Using the McDougal Little Test Generator with CPS

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Create a new test by clicking the New Test button. 4.

1 Using the McDougal Little Test Generator with CPS 1. Launch the Test Generator (Faculty & Staff Apps>Instructional Resources>McDougal Littel Test Generator>Teacher) 2. Choose your test bank, and Click Open. 3. Create a new test by clicking the New Test button. 4. Add questions to your test by double clicking the sections to the left, and navigating to the questions you wish to add. Then Click and Drag the questions into the testing window. 5. Save your test by clicking on the save button at the bottom of the screen. Then navigate to where you want this test to be saved, and name the test. (Suggestion: save it to MyDocuments ) Click Save.

2 6. Now export your test to text by going to File>Export>Test to Text 7. You will be prompted again to choose where to save this text file. It is recommended that you save it in the same location you saved the original test file. 8. When asked if you would like to open this text file, choose Yes. (Note: This will open the text file in Notepad. You can also open this file manually in Word if you prefer.) When you use the export to text option in the McDougal Littell Test Generator, you will get a.txt file similar to this sample below: 1. This essay describes an event that took place in A. England. B. India. C. Africa. D. Assyria. 2. What is the main topic of this essay? A. raising a lion B. how Kipling became a writer C. hunting in Africa D. where Kipling found the lion 3. You can tell from this essay that carbolic is A. a kind of food. B. something used for farming. C. a kind of animal. D. something used for cleaning. 4. The keeper took the lion cub out of its cage because A. the bulldog puppy tried to bite it. B. the mother lion would have killed it. C. the lion cub was sick. D. the mother lion died while giving birth.

3 5. Who was the only person the lion cub obeyed? A. the narrator B. Una C. Daniel and Una's mother D. the keeper Answer Sheet 1. C. Africa. 2. A. raising a lion 3. D. something used for cleaning. 4. B. the mother lion would have killed it. 5. B. Una 9. There are only a few formatting modifications that need to be done to allow it to be imported into CPS. First, Copy and Paste the contents of this text document into MS Word, WordPad, or another word processor capable of supporting the Rich Text File format (.rtf). Formatting Question and Answer stems to Import into CPS: Use the following table and the example below the table to properly label your questions. Please remember that a Question Type label is required for each different type of question. Label Description TITLE: Lesson title (required) True/False True or False question type Multiple Choice Multiple choice question type; up to 8 multiple choice answers (MC8) Yes/No Yes or No question type Numeric Numerical answers question type (RF only) ANS: Answer to the question (required to list, can leave off answer itself if desired) STO: and OBJ: State Standards or Objectives (not required) MOE: Margin of Error (not required): CPS can accept a range of answers for a numeric question (RF only) NOT: Notes (not required)

So, after a few minor changes, the file above generated in the McDougal Little Test Generator now looks like this: Title: English Test Chapter 3 Multiple Choice 1.

4 So, after a few minor changes, the file above generated in the McDougal Little Test Generator now looks like this: Title: English Test Chapter 3 Multiple Choice 1. This essay describes an event that took place in A. England. B. India. C. Africa. D. Assyria. ANS: C 2. What is the main topic of this essay? A. raising a lion B. how Kipling became a writer C. hunting in Africa D. where Kipling found the lion ANS: A 3. You can tell from this essay that carbolic is A. a kind of food. B. something used for farming. C. a kind of animal. D. something used for cleaning. ANS: D 4. The keeper took the lion cub out of its cage because A. the bulldog puppy tried to bite it. B. the mother lion would have killed it. C. the lion cub was sick. D. the mother lion died while giving birth. ANS: B 5. Who was the only person the lion cub obeyed? A. the narrator B. Una C. Daniel and Una's mother D. the keeper ANS: B 10. Now Save the finished product in Rich Text Format (.rtf) by choosing.rtf from the drop down of file types.

rtf file that you saved. You will need to select RTF as your file type to locate the file.

5 Close Microsoft Word! Now you are ready to import into CPS 11. Launch CPS, go to the Lesson & Assessments tab, and choose Import. 12. Click Browse, and navigate to the.rtf file that you saved. You will need to select RTF as your file type to locate the file. (Make sure you have closed the document before you try to import!) When the import is complete, you will see your test/lesson listed in the Lesson & Assessments tab.

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