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- A. Overview
- 1. To create a single question:
- a) run the program MQxx and (W)rite a file (call it QUES.IN1).
- b) copy PROTOTYP.PAS to QUES.PAS.
- c) Load Turbo, and using F3, load QUES.PAS.
- 1) Change every occurrence of PROTO to QUES
- 2) Compile the program (Alt-F9). If there are PASCAL errors,
- correct them.
- 3) Run the program, and check that it is operating properly as
- a single question.
- 2. Once you have created and tested all the questions on the
- forthcoming test, you should have a set of n .IN1 files with
- different names.
- 3. To create a complete test, run MTxx. This will compile
- PROCTORn.PAS, where n is the number of questions (see part 2
- above). MTxx will take the "include" files you created with
- MQxx and actually create the Q1OVR.PAS, Q2OVR.PAS, etc.
- 4. Using a clean disk in the A: drive,
- a) copy PROCTORn.EXE and PROCTORn.OVR to the A: drive,
- b) and run INITGRAD to initialize each GRADE.BK$ file (one per
- student disk) with a password.
- B. To look at the results of examinations.
- 1. As the student works, his(her) responses are stored in a
- disk file called Q1.$$$ for question Q1, (Qn.$$$ for
- question 'n'). At the end of the examination, each of these
- files is hidden in a uuencoded form. Their name, after
- uuencoding, is Qn.UUE (or Qn.UUF, Qn.UUG, etc. depending on
- how many times the student tried the question). Use UUDECODE
- (or UUDEC) to decode these files back into a useable form.
- The intention of these files is to show you how the student
- did the examination. If you are debugging the question, this
- file presents a record of what student answers looked like.
- Also, if the student commented on the question, that
- comment(s) is contained in this file. If you are going to
- expand the repertoire of error responses for this question
- (for subsequent use), you may wish to ask the student why
- (s)he entered each incorrect response, i.e., what was the
- reasoning process. This will allow you to provide
- appropriate error responses the next time this question is
- used.
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- 2. As the student works, his(her) gradebook is maintained in a
- temporary file, which, at the end of the examination, is
- uuencoded to replace the original GRADE.BK$ which you stored
- on this student's disk. As above, use UUDECODE (or UUDEC) to
- decode GRADE.BK$. Uudecoding it will create a file called
- GRADEB.OOK, and this file can be typed, printed, etc.. It
- tells you if the student got the questions right (or quit),
- and how long the student spent on each task. This file is a
- true grade book file, which may be manipulated into a class
- register, etc..