User's Manual Part 1

Starting Acceltest

Starting

AccelTest

Score

Before you can score any scan cards in AccelTest, you must install and connect the AccelScan

scanner. See the AccelTest and Renaissance Classroom Response System Installation Guide.

You must create an assignment or create a score key for an existing assignment.

To create an assignment, see “Creating Questions for a New Assignment” on page 64.

To create a score key, see “Creating New Score Key for Existing Assignment” on page 66.

The Score button in the Getting Started

screen permits students to use of the

AccelScan card reader to score the

assignments. See “Student Instructions for

Using AccelScan” on page 19. Teachers

can score the scan cards. See “Teacher

Instructions for Scoring Student

Assignments” on page 30. In both cases,

AccelTest records student grades.

Preparing AccelTest for Students to Score Scan Cards

To prepare AccelTest for student scoring of their scan cards, simply click [Score] in the Getting

Started screen. (Do not start scoring from the Gradebook to prevent unauthorized access to

AccelTest.)

Instructions that you can copy for students to use for scoring are found in“Student Instructions

for Using AccelScan” on page 19.

Note: Once you click on [Score], the application locks, and the students will not be able to

access any other part of the program.

Password to Unlock AccelTest

To return to AccelTest from student scoring, you must enter

the AccelTest password in the “Enter your password to unlock

AccelTest” box in the Unlock AccelTest screen. Then click

[OK]. Your default password is admin.To change the password, use the Password Preference;

see page 52.

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