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ExamSoft @ COD
Demo Exam Tutorial >>Laptops<<
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Demo Exam Download Passwords
You may take each demo exam up to 25 times.
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Getting Started
• If you haven’t downloaded, installed, and registered the program, learn more about how to do so here:
http://go.uic.edu/ExamSoft_COD_Students_Start
• You’ll need
Student ID: UIN Password: sent in each email from ExamSoft (request resend here:
http://go.uic.edu/ExamSoft_COD_Password) Demo Exam Download Password(s) (previous slide)
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Download Exam File
• Open SofTest • Click “Download Exam Files”
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Download Exam File (cont’d)
• Enter your Student ID (UIN) • Enter your password • Click “Next”
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Download Exam File (cont’d)
• Enter a download password from Slide 2 of this file • Click “Next”
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Download Exam File (cont’d)
• Click the Exam Name under the “Available Exams” tab to highlight it • Click “Download”
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Download Exam File (cont’d)
• The “Congratulations” window will pop up • Click “OK”
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Download Exam File (cont’d)
• You will be returned to the “Available Exams” tab • Click “Done”
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Take an Exam
• Open SofTest • Click “Take an Exam”
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Take an Exam (cont’d)
• Click to select the exam you want to take from the drop-down menu under “Available Exams”
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Take an Exam (cont’d)
• Enter your Student ID (UIN) • Click “Start”
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Take an Exam (cont’d)
• Read instructions • Click “Next”
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Take an Exam (cont’d)
• Review “Exam Settings” • Type Begin or click “Type Begin for Me” • Click “Begin”
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Exam Features
Elapsed time
Click here to flag a question if you want to remember to come back to it later
To highlight text in a question or answer choice: • double-click to select the text • click “Highlight” button
Clock time | Plugged in
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Exam Features (cont’d)
Set an alarm
Navigation buttons First | Previous | Next | Last
Save. Note: Your exam file auto-saves in its entirety every 60 seconds. You do not need to save manually, but you should feel free to if it makes you feel better to do so.
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Exam Features (cont’d)
Right-click in an answer choice row to dark grey it out (i.e., indicate to yourself “I’ve ruled this choice out”)
Once you select an answer choice, the remaining choices will appear light grey
See which questions are answered/ unanswered
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Exam Features (cont’d)
To show/hide the sidebar with the navigation/flags/ alarm features, click “Show/Hide Sidebar”
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Close an Exam
Click “Exit & Save”
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Close an Exam (cont’d)
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Close an Exam (cont’d)
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Close an Exam (cont’d)
Note: this score is not necessarily your final
score.
Faculty review exam item analyses prior to
making final grading decisions.
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Close an Exam (cont’d)
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Upload an Exam (cont’d)
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Upload an Exam (cont’d)
Note: for a formal, in-class exam, you must leave this screen up in order to show it to a proctor prior to leaving the exam room, then you may click “close”