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See the following documents for a discussion and explanation of a required orientation test named Test00.
Test00 is an open-book, open-computer, online Blackboard test that is based on the material pointed to by the orientation link listed above. You may take the test as many times as you need from any computer that allows you to log into your Blackboard course. (Test00 is not to be taken in an ACC testing center.)
While the submission deadline for Test00 is the same as the submission deadline for Test03 at the end of the semester, you will need to achieve a score of at least 80 on Test00 as early in the semester as possible to gain access to the assignments.
The following instructions do not apply to Test00. Briefly, Test00 covers the conduct of the course while Test01, Test02, and Test03, (discussed below), cover the content of the course.
You must complete three proctored competency tests -- one for each of the three competencies -- by selecting Test01, Test02, and Test03 in the left-side menu in Blackboard.
(See detailed instructions below for taking the test in an ACC Testing Center using the Respondus Lockdown Browser.)
Each test will disappear from Blackboard when the scheduled submission deadline expires.
You may take each test up to two times before it expires. Your highest score among the two scores for each test will be used to compute your final grade.
Test questions are generally of a multiple-choice and True/False variety. They are drawn from various sections of my online EBook titled ITSE 2321 - Object-Oriented Programming (Java) and my other online EBooks as shown below.
Some students do well on the tests. Many students do poorly on the tests. Therefore, you are encouraged to carefully study the material in the appropriate list given above prior to taking each test. If you do poorly on a test, you should study some more and take the test again for your second and final attempt.
Pay particular attention to the questions, answers, and explanations scattered throughout the documents in the above lists. Many (but not all) of the test questions are taken from the questions in those documents. If you understand the correct answers to those questions and can reflect that knowledge under test conditions, you should do well on the tests. If you don't understand those answers, you will simply be guessing and may do poorly on the tests.
Different students will be taking the proctored tests at different times during the semester and each student is allowed to take each test up to two times. Therefore, in order to maintain the integrity of the tests, I cannot review your answers with you after you take a test.
However, you will be able to see which questions you answered incorrectly when you review the results.
If you do poorly on a test, you should simply go back and review the questions, answers, and explanations scattered throughout the documents in the above lists to determine which questions you are unable to answer correctly.
Distance Learning (DIL) students are required to take their proctored tests in an ACC Academic Testing Center (except for remote proctoring as described below). They are not allowed to take their tests in a Computer Studies and Advanced Technology computer lab on the second floor of Building 4000 on the Northridge campus.
If you are required to take your tests in an ACC Academic Testing Center, it is your responsibility to make all necessary arrangements with the testing center to complete the tests, including accessibility, hours of operation, etc. It is also your responsibility to comply with the Testing Center Guidelines. (In the event that you find the above link broken, you can search for and access testing center requirements from the main ACC web site.)
Click here to view a set of instructions compiled by Dr. R.L.Martinez, who has been using this mode of testing with his Distance Learning students for several semesters.
If you are not located in or near Austin, TX, you will need to make arrangements for remote proctoring. See the Distance Testing page at http://dl.austincc.edu/students/DistanceTesting.php In the event that the link is broken, search the main ACC website for Distance Testing and notify your instructor of the situation.
Prof. Baldwin has no way of knowing where Distance Learning students are physically located. If this requirement applies to you, it is your responsibility to make the necessary arrangements without input or assistance from Prof. Baldwin. However, you will need to notify Prof. Baldwin that you are making such arrangements so that he can provide the necessary passwords to appropriate personnel.
Students who are not enrolled in a Distance Learning (DIL) section of the course must take their tests in a Computer Studies and Advanced Technology computer lab on the second floor of Building 4000 on the Northridge campus. They are not allowed to take their tests in an ACC Academic Testing Center.
Those students simply need to notify Prof. Baldwin of the desire to take the test during the first ten minutes of any regularly scheduled class or lab period for the course. Prof. Baldwin will supply the password and supervise the taking of the test during those periods.
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