[Testgen 7 For Mac
Christel Malden
Tom has been very helpful to me in this same process. We're on the right track following his advice, but we are still struggling with how to get the graphics (as jpg files) into the questions without having the teacher have to access the server and upload the files each time.
What I ended up doing to get around the graphic in a question problem was to create a meta course for that subject. I then created the master question categories and questions from within that meta course. All pictures are in the files of that meta course. I then make that meta course available to students, but I "gray-out" the quizzes. Then I assign this meta course to the appropriate teacher/courses. Teachers then create their own links to the quizzes that way they only see their results and the graphics within the questions work since the file in the meta course is available to students. The only bad thing is that students see the title "History 6 Meta" as a course they are enrolled in. If theyclick on it they see nothing since it is all "grayed-out".
I set up a test bank class for each of the departments that wants to import TestGen questions. I wrote a script to run that will copy the folder from the course files to the correct place on the server.
Teachers upload the zipped BlackBoard export to the course files and unzip. The ppg folder is created. They then import the questions, and the script runs every 15 minutes to copy the files where they need to be.
I have same problem after the administrator upgraded moodle thursday nov 2. I did no have this problem previously. I go through the same process. Export test to Desktop in blackboard. split file into dat.file and ? Move dat.file to desktop.
Go to moodle- click on activity and then quiz. fill in name of quiz, dates, attempts etc. Save, then next page update categories, put new quiz in. In previoius version you then clicked on continue, This version does not give that option so I have to click on new test under categories. It takes me to create or import. I click import and then blackboard, there is now a third option i.e if grade does not equal ... error. dont know what this is about. Then upload file etc. The result only one question repeated 14, or 20 times, depending on the number of questions in the testgen quiz
I had the same problems. Managed to export Blackboard files, unzip and then upload dat file. The problem was that the images did not upload with the questions. I was given an alternative solution and this worked for me.
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TestGen is a computerized test generation program you install on your personal computer (Windows or Macintosh) to create your own tests. TestGen provides state-of-the-art features for viewing and editing test bank questions, dragging a selected question into a test you are creating, and printing beautifully formatted tests in a variety of layouts. TestGen math and science capabilities make it easy to include any mathematical or scientific symbols in your testing material. For specialized web-based products, such as MyLab & Mastering and certain advanced math and science programs, TestGen also provides a browser plug-in your students use to take your TestGen tests on the web.
A test bank, which is also called a Test Item File (TIF), typically contains a large set of test items, organized by chapter and ready for your use in creating a test, based on the associated textbook material.
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