Web Based Computer Skill Check Tests Instructions 1. Login to ANGEL (http://cms.psu.edu) using your PSU access account and password. 2. In your profile (initial page in ANGEL) select the course, e.g., Chem 110: Sections xx-yy. 3. On the Lessons Tab you will find a link to each of the Skill Check Tests. Select the link for the test you want to take. Then select EXAM (at the bottom of the page) to take the exam. You will leave ANGEL when you do this (be sure to select OK) and enter the testing system. 4. NOTE: whenever you select EXAM, this will count as a “request” for a test, regardless of whether you complete it or not. You are allowed only 8 requests per 24 hour period per test. 5. Each time you request a test a different set of questions will be generated. Select your answers with the mouse from the choices given or enter an answer using the correct number of significant figures. Be sure to read and follow directions. 6. If you need a periodic table, select the link given after: Check the periodic table: a separate window with a periodic table will be given so you can toggle between screens. The magnified version of the table (that is slightly larger than the page) is clearer than the initial version that appears. NOTE: DO NOT use the FORWARD or BACK keys on the browser, rather use the PREVIOUS or NEXT buttons given at the bottom of each question. Using PREVIOUS or NEXT allows you to go back and forth through the test to check or change your answers. If you use the BACK or FORWARD keys, your previous answers may be erased. Other strange things might happen… Sometimes the PREVIOUS and NEXT do not appear at the bottom, or you might be returned to the beginning of the test or to the test selection menu. 7. After answering the questions and you are comfortable with your answers, submit the test by selecting this option after the last question on the test. Once you have done this, your score will be recorded and sent to University Testing Services (UTS). You can no longer make changes or re-take that particular test. (However you can take another test in the same category if you like, which will generate another test with new questions.) 8. Once you have submitted the test, you will be given your overall score and feedback on the questions. 9. To take another test, select that option at the TOP of the feedback page. If all goes well, you will be returned to the ANGEL login page. Follow the procedure from step one to take another test. If you have problems, PLEASE review the information in this handout to see if the problems (and solution) is explained. Please report any OTHER problems (NOT mentioned in the packet) that you encounter to Dr. Lori Van Der Sluys ([email protected]). Other information you need to know about the tests is on the next few pages. • Skill Check Tests: Grading and Strategy • Skill Check Tests: Deadlines • Reviewing Skill Check Tests Scores • What is the difference between a REQUEST and a SUMBISSION? • Common Error Messages and Problems (and what to do about them!) Skill Check Test Grading and Strategy Grading: • To pass a Skill Check Test you must get all items correct. • You will have as many attempts as you need to pass, however there is a strict limit of 8 requests per 24-hour period. • It is possible to earn extra credit when you complete (get 100%) a Skill Check Test before the Bonus deadlines given below. • Your Skill Check Test (SCT) grade for the course will be determined using the following formula where #SCT = number of Skill Check Tests where you earned 100% and BON is the number of Skill Check Tests where you earned 100% by the Bonus deadline. Skill Check Test Score = # SCT + #BON* 0.20 = total course points earned. The maximum number of course points that can be earned (by getting 100% on all 10 by the bonus deadline) is 12. Please note: there are no make-ups associated with these quizzes; you must earn 100% by the final deadline to get credit. The tests will not be available after the final deadline. You will get credit for as many as you pass. You do not need to pass all 10 to get credit for the remaining tests. Suggested Strategy 1. Take a test once or twice. 2. If you are not able to pass in two tries, go to the textbook and study the material related to that Skill Check Test. (See the table below for sections in your text where this information can be found.) 3. After studying the material, try the test again. If you are still not able to pass, print out a copy of the test with your (incorrect) answers and GET HELP! 4. When you think you understand, try the test again. Even though you are allowed as many attempts as needed we do not want you to take these tests dozens of times. If you know the material, you should be able to get 100% in one or two attempts. However, if you do not know the material, you will not learn it by doing the tests repeatedly and we tried to design the test so that you will not get 100% by guessing. Please get help in the Resource Room before you spend a lot of time taking these tests. The table on the next page lets you know where in the book you can go to get help in your text book if you do not know how to do these problems. Practicing the Skill Check Tests The Skill Check Tests can be used any time to provide practice in the Basic Skill areas that will be covered on the Chem 110 tests. Even after you have received 100% on a test you may continue to take the test for more practice and you will not jeopardize your grade, even if you score lower on a subsequent test.Skill Check Tests: Deadlines Each Skill Check Test must be completed by midnight on the night of Monday, April 26, to receive credit. You must score 100% on a SCT to earn credit for that test. When taking the computer Skill Check Tests, a periodic table may be used for all tests and a calculator may be used for Skill Check 7 and 9 (Molecular formulas and Concentration - Dilution). The relevant material in your textbook for a given skill area is indicated in the table below. Skill Check Test Early deadline for bonus BLB Material Covered 1. Basic Math (no calculator) Th Jan. 14 Algebra 2. Metric Measurement (Standard International (SI) Units, metric system, and metric conversions) (no calculator) Th Jan. 14 Section 1.4 3. Atomic/Electronic Structure (Electron Configurations) Th Jan. 28 Section 6.8-6.9 (atoms) Section 7.4 (ions) 4. Using the Periodic Table Th Jan. 28
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