2014 EOCT Online Test
Site Readiness Guide and
Software Installation Instructions
The purpose of this process is to certify that the testing sites are set up and ready for testing according to CTB site readiness guidelines. It is incumbent upon the School Technology Coordinators to ensure that workstation and network requirements have been met and that confirmation of such be sent to CTB and the Test Coordinators prior to any students taking practice tests. These critical activities must be completed in order to prevent delays in testing in your system/ schools.
Each School Technology Coordinator must certify that his/her site is prepared for testing prior to the start of practice tests but no later than one week prior to the start of EOCT Online Test at your school.
After completing the tasks below, each School Technology Coordinator should complete the form provided at the end of this document and email it to: [email protected]
1) Confirm minimum requirements
Review the minimum requirements document located on the www.ctb.com/gaeoct website: .
2) Uninstall previous versions
The TDC version for EOCT Mid-Month test is Ver 15.0. Any old versions of the online testing system should be removed from student workstations:
• On PC, use Uninstall Online Assessment which is located in the Start>Programs> CTB>Online Assessment menu. Alternatively, you can use the Add/Remove Software feature in your Windows Control Panel.
• On Mac, use the Uninstall Online Assessment.app found in the Applications/Online Assessment/Uninstall Online Assessment folder.
• On Linux, use the Uninstall Online Assessment.bin found in the
[installation folder]/Online Assessment/Uninstall Online Assessment folder. 3) Install software
Before you can install the new Online Assessment Software, there are other software applications (helper applications) that must reside on the workstation. These are known as “software prerequisites” because they are required for the testing software to run correctly, and they must be in place before the
assessment software can be installed. Software prerequisites vary based on the operating system. Note: The following steps must be completed on each workstation. If you use a computer imaging package, be sure you complete all steps and then copy the image to your other workstations. Content CTB Technical Support if you have compatibility issues with 3rd party software and the CTB software.
Step
PC
MAC
Linux
Check
Java
version
(Ver 7
U55)
Go to the Java website
and download the current
JRE update for free.
http://www.java.com/en/
Open Software Update on the
Mac workstation to update the
JRE.
Use your distribution’s package
manager or software update
tools (e.g., apt/yum/zypper)
Install
Additional
Software
Go to the Adobe website
and download Adobe AIR
for free. (Ver 4.0)
http://www.adobe.com/go/
getair
Go to the Adobe website and
download the Adobe Flash for
free. (Ver 13.0)
http://www.adobe.com/product
s/flashplayer/
Go to the Adobe website and
download the latest Adobe AIR
for free. (Ver 4.0)
http://www.adobe.com/go/getair
Install
Online
Assessme
nt
software
https://oas.ctb.com/downlo
adfiles/InstallOAS.exe
• When the standard
File Download
dialog opens,
choose to Save the
file to the
workstation
desktop.
• Upon completion of
download, the
InstallOnlineAsmt.e
xe icon will be on
the desktop.
• Click (or
double-click) the
InstallOnlineAsmt.e
xe icon on the
desktop to launch
the Installation
Wizard and begin
installation.
https://oas.ctb.com/downloadfil
es/InstallOAS.zip
• When the standard
File Download dialog
opens, choose to Save
the file to the
workstation desktop.
Upon completion of
download, the
InstallOnlineAsmt.zip
icon will be on the
desktop.
• Click the
InstallOnlineAsmt.zip
icon to unzip the
installer. If you are
asked to confirm the
download, click
Download. The
InstallOnlineAsmt.app
icon replaces the zip
file icon. Click the icon
to launch the
Installation Wizard and
begin installation.
• Click the lock in the
lower left corner of the
security dialog and
enter your system
administrator
credentials.
https://oas.ctb.com/downloadfile
s/InstallOAS.bin
• When the standard File
Download dialog opens,
choose to Save the
InstallOnlineAsmt.bin file
to your preferred
location.
• Navigate to the location
in which you saved the
file and launch the
InstallOnlineAsmt.bin to
launch the Installation
Wizard and begin
installing.
Note: The installation software immediately checks the system of the workstation on which you
are about to install to be sure the system-recommended requirements are met. If system
requirements are not met, the installer shows a list of the missing requirements and software.
You will not be able to install the Online Assessment Software until the system requirements
are met and prerequisite software has been installed.
Step
PC
MAC
Linux
Installation Wizard
We recommend that you accept the suggested location for each of the files if possible:
1. Click Next in the Introduction dialog.
2. Click Next in the Destination Folder dialog to accept the default location (or if necessary,
choose your preferred installation location, and then click Next).
3. Click Install at the fourth prompt.
4. Click Done to close the installer.
Note: In rare instances an “unknown software exception” system error message may
appear. If this happens, click OK and ignore this message.
Upon completion of
installation, you will see
the Online Assessment
icon on the desktop.
Upon completion of
installation, you will see the
Online Assessment icon on
the desktop.
Upon completion of installation,
you will see a Linux-provided
Online Assessment icon on the
desktop.
Locate
Proxy
Properties
Find the “proxy.properties”
file in the C:\Program
Files\CTB\Online
Assessment\etc folder.
Find the “proxy.properties” file
in the Macintosh
HD\Applications\Online
Assessment\etc folder.
Find the “proxy.properties” file in
the [installation location]/Online
Assessment/etc folder.
Edit Proxy
Settings
If the computer has a proxy that does not require authentication:
Edit the file and place the corresponding proxy details next to the following items within the file:
proxy.host=
proxy.port=
If the computer has a proxy that requires authentication:
Edit the file and place the corresponding proxy details next to the following items within the file:
proxy.host=
proxy.port=
proxy.username=
proxy.password=
Linux Note: If any proxy is configured, add 127.0.0.1 on the “ignored hosts” settings. Make sure
the setting persists for all users across restarts.
Be sure that all desktop applications are closed before trying to run the Online Assessment software. The lockdown browser will check that all programs are closed before the Online Assessment program can start up.
Click the Online Assessment icon on your desktop. After a few seconds, the Online Assessment login page appears.
4) Run the Network Utility:
Run the connectivity check on a few (or all) workstations to verify that your network can communicate with the CTB servers.
Launch the Network Utility from the folder you specified at installation, or from the CTB >Online Assessment menu. The Network Connectivity Test tab is the default on startup.
Run the following tests:
• Network Connectivity Test • Bandwidth Simulation
Save the results files for the Network Connectivity and the Bandwidth Simulation.
Refer to the Network Utility User Guide for additional information on available features and instructions for using the utility
5) Install the GA EOCT Mid-Month Online Test content
Installation of the test content on the student workstations is highly recommended to minimize the use of network capacity during those peak use times instead of downloading the content when the students start testing (the average content package is 7 MB).
In early May, prior to the state testing window start, CTB distributes by email user accounts to all system Test Coordinators and Technology Coordinators based on the information provided during the registration for online testing.
Once you receive the operational account information log into the https://oas.ctb.com and navigate to Download Test page under Services > Workstation Setup > Download Test..
The content must be downloaded once on a workstation and then copied on all remaining ones. The software installation described in the steps above must be completed before the content installation. The encrypted content then resides on the workstation to be used until the software is uninstalled. Following are the steps to download tests and cache them on the workstation.
1. Log in to OAS < https://oas.ctb.com > and select Download Test on the Services navigation panel. 2. Select test. A standard File Download dialog asks whether to Open or Save the .zip file containing the
content. 3. Click Save.
4. Select a location to save the file temporarily, such as your Desktop.
5. When the download is complete, open the .zip file and Extract or Copy the contents into the "objectbank" folder on the workstation.
The default location of the "objectbank" folder is:
PC: C:\Program Files\CTB\Online Assessment\data\objectbank Or C:\Program Files (x86)\CTB\Online Assessment\data\objectbank Mac: /Applications/Online Assessment/data/objectbank
Linux: /usr/local/Online Assessment/data/objectbank
If you changed the default software location during installation, the object bank path still will be ...\Online Assessment\data\objectbank
Copy the content to all testing workstations
Once you have downloaded test content to a single workstation, you can use a shortcut to place the encrypted content on the other student workstations.
Although you can download or copy the content .zip file to any workstation without first installing the testing software, you cannot pre-position the content for use until you have installed the testing software on the workstation.
a. Navigate to the folder to which you downloaded the test on the first workstation.
b. Copy the entire contents of the folder to a network location, jump drive, CD-ROM or other storage media.
c. Copy the contents of the object bank from the storage media to each new workstation into the objectbank folder (see “objectbank” folder locations above), using the exact same file
structure as the original.
6) Verify Installation
6.1 Add a demo student (John Doe) with Read Aloud Accommodation:
a. Log on to <https://oas.ctb.com> You will need the user name and password emailed to you. b. In the left hand menu on the Home page click Add Student.
c. Enter the required information (noted by blue asterisk) in the Student Information box. It’s easier if you just use John Doe as the student and any birth date. Select a grade and then select the gender. You do not need to expand the Additional Student Information box. d. Click your school name located in the right side of the Student Information Box. Use the
Group Selector to drill down to the school level by clicking the organization first. Click the box next to a class.
f. Click SAVE at bottom of the screen.
6.2 Schedule the demo student (John Doe) into a Test Session:
a. On the Assessments tab click Manage Sessions. The Manage Sessions page opens. b. In the Group Selector, navigate to the school for which you want to schedule the test session,
and select the school. The Session List for that school displays existing sessions. c. Click Schedule Session.
d. A Schedule Session window opens in which you begin by selecting the test to
schedule.
e. Select the Test Group from the pull-down list, if both practice and operational tests are listed. f. Leave the test Level/Grade from the pull-down list as Show All to display all available test
levels/grades in the Test table. g. Click the appropriate test to select it.
h. Click the arrow beside Test Details to expand this pane and schedule the date and
time for the test session.
i. The Test Details pane is where you will choose scheduling options.
Be sure to set a long enough test window and time window to complete your site
readiness testing.
j. Below the Select Test and Test Details sections is the Add Students section.
k.Click Add Student. This opens the Group Selector, so you can select the layer of the
l. Click the name of your school or system. Select a class, then select the John Doe student you added. Scroll down and click OK.
m. At the bottom of the screen, click Save.
Printing Test Tickets
As soon as you have completed the test session options and assigned the students to the test
session, you can print test tickets.
A. Click the Summary Test Ticket link. Choose Open in the file download box.
B. Print the test ticket or write down the student login, password and test access code. Close the PDF window.
C. Click Finish. D. Log off.
6.3 Take a practice test as the demo student (John Doe) with Read Aloud accommodation:
Make sure that you take this test from an actual student workstation that has had the software and test content installed. In addition, make sure all other software/windows are closed prior to clicking on the software icon.
A. Double click the “Online Assessment” Icon on the desktop B. Log in with information from the Summary Test Ticket.
C. Click through a few test items, clicking the directions, question, and answers to ensure Read Aloud software is functioning.
D. Click Stop Test, and Yes, I Have Finished.
7 Complete the Site Certification Form
A. See the next session of this document: “Site Certification Form” B. Verify that all steps are complete
C. Email completed “Site Certification Form” and Network Utility Tests log to [email protected], and send a copy to your System Test Coordinator.