INSTRUCTORS

TESTINGANDRESOURCECDROM
McGrawHillsInstructorsTestingandResourceCDROM isapowerfultool
designedtohelpinstructorseasilyaccesstextspecifictestsandresourcesfor
classroomuse. Organizedbytextbook,thiseasytousecrossplatformCD
ROMcontainstestingsoftwareandacollectionofinstructorresources.
TheassetscontainedonthisCDarepresentedatthechapterlevelandmay
beavailableasaWordorPDFdocument,orboth.
OnefeatureofthisCDistheComputerizedTestBankfeaturingMcGrawHills
EZTesttestingsoftware,themostflexibleandeasytouseelectronictesting
programavailableinhighereducation. Thiscrossplatformsoftwareallows
instructorstocreatetestsfrombookspecificitems. Itaccommodatesawide
rangeofquestiontypesandinstructorsmayaddtheirownquestions. Multiple
versionsofthetestcanbecreatedandanytestcanbeexportedforusewith
coursemanagementsystems,suchasWebCT,BlackBoard,PageOutorEZ
TestOnline.
ForfurtherinformationonhowtoinstallanduseEZTest,pleaseseethe
followingpagesofthisguide.

SystemRequirements
Windows

MacOSX

Windows2000orbetter

MacOSX10.3.9orbetter

Minimum256MBmainmemory512MB
recommended

Minimum256MBmainmemory512MB
recommended

100MBorbetterfreeharddiskspace

100MBorbetterfreeharddiskspace

MicrosoftWord2000orbetter

MicrosoftWordXorbetter
Safari1.3orbetter

StartingtheProgram
IftheCDdoesntlaunchautomatically:
Windows
1.

ClickontheStartbuttononthe
taskbar. Scrolldownandselect
Run.

2.

TypetheletterofyourCDROM
drivefollowedby:\Start_Here.exe
Forexample,ifyourCDROMdrive
isnamedD,youwouldtype
D:\Start_Here.exe

3.

ClickOKorpress[Enter].

MacOSX
1.

Doubleclickonthefilenamed
Start_HereontheCD.

Aguidetohelpyouquicklybuildyourfirsttest

EZTESTFORWINDOWSandMACINTOSH

1. InstallandLaunchEZTest ..........................................................4
2. CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish .......................................7
3. EditandAuthorQuestions ........................................................15
4. EZTestNavigation .....................................................................19
5. EZTestHelp ...............................................................................21

InstallandLaunchEZTest
Installtheprogram .................................................
1. InserttheEZTestCDintoyourcomputer'sCDdrive.
Windows
2. ClickWindowsStartbutton,and 2.
thenselecttheRunoption.
3.
3. ClickBrowse.SelectyourCD
drivefromtheLookindrop
4.
downlist.
4. SelectInstallEZ.exe,thenclick
Opentobegininstallation.
5. Followthestepsonthescreen.
Whentheinstallationis
completed,theprogramwill
createadesktopicontostart
theEZTestapplication.
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MacOSX
OpentheCD.
ClickEZTest.pkgtobegin
installation.
Followthestepsonthescreen.
Whentheinstallationis
completed,theprogramwill
installEZTest inyour
Applicationsfolder.

InstallandLaunchEZTest
Launchtheprogram................................................
Windows
1. ClicktheEZTest icon. Itis
locatedonyourDesktopand
labeled,StartEZTest6.2.

MacOSX
1. Clickthefile,StartEZTest.
Itislocatedinthe
/Applications/EZTestfolder.

2. Createauniqueusernameandpassword.WhenEZTestopensthe
firsttime,youwillneedtocreateausernameandpassword.

Readtheinstructionsonscreen.
EnterOKandclickContinue.
EnteryourusernameandclickContinue.
EnteryourpasswordandclickContinue.
Recordyourusernameandpasswordinasafeplace.
EnterOKandclickSave&StartEZTest.

ApplicationControlBar
WhenEZTestopens,abrowserandapplicationcontrolbarappear.

Thecontrolbarmustremain

openduringuse,butyoucan
minimizeit.
Ifyouaccidentallycloseyour
browser,usethecontrolbar
toquicklyrestartEZTest.

Minimizebutton

InstallandLaunchEZTest
EZTestResourceCenter...........................................
Oncelaunched,theResourceCenterwindowprovidesquicklinkstothe
programitself,aswellastheMcGrawHillwebsite,helpindex,usermanual,
tutorials,andfrequentlyaskedquestions.
TostartusingEZTest,clicktheEZTestHome link.

Clickontheunderlinedtexttogodirectlytotheresource.

YouwillneedtodownloadAdobeAcrobatinordertoopentheUser
ManualorFAQs.Todoso,clickontheunderlinedtext,download.

YoucanminimizeorclosethewindowwhileyouworkinEZTest.

CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Namethetest.......................................................
1. Tocreateanewtest,clickontheNewTestbutton.
2. Enteradescriptivenameforyourtest.ClickCreate.

Setyourpreferences ...............................................
1. Chooseyourscreenlayout. Horizontalicon
Clicktheiconinthe top
Verticalicon
navigationbartoselectthe
layout.
Youcanviewthesource
questionsandyourselected
testquestionsinahorizontal
(top/bottom)orvertical
(side/side)layout.
2. Chooseyourquestionview.
Showfullquestionbox
Clicktheshowfull
questionboxintheupper
righttoshowthequestion
withitsanswers,pictures,
formulae,andembedded
computations.
Clicktheboxagaintoshowonlythequestionstem.

CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Selectquestionsfromatestbank..................................
1. ClickTestBankstoviewthequestionssuppliedbythepublisher.
2. Clickonthebooktitletoopenthetestbank.
3. Toviewthechapterquestions,clickthechaptertitle.
4. Toviewtheavailablequestions,clicktheOpenbuttonnexttothefolder
icon.Theavailablequestionsforselectionappearinthesourceframe.

Source
frame

Test
frame

5. Toaddaquestion,clickSelectnexttotheleftofthequestion.The
selectionappearsinthetestframe.
6. Continueaddingquestionsuntilyouhavethenumberyouneed.Click
Closetoreturntoseeotherquestiontypesyoumaywant.
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CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Organizingandeditingquestions..................................
Onceyouveaddedyourquestions,usetheiconsinthetestframetoreorder,
edit,preview,anddeletetestquestions.
Movesthequestiontothefirstpositioninthelist.
Movesthequestionuponepositioninthelist.
Movesthequestiontoarbitrarypositioninthelist.
Movesthequestiondownonepositioninthelist.
Movesthequestiontothelastpositioninthelist.
Deletesthequestionfromthistest.
Createsacopyofthetestquestion.
Previewstheselectedquestioninanewwindow.
Editsorformatstheselectedquestion.

CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Addinstructions....................................................
1. ClicktheEditInstructionsorTestTitleiconatthetopofthetestframe.
TheTestEditingscreenappears.

2. EnteroreditthestudentinstructionsfortheentiretestintheInstructions
box.
3. ClickSaveChanges.

Changethetitle(optional)..........................................
1. FromtheTestEditingscreen,editthetestnameintheTitlebox.
2. ClickSaveChanges.
NOTE:Fontchangesmadeintheboxesonthisscreenapplyonlytothetextin
theseboxes(andoverrideforthistextonlythetestsdefaultselection).To
changetheglobalfont,gotothePublishingOptionsscreenbyclickingonthe
Format/Printbutton,andthenmakeyourselectionsfromthedropdownlist.
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CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Previewyourtest...................................................
1. ClicktheFormat/Printbutton.
2. ThePublishingOptionsscreenopens.ClickPreview.

Thetestandanswerkeyopeninanewwindow.Whenyouarefinished
reviewingthetest,clicktheClosebox intheupperright.
NOTE:WindowsusersrunningtheOperabrowser(includedwithEZTest6.1Win)
canprintteststhatarepaginatedproperlyfromwithinEZTestusingthePRINT
buttoninthePreviewwindow.

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CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
SaveyourtestasaWorddocument ...............................
NotetoMacusers:Thefilewillautomaticallybedownloadedtoyourdesktop.You
willnotbepromptedwiththedialogueboxesmentionedbelow.

1.
2.
3.
4.

OnthePublishingOptionsscreen,clickSaveasMSWord.
ClickSave.
IntheSaveAsdialogbox,enterthefilenameandclickSave.
Optionally,checktheboxnextto
"addtableformatting"ifyouwantthe
testtobeoutputwithextratablesto
indentthetestnumbers,questions
andanswers.TheWorddocument
willbemoredifficulttoedityourdue
tothenestedtablesusedwhenthisoptionisselected.

SaveyourtestasaPDFdocument ...............................
1. ClickSaveasPDF.
2. Whenprompted,clickSave.
3. IntheSaveAsdialogbox,enterthefilenameandclickSave.

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CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Printyourtest ......................................................
1. Firstsaveyourtest.
2. OpenthesavedtestandusethecommandsintheMSWordorAdobe
Acrobatapplicationtoprint.
NOTE:WindowsusersrunningtheOperabrowser(includedwithEZTest
Windows)canprintteststhatarepaginatedproperlyfromwithinEZTestusingthe
PRINTbuttonwhenviewingaPreviewofthetest.However,youhavemorecontrol
oftheformattingandpaginationinthesavedMSWordfile.
TheAdobeAcrobatfilelockstheformatting,sothedocumentisreadyfor
printing.Youcannotmakeanychangestotheformattingorpagination.

Printquestiontypelabels(optional) ...............................
Youmaychoosetoaddlabelsabovethequestiontypes.Forinstance,you
canprint MultipleChoiceQuestionsabovethatquestiontypeonthetest.
1. FromthePublishingOptionsscreen,clicktheLabelsbox.

Toremovethelabels,clicktheboxagaintoremovethecheck.

SeetheUserManualforcompleteinstructionsonusingthisfeature.

Printacondensedanswerkey(optional) ..........................
Youcanprintashorterkeywiththetestquestionnumberandcorrectanswer.
1. OnthePublishingOptionsscreen,clickthedropdownarrownexttoKey.
2. Selectwith ONLYanswers fromthelist.

Toprintthefullanswerkey,clickthedropdownarrowagainand
selectwithquestionsandanswers.Selectnoneifyoudonotwant
theanswerkeytobeprinted.
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CreateYourNewTestStarttoFinish
Createmultipleversions...........................................
ThesestepsareperformedfromthePublishingOptionsscreen.
1. Selectscramblequestionbytypefromthedropdownmenushown
below.

2. UndertheScrambledOutputOrder,clickonthedropdownmenunext
tothenumberedpositionandselecttheorderforthequestiontypesto
appearonthetest.
3. Toscrambleallthemultiplechoicequestiondistractors,checkthebox
nexttoscrambleALL multiplechoicedistractors.
4. Next,selectthenumberofversionsofthescrambledtestyouwishto
createusingtheVersionstocreatedropdownselectbox.
5. Saveyourtest(s)aseitherMSWordorPDF.
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EditandAuthorQuestions
Edityourquestions .................................................
1. Toeditanindividualquestion,clicktheEditquestioniconnextto
thequestion.
NOTE:Ifyouenterchangesinthesourceframe,theeditsarepermanentlyapplied
toyoursourcequestions(i.e.,yourtestbankorpreviouslysavedtest).Ifyouenter
changesinthetestframe,theeditsareappliedonlytotheselectedquestioninthis
specifictest.

Thequestioneditingscreenopensforthequestiontypeselected.

2. Whenyouhave finishededitingthequestion,clickanyofthe active

navigationbuttonsatthetopofthescreentosaveyourwork exceptfor
theRevertbutton.TheRevertbuttonwillundoyour recentchangesto
revertthequestiontoitsoriginalstate.
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EditandAuthorQuestions
Authoranewquestion.............................................
Therearetwomethodstocreateanewquestion.Bothmethodsallowyouto
authornewquestions.However,oneisonlyavailablewhileyouareinthe
QuestionEditingmode.Thefirstmethodis theQuestionsMenuMethod.The
secondmethodistheQuestionEditingModeMethodandisonlyavailable
whileyouareeditingquestions.
Method1 QuestionsMenuMethod
1. FromtheQuestionsmenu,selectNew.
TheChooseNewQuestionTypescreenappears.

2. Selectthetypeofquestionyouwanttoauthorfromthemenulist.The
questioneditingscreenopensforthequestiontypeselected. Thisnew
questionisinsertedasthelastquestioninyourtest.
SeetheUserManualforquestiontypedetails.

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EditandAuthorQuestions
Authoranewquestioncontinued..................................
3. CompletethenewquestionfieldsintheRichTexteditor.Tosavethis
question,clickanyoftheactivenavigationbuttonsatthetopofthe
screenexceptfortheRevertbutton.TheRevertbuttonwillresetthe
questiontoanemptynewquestion.

Toreturntothelistofquestionsinyourtest,clicktheListbutton.

Method2 QuestionEditModeMethod
Thesecondmethodisonlyavailablewhileyouareediting/authoringa
question.Thismethodmakesiteasytoaddanewquestionwithouthavingto
leavethequestioneditingscreen.
1. Whileinthe QuestionEditMode,
selectaquestiontypefromtheNew
dropdownlistontherightsideofthe
questioneditingnavigationbar.
2. ClickNew.
3. Thecurrentquestionwillbesaved
andanewblankquestionofthetype
youselectedwillappear.Thisnew
questionwillbeinsertedintothetest
directlyafterthepreviousquestion
youwereediting.

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EditandAuthorQuestions
Authoranewquestioncontinued..................................
4. CompletethenewquestionfieldsintheRichTexteditor.Tosavethis
question,clickanyoftheactivenavigationbuttonsatthetopofthe
screenexceptfortheRevertbutton.TheRevertbuttonwillresetthe
questiontoanemptynewquestion.

Toreturntothelistofquestionsinyourtest,clicktheListbutton.

Whileeditingaquestion,Method1QuestionsMenuMethodofcreating
anewquestiontoauthorwillnotbeavailable.Youwillbepromptedto
usetheQuestionEditingnavigationbarmethodinstead.

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EZTestNavigation
TestsandQuestionsmenus.......................................
Thesemenusarelocatedontheupperleftofeachscreen.
TestsmenuThismenucontainstestmanagementactivities.
EZTestHomeopensapagelistingexistingtests
NewTestopensapagesoyoucanbuildanewtest
EZTestImportallowsyoutobringsomeoneelsestestthat
hasbeenexportedasa.zipfileintotheapplicationsoyou
canuseitoreditityourself.SeeUserManualfordetails
BuildTestBanksbundlesyourtestsintobanks,soyoucan
createanewtestbankoraddyourtesttoanexistingbank
Exitleavestheapplication
QuestionmenuThismenulistsquestioncreationactivities.
Newcreatesanewquestion(13types)
Selectaddsquestionsfromatestbankoryourpreviously
savedtests
Importbringsinquestionsfromatextfile
Listreturnstothelistofquestionsselectedinthecurrenttest
Sortreordersthesequenceofthequestions
Categorizeappliesacategorytypetoaquestion
Multimedia managesgraphics,audiofilesandformulae
allowingyoutoadd,previewordelete
Title/InstructionsopensTitle/Instructionseditscreen
Format/PrintopensthePublishingOptionsscreen
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EZTestNavigation
TestManagementicons
UsetheiconsontheTestManagementscreentomanageyoursavedtests.
Createa.zipfilethatyoucansharewithothers.
Deleteatestpermanentlyfromthelistofsavedtests.
Createacopyofasavedtest.Youcanpermanentlyapplythe
changes,orcreateanewversion.
OpenthePublishingOptionsscreenforthetest.
Editthistesttoapplyformattingandwordingchanges.
Breadcrumbs
Somescreensprovide"breadcrumbs"orhotlinksthatallowyoutoquickly
navigatebetweenscreens.Thislistingshowsprogressionthroughscreens.
Eachscreenisseparatedbythe>arrow.
Tomovetoanyscreeninthelist,click
ontheunderlinedscreentitle.
Breadcrumbs

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EZTestHelp
Screensensitivehelp...............................................
ToaccesshelpwithinEZTest,clickontheHelpiconintheupper
rightcornerofthescreen.
Thislevelofhelpprovidesyouwithprocedurestocompletethetasksonthat
particularscreen.

Fieldsensitivehelp.................................................
Hotlinksprovideexplanationstohelp
youentercorrectlytheinformation
requiredinthetextbox.
Ifthefieldnameisunderlinedinblue,
clickthehotlinkformoreinformation.

UserGuidehelp....................................................
YoucanaccessthisguidefromanywherewithinEZTestbyclickingonthe
Helpicon,thentheTopicsbutton.

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EZTESTFORWINDOWSANDMACINTOSH

QuickIndex
Heresalistingofdirectionscontainedinthisguide.
Addinstructions,10
Authoranewquestion,16
Changethetitle,10
Controlbar,5
Createmultipleversions,14
Edityourquestions,15
Help,21
Icons,20
Installtheprogram,4
Launchtheprogram,5

Menus,19
Namethetest,7
Organizingandeditingquestions,9
Previewyourtest,11
Printing,13
ResourceCenter,6
Saveyourtest,12,14
Selectquestions,8
Setyourpreferences,7
SystemRequirements,2

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EZTestforWindowsandMacintosh
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