How to Assign a Harcourt Test

Notes:

• These tests are created by the vender; you do not have to create questions
• The questions on this test are GPS correlated
• Your task here is to select GPS standards for which you want questions on the test

Before you start:

Before you can create a test with the Harcourt Online Assessment, you must do the following (most of which will occur during your training with me)

• Register with Harcourt
• Be assigned access to the Online Assessment by your administrator (your ITS – me)
• Create your class
• Add students into the system and assign them to your class

Steps to follow to create and assign a Harcourt generated test

• Log into the Harcourt system at http://www.eharcourtschool.com
• After you log in you should see the large white Online Assessment icon (if not some of the steps above have not been completed)
• Click the Online Assessment link just below the abovementioned icon (another webpage will open up)
• Hover over the Assignments tab at the top of the page and then click the Make Assignments choice from the dropdown menu that appears
• Give the test a name
• Move students from left panel to right panel by selecting them and clicking the Add button
• In the bottom box, Available Tests, click the yellow triangle next to the unit for which you wish to create a test
• Select the chapter or unit for which you are creating a test by putting a check mark next to it
• Click the Continue button
• Click the Save Assignment button
• You will be asked if you are sure; click ok
• Find the Exit to Harcourt link at the top of the page and click it
• You will be back at the eproducts page; click logout

Notice:

• Notice you did not get to choose the number of questions, nor the type of question, nor the questions themselves
• The unit tests I checked had 36 questions; chapter test had 28

Students - What students do to see and take these tests:

• When your students log into the system they should click on the Online Assessment link, then click on My To-Do list link
• They will see links to the tests you have assigned; they should click on the test you want them to take
• Most of the questions were multiple choice and these were checked and the student gets feed back as to how many he answered correctly and incorrectly; Other types of questions, such as short answer or true false are not graded by the system
• The students do get immediate feedback after the test is completed. The student can also click the questions, after the test has been completed, and see the answer he gave as well as the correct answer