You asked, and we delivered! Now, WebTests that you assign to your classes have a different color at the top of the page than the practice tests that students themselves create.
This update is especially helpful for instructors who teach in a computer lab. It’s now easier to know when students are taking a test that counts toward their grade, which is when they shouldn’t be working with other students or getting help from instructors or TAs.
Now, assigned WebTests are purple:
Student-created practice tests are in blue:
What makes this update even better? These colors are WCAG 2.0 Level AA compliant!
Do you have a colleague who has mastered Question Builder and created some fantastic questions you’d like to use? As long as they’ve chosen the option to share these questions, you can incorporate them into your assignments too!
To input these questions into your own curriculum, follow these quick steps:
1. Log into your Grade Book.
2. Navigate to Assignments > Curriculum.
3. Open desired section (Or go to Manage by Curriculum and open desired curriculum).
4. Open desired lesson.
5. Select Question Bank > Instructor.
6. Folders will be listed below. Open the desired folder.
7. Add any desired questions to the assignment by dragging and dropping it into the right pane or selecting the checkbox and clicking Add Selected.
If you’d like to add questions from a shared folder to your WebTests, simply open up a WebTest (Assignments > WebTest) and follow steps 5-7.
If you have questions, please contact us at 1-800-426-9538
or connect with your Training and Support Specialist.
Make online testing within Hawkes even more secure at no additional cost with Respondus® LockDown Browser®. This custom browser locks down the testing environment so students are not able to do the following while taking or reviewing a WebTest:
Print the WebTest
Copy and paste into or out of the WebTest
Visit another URL
Access other applications
How to set up Respondus® LockDown Browser® in Hawkes
First, you will need the following system requirements:
Operating Systems
Windows: 10, 8, 7
Mac: OS X 10.10 or higher
Memory
Windows: 2 GB RAM
Mac: 512 MB RAM
LockDown Browser Versions
Windows: Version 2.0.2.02, June 12, 2017 or higher
OS X: Version 2.0.2.01, July 5, 2017 or higher
For computer lab settings, lab managers will need to download the following LockDown Browser Lab Editions*:
Note: If you downloaded this in fall 2017, please select the link to download the latest version this term.
* Lab Editions will not prompt students for UAC permissions
** Mac Lab and Student Editions are the same (no UAC)
To enable Respondus LockDown Browser for an assigned WebTest, navigate to WebTests > Select a WebTest > Additional Settings. Select Require Respondus LockDown Browser. Once this option is checked, students will be required to launch the WebTest within a compatible Respondus LockDown Browser in order to open the assignment.
You can set up a custom proctor exit password in case students need to exit the test for any reason, such as needing to use the restroom. The time on the test will stop until they reenter the test.
You also have the option to enable a basic or scientific calculator for students to access within the protected test. For additional security, you can require students to review their graded test only within Respondus LockDown Browser, which is especially helpful if you allow students to review their test at any time—including when other students still haven’t taken the test yet.
What students will see
When students log in to their courseware to take their WebTest, they’ll receive a message that Respondus LockDown Browser is required:
Students will select the Launch LockDown Browser button in order to take the test:
No other browser tabs are allowed as students select the Start button to begin their WebTest:
How students can download it on their personal computers
Have WebTests that students are taking at home instead of in a campus computer lab? Student editions are available to download from the WebTest’s start page after enabling Require Respondus LockDown Browser. Please note that students only need to download these links on their personal computers. These will not be needed in a lab setting.
To use Respondus LockDown Browseron their personal computers (not in on-campus lab setting), students must download the following links:
During this semester, we’ve made some changes to WebTest Management. Now, your list of WebTests is easier to read, and you have some more options listed below.
Under Additional Settings, you’ll be able to allow students to pause their WebTest X number of times.
You will also be able to allow multiple WebTest attempts for individual students in the Student Settings or for whole sections in General Settings. Decide whether you want to count the last score or average the scores of each attempt.
Make bulk changes when you edit an individual student’s settings too!
You can also manage all WebTests assigned to a particular section at once:
Did you know you can also submit and unsubmit a student’s WebTest attempt? Click here to learn more.
Check out the video on WebTest Management below:
Contact us at 1-800-426-9538 or training@hawkeslearning.com if you have questions.
Want to make sure students have completed particular lessons or tests before they can access their next WebTest? You can ensure this progression through test prerequisites.
After you’re done editing your WebTest in Assignment Builder (and make sure you save those changes!), select Assign in the top right corner. You’ll see the settings you can edit:
Choose which lessons you’d like students to complete before starting this test by selecting the checkbox next to the lesson name. You’ll see the prerequisite lessons populate on the left. You can always delete prerequisites you don’t want by selecting the X.
You also have the choice of making other WebTests prerequisites for your current test. These are found right underneath the prerequisite lessons.
Once you’ve made your choices, select the Assign button in the top right corner to make this WebTest available to specific sections.
If you’ve been using Hawkes for a while, you may have noticed that we archive problem types that are not presenting themselves as flawlessly as others. Instead, we create newer and better versions. However, we would never want to remove anything you have assigned without your permission. By replacing the archived questions, your WebTests and curricula will contain the same objectives; this change simply ensures that students will be seeing the latest and greatest problems we offer.
Tests that have archived questions are not compatible
with the web platform, so they can’t be opened in that
version of the student courseware. These tests are notated by red flags in your test list when you log into your Grade Book and go to Assignments > WebTests.
From there, you can find a full list of archived questions for each test under Manage > View Archived Cases.
Within the test, there is a notification message to let you know the test can only be opened in the installed platform.
The individual archived questions are labeled with a red flag when the test is opened in Assignment Builder as well.
These questions should be replaced in order for students to access the latest and greatest Hawkes questions and to do so from the web platform. In many cases, there are nearly identical forms of the questions that can replace the archived ones.
If the tests are no longer being used, feel free to delete them from the test list to keep your Grade Book streamlined!
Would you like our help? Let your Training & Support Specialist know, and we can replace the archived questions for you automatically! However, we need your permission since that does mean changing questions that you have chosen in the past. Contact us at training@hawkeslearning.com.
