456789hash file random number hash file Recommended Quality Control for Exam Files It is recommended that you test the exam files by booting to the e Exam System USB before mass producing USBs First try the exam paper in the e exam system SS i 5 7 8 Place the exam file s onto the eexam partition of an existing e Exam System USB Adjust the config file to enable the reset feature see Enabling the reset feature Boot a computer to the E Exam System USB to try the exam If changes are necessary follow on here otherwise jump to the next step Make any adjustments in the word processor to ensure the final version will display correctly Then save the file exit the word processor Then press the Shut Down button a If no changes were necessary choose Clear my data then confirm the shut down The USB will be reset to as new condition Jump to step 6 OR b If you did make changes choose keep my data then confirm the shut down The adjusted exam file will be retained on the answers partition Continue on to update the exam file with the new version i Mount the USB into another operating system capable of mounting multi partition USB sticks i e inside OSX or Linux ii Copy the updated exam file from the answers partiti
46. these will be numbered disk1 disk2 and so on The number of volumes on your HDD will likely be different So a computer with three physical HDDs connected internally or externally would display diskO disk1 disk2 Demo Set up Guide e Exam System v5 We want to make sure that we do not burn to any of these because all existing data on it would be lost Now we need to find the correct target disk identifier Next insert the new USB stick and run the command again Type this command diskutil list Again on screen it would look similar to this MacBook Pro user diskutil list dev disk0 F TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER OF GUID partition scheme 500 3 GB disko alle EFI 20947 MB disk0s1 Zs Apple HFS Macintosh HD 100 0 GB disk0s2 Apple Boot Recovery HD 650 0 MB diskO0s3 4 Apple HFS APPS 90 0 GB diskO0s4 oe Apple HFS FILES 208 3 GB diskOs5 03 Apple HFS VM 100 7 GB disk0Os6 dev diskl TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER TE FDLSK partition Sscheme 7 GB diskl ie DOS FAT 32 UNTITLED 7 7 GB disklsl Again you see the list of drives mounted You will notice one new disk in the list in this case disk1 This is my target USB stick You will notice the size of 7 7GB despite it saying 8GB on the box The identifier digit assigned will likely be one greater than the highest number seen in the previous command However this may not always be the case if you had mounted and removed other devices during your current session A
47. tted as a single FAT32 partition commonly so when purchased new If the USB sticks are not a single FAT32 partition see Returning an e Exam USB Stick to a Generic Storage Device to do so e A USB hub USB 3 0 is recommended as it will provide for faster data throughput The more ports the better You can connect multiple smaller hubs to the one computer as well We are currently using a 16 port copybox as a hub and a 20 port generic USB hub e Acomputer with multiple USB ports Again USB 3 0 ports are recommended We currently use a Windows computer to perform this task but it could be done on another OS e An ISO to USB duplication application We are currently using the freeware ImageUSB windows application obtain it from http www osforensics com tools write usb images html It will produce multiple e Exam USBs multi partition USBs from a single ISO file This software has been found to be fast and accurate However it only runs on Windows o Note The resulting e Exam USBs can be used to boot both windows and Apple hardware However once a USB becomes an e Exam USB it will contain multiple partitions and so it cannot be mounted fully in windows only the first partition will mount Therefore in order to administer or change their contents afterwards you will need OSX or Linux o Note Commercially available copy boxes often come with their own proprietary software most of which only work with Windows An example fol
48. wnloads T FILES VM you ll be given taller click Repair 8 GB SanDisk Med Image Format DVD CD master lt 4 Clear History Verify Disk Repair Disk FI eExam Encryption none F7 Answers Ea Cancel Save lt 6 P db ist Verify Disk Permissions Repair Disk Permissions EY Disk Description SanDisk Media Total Capacity 8 GB 8 004 304 896 Bytes Connection Bus USB Write Status Read Write Connection Type External S M A R T Status Not Supported USB Serial Number 4C532000000918121510 Partition Map Scheme Master Boot Record It will take several minutes to complete 7 To turn the cdr file into a iso file just rename the file from IMAGENAME cdr to IMAGENAME ISO no conversion is necessary Method 2 Using Terminal and DD This is provided as an alternative Note This creates an exact copy of the entire USB stick even unnecessary space so if using 8GB stick you get 8GB ISO You may have subsequent problems burning to 8GB sticks from a different manufacturer because not all 8GB sticks are exactly the same size To start we need to determine the current set of disk identifiers Do not insert the source USB stick yet Type this command diskutil list On the screen it will look similar to this MacBook Pro users diskutil list dev disk0 TYPE NAME SIZE Q GUID partition scheme 500 3 GRB 1 EEL 209 7 MB ie Apple HFS Macintosh HD 100 0 GB Apple Boot Recovery HD 6

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