Operating the Opscan 6

Before You Score | Operation and Scanning | Reading Reports

Operating the Opscan 6

The examSYSTEM II program can be opened by going to Start > All Programs > OPSCAN Tools > exam SYSTEM II.

Score Only: Score the test and save no data for future use.

Score and Store: Score the test and save the data for future use.

Reports: Run a report using test data you have previously saved.

Data Set Management: Import and export data, merge data, and other more advanced functions.

Detailed instructions for operating the Opscan6 are located next to the machine in Davee Library.

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Scanning the Data

Score Only

On the Home Page, click Score Only. Place header in hopper and choose Start Scan.

* If the program does not run then click on Go back => Settings Config Scan => Dialog Window => Okay => Accept Header => Resume => Key Sheet => Done Stop => Reports => Next.

Scanning Status screen: Start the scanning and monitor the scanning process. Respond to header or key confirmation dialogs. The data set is stored in a temporary area. To generate reports, click Reports immediately. If you click Scan or Home, you will lose the test data.

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Score and Store

On the examSYTEM II Home Page, click Score and Store.

Score and Store screen: Navigate to your department folder and then your folder within that. You can select an existing data set name and append (or replace) the data, or create a new data set in your folder. Click Next when you have done this.

Scanning Status screen: Click on the Start Scan button. Respond to header or key confirmation dialogs if they appear.

When all forms have been scanned, click on the Stop button in the Scanner Error window. Click Next to display the Reports screen.

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Creating Reports

Reports will be printed on the printer near the scanning equipment. You need to put your own paper into the printer tray before you start printing your reports.

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You can access the Reports screen directly from the Score Only or Score and Store operation. Or, click Reports on the Home Page.

The Reports window should appear. You will need to navigate through the menus to find the scan results that you have saved. Make sure that your data set appears in the Data Sets Selected window. You can make it appear in that list by double-clicking on the data name or by highlighting the data set and clicking on the arrow between the two windows. When your data is selected, click Next.

Report Selection screen: Once you have selected your data, you will need to select the type of report to run. Once you have done this, click Next. When asked if you want to process the report, say Yes. The report will appear on the screen. This report cannot be saved, but it can be printed. To print, click on the printer icon.

Click the Back button to return to the Reports screen where you can repeat the process to generate another report from the same data.

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Data Set Management

To perform one of the following operations, click Data Set Management on the Home Page, then click the desired operation on the Data Set Management screen.

Export Test Data: In the left window, highlight the test data sets you want to export and move them to the Data Set Selected (right) window. You can specify a subset of each test data set based on test ID, instructor, grade, and class. Select the desired export file format: InteGrade Pro, fixed record format, comma delimited, or tab delimited. Specify a full path name for the destination file where the export data will be sent. This can be to a floppy, zip or server. Click Export to export the file.

Delete Test Data Sets: Select the test data set that you want to delete. It will appear in the Data Set Name field. Click Delete to delete the data set. When all data sets under a folder are deleted, you can then delete the folder itself.

Other data set management operations are:

Display Header Records

Merge Test Data Set

Import Data

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Logout When Finished

Click on the Home button to get to the Home Page.

Choose Exit from the File menu to quit the ExamSYSTEM II program.

Click on the Logout button on the desktop.

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