Continue or end a session

All students who are able have finished selecting their answers and you are ready to complete the test session and send answers to scoring.

a.    Click Done. A confirmation box appears.

b.    Click OK to close and send tests to Riverside Scoring Service™ for scoring. Directions for continuing or ending testing appear in your Directions for Administration area. A Thank You page appears in the student view.

c.    Continue to step 3 below.

You need to return to a previous question before completing the test session

Click Back to move to a previous question.

Continue to the next test in a series

a.    Click the session tab.

b.    Click Continue Testing All in the Approved Students area of the session tab. A confirmation box appears.

c.    Click OK to create a new test session. DataManager automatically creates the next test session in the series, and the session tab (bearing the name of the session) and the Proctor Led tab appear. The Welcome page appears in the student view.

Note: DataManager displays session information for up to five linked test sessions. Any test settings, including CogAT upper-level audio languages, are carried over to subsequent linked sessions.

d.    (Optional) Allow students a few minutes of rest. If students are allowed to leave their computers during the break, make sure they return to the same computers.

e.    Click the Proctor Led tab to administer the next test in the series.

End testing for this period

a.    Click the session tab.

b.    Click End Testing All in the Approved Students area to close the test. A confirmation box appears.

c.    Click OK to close the test. The Sign In page appears in the student view.

d.    Sign out of DataManager.

A student finishes the test before time expires

a.    Remind students to click Finished to end the test. A confirmation box appears. Students must do one of the following:

○      Click OK to close the test. The Thank You page appears in the student view and the student's status in the Approved Students area of the session tab changes to Completed.

Important: Students cannot return to the test after they click OK. Students must click Cancel if they are not finished answering the questions and need to return to the test.

○      Click Cancel to return to the test.

b.    Remind students to click End to close the test. Tests are sent to Riverside Scoring Service™ for scoring and the Draw Here page, if enabled, appears in the student view.

Note: Students can remain on the Draw Here page for up to 40 minutes. If you do not continue or end the testing session within 40 minutes, then the student automatically returns to the Sign In page.

Time expires

Students receive a confirmation box informing them that time has expired.

a.    Instruct students to click OK. The Thank You page appears in the student view and the student's status in the Approved Students area of the session tab changes to Completed.

b.    Remind students to click End to close the test. Tests are sent to Riverside Scoring Service™ for scoring and the Draw Here page, if enabled, appears in the student view.

Note: Students can remain on the Draw Here page for up to 40 minutes. If you do not continue or end the testing session within 40 minutes, then the student automatically returns to the sign in page.

Give students a break before continuing to the next test in a series

a.    Allow students a few minutes of rest. If students are allowed to leave their computers during the break, make sure they return to the same computers.

b.    Ask students to raise their hands if they returned to the Sign In page. If a student automatically returned to the Sign In page, then that student can sign back in using the same session code.

c.    Click Continue Testing All in the Approved Students area of the session tab. A confirmation box appears.

d.    Click OK to create the next session. DataManager automatically creates the next test session in the series, and the session tab (bearing the name of the session) opens.  

Note: DataManager displays session information for up to five linked test sessions. Any test settings, including CogAT upper-level audio languages, are carried over to subsequent linked sessions.

The Welcome page opens in the student view, and students can begin testing.

End testing for this period

a.    Click End Testing All in the Approved Students area to close the test. A confirmation box appears.

b.    Click OK to close the test. The Sign In page appears in the student view.

c.    Sign out of DataManager.

A student finishes the test before time expires

a.    Remind students to click Finished to end the test. A confirmation box appears. Students must do one of the following:

○      Click OK to close the test. The Thank You page appears in the student view and the student's status in the Approved Students area of the session tab changes to Completed.

Note: Students cannot return to the test after they click OK. Students must click Cancel if they are not finished answering the questions and need to return to the test.

○      Click Cancel to return to the test.

b.    Remind students to click End to close the test. Tests are sent to Riverside Scoring Service™ for scoring and, if enabled, the Draw Here page appears in the student view.

Time expires

Students receive a confirmation box informing them that time has expired.

a.    Instruct students to click OK. The Thank You page appears in the student view and the student's status in the Approved Students area of the session tab changes to Completed.

b.    Remind students to click End to close the test. Tests are sent to Riverside Scoring Service for scoring and, if enabled, the Draw Here page appears in the student view.

You clicked Skip to End and are on the Directions for Administration page

Continue to step 4

You clicked Next to advance through the questions and are at the Review page

Click Finished. A confirmation box appears. Do one of the following:

●      Click OK to close the test. The directions for continuing or ending testing appear in the Directions for Administration area. Continue to step 4.

●      Click Cancel to return to the test.

If you received a confirmation box informing you that time has expired

●      Click OK. The directions for continuing or ending testing appear in the Directions for Administration area.

●      Continue to step 4.

Continue to the next test in a series

a.    Click the session tab.

b.    Click Continue Testing All in the Approved Students area of the session tab. A confirmation box appears. Do one of the following:

○      Click OK to create a new test session. DataManager automatically creates the next test session in the series, and the new session tab appears. In the student view, the Welcome page appears, and students can begin testing.

Note: DataManager displays session information for up to five linked test sessions. Any test settings, including CogAT upper-level audio languages, are carried over to subsequent linked sessions. Continue to step 3.

○      Click Cancel to return to the session tab without creating a new test session.

c.    (Optional) Allow students a few minutes of rest. If students are allowed to leave their computers during the break, make sure they return to the same computers.

d.    Click the Proctor Led tab to administer the test.

End testing for this period

a.    Click the session tab.

b.    Click End Testing All in the Approved Students area to close the test. A confirmation box appears.

c.    Click OK to close the test. The Sign In page appears in the student view.

d.    Sign out of DataManager.