Requirements
for a Test Tool
Version 1.0
8 December 2004

Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. Problem Statement
• 1.2. System Personnel
• 1.3. Operational Setting
• 1.4. Impacts
• 1.5. Related Systems
• 1.5.1 TCExam
• 1.5.2 Questionmark Perception
• 1.5.3 Test Pro 7
• 1.5.4 RapidExam
• 1.5.5 WebQuiz XP
• 1.5.6 tPilot
• 1.7. Document Conventions

• 2. Functional Requirements
• 2.1. User Interface Overview
• 2.1.1. Instructor
• 2.1.2. Test Proctor
• 2.1.3. Student
• 2.2. Managing Questions
• 2.2.1. Selecting a "True/False" Answer
• 2.2.2. Selecting a "Multiple Choice" Answer
• 2.2.3. Selecting a "Matching" Answer
• 2.2.4. Selecting a "Fill In The Blank" Answer
• 2.2.5. Selecting a "Short Answer" Answer
• 2.2.6. Selecting a "Essay Answer" Answer
• 2.2.7. Selecting a "Program Code " Answer
• 2.2.8. Managing Placement of Answer Area
• 2.2.9. Inserting An Image Into The Question Body
• 2.2.10. Editing A Question
• 2.2.11. Viewing A Question
• 2.2.12. Viewing Question Bank
• 2.2.13. Removing A Question
• 2.2.14. Changing Ownership of Questions
• 2.2.15. Synchronizing Questiion Banks
• 2.3. Creating a Test
• 2.3.1. Basic Test Generation Window
• 2.3.2. Basics Tab
• 2.3.3. Difficulty Tab
• 2.3.4. Question Types Tab
• 2.3.5. Generating a Test
• 2.3.6. Error Details
• 2.4. Editing a Test
• 2.4.1. Adding a Question to a Test
• 2.4.2. Removing a Question from a Test
• 2.4.3. Replacing a Question on a Test
• 2.4.4. Editing a Test Question
• 2.4.5. Generating a Test Summary
• 2.4.6. Publishing a Test
• 2.4.7. Saving a Test
• 2.5. Proctoring a Test
• 2.5.1. Overview
• 2.5.2. The Login Screen
• 2.5.3. Main Proctor Window
• 2.5.4. Opening A Test
• 2.5.5. Add Comment
• 2.5.6. Special Options
• 2.6. Student User - Taking a Test
• 2.6.1 Kinds of Tests
• 2.6.2 Initial Screen Views
• 2.6.3 Test taking
• 2.6.3.1. Opening a test
• 2.6.3.2 Overview of Screen
• 2.6.3.2.1 Clock Window
• 2.6.3.2.2 Question Body
• 2.6.3.2.3 Question Index
• 2.6.3.2.4 Question Flagging
• 2.6.3.2.5 Comments from Instructors and Proctors
• 2.6.3.2.6 Student Comments
• 2.6.3.2.6.1 Adding Comments
• 2.6.3.2.6.2 Editing Comments
• 2.6.3.2.6.3 Removing Comments
• 2.6.3.3 Answering Questions
• 2.6.3.3.1 Multiple Choice
• 2.6.3.3.2 Short Answer
• 2.6.3.3.3 True / False
• 2.6.3.3.4 Matching
• 2.6.3.3.5. Fill-in-the-Blank
• 2.6.3.3.6 Essay
• 2.6.3.4.7 Program Code
• 2.6.3.4 Open and Closed Tests
• 2.6.3.5. Submitting a test
• 2.6.3.5.1 Manual Submission
• 2.6.3.5.2 Automatic Submission
• 2.6.3.6 Setting Preferences
• 2.6.4. Review Graded Test
• 2.7. Grading
• 2.7.1. Grading A Test Automatically
• 2.7.2. Grading A Test Manually
• 2.7.3. Posting Grades
• 2.7.3.1. E-mail Notification
• 2.7.4. Changing Test Scores
• 2.7.4.1. Class-Wide Test Score Changes
• 2.7.4.2. Individual Student Test Score Changes
• 2.7.5. Adding Instructor Comments to a Graded Student Test
• 2.7.5.1. Viewing Instructor Comments
• 2.7.6. Viewing a Test by Question/Student

• 3. Non-Functional Requirements
• 3.1. System Performance
• 3.2. Qualitative System Characteristics

• 4. Developer Summary

• 5. Appendices
• Appendix A: The Full Question Bank
• Appendix B: The Generated Test
• Appendix C: The Published Test
• Appendix D: Future Work

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