EOCEP FALL/WINTERINSIGHT TECHNICAL TRAINING

South Carolina Regional WorkshopsOctober, 2012

This presentation is available on eDIRECT:

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EOCEP Fall/Winter 2012-13

Introductions2

DRC’s INSIGHT Technical Experts Michelle Gronemeyer Andy Gasser Gene Rees

Session Agenda3

Key Dates Student Workstation

System Requirements Installation Process

Local Caching Service (LCS) System Requirements Installation Process

Software Updates Documentation & Support Questions

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Key Dates for Online TestingEOCEP Fall/Winter 2012-13

Date Event

November 5 Installers & Installation Document available

November 5 Tutorial and Online Tools Training (OTT) available

November 26 Test Setup in eDIRECT available

December 3 - January 29

State Testing Window

February 4 - March 29

Alternative Testing Window for eligible groups

Student Workstation

SC Online Assessments

(Student Interface)

System Readiness Check

SC Online Tutorials Link

= Used by Technology Coordinator

= Used by Student

Web Browser

SC eDIRECT

LCS Manager Page

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System Overview

Supported Configurations6

Student interface software is primary delivery engine for test content to the students

Desktop installed client-server application Supports automatic updates Configurations:

Standard single-user desktops Remote desktops/Terminal Servers (Citrix, Microsoft

Remote Desktop, Ncomputing Vspace)* Virtual machines*

*Oral administration functionality not supported on remote workstations or virtual machines

Bandwidth7

Difficult to determine precisely, but can be estimated Each test is delivered in its entirety at student login to

ensure a smooth and consistent testing experience (most bandwidth is used at this time)

Bandwidth can be estimated by dividing the size of the test by the desired “wait” time

If we assume an average test size of 1MB and an average wait time of 60s, then each student would need .1333Mbit/second (oral administration increases test size by 15-65 MB)

Boost capacity by increasing wait time or staggering logins

Use of an LCS decreases internet bandwidth requirements by approximately 50%

System Requirements for Student Workstations

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Windows Installer 256 MB of RAM or greater Updated graphics drivers

with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater

Mouse and keyboard 100 MB of available hard

disk space or greater(300 MB for Oral Administration)

700 MHz or faster processor

Must have connectivity to the Internet

Supported Operating Systems Microsoft® Windows® XP

with SP 1 or greater Microsoft® Windows

Vista® * Microsoft® Windows® 7 Microsoft® Server 2003 Microsoft® Server 2008

* NOT supported for Oral Administration

System Requirements for Student Workstations

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Macintosh Installer 256 MB of RAM or greater Updated graphics drivers

with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or greater

Mouse and keyboard 10 MB of available hard

disk space or greater(200 MB for Oral Administration)

400 MHz or faster processor (PowerPC not recommended)

Must have connectivity to the Internet

Supported Operating Systems Apple® Mac OS X® 10.5 Apple® Mac OS X® 10.6 Apple® Mac OS X® 10.7

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A separate installer (HVA) is available that includes the Oral Administration feature

This installer should only be used on workstations where oral administration will be used

If a workstation installation needs to be changed from a standard installation to the oral administration installation, the previous version should be uninstalled before installing a different version

Schools are responsible for supplying headsets for this functionality

Requires the use of the LCS Does NOT run on remote or virtual configurations Does NOT run on Windows Vista Requires additional disk space from standard configuration

(refer to slides 8 and 9)

System Requirements – Oral Administration for Student Workstations

Future Plans(post Spring 2013)

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Currently in development Web-based version that will utilize a secure

browser to lockdown the student interface

iPad version that will utilize iOS 6 and Apple’s new “Guided Access” to lock down the student interface for security

Both of these versions will be available after Spring 2013

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Network Connectivity All workstations used for student testing should have

access to the Internet and should be able to access the servers using HTTP/HTTPS protocols on ports 80 and 443

Firewalls at the local workstation and the network level should allow Java connectivity on ports 80 and 443

All the URL’s corresponding to the testing servers should be white listed on content filtering or other proxy software used locallyhttps://sc-insight.drcedirect.comhttp://sc-insight-client.drcedirect.com

Network Requirementsfor Student Workstations and LCS

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Easy process; testing engine and LCS installed in minutes

DTCs will be notified via email when installers are available on eDIRECT Under Test Setup/General Information eDIRECT account with “Online Testing – Secured Resources”

permission is needed to access installation software

Installation

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eDIRECT Testing Software Downloads Installation document will be available

Installation

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Silent/unattended installs for Windows Windows MSI installer is capable of running in

silent mode Custom attributes can be sent to MSI, such as

ENABLE_AUTO_UPDATE=false The software can be installed using tools

such as Microsoft System Center, IBM Tivoli, and Symantec Altars

Automatic updates available

Installation

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Software downloads require administrative rights Similar process for Windows and Macintosh

Mac installation requires a reboot of each computer once download is complete

Windows XP Demonstration

Installation

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Same system requirements with one exception: requires 1 GB of available hard disk space or greater

Runs on a computer within the local network Increases reliability by caching student responses

when Internet connection fails; responses will be automatically transmitted by LCS every 15 minutes

Reduces Internet traffic by caching test content Student workstation must be configured to use

an LCS

Local Caching Service (LCS)

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Installed using an installation wizard; requires administrative rights

Populated with test content using the LCS Manager; test content updates are automatically downloaded

Student workstations must be connected to LCS or Internet otherwise test will terminate

LCS highly recommended whenever possible LCS mandatory for the oral administration

online testing accommodation

Local Caching Service (LCS)

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Local Caching Service (LCS)

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Windows XP LCS Demonstration

Installation LCS

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After installation, the LCS can be loaded with test content using the LCS Manager Updates are automatic Can be used to manually update content

LCS Manager

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Student interface must be configured to use a LCS can be configured during the software installation, and can also be modified through the System Readiness Check application

LCS Client Configuration

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Student Responses sent to LCS if Internet connection dropped

Responses will automatically be transmitted by LCS every 15 minutes

Responses can be manually transmitted

LCS Student Responses

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Student Responses must be transmitted before a test can be continued

LCS Student Responses

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Monitoring Enhancements: Drill down capabilities into stored responses Historical response data activity reporting Automated pinging DRC and reporting of

latency Automated capacity indicator with indicator

if over capacity Automated bandwidth availability collected

and displayed

Future Plans - LCS

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Runs as part of the installation

Can be run afterwards or on-demand for debugging purposes

System Readiness Check

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The student interface is capable of automatically updating itself with the latest published version of the code

There is an Automatic Update property that is set initially on the software installation, and can also be modified through the System Readiness Check application

Software Updates

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If Automatic Updates are enabled, the student interface software will check the version each time the application is started

If an update is necessary, it will download and install automatically

The updates do not require administrative rights

Software Updates

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If Automatic Updates are disabled, the student interface software will not check the version when the application is started

When a student tries to log into a test, they will be notified they are not on the latest version and will not be able to continue

The software will need to be updated manually by getting the latest version from eDIRECT and reinstalling

You can run the System Readiness Check application at any time to see if you have the latest version

Software Updates

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The software previously installed can be updated by the Automatic Update process

To avoid delays at the start of testing, it is recommended that you update the software before testing begins by executing the installer

Software Updates

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Documentation available: Workshop Presentation INSIGHT Technology User Guide (November 5)

South Carolina Project Team For any technical-related online testing questions, Technical

Coordinators may contact DRC directly, given DTC approval Direct Line: 1-800-451-7834 Fax: 1-866-237-9314 E-mail: scproject@datarecognitioncorp.com eDIRECT: https://sc.drcedirect.com

Documentation & Support

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Questions?