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Perception Assessment Management System

Perception Assessment Management System. AFPA June 7 th -8 th , 2007. Contents: Day 1. Structuring Assessments: Blocks Changing Look and Feel: Templates Publishing Assessments. Contents: Day 2. System Administration Results Manager Enterprise Reporter. 0.

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Perception Assessment Management System

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  1. Perception Assessment Management System AFPA June 7th-8th, 2007

  2. Contents: Day 1 • Structuring Assessments: Blocks • Changing Look and Feel: Templates • Publishing Assessments

  3. Contents: Day 2 • System Administration • Results Manager • Enterprise Reporter

  4. 0 Perception Assessment Management System Structuring Assessments: Blocks

  5. The Anatomy of an Assessment

  6. Assessment Editor • Edit default control parameters • Add additional question blocks • Add jump blocks • Enable adaptive or multi-stage testing • Add reported topic outcomes • Add/edit assessment outcomes

  7. 0 Perception Assessment Management System Changing Look and Feel: Templates

  8. f Inet Participant Participant Participant Participant Delivering Assessments Assessment Delivery questions assessments • “Items” (questions, choices, feedback, etc.) are stored within the question database (table) • Perception merges “items” with html using custom “templates” or “style sheets” and “format” files at the time assessment is taken format files template Repository

  9. Assessment Delivery • Order files are applied to final output • Format Files • Contains all default settings • Template File • Contains just the items you wish to change from the defaults • Style Sheet • Works with the template, adding styles to the code contained in the template • Questions • Contains html used in questions Format Files Template Style Sheet Assessment Questions

  10. Assessment Delivery • The exact HTML produced is defined by: • Perception software • settings.format and htmlcore.format • local.format and local_login.format containing any global customization • Templates (with or without references to Style sheets), selected using Assessment Manager, to modify the defaults for a particular assessment

  11. HTML Produced by Perception <html> <title> Assessment Name </title> <body> assessment content’s “look and feel” is defined by merging items with html from format files, session templates, and style sheet </body> </html>

  12. <html> <title> Assessment Name </title> <body> < background graphics> < assessment header with CSS designation > < pre-section CSS designation> <pre-question html tags> the question <post-question html tags> < pre-choice CSS designation> choice <post-choice CSS designation > < pre-choice CSS designation > choice <post-choice CSS designation > < pre-choice CSS designation > choice <post-choice CSS designation > < post-section CSS designation> < text in buttons> < assessment footer with CSS designation > </body> </html> Final HTML Produced

  13. What are Format Files? • Control how the QML code of the questions is converted to a page of HTML • ASCII text files with the extension .format • Stored in \perception4\authoring\format folder on the Perception authoring PCs, and the \perception4\server\format folder on the Perception Server PC • settings.format is the most important; use for reference purposes only • Settings in files local.format or local_login.format overwrite the settings in the main format files

  14. What are Templates? • Enable Perception authors to change how the questions appear to participants • Are ASCII text files with the extension .template • A template file can contain no settings, or any number of settings • Stored in the \[repository]\templates folder within each repository • A number of template files are supplied with Perception as examples • You can use the Template Editor in Authoring Manager or a text editor to alter template settings

  15. Template Editor

  16. Template changes • All format file settings can continue to be used for templates using CSS with the exception of the following: • All START_xxx and END_xxx definitions in settings.format • All definitions in the [FEEDBACK], [STYLE], [CHOICE] and [OPTION] sections • All button definitions : • SUBMIT, RESET, CONTINUE, QUIT, HOME_BUTTON, BRANCH_BUTTON, PIP_HOME_BUTTON • SEPARATOR • OPEN_DOCUMENT_HEADER • CLOSE_DOCUMENT_HEADER • OPEN_FEEDBACK_HEADER • CLOSE_FEEDBACK_HEADER • OPEN_END_HEADER • CLOSE_END_HEADER • BLOCK_SCORE • RUNNING_SCORE • FINAL_SCORE • ANSWERED_DEF • NOTANSWERED • Template definitions to be used with CSS should not include any font tags – font face, size and color are to be controlled by the cascading style sheet.

  17. What are Style Sheets? • Define rules that control the styling of HTML elements • Allow you to control the rendering — e.g. fonts, colors, leading, margins, typefaces, and other aspects of style — of a Web document without compromising its structure • Separate the style of a page from the code, or HTML, makes it easier to apply corporate standards to a web page

  18. Using Style Sheets • Style sheet support is turned on using the variable USE_STYLESHEET=1 • Style sheet used is defined by the setting STYLESHEET=MyStyle.css • Question by Question (QxQ) delivery does not currently support CSS • QxQ templates should include USE_QXQ=1 or USE_STYLESHEET=0 to disable the use of Style sheets

  19. 0 Perception Assessment Management System Publishing Assessments

  20. 0 Perception Assessment Management System Authoring Manager Security and Workflow Management

  21. 0 Managing Administrators Manage Administrator in Windows Authoring Manager Manage Administrator in Enterprise Manager

  22. Personal Settings

  23. Roles and Groups Roles are for Workflow

  24. Authoring Rights

  25. Topic and assessment folder rights menu 0 Controlling Access to Topic and Assessment Folders

  26. 0 Topic Rights per Administrator

  27. Assigning Administrators from the Navigation Pane

  28. 0 Topic Rights Set in Browser-based Authoring

  29. Assessment Folder Rights per Administrator

  30. 0 Assessment Folder Rights Set in Browser-based Authoring

  31. Topic and Folder Rights • No Access - the selected administrators cannot do anything with the selected root topics and any subtopics below them, and they will not appear to these administrators in the Authoring Manager window. • View/Use - the selected administrators can only view, tryout or copy the selected root topics and any subtopics below them • Edit/Use - the selected administrators can do everything with the selected root topics and any subtopics below them, except: • Delete the root topic • Delete a subtopic below the root topic • Delete a question below the root topic • Delete an item resource associated with the root topic or a subtopic below it • Delete item content associated with the root topic or a subtopic below it • Delete a topic outcome associated with the root topic or a subtopic below it • Cut any of the above • Full Access - the selected administrators can do everything with the selected root topics and any subtopics below them

  32. Administration Rights

  33. Reporting Rights

  34. Results/Monitoring Rights

  35. 0 Perception Assessment Management System Enterprise Manager Overview

  36. Enterprise Manager Main Menu

  37. 0 Enterprise Manager Main Menu • Enterprise Manager Main Menu • Menu options will vary on the basis of administrator privileges

  38. 0 Perception Assessment Management System System Administration

  39. 0 System Administration Main Menu

  40. 0 Creating Participants • Create a single participant • Create multiple participants • Import participant list

  41. 0 Create Single Participant

  42. Sample Participant

  43. Generate Participant IDs automatically 0 Create Multiple Participants Assign multiple, new participants to a single group

  44. 0 Import Participants Import large numbers of participants from properly formatted data file and add them to a group single handedly.

  45. 0 Manage Participants

  46. Manage Groups • Groups of participants • Can be used to reflect your organization’s structure • E.g. geographic regions or functions (i.e. sales, marketing, finance, HR, R&D, Administration) • Schedule groups to take an assessment • Report on groups collectively • Compare performance of one group to another

  47. 0 Edit Groups Create unlimited numbers of subgroups to reflect your organizational structure

  48. 0 Schedules • Schedule individual participants to take an assessment • Schedule groups to take an assessment • Schedule options • Limit attempts • Override time limit in hours • Limit number of days between retakes • Access period • Require monitoring

  49. 0 Schedule Individuals

  50. Schedule Individual – Step 2 • Select the Schedule of Choice • Web Delivery • Certified Test Center

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