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                               Teacher's Assistant (TM)

















                                                                George Toft
                                                          Makakilo, Hawaii 


















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          GBT Publishing
          92-902 Welo Street, #94
          Makakilo, Hawaii 96707



          Copyright (C) 1989 - 1993 George R. Toft.
          All rights reserved.  Except for Shareware distribution, no part
          of the contents of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted
          in any form by any means without the written permission of the
          publisher.



          Printed in the United States of America.



          Every effort has been made to supply complete and accurate
          information.  However, neither the author, nor the publisher
          assumes responsibility for its use, nor for any losses arising
          therein.




          The following trademarks are used in this manual.  No
          infringement is intended, and no endorsement of this product is
          implied, or to be inferred by their appearance herein:

               IBM is a registered trademark, and PC, XT, AT, PS/2 are
               trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.

               TEA is a trademark of GBT Publishing as it applies to its
               Teacher's Assistant computer program.

               Teacher's Assistant is a trademark of GBT Publishing.




          The rights to this program and manual are available.  Kindly
          contact the publisher at the above address, Attention:
          Acquisitions.







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          No-Nonsense License

          GBT Publishing (The Publisher) licenses the enclosed program and
          manual as provided below.

          Shareware distribution gives you a chance to try software before
          buying it.  If you try a Shareware program and continue using it,
          you are expected to register.  Individual programs differ on
          details -- some request registration while others require it,
          some specify a maximum trial period.  When you register The
          Teacher's Assistant, you get more than the simple right to
          continue using the software, you will receive: one year of
          product support; a free program update for any serious error you
          find and report; and notification of product updates and
          discounted upgrades.

          Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software,
          and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific
          exceptions as stated below.  Shareware authors are accomplished
          programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are
          of comparable quality.  (In both cases, there are good programs
          and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of
          distribution.  The author specifically grants the right to copy
          and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a
          specific group.  For example, some authors require written
          permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their
          Shareware.

          Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.  You
          should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
          whether it's commercial or Shareware.  The Shareware system makes
          fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. 
          And because the overhead is low, prices are low also.  Shareware
          has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
          product, you don't pay for it.


          DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT

          Users of Teacher's Assistant must accept this disclaimer of
          warranty: "The Teacher's Assistant is supplied as is.  The author
          disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including,
          without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of
          fitness for any purpose.  The author assumes no liability for
          damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use
          of Teacher's Assistant."

          Teacher's Assistant is a "shareware program" and is provided at
          no charge to the user for evaluation.  Feel free to share it with
          your friends and collegues, but please do not give it away
          altered or as part of another system.  The essence of


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          "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users
          with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide
          incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. 
          If you find this program useful and find that you are using
          Teacher's Assistant and continue to use Teacher's Assistant after
          a reasonable trial period, you must make a registration payment
          of $20.00 to GBT Publishing.  The $20.00 registration fee will
          license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. 
          You must treat this software just like a book.  For example, this
          software may be used by any number of people and may be freely
          moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is
          no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being
          used at another.  Just as a book cannot be read by two different
          persons in two different locations at the same time.

          Commercial users of Teacher's Assistant must register and pay for
          their copies of Teacher's Assistant within 30 days of first use
          or their license is withdrawn.  Site-License arrangements may be
          made by contacting GBT Publishing.

          Anyone distributing Teacher's Assistant for any kind of
          remuneration must first contact GBT Publishing at the address
          above for authorization.  This authorization will be
          automatically granted to distributors recognized by the (ASP) as
          adhering to its guidelines for shareware distributors, and such
          distributors may begin offering Teacher's Assistant immediately
          (however, GBT Publishing must still be advised so that the
          distributor can be kept up-to-date with the latest version of
          Teacher's Assistant).  You are encouraged to pass a copy of
          Teacher's Assistant along to your friends for evaluation.  Please
          encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can
          use it.  All registered users will receive a copy of the latest
          version of the Teacher's Assistant system.

          YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND
          AGREE TO BE BOUND BY IT.  YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT, UNLESS
          OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY AGREED TO IN WRITING, IT IS THE COMPLETE AND
          EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US WHICH SUPERSEDES ANY DEMONSTRA-
          TION, ADVERTISEMENT, AGREEMENT, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER
          COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US OR BETWEEN YOU AND THE PUBLISHER
          REPRESENTATIVE RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT.












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          Ordering Information

          The Teacher's Assistant is available in three forms.  The first
          form is a set of TEA evaluation diskettes and limited license for
          $10.00.  These diskettes do not include registration, nor a
          printed manual.  The fee merely covers diskette duplication,
          postage and handling.  This package does come with a short-term
          EVALUATION LICENSE, and a manual on diskette.  This $10.00
          licensing fee will be credited toward the regular licensing fee
          or shareware registration when you include a copy of your receipt
          from GBT Publishing.

          The second form is Regular (or Commercial) Licensing, for $39.95
          (plus shipping and handling).  These diskettes include the
          commercial version of TEA, support files, and three ring bound
          documentation.  The program includes a perpetual REGULAR LICENSE.

          The third form is shareware licensing.  Users registering the
          shareware version of this program are entitled to register it for
          $20.00 (plus shipping and handling).

          Purchasing a regular license for the Teacher's Assistant entitles
          you to these benefits:
               - A printed, illustrated manual;
               - A one-time customization of TEA;
               - One year of product support;
               - A free program update for any serious error you find and
                    report; and
               - Notification of product updates and discounted upgrades.

          Registering your shareware copy of the Teacher's Assistant
          entitles you to these benefits:
               - One year of product support;
               - A free program update for any serious error you find and
                    report; and
               - Notification of product updates and discounted upgrades.

          Please use the enclosed order form (Appendix E) when placing an
          order.  Use additional copies of the order form if necessary.

          CompuServe Users:  You may register your copy of Teacher's
          Assistant on-line.  Simply GO SWREG at any ! prompt, then select
          option 1, "Instructions to Register Shareware."  This program's
          registration number is 1031.

          ORDERS OUTSIDE THE United States:  When ordering from outside of
          the United States, send a check or money order drawn on a U.S.
          bank in U.S. dollars (NO COD'S PLEASE).  We can accept non-US
          currency, however, you must include an additional 25% to cover
          conversion and collection costs.  Insufficient remittance will be
          returned without being processed.  Please include an additional


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          $5.00 for each item ordered to cover postage on orders delivered
          outside the U.S.



















































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                     Corporate, Government and Quantity Purchases
                                   April 1st, 1993

          Quantity discounts and licensing agreements are available to
          organizations and government entities that wish to use TEA on
          multiple computers.

          Purchases of less than 100 copies are considered quantity
          purchases and include the discounts listed below.  Purchases of
          over 100 copies may be handled as quantity purchases or through
          licensing agreements.

          Licensing agreements are implemented as contracts allowing
          internal duplication and distribution of a specific number of
          copies.  Technical support is provided to a contact in the
          licensed organization, who then provides internal support.

          Purchase orders are only accepted in amounts over $100.00 from
          approved organizations.  All other orders must be prepaid.

          For additional information or for details regarding unlimited
          licenses, please contact GBT Publishing at the address in the
          front of this manual.

                                                            
                                DISCOUNT SCHEDULE           
                                                            
                        SUB TOTAL               DISCOUNT    
                                                            
                        $10    -   500              none    
                        $501   - 1,250               10%    
                        $1,251 - 2,500               15%    
                        $2,501 - 5,000               20%    
                                                            

          Prices and discounts are subject to change at any time without
          notice.  Discounts are not cumulative and apply to single orders
          only.















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          The author would like to extend his appreciation to the most
          important person in this project:


               Donelle, my devoted wife, for indulging me the time -- which
               belonged to her -- to devote to the Teacher's Assistant.

























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          Table of Contents


          No-Nonsense License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

          Ordering Information  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5

          Corporate, Government and Quantity Purchases  . . . . . . . .   7

          Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9

          Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
               Product Support; Extended Product Support; About This
               Manual; Program Overlays

          Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
               What Is TEA?; What this program will do for you; What
               this program cannot do; Philosophy Behind the
               Development of TEA

          Program Requirements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

          Licensing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
               Legalities

          Where to turn for help  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

          A Note Regarding the Tutorials  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

          Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
               Program Installation; Starting Up TEA; Floppy Disk
               Users; Why You Should Use a Hard Drive

          How to Run TEA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
               General; On-Line Help

          How to Stop The Teacher's Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . .  20
               When You've Finished; Before You're Finished

          Major Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22
               Overview of The Teacher's Assistant, and Basic
               Operations; Exam Bank Management; Test Script
               Management; Test Generation; Student Management;
               Gradebook; Program Security; Miscellaneous
               Administrative Actions; Quitting TEA

          Student Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  36
               Tutorials

          Gradebook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
               Tutorials


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          Exam Bank Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
               Tutorials

          Test Script Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
               Tutorials

          Test Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  92
               Tutorials

          Program Security  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  97
               Tutorials

          Miscellaneous Administrative Actions  . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
               Discussion; Tutorials

          Quitting TEA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
               Discussion; Tutorials

          Comprehensive Tutorial  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
               Tutorials

          Appendix A  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
               Exam Bank Planning Worksheet

          Appendix B  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
               Test Generation Script Language

          Appendix C  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
               Answers to Commonly Asked Questions

          Appendix D  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
               TEA Technical Specifications

          Appendix E  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
               Product Support and Forms; TEA Evaluation Form; TEA
               Customization Request Form; TEA License Transfer Form;
               TEA Order Form

          Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128














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          Preface

          Shareware

          Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software
          before buying it.  If you try a Shareware program and continue
          using it, you are expected to register.  Individual programs
          differ on details -- some request registration while others
          require it, some specify a maximum trial period.  With
          registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue
          using the software to an updated program with printed manual.

          Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like
          commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. 
          The main difference is in the method of distribution.

          Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software.  You
          should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook,
          whether it's commercial or Shareware.  The Shareware system makes
          fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. 
          And because the overhead is low, prices are low also.  Shareware
          has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the
          product, you don't pay for it.


          Product Support

          If you mail in your registration form, contained in Appendix E,
          you will be entitled to one year of product support.  You may
          write to us or call us with any problems you are having.  Our
          telephone number will be provided with your registration package. 
          Write to us at:

                         GBT Publishing
                         TEA Product Support 
                         92-902 Welo Street, #94
                         Makakilo, Hawaii 96707

          When you write, please include your registration number, the
          program version, and a concise description of your problem.  If
          you discover a flaw in the TEA program, we will correct the
          problem, and send you a new update, free of charge.

          You may contact us electronically, either through CompuServe
          Information Service, or via Internet.  Our addresses are shown
          below:

               CompuServe     74716,476
               Internet       74716.476@compuserve.com




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          Extended Product Support

          You may continue your product support for TEA beyond the first
          year for $20.00 per year per registered copy of TEA.  Quantity
          discounts apply -- write for details.



          About This Manual

          This manual was written with ease of use in mind.  Our research
          indicates most people prefer three-ring bound manuals over all
          other manuals because this type of manual stays open while you
          use the computer.  It also allows you to make field changes to
          the manual, which keeps our cost down, and keeps your cost down.

          Also, to make learning the Teacher's Assistant easier, this
          manual devotes an entire chapter to each TEA concept or function,
          and includes several tutorials on that function.

          The first chapter describes the Teacher's Assistant, the hardware
          and software you need to use this program, and it lists the files
          used by the Teacher's Assistant.

          Chapter two tells you how to install the Teacher's Assistant.  It
          covers both hard drive and floppy drive installation.  It also
          explains the on-line help function.

          Chapter three provides an overview of TEA's major functions. 
          These overviews are available in the on-line help.

          Chapter four through ten details each function.  At the end of
          each chapter is a tutorial demonstrating each of the functions
          discussed in that chapter.

          Chapter eleven describes how to quit the TEA program, and why TEA
          might not let you quit.

          Chapter twelve wraps up the tutorials in chapters four through
          ten in a comprehensive tutorial.  This final tutorial will guide
          you from setting up your gradebook to printing final grades in a
          simulation of a school semester.

          Appendix A is an exam bank planning worksheet.  It is provided so
          you may properly plan your exam bank to allow for future
          expansion, yet minimize the amount of disk space used.

          Appendix B is the test generation script language reference
          guide.  Each command is listed with all possible parameters,
          including an explanation of what the command does.



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          Appendix C answers commonly asked questions.  If you have any
          questions that are not answered in this manual, please send them
          to us on the feedback form in Appendix E.  We will try to respond
          to your questions within ten (10) business days from the date of
          receipt.

          Appendix D lists TEA's technical specifications and notes which
          specifications you can have changed.  When you register your
          program, you may have your version of TEA customized to fit your
          particular needs by filling out a customization request form.

          Appendix E contains a registration form, an order form, a
          feedback form, a customization request form, and an extended
          product support form.  These forms may be copied as necessary.


          Program Overlays

          The Teacher's Assistant loads in program modules as they are
          required, and unloads those that are not.  Without this
          technique, TEA would be over 500K in size, it wouldn't run from a
          360K floppy diskette, nor would it run on many computers. 
          Therefore, for hard drive operation, all of the following files
          must reside in the same subdirectory, and must never be deleted:

                    TEA.EXE 
                    TESTGEN.EXE 
                    MANGBANK.EXE 
                    MANGSTUD.EXE 
                    GRADE.EXE 
                    BRUN45.EXE 


          These files are required for program operation, and must not be
          deleted: 

                    PASSWORD.TEA 
                    HELP.TEA 
                    CONFIG.TEA 
                    SPOOLER.TEA 
                    COMMON.TEA 

          A good rule of thumb is: If the file extension ends in .TEA,
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          1.  Introduction

          What Is TEA?

          The Teacher's Assistant(TM), or TEA as it is called in this
          manual, is a menu-driven, integrated, student database,
          gradebook, exam bank manager and test generator.


          What this program will do for you

          TEA will help you with the following: 
               - Manage a list of students, including the student's
               address, phone numbers, parent's names, and comments; 
               - Operate a gradebook using the student list; 
               - Manage up to 80 exam banks, each capable of holding
               hundreds, or thousands of questions and answers, limited
               only by available disk space; 
               - Manage test generation scripts which will allow you to
               create tests from your exam bank using three different
               methods; 
               - Print the test and answer key to your system's primary
               printer; 


          What this program cannot do

          TEA cannot grade tests nor test the student interactively.  Other
          than that, this is a very capable program.


          Philosophy Behind the Development of TEA

          Wherever possible, we have made great effort to give you all the
          help you could possible want or need to operate TEA without using
          the manual.  To this end we have provided a one line help window
          at the bottom of each menu giving you a brief description of what
          the highlighted menu choice does, and we have provided detailed
          help screens which you may access by pressing the F1 key.

          We have also tried to make this program easy to use and have
          arranged the menus logically according to function.  The major
          functions in each module were arranged with this concept in mind,
          therefore, as long as you are working within one module, you
          won't have to load any of the other modules.  Hard drive users
          will hardly notice this module swapping.

          We use the screen to its fullest advantage by balancing the data
          and white space; and by using pop-up windows to present urgent or
          short term messages, and to collect data from you.



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          This program and user manual are the product of several thousand
          man-hours of research and hard work, and we take pride in our
          products.  We acknowledge there may be flaws in either the logic
          or the program coding, however, should you find an error or
          inconsistency of any kind, we would appreciate hearing from you. 
          Please feel free to use the evaluation form at the end of this
          manual (Appendix E).  Your letter will be answered with either an
          explanation as to why the program works as noted, or we will
          correct the problem.  If you have registered your copy of TEA, we
          will send you the correction without charge.

          To further support our product, we are offering a one-time
          customization of TEA to fit your particular requirements at no
          additional charge.  To take advantage of this offer, you must be
          a registered user of the Teacher's Assistant, and you must fill
          out and return the TEA Customization Request Form, found in
          Appendix E.  We will send you your own version of TEA with the
          capacities you specify.


          Program Requirements

          TEA requires an IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 or compatible with at least 384K
          RAM, and either two floppy drives or one hard drive and a floppy
          drive (hard drive is highly recommended).  The computer must be
                               ______
          operating under MS-DOS version 2.11 or above.  Any display
          adapter may be used except the IBM monochrome display adapter --
          you may use either a CGA/EGA/VGA graphics adapter and monitor, or
          a Hercules compatible monochrome card and monitor.  A Microsoft
          compatible mouse is optional.


          Licensing Information

          This program has a commercial version, intended for institutional
          use.  However, we have decided to market it using the shareware
          channels, also.  You may copy this program and distribute it to
          your colleagues, friends, associates or electronic bulletin
          boards.  Please register it if you find it useful.  The licensing
          fee was intentionally kept low to promote its sale and avoid its
          theft.  Remember, shareware users get a substantial discount off
          the retail price.


          Legalities

          This program and this manual are copyrighted materials and have
          been registered with the Register of Copyrights.  It is the
          intellectual property of the Publisher, and is licensed, not
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          Title 17, United States Code (Copyrights), governs the
          duplication of this material.  This law allows you to make one
          archive copy of each original diskette.  Severe penalties may be
          incurred for violations of copyright and trade secret laws.

















































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          Where to turn for help

          In all cases, we have tried to make this manual and the TEA
          program as easy and obvious to use as possible.  However, an
          occasion may arise where you will need assistance.  You have
          three places to turn to for help:  1) Online help which is
          obtained from any menu by pressing the F1 key;  2) This manual;
          and 3) the Publisher.  Assuming the first two options don't help
          out enough, and you have registered your copy of TEA, you may
          call or write to us and discuss the problem.  If you write,
          please include your address and full telephone number in case we
          need more information regarding your problem.


          A Note Regarding the Tutorials

          The tutorials are written in an easy-to-follow instructional
          format.  Each paragraph contains one instruction, and it may or
          may not contain an explanation of what you are doing.  Usually,
          if the step is complicated or new, the paragraph will explain
          what you are doing and why.  Minor steps, such as telling you to
          select "Gradebook" from the "Main Menu" warrant no explanation.

          The tutorials are meant to be used consecutively from beginning
          to end.  You should begin with tutorial one, and proceed until
          you have completed all of the tutorials in order as each tutorial
          builds upon the knowledge of the previous tutorials.  You may
          stop at the end of each chapter.  The first tutorial in each
          chapter assumes you have just started up the computer, and are
          ready to begin using the Teacher's Assistant.























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          2.  Getting Started

          Program Installation

          Installation is straight forward and simple.  Floppy drive users
          have no installation procedure.

          Hard drive users should follow this procedure: 

               1.  Ensure you are logged onto your hard drive.  Type "C:"
               and press the Return key.
               2.  Make a directory called "TEA" on your hard drive.  Do
               this by typing "MD C:\TEA" and press the Return key.
               3.  Log onto this new subdirectory by typing "CD C:\TEA" and
               press the Return key.
               4.  Copy all of the files from the first four TEA diskettes,
               that is, the program diskettes, not the user manual
               diskette.  First insert TEA diskette number 1 in drive A:,
               type "COPY A:*.* C:\TEA" and press the Return key.  Repeat
               for the other three TEA diskettes.


          Starting Up TEA With a Hard Drive

          Log onto your hard drive and subdirectory containing TEA, type
          "GO" and press the Return key.  TEA will load and present the
          opening screen.  A few seconds later the TEA Main Menu will
          appear.


          Floppy Disk Users

          To run the Teacher's Assistant, insert the TEA diskette in drive
          A:, log onto drive A: by typing "A:" and pressing Return, then
          type "GO" and press the Return key.  TEA will begin to load.

          OPERATION NOTE: You will be required to exchange diskettes when
          using different sections of TEA.  (TEA is too large to fit onto
          one diskette, so it uses modules that are swapped in and out of
          memory as required.  See the discussion on module swapping
          above.)  TEA will prompt you when to exchange diskettes, and
          inform you which diskette to insert.  The new module will load,
          which will take 10-20 seconds.  It will run as soon as it is
          loaded and remain in memory until a new module is needed.


          Why You Should Use a Hard Drive

          Because of TEA's enormous size, the use of a hard drive is HIGHLY
          RECOMMENDED.  This reduces the amount of time required to load
          the modules (see floppy drive users above) to just a few seconds,


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          How to Run TEA

          General

          TEA is operated using the keyboard and the mouse.  If you don't
          have a mouse, you may use the arrow keys instead.

          To move your wide-bar cursor in a menu, move your mouse up or
          down, or use the up arrow or the down arrow on the numeric
          keypad.  To select the choice highlighted by the wide-bar cursor,
          press either the left mouse button (never use the middle button,
          if you have one) or press the Return key.  The right mouse button
          acts as the Escape key.

          When you are entering data in a data entry window, TEA may or may
          not present a default value.  To use this value, just press the
          Enter key.  To change part of the value, backspace over that
          portion you wish to change and retype it.  To completely erase
          the value and enter your own, press the Home key and type in your
          new value.

          These topics are covered in greater detail in chapter three.


          On-Line Help

          Detailed help screens are available from each and every menu and
          are accessed by pressing the F1 key after you have positioned
          your wide-bar cursor on the desired menu choice.  Each detailed
          help screen provides an overview of what can be done if you
          select the current choice, and in some cases provides a
          step-by-step procedure for you to follow.  Pressing the Escape
          key will clear the help screen and return you to the menu.

          Several pages of general help for the Teacher's Assistant is
          available from the main menu.  Detailed help for using the TEA
          editor is available from within the editor by pressing the F1
          key.


          How to Stop The Teacher's Assistant

          When You've Finished

          When you have completed everything you want to do using TEA,
          merely press the Escape key until you are at the Main Menu, then
          move the wide-bar cursor to "Quit" and press the Enter key.


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          Unfortunately, there is no provision for saving intermediate
          results (such as a test) and resuming at a later time.  Quitting
          is the same as above.  Do not attempt to reboot the computer by
          using the Control-Alt-Delete key sequence.

















































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          3.  Major Functions


          Overview of The Teacher's Assistant, and Basic Operations

          You may navigate through the menus either by using the arrow keys
          and pressing [Enter], or using the mouse and pressing the left
          mouse button.  The right mouse button acts as the [Esc] key, and
          will move you up one level in the menu.  Never use the center
          button (if it is available on your mouse)    this will lock the
          left button down and feed a constant stream of [Enter] keys into
          TEA, producing unpredictable results.

          TEA uses a file selection screen that arranges files or choices
          in a five by sixteen matrix.  You may select one of these choices
          by using your arrow keys or mouse, and pressing the [Enter] key
          or the left button.  Pressing the right button is the same as the
          [Esc] key, and will let you escape from the selection menu.

          Data is entered in a data entry box, which is a box with a cursor
          in it.  Sometimes data will already appear in the entry box.  If
          you want to use that piece of data, just press the [Enter] key. 
          If you want to edit it, use the [BACKSPACE] key to back over the
          data, type in your new data and then press [Enter].  If you want
          to erase all of the data, press the [Home] key, enter your new
          data and then press [Enter].

          TEA comes with a full screen editor to edit text while using TEA. 
          The program editor is used to edit questions, answers, and script
          files from within the TEA environment.  Then editor is a text
          editor with word wrap capabilities.  It uses the function keys
          and the cursor keys as shown below:

               Key            Function                                    
               cursor keys    Moves cursor one character in selected
                              direction.
               Home           Moves to beginning of current line.
               End            Moves to end of current line.
               Pg Up          Moves up one page in edited text.
               Pg Dn          Moves down one page in edited text.
               Ctrl+Home      Moves to first line in file, first column.
               Ctrl+End       Moves to last line in file, first column.
               Ctrl+PgUp      Moves to top of file, last column.
               Ctrl+PgDn      Moves to bottom of file, last column.
               Ctrl+Left      Moves cursor one word to the left.
               Ctrl+Right     Moves cursor one word to the right.
               Ins            Toggles the insert mode from insert to
                              overwrite and back.
               Del            Deletes the character under the cursor.
               BACK SPACE     Deletes char to left of cursor and moves
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               F1             Pressing F1 will give you these help screens.
               F9             Aborts editing.  All changes are ignored. 
                              You must verify your intention to abandon the
                              edit prior to leaving the editor.
               F10            Ends editing.  All changes take effect and
                              are permanent.
               TAB            Moves cursor to next tab-stop (every 8
                              columns).
               Ctrl T         Deletes the entire word under the cursor.
               Ctrl X         Deletes the rest of the line beginning at the
                              cursor.
               Enter          Terminates a line and prevents word wrapping
                              from occurring after that point on that line. 
                              Useful when creating tables, columnar
                              questions or multiple choice questions.

          Keep in mind this is only a text editor.  It is not a word
          processor, nor was it ever meant to be.  It cannot perform
          searches, spell checks, word lookups, nor any of the other
          traditional word processing functions found in more elaborate
          editors.

          The 25th line of the display is the status line.  It provides
          some useful information about the file you are editing.  On the
          left it tells you that pressing [F1] will give you help, [F9]
          aborts editing, and [F10] quits and saves your changes.  It shows
          your cursor position, your percent full, status of the insert
          (and overwrite) mode, and whether or not the question is deleted
          or not (as determined by point value).

          "Aborting" means you will leave the file intact, with no changes. 
          You will be given the opportunity to confirm this action before
          it takes place.  "Quit and save" takes all of your changes and
          applies them to the text you are editing.

          On the last line is the insert mode flag.  When you first enter
          the editor, the insert mode will be on and the word "INSERT" will
          appear on the status line.  To enter the overwrite mode, press
          the [Ins] key on the keyboard -- the word "INSERT" will change to
          "ovrwrt" and the editor will overwrite the text under the cursor.

          In the insert mode, any text you type will push the text to the
          right of the cursor to the right and insert your text in its
          place.  In the overwrite mode, your text is placed on top the
          current text.  These two operations are similar to most word
          processors and text editors.

          Associated with the insert mode is word wrapping.  Unlike most
          text editors, this one has a limited word wrapping capability. 
          When the text on the line your are working on exceeds 72
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          on the beginning of the next line.  The only exception is if you
          are entering a continuous stream of characters without a space,
          the line will be broken at the 72nd character and the line of
          characters will continue on the next line.

          TEA is divided into the eight major sections that follow.  These
          are also the first eight menu items.  Some of these items are
          contained in other program modules.  For example, Manage Exam
          Bank and Manage Test Script are both contained in one program to
          minimize program loading for floppy drive users.


          Exam Bank Management

          This allows you to perform the following functions:
               - Create new exam banks from scratch;
               - Edit the content of either questions or answers;
               - Add questions and answers to an exam bank;
               - Delete questions and answers from an exam bank; and
               - Select another exam bank.

          Note:  Exam bank removal is performed under Program Security
          using the "Wipe Exam Banks" function.

          These functions are described in detail below.


               Select another exam bank:

               This selects another exam bank to work on.  Selection is
               made using the mouse or the keyboard by placing the widebar
               cursor on the exam bank you wish to use.


               Create new exam bank:

               This creates a new exam banks from scratch.  You must
               specify the maximum question length, whether or not the
               answer key will be available, the maximum number of
               questions allowed in the exam bank (which can be changed),
               the name of the exam bank, and the number of categories. 
               Then, for each category, you will inform the Teacher's
               Assistant of the category's name, the category's starting
               question number, and the category's ending question number. 
               TEA will offer some advice during this process (such as how
               many questions you can have based on disk space, and
               category numbers).

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               Note:  To remove an exam bank, go to Program Security and
               use the "Wipe Exam Banks" function.  DO NOT USE DOS to
               delete an exam bank.


               Edit questions and/or answers:

               This allows you to edit the questions and answers in the
               current exam bank.

               The question format is very specific:  Line 1 is the exam
               bank name with the point value in parenthesis on the right
               side of the screen;  Line 2 must be blank;  the rest of the
               lines are provided for the body of the question.

               The answer format is also specific:  Line 1 is the exam bank
               name and the word "ANSWER";  line 2 is also be blank;  and
               lines 3 onward are used for the text of the answer.


               Add questions and answers:

               This allows you to add question and answers onto the end of
               the exam bank.  If there is no room at the end of the exam
               bank for the question, you will be informed, and the exam
               bank will remain untouched.


               Delete questions and answers:

               This allows you to delete questions and answers from the
               selected exam bank.  Question deletion can be accomplished
               in two ways: 1) Setting the point value to zero (by editing
               the question), and 2) using this function, which permanently
               removes the question from the disk.


          Test Script Management

          By using this option, you may:

               Create new test scripts from scratch;
               Edit old test scripts using the editor; and
               Delete old test scripts from disk.

          These functions are described in detail below.


               Create new test script:

               This creates new test scripts.  Test scripts may be created


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               either by editing the test script directly, or by having the
               computer assist you.

               If you choose to edit the test script directly, you must be
               familiar with the test script language (see user manual). 
               If you have never created a test script, or are still new at
               it, please allow the computer to help you -- the syntax will
               be perfect which will prevent confusion and aggravation
               later.

               NOTE: TEA will verify the syntax of the script for you after
               you have edited it, however, TEA will not check the
               semantics of the script -- this is done during test
               generation.  The script language is simple, so if what you
               say is reasonable, you shouldn't have any problems.


               Editing old test scripts:

               This allows you to edit a previously existing test script. 
               Familiarity with the test script language is required.  You
               will be presented a list of test scripts from which to
               choose.  After you have made your choice, you will be
               allowed to edit it, then returned to the Manage Test Scripts
               menu.

               NOTE: TEA will verify the syntax of the script for you after
               you have edited it, however, TEA will not check the
               semantics of the script -- this is done during test
               generation.  The script language is simple, so if what you
               say is reasonable, you shouldn't have any problems.


               Deleting old test scripts:

               This deletes old test scripts from the disk.  You will be
               presented a list of test scripts from which to choose. 
               After you have made your choice, you will be allowed to
               verify its deletion, then returned to the Manage Test
               Scripts menu.

               NOTE: If you accidentally delete a test script, TEA cannot
               bring it back for you.  However, you may be able to recover
               it with the simple file undeletion tools, such as Norton's
               Quick Unerase, provided you exit TEA immediately and perform
               no more writes to the disk.


          Test Generation

          This is the heart of the test generation module.  Here you can


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          select which test script to use, create a test from that test
          script, then print the test and answer key.

          This is described in detail below.


               Select Test Script:

               This selects which test script you will use when generating
               a test.  It uses the standard TEA file selection menu.


               Generate Test:

               This generates a test based on the test script you've chosen
               (if you haven't chosen one, you will be given that
               opportunity).  The resulting test is stored on disk as the
               "working test."  After it is generated, you may print the
               test and answer key.


               Test and Answer Key Printing:

               This takes the last test that was created and prints it. 
               First, you will need to generate the test.  Then you may
               select whether you want to print then test, the answer key,
               or both.


          Student Management

          You can completely manage your list of students by:

               Adding Student data;
               Deleting Student;
               Displaying Students by summary (Name, ID), or by all
                    information;
               Printing Students by summary or by all information; and
               Selecting a New Course for student management.

          These functions are described in detail below.


               Add Student Data:

               This adds a new student to your student list.  The data
               stored in the student database is as follows:
                    Students name;
                    Student's ID;
                    Type of ID (SSN or other number);
                    Parent's name;


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                    Parent's phone;
                    Parents address; and
                    Three lines of comments.

               After you add a record, the alphabetical index is updated,
               and the data is saved on disk.


               Delete Student:

               This deletes students from the student database.  First,
               select which student you want to delete, then verify the
               deletion of that student.  After you verify that student's
               deletion, the student will be permanently removed from the
               database.

               After your record deletion, the alphabetical index is
               updated, and the record is removed from disk.


               Edit Student:

               This edits a student's record.  First, select which student
               you want to edit, then change the desired data.  See Add
               Student Data above for the data stored in the database.

               After your changes are made, the alphabetical index is
               updated, and the data is saved on disk.


               Display Student:

               This scans through your students, and upon command,
               retrieves their entire record.  The records are stored in
               alphabetical order.


               Print Student:

               This prints out your students.  The printout may either be
               the summary report with the student's name and ID with 60
               students per page, or the detailed report with all student
               information, one student per page.

               The "summary data only" report allows you to quickly view
               all your students on a page by printing only their name and
               ID number.  The students are printed 60 per page.

               The "all information" report prints the entire student
               record for all students.  Records are printed one per page
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               student binder.


               Select New Course:

               This selects the student list from other courses.  You must
               set up these courses before you can manage their students.
               You must select a course before the Teacher's Assistant will
               allow you to use any of the management functions.


          Gradebook

          This is a typical gradebook where you can:

               Enter or edit student's grades;
               Curve the grades;
               Display the gradebook;
               Print the gradebook;
               Configure grade weights; and
               Change the student display and printing order to either
                    alphabetical or grade point order.

          These functions are described in detail below.


               Enter/Edit grades:

               The gradebook is presented spreadsheet style where you can
               view, enter, and edit grades.


               Curve grades:

               This displays a graph of the class' performance on the
               screen and allows you to move the curve as you see fit. 
               First, select the grade column to curve by using either your
               mouse or arrow keys.

               Next, you will be shown a graph of the grades.

               Finally, you move the graph to where you think the curve is
               best.  When you have moved the curve to the desired
               location, press [Enter] and the changes will be applied to
               the grades.  You may press [Esc] to abort at any time.

               Note:  The graph's X axis runs from 0-200 points.  This is
               the maximum number of points allowed for your assignments. 
               The Y axis runs from zero up to the number of times the
               median grade occurred.  For example, if the median score was
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               from 0-8.  You must apply the curve to grades after they are
               entered into the gradebook.

               This function permanently changes the grades in the
               gradebook.  You may undo the changes by moving the curve
               exactly the same amount in the direction opposite the
               original change.


               Display Gradebook:

               This displays the gradebook on your screen similar to
               Edit/Enter grades, except when you press [Enter], you will
               exit the display.  The grades displayed are after curving,
               and the student's G.P.A. is displayed on the right side of
               the screen.


               Print Gradebook:

               This prints the gradebook in the same format as it appears
               on the screen.  The grades displayed are after curving, and
               include a running average of both the students GPA and the
               assignments.  No effort is made to compress the printout
               (due to the wide variety of printers in use).  You have four
               ways to print the gradebook:  Entire gradebook with
               student's name; entire gradebook with student's ID; final
               grades with student's name; and final grades with student's
               ID.  These options are discussed below.


                    Print Gradebook

                    This prints the gradebook for all students in the
                    current course on the system printer.


                    Print Final Grades

                    This prints only the final scores (the GPA) for all
                    students in the current course on the printer.


                    Print Grades Using Student's ID

                    This prints your gradebook or final grade list by the
                    student's ID.  This ensures anonymity for the student.


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                    This prints your gradebook or final grade list by the
                    student's name.  Obviously, there is no anonymity for
                    the student, and is strongly discouraged except for the
                    instructor's personal use.


               Configure Grade Weights:

               This changes the weights of the assignments, and alters the
               final grades accordingly.

               The grade weights are presented in a grid 10 cells wide, and
               up to six cells high.  The very last cell is the sum of all
               of the grade weights, and the rectangle is the number of
               grades currently assigned in the gradebook.  You may use
               your mouse or cursor keys to move the highlighter to the
               desired box to change its value.

               To remove the last assignment, merely set its weight to
               zero.  The assignment counter will decrement and the sum
               counter will decrease according to the value of the
               assignment that was deleted.

               To delete an entire assignment, set its grade weight to
               zero.  You may wish to zero out the grades in the gradebook,
               but you must zero out that assignment weight or that
               assignment will be counted toward the student's GPA.


               Change Student Order:

               This changes the student ordering to either Alphabetical or
               Grade Point Average (GPA) order.  This function affects the
               gradebook display as well as the grade report print outs.

               These functions are described in detail below.


                    Change Student Order - Alphabetical Order

                    This sets up your gradebook to display the students in
                    Alphabetical order.  Your other alternative is to
                    arrange it in Grade Point Average (GPA) order.


                    Change Student Order - GPA Order

                    This sets up your gradebook to display the students in
                    Grade Point Average (GPA) order.  Your other
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               Manage Courses:

               This adds courses to and delete courses from your gradebook. 
               Also, you may edit the data for a particular course, such as
               the courses' title, the course number, the number of grades
               in the course, or the number of assignments the students
               have been graded on so far.

               You may have up to 80 courses in your gradebook.  This
               number may be reduced by the amount of free disk space you
               have remaining on your gradebook disk.

               These functions are described in detail below.


                    Select Course

                    This selects the course you will be using in your
                    gradebook.


                    Add Course

                    This adds a course to your gradebook.  You will give
                    the courses' name, and its abbreviation.


                    Delete Course

                    This removes a course from your gradebook.  This means
                    both your grades and students for that course will be
                    removed.

                    You will have to verify your intention by entering
                    "REMOVE" where the word "STOP!!" is displayed.  After
                    you have verified your intent, all grades are removed
                    and the blank gradebook is saved to disk.


                    Modify Course

                    This changes a courses' name, abbreviation, the number
                    of assignments that have been graded, and the number of
                    assignments that will be graded.


                    Remove All Courses

                    This erases all of the grades and all of the students
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                    You will have to verify your intention by entering
                    "REMOVE" where the word "STOP!!" is displayed.  After
                    you have verified your intent, all grades are removed
                    and the blank gradebook is saved to disk.


          Program Security

          This changes each of the passwords for the main areas and also
          wipes exam banks from the disk.  The passwords are for added
          security, and may be blank if you do not desire to password
          protect areas of the Teacher's Assistant.

          Wiping the exam bank removes all traces of the exam bank.  Note:
          This procedure is final -- all data in that exam bank will be
          permanently removed. 

          These functions are described in detail below.


               Change System Passwords:

               This changes all of the passwords in a given area.  They are
               initially set to all blanks, which inhibits their use.  If
               you want to implement any given password, you may do so by
               changing that one password.  When you change a password, you
               will be presented with your old password, and asked to enter
               your new password.  Your password may be up to 30 characters
               long and must be the normal keyboard characters only (no
               extended or control characters).  Passwords are case
               sensitive ("Password" is different from "PASSWORD").   To
               inhibit password protection from any one area, merely clear
               its password by pressing the [Home] key (which will clear
               the new password box) and pressing [Enter].


               Wipe Exam Bank:

               This permanently removes an exam bank from the data disk. 
               Due to the dangerous nature of this function, you will have
               to verify your intention before the Teacher's Assistant will
               wipe the exam bank.

               If an exam bank is selected for wiping, it is overwritten
               with a pattern of one's and zero's three times, written with
               a pattern, and then the pattern verified.  Finally, the
               portion of the disk where the exam bank resided is formatted
               and the disk space is returned to the operating system. 
               There is no known method available to recover the exam bank
               once wiped.  Not even Paul Mace nor Peter Norton could bring
               it back    and they're good at what they do!


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          Miscellaneous Administrative Actions

          This contains the miscellaneous administrative commands for the
          system including:

               Exam bank usage profile;
               Reset exam bank usage counter;
               Print Queue control by cancelling all printing, or suspend
               printing, or resume printing after it has been suspended;
               Create student and course disks; and
               Reconfigure disk drives.

          These functions are described in detail below.


               Exam Bank Usage Profile:

               This function graphs which questions are being selected by
               the Teacher's Assistant, and the distribution frequency by
               using a bar graph.  This chart uses the computer's graphics
               ability (Hercules monochrome or CGA/EGA/VGA) for its
               presentation.  You will have to select a new exam bank prior
               to its usage being graphed.


               Reset Exam Bank Usage Counter:

               This resets, or clears, the question counter.  This allows
               you to put the bar graph back into perspective after
               extensive use.  Periodic use of this function is HIGHLY
               RECOMMENDED.


               Print Queue Control:

               The print queue is where all printing is sent to from within
               the Teacher's Assistant.  Whenever you print a test, or a
               grade report, it first goes to the queue, then to the
               printer.  The queue runs in the background and allows you to
               continue using TEA, instead of waiting for your printer to
               catch up.  This feature is totally controlled by TEA and is
               independent of your printer.

               The print queue functions are described in detail below.


                    Cancel Printing

                    This cancels all printing, and clears the print queue. 
                    All printing that has not yet printed is lost.


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                    Suspend Printing

                    This suspends printing operations until you instruct
                    the print queue to resume printing.  If a printing
                    error occur, the print queue will automatically suspend
                    operations, and pop up a window to inform you of this
                    fact.


                    Resume Printing

                    This resumes printing operations after they have been
                    suspended.  This function cannot resume printing after
                    you cancel it    it only works if you suspend printing,
                    or if TEA suspends printing due to a printer error.


               Create "Courses & Student" Disk:

               Before you can save your course information, you must
               prepare your student disk to receive the course information. 
               This function allows you to prepare a formatted floppy (or
               hard) disk for use as a student disk.


               Reconfigure Disk Drives:

               This changes the data path for your gradebook and exam
               banks, and you can change the location of the TEA system
               files.  You will be presented with the data path, and the
               TEA path, with an explanation of what they do.  You may
               change either or both paths.  The data path will become
               effective immediately, but the TEA path will go into effect
               the next time TEA is started up.


          Quitting TEA

          Selecting Quit from the main menu quits your current Teacher's
          Assistant session and returns you to either MS-DOS or the menu
          program that called TEA.
               










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          4.  Student Management

          Student management allows you to manage a student database.  The
          database contains the following information:  student's name,
          student's ID, type of ID (SSN or other identifier), parent's
          name, parent's phone, parents address; and three lines of
          comments.

          Database operations include: add, edit and delete student data,
          display summary information (student name and ID) or complete
          information, and print student summary or complete information.

          The student database is important as it is closely linked to the
          gradebook (see chapter 5).  The gradebook calls upon the
          student's name and the student's ID when displaying and printing
          grades.

          The database is maintained in alphabetical order based on the
          student's last name.  Each time you add or delete a student, or
          edit a student's information, the database is re-indexed to
          ensure the alphabetical order is maintained.

          The database is intended to be your primary student data bank. 
          You should print out each complete record for backup purposes,
          and store these print-outs in a secure location to comply with
          the Privacy Act of 1974.  Likewise, the "Courses and Students"
          Disk should also be stored in a safe location.

          The student database is comprised of one or more student lists. 
          Each student list is loaded into memory after you select a course
          to use.  If you do not make a course selection, TEA won't let you
          access the student database.

          Before you can use the student database manager, you must create
          a "Courses and Students" disk.  You will create it from the
          "Miscellaneous Administrative Actions" menu (see Chapter 10). 
          (The create "Courses and Students" disk function is stored in the
          miscellaneous administrative are because it involves both the
          student database and the gradebook functions of the Teacher's
          Assistant.)


          Add Student Data

          This allows you to add a new student to your student list.  The
          following data is kept in the student database:
               Students name;
               Student's ID;
               Type of ID (SSN or other identifier);
               Parent's name;
               Parent's phone;


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               Parent's address; and
               Three lines of comments.

          Whenever you make any changes to the database, the alphabetical
          index is updated, and the data is saved on disk.

          To add data to the database, insert your "Courses and Students"
          disk in your data drive, select "Add Student Data" and press
          [Enter].  TEA will prompt you to enter all of the above
          information, then it will ask you to confirm the addition of this
          record to the database.  When you affirm adding the record, it
          will be added and the alphabetical index will be updated.


          Delete Student

          As some students are transferred during the semester, you may
          want to delete students from your database.  This function
          deletes students from the student database.

          To delete students from the database, select "Delete Student" and
          press [Enter].  Next, select which student you want to delete,
          press [Enter], then verify the deletion of that student.  After
          you verify that student's deletion from the database, the student
          will be permanently removed from the database, and the
          alphabetical index updated.


          Edit Student

          Since student data sometimes changes, this function allows you to
          edit a student's record.  You can change any field in the
          database.

          Select "Edit Student" and press [Enter].  Use either your mouse
          or arrow keys to move through the students.  To see a student's
          record, press either the [/] or the [?] keys.  When you are done
          examining the record, press [Esc].  Continue this process until
          you find the record you want to edit, press [Enter], and change
          the desired data.  To keep the data in a field, just press the
          [Enter] key.  To change it, backspace over the data to the point
          you want to change, or clear the field by pressing the [Home]
          key, and re-enter the entire field.  After you have edited the
          last field, TEA will ask you if you want to update the database
          with this record.  If you confirm the update, the alphabetical
          index is updated, and the data is saved on disk.  When you are
          done editing records, press [Esc].


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          This allows you to page through your students, and upon command,
          retrieve their entire record.  The records are stored in
          alphabetical order.

          Select "Display Student" and press [Enter].  Use your mouse or
          arrow keys to move through the students.  To see a student's
          record, press either the [/] or the [?] keys.  When you are done
          examining the record, press [Esc] or [Enter].  Continue this
          process until you are done, then press [Esc].


          Print Student

          This prints out your students.  The printout may either be a
          summary report with the student's name and ID, or the detailed
          report with all available student information.

          The summary report allows you to quickly view all your students
          on a page by printing only their name and ID number.  60 students
          per page are printed.

          The all available information report prints the entire student
          record for all students.  Records are printed one per page to
          allow for neat additions and deletions to your hard copy student
          information binder.


          Select New Course

          This allows you to access the students from other courses.  You
          must set up these courses before you can manage their students.
          If you haven't selected a course yet, you must do so before the
          Teacher's Assistant will allow you to use any of the management
          functions.

          When you select a new course, you will be presented with the
          standard TEA file selection menu.  Use your mouse or arrow keys
          to select the course you want to use and press the [Enter] key.



          Tutorials

          Tutorial 4-1  -  Create "Courses and Students" disk

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to create a "Courses and Students" disk. 
               This disk will store all your student, course, and gradebook
               information.



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          What You Will Need:

               You will need a blank, formatted floppy diskette.  Label
               this diskette "Courses and Students."  This will be your
               Courses and Students disk for the rest of these tutorials.


          Tutorial:

               Start up TEA as described in chapter 2.

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Miscellaneous Administrative Actions" and press
               [Enter].

               Select "Create `Courses and Students' disk" and press
               [Enter].

               TEA will advise you that you will erase all of your current
               courses and students, and all information on the disk you
               insert in drive A:.  This procedure will erase all
               information on the floppy disk, so you can use this feature
               to recycle your old Courses and Students disks, after they
               are no longer needed.  Insert a blank, formatted disk in
               drive A: and press [Enter] to create the Courses and
               Students disk.

               The Teacher's Assistant will access drive A: and set it up
               for becoming a Courses and Student disk.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to create a Courses and Students disk.  You
               also learned how to recycle your previous Courses and
               Student disks.



          Tutorial 4-2  -  Create a Course For the Student Database

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to set up a course for the student
               database, and why it is necessary to do so.


          What You Will Need:


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               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-1.


          Tutorial:

               Note:  To set up our student database (tutorial 4-3), we
               must first create a course to enroll the students into. 
               Therefore, we will create a course, then add students to the
               course.  This tutorial creates the course, and the next
               tutorial will add students to this course.  The student
               database management functions could not be included with the
               Gradebook due to program size constraints - we want this
               program to fit on as many computers as possible.

               Select "Use Gradebook" from the "Main Menu" and press
               [Enter].

               Select "Course Management" and press [Enter].

               Select "Add Course" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will prompt you to insert your
               "Courses and Students" disk.  If you haven't already done
               so, insert it in drive A: now, then press [Enter].

               TEA will display two boxes: one to put the name of the
               course in, and the other to put its abbreviation in.  Enter
               "Tutorial Number 4-2" in the course name box and press
               [Enter].

               Enter "TUT4-2" in the abbreviation box and press [Enter].

               Finally, TEA will ask you to verify your intent to add this
               course, and TEA provides "Y" as the default answer.  Press
               [Enter].

               TEA will flash on the screen "Saving courses," then return
               you to the "Course Management" menu.  Press [Esc] until you
               return to the top menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to set up a course for the student database,
               and why it is necessary to do so.



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          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to add students to your database.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-2.


          Tutorial:

               Note:  If you haven't reviewed Tutorial 4-2 recently, do so
               now.

               Select "Manage a List of Students" from the "Main menu" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Add Student Data" and press [Enter].

               The student's name we will enter is "George E. Porgy."  The
               Teacher's Assistant will ask you for the student's name. 
               Enter the first name (George) followed by [Enter], the
               middle initial (E) followed by [Enter], and the last name
               (Porgy) followed by [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the student's ID.  Depending on your
               school system, this will either be the student's social
               security number (SSN) or some arbitrary number.  In this
               case, we will use some arbitrary number, 12345 ABC.  Inform
               TEA that we are using something other than a SSN by typing
               "O" and pressing [Enter].  Then type "12345 ABC" and press
               [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the student's parent's name.  Enter "Mr
               & Mrs Porgy" and press [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the parent's phone number, and it will
               present "(000) 000-0000" with the cursor on the first zero. 
               Enter "6025551212" and notice how the cursor skips over the
               parenthesis and the hyphen.  Press [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the parent's address.  Enter "123 Main
               Street" for the street address and press [Enter]; "Phoenix"
               for the city and press [Enter]; "AZ" for the state and press
               [Enter]; and "85200" for the ZIP code and press [Enter]. 
               One of TEA's handy features is you don't have to capitalize
               the state - TEA will automatically capitalize it for you. 
               You could have entered "az" for the state and TEA would have
               made it "AZ" for you.


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               Finally, TEA will ask you for three lines of comments.  You
               may enter anything you like.  For this tutorial, enter "This
               is a sample record."  Press [Enter] three times.

               TEA will present the entire record with the new data in
               bold, and ask you if you want to add this record.  If you
               say no, it will be discarded.  Press "Y" without pressing
               [Enter].  TEA will add the record and re-index the database,
               and it will inform you as these actions occur.

               Using the information you learned in this tutorial, add five
               more students to your student list.  Make sure three of them
               have last names beginning with the letters A through O.  The
               other two names may begin with R through Z.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to add students to your database.



          Tutorial 4-4  -  Edit a Student in the Database

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to edit a student's record in your
               database.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-3.


          Tutorial:

               In this tutorial, George E. Porgy has move to a new address. 
               You will change his street address in his student record.

               Select "Manage a List of Students" from the "Main menu" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Course" and press [Enter].

               Select TUT4-2 and press [Enter].  This should be the only
               course on your disk.

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               Using the arrow keys, move the student list up or down until
               George E Porgy is between the selection arrows, then press
               [Enter] to begin editing.

               Press [Enter] seven times until you get to the street
               address.  Change it to "390 Broadway Avenue" and press
               [Enter].  Hint: You can clear the entire field by pressing
               the [Home] key, then enter the new address.

               Press [Enter] six more times, make sure the address was
               changed, then press [Y] to accept the changes to this
               record.  You will be at the Student Selection menu.  If the
               address was not changed, answer [N] and restart with the
               `Select "Edit Students Data" . . . ' step above.

               If you needed to edit any of the other fields, you would
               have changed them just like you changed the address field
               instead of pressing [Enter].  Pressing the [Enter] key
               without making a change keeps the data intact.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to edit a student's record in your database.


          Tutorial 4-5  -  Scan the Database

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to recall any student's record in either
               the "Edit Student" or the "Display Student" mode.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-4.


          Tutorial:

               Select "Manage a List of Students" from the "Main menu" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Course" and press [Enter].

               Select TUT4-2 and press [Enter].  This should be the only
               course on your disk.

               Select either "Edit Student" or "Display Students" and press


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               [Enter].

               Using the arrow keys, move the student list up or down until
               the student selection arrows point to any student whose
               record you wish to view. In this example, move the student
               list to select George E. Porgy.

               To recall the student's record, press either the question
               mark ([?]) or the [/] key (unshifted question mark).  The
               student's complete record will be displayed for you.  Press
               any key to return to the student scan.

               To quit the scan, press the [Esc] key.  You will be returned
               to the "Student Management" menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to recall any student's record in either the
               "Edit Student" or the "Display Student" mode.


          Tutorial 4-6  -  Delete a Student in the Database

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to delete a student from your student
               database.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-5.


          Tutorial:

               Select "Manage a List of Students" from the "Main menu" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Course" and press [Enter].

               Select TUT4-2 and press [Enter].  This should be the only
               course on your disk.

               Select "Delete Student" and press [Enter].

               Using the arrow keys, move the student list up or down until
               the student selection arrows point to the student whose
               record you wish to delete. In this example, move the student


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               list to select George E. Porgy.  Press [Enter] to select the
               student to delete.

               The Teacher's Assistant will box the student you have
               selected and ask you if you really want to delete that
               student.  Press [Y] to delete the student's record.  TEA
               will inform you that it has deleted that student and it is
               saving the student list to disk.  TEA will return you to the
               "Student Management" menu.

               You may use "Display Students" to verify George E. Porgy's
               record no longer exists in the database.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to delete a student from your student
               database.


          Tutorial 4-7  -  Printing Student Information (Summary)

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to print the student's summary
               information from your student database.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-6.


          Tutorial:

               Select "Manage a List of Students" from the "Main menu" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Course" and press [Enter].

               Select TUT4-2 and press [Enter].  This should be the only
               course on your disk.

               Select "Print Students" and press [Enter].

               Select "Summary (Name, ID)" and Press [Enter].  The students
               names will scroll by on the screen.  As they are displayed
               on the screen, they are also being sent to your printer's
               print queue.  As your printer is ready to accept data, the
               print queue will give it more.  The print queue runs behind


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               the scenes so you may continue using the Teacher's Assistant
               without having to wait for the printer.  TEA will return you
               to the Print Students menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to print the student's summary information
               from your student database.


          Tutorial 4-8  -  Printing Student Information (All)

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to print the student's complete
               information from your student database.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-7.


          Tutorial:

               Select "Manage a List of Students" from the "Main menu" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Course" and press [Enter].

               Select TUT4-2 and press [Enter].  This should be the only
               course on your disk.

               Select "Print Students" and press [Enter].

               Select "Summary (Name, ID)" and Press [Enter].  The students
               names will scroll by on the screen.  As they are displayed
               on the screen, they are also being sent to your printer's
               print queue.  TEA will return you to the Print Students
               menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to print the student's complete information
               from your student database.





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          5.  Gradebook

          This is an electronic gradebook where you can enter or edit
          student's grades; curve the grades; display the gradebook; print
          the gradebook; configure grade weights; and change the student
          display and printing order to either alphabetical or grade point
          order.

          The gradebook is set up similar to a spreadsheet.  The student
          names are listed in the first (or left-most) column, the
          cumulative average is in the last (or right-most) column, and the
          grades for each assignment are in between.  If you have more
          grades than can be displayed on the screen at one time, the two
          grades on either side of the currently selected grade are shown. 
          Likewise, if you have more students than can be displayed on the
          screen at one time, the five students on either side of the
          current student are displayed.

          Each column is properly titled, so you know exactly what
          information is in each column.  Each grade weight is displayed
          along with the top title in the grade column, and the average
          grades for each assignment are displayed along the bottom of the
          screen.

          Movement in the gradebook is the same as in the other parts of
          the Teacher's Assistant.  You may use either your keyboard, or
          your mouse.  The current student is always in the middle of the
          rows, and the current grade is highlighted in the center of the
          screen.  You may move the current grade anywhere from the first
          grade entered up to the last assignment.  Obviously, you will
          have to create some assignments, and determine their weighting
          toward the final grade.


          Enter/Edit grades

          Here the gradebook is presented spreadsheet style where you can
          enter and edit grades.  Only the raw grades are displayed and
          should be entered.


          Curve grades

          This displays a graph of the class' performance on the screen and
          allows you to move the curve as you see fit.  First, you select
          the grade column to curve by using your mouse or left and right
          arrow keys.

          Second, you press [Enter].  You will be shown a graph of the
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          Third, you move the graph to where you think the curve is best. 
          When you have moved the curve to the desired location, press
          [Enter] and the changes will be applied to the grades.  You may
          press [Esc] to abort at any time.

          Note:  The graph's X axis runs from 0-200 points.  This is the
          maximum number of points allowed for your assignments.  The Y
          axis runs from zero up to the number of times the median grade
          occurred.  For example, if the median score was 90, and eight
          students received a 90, the Y axis would range from 0-8.       
          You may apply the curve to grades only after they are entered
          into the gradebook.

          This function permanently changes the grades in the gradebook. 
          You may undo the changes by moving the curve exactly the same
          amount in the opposite direction as before.


          Display Gradebook

          This displays the gradebook on your screen similar to Edit/Enter
          grades, except when you press [Enter], you will exit the display.

          Print Gradebook

          This prints the gradebook as it appears on the screen.  The
          grades displayed are after curving, and a running average of both
          the students and the assignments are printed.  No effort is made
          to compress the printout (due to the wide variety of printers in
          existence).  You have four ways to print the gradebook:  the
          entire gradebook with student's name; the entire gradebook with
          student's ID; final grades only with student's name; and final
          grades only with student's ID.  These options are discussed
          below.


               Print Gradebook

               This prints the gradebook for all students in the current
               course on the system printer.  The gradebook is divided into
               sections, then each section is printed.  The students' names
               will appear on the left of each of the printed sheets.



               Print Final Grades

               This prints the only the final scores (the GPA) for all
               students in the current course.  The students' names will
               appear on the left of the printout, followed by the final
               score.


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               Print Grades Using Student's ID

               This prints your gradebook or final grade list by the
               student's ID.  Only the student's ID will appear on the left
               of the printout.  This ensures anonymity for the student.


               Print Grades Using Student's Name

               This prints your gradebook or final grade list by the
               student's name.  The students' names will be printed on the
               left side of the printout.  Obviously, there is no anonymity
               for the student, and is strongly discouraged except for the
               instructor's personal use.



          Configure Grade Weights

          This allows you to weight the assignments according to importance
          or difficulty, and alters the final grades accordingly.

          The grade weights are presented in a grid 10 cells wide, and up
          to six cells high.  The very last cell is the arithmetic sum of
          all of the grade weights, and the oblong box is the number of
          grades currently assigned in the gradebook.  You may use your
          mouse or cursor keys to move the highlighter to the desired box
          to change its value.

          To remove the last assignment, merely set its weight to zero --
          the assignment counter will decrement and the sum counter will
          drop according to the value of the assignment that was deleted.

          To delete an entire assignment, set its grade weight to zero. 
          You may wish to zero out the grades in the gradebook, but you
          must zero out the weight or that assignment will be counted
          toward the student's G.P.A.


          Change Student Order

          This changes the student ordering to either Alphabetical or Grade
          Point Average (GPA) order.  This function affects all gradebook
          displays and grade report print outs.


               Change Student Order - Alphabetical Order

               This sets up your gradebook to display the students in
               Alphabetical order.  The Teacher's Assistant uses the IBM


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               extended ASCII codes for determining alphabetical order.


               Change Student Order - GPA Order

               This sets up your gradebook to display the students in Grade
               Point Average (GPA) order from highest to lowest.  


          Manage Courses

          This allows you to add courses to and delete courses from your
          gradebook.  In addition, you may edit the data for a particular
          course, such as the courses' title, the course number, the number
          of grades in the course, or the number of assignments the
          students have been graded on so far.

          You may have up to 80 courses in your gradebook.  This number is
          limited by the amount of disk space you have remaining on your
          gradebook disk.


               Select Course

               This selects the course you will be using in your gradebook.


               Add Course

               This allows you to add a course to your gradebook.  You will
               give the courses' name, abbreviation.  The abbreviation is
               what you will see when you select a course in the course
               selection menu.


               Delete Course

               This removes a course from your gradebook.  This means both
               your grades and students for that course will be removed.

               You will have to verify your intention by entering the text
               "REMOVE" where the word "STOP!!" is displayed.  To make sure
               you really want to do this, you will have to repeat entering
               "REMOVE" in the "STOP!!" box.  After you have verified your
               intent, all grades are removed and the blank gradebook is
               saved to disk.


               Modify Course

               This allows you to change a courses' name, abbreviation, the


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               number of assignments that have been graded, and the number
               of assignments that will be graded.


               Remove All Courses

               This erases all of the grades and all of the students held
               in the gradebook for all of the courses.

               You will have to verify your intention by entering "REMOVE"
               where the word "STOP!!" is displayed.  Again, you will have
               to repeat this text replacement to make sure you really want
               to remove the courses.  After you have verified your intent,
               all grades are removed and the blank gradebook is saved to
               disk.



          Tutorials

          Tutorial 5-1  -  Configuring Grade Weights for TUT4-2

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to set up the grade weights for any
               course.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               4-8.


          Tutorial:

               Start up TEA as described in chapter 2.

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Use Gradebook" from the Main menu and press [Enter].

               Select "Course Management" and press [Enter].

               Select "Choose a New Course" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will prompt you to insert your
               "Courses and Students" disk in drive A:.  Do so and press
               [Enter].

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               Select TUT4-2 and press [Enter].

               Press [Esc] to exit the "Course Management" menu and go back
               to the "Gradebook" menu.

               Select "Configure Grade Weights" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will present you with a 5x10 field
               of boxes with "0%" in each box.  The upper left box will be
               highlighted.  This is you current grade weight.  At the
               lower right is a rectangle with the text "# grades = 0" in
               it.  The square immediately to its left is the percentage
               sum counter for the grades.  As long as this box is less
               than 100%, you can add assignments to the gradebook.  Change
               the current grade box to 10% by pressing [Enter], typing
               "10" and pressing [Enter] again.  Notice how the percentage
               sum box now indicates 10% and the grade counter is 1.

               Move the highlighted box to the right one box using your
               right arrow key or your mouse.  Change its value to 15%
               using the same method as in the previous paragraph.  The
               percentage sum box now shows 25% and the grade counter is 2.

               Move the highlighted box right one more box.  Change its
               value to 25%.  The percentage sum box now shows 50% and the
               grade counter is 3.

               Move the highlighted box to the right one more box.  Change
               its value to 10%.  The percentage sum box now shows 60% and
               the grade counter is 4.

               Move the highlighted box right one more box.  Change its
               value to 40%.  The percentage sum box now shows 100% and the
               grade counter is 5.

               Move the highlighted box right one more box.  Change its
               value to 10%.  Since this will make the percentage sum
               counter greater than 100%, TEA will inform you of this
               error, and it will maintain the box's previous value.

               Press [Esc] and you will return to the Gradebook menu.  Note
               how TEA pops up two messages: "Saving grade weights" and
               "Re-indexing students."  When you change the grade weights,
               you will be affecting the grade point averages for each
               student.  TEA recalculates the GPA for each student and
               updates the GPA index.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to set up the grade weights in your


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               gradebook.  You also learned that the sum of the individual
               grade weights cannot exceed 100%.  Finally, you learned that
               TEA re ndexes the GPA index after any change to the grade
               weights.


          Tutorial 5-2  -  Enter Grades for TUT4-2

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to enter grades for each student in your
               gradebook.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-1.


          Tutorial:

               Select "Enter/Edit Grades" and press [Enter].

               The current grade will be the one that is underlined or
               marked in blue.  Press [Enter] to enter a grade for the
               first student.  A window will pop up in the upper left
               corner of the screen stating the current value and asking
               you for a new value.  Type "95" and press [Enter].  You have
               just entered your first assignment grade.

               Notice the layout of the gradebook screen.  Across the top
               you have the grade weights.  Along the bottom you have the
               average of each assignment.  At the far right (under the
               heading "  Avg  ") is the cumulative grade point average for
               each student.  And at the far lower right corner (above the
               " class ") is the average of the GPA's.

               Also notice the instructions at the bottom of the screen. 
               You may use your mouse or arrow keys to navigate all around
               the gradebook, and you can press either [?] or [/] to
               retrieve the current student's record.

               Enter the first assignment grades for the rest of the
               students.

               Press [Esc] to leave the gradebook.


          What You Have Learned:



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               You learned how to enter grades for each student in your
               gradebook.  You have also learned how the gradebook display
               is arranged to show you important information.




          Tutorial 5-3  -  Modify Course Title

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to change a course's title and its
               abbreviation.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-2.


          Tutorial:

               Select "Course Management" and press [Enter].

               Select "Modify Course" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will prompt you to enter your
               "Courses and Students" disk in drive A:.  Do so and press
               [Enter].

               Change the name of the course from "Tutorial Number 4-2" to
               "First Test Course" by pressing [Home] and typing the new
               title.  When you have finished typing the new name, press
               [Enter].

               Change the abbreviation from "TUT4-2" to "TUT-101" by
               backspacing over the last digit and typing "01" and then
               press [Enter].

               Notice how TEA presents you with some information about the
               number of students enrolled, the number of assignments that
               have been graded, and the total number of assignments so
               far.  At this time you do not want to change them, so press
               [Enter] three times.

               TEA will ask you to verify the information on the screen is
               correct.  Press [Y].  The new course information will be
               saved to your "Courses and Students" disk.

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               your change.  "TUT-101" will appear in your course selection
               menu.  Press [Esc] to escape without selecting the course.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to change a course's title and its
               abbreviation.



          Tutorial 5-4  -  Remove a Course

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to remove a course from your gradebook.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-3.


          Tutorial:

               Since you have only one course at this time, and we don't
               want to destroy TUT-101, you will have to create a new
               course to demonstrate course removal.  If necessary, review
               Tutorial 4-2 on creating a course for the gradebook.

               Create a new course.  The new courses' title will be
               "Tutorial Number 5-4" and "TUT-29" will be its abbreviation.

               You should be in the "Course Management" menu.  Select
               "Delete Course" and press [Enter].

               The course selection menu will appear with "TUT4-2"
               highlighted.  Press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will warn you that you are about to
               delete a course.  To proceed beyond this point, you must
               enter "remove" in the box where "STOP!!" appears.  Press
               [Home] and type "remove" and press [Enter].  ("Remove" may
               be in upper or lower case.)

               Again, TEA will ask you to consider your decision.  This is
               because deleting the course will also delete all students
               associated with the course.  Type [Home] "remove" and press
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               TEA will inform you that the students are deleted and return
               you to the "Course Management" menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to remove a course from your gradebook.



          Tutorial 5-5  -  Edit Grades

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to edit the grades in the current course.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-4.


          Tutorial:

               Select "TUT-101" (review tutorial 5-2 if necessary).

               From the "Gradebook" menu, select "Edit/Enter Grades" and
               press [Enter].

               Your highlighter will be on the first grade of the first
               student.  Note the classes' average and the student's
               averages.  Press [Enter] to change the first student's
               grade.  TEA will present a grade of "95."  Change it to "85"
               and press [Enter].  Note how the classes' and the student's
               averages changed with the new grade.

               Note:  Editing a grade and entering a grade are identical
               procedures.  Entering a grade is usually done when no grades
               have been entered for a given assignment.

               Press [Esc] to save the gradebook to disk and return to the
               "Gradebook" menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to edit the grades in the current course.





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          Tutorial 5-6  -  Curve Grades

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to apply a curve to an assignment in the
               gradebook.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-5.


          Tutorial:

               Referring to Tutorial 5-2, enter a series of low grades for
               the second assignment in TUT-101.

               Select "Curve Grades" and press [Enter].

               Use your mouse or arrow keys to move the current grade over
               to the second assignment.

               Press [Enter] to select the second assignment for curving.

               The computer will shift into the high resolution, monochrome
               mode (even with CGA/EGA/VGA computers) and show you a graph
               of the grade distribution for the second assignment.  Use
               your mouse or arrow keys to move the entire graph to the
               right until you think it looks correct.  Press [Enter] to
               apply this curve to your grades.  (As usual, pressing [Esc]
               will allow you to escape without affecting your grades.)

               The computer will shift back to the text mode, and the
               Teacher's Assistant will be in the "Gradebook" menu.  Select
               "Display Gradebook" and press [Enter] to review the effects
               of your curving operation.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to apply a curve to an assignment in the
               gradebook.



          Tutorial 5-7  -  Edit Grade Weights

          Learning Objectives:



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               You will learn how to edit the grade weight table for a
               course.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-6.




          Tutorial:

               Review Tutorial 5-1.  This is the same as configuring the
               grade weights.  Remember, you cannot exceed 100% in your
               percentage sum counter.



          What You Have Learned:

               You learned that editing the grade weight table for a course
               is exactly the same as configuring the grade weight table.



          Tutorial 5-8  -  Discount an Assignment

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to discount, or throw out, an assignment.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-7.


          Tutorial:

               This operation is used in those rare cases where you may
               have to throw out a grade for one reason or another, but
               want to remember what each student received.  Review
               Tutorial 5-1.  This operation is identical except you are
               going to change one of the grade weights to zero.

               Enter some test scores for the third and fourth assignments. 
               Note the cumulative scores for each student.  Return to the
               "Gradebook" menu.


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               Select "Configure Grade Weights" and press [Enter].

               Move the highlight box over to the fourth grade weight
               (10%).  Press [Enter] to change it.  Change its value to
               zero by pressing [Home] and [Enter].

               You still have five grades, but your percentage sum counter
               is only 90%.  There are two ways to get the 10% for
               assignment four back into the system: Entering the 10% at
               the end, in the sixth assignment; or, changing the fifth
               assignment to 10%, and changing the sixth assignment to 40%. 
               The easiest method is to make the sixth assignment 10%, and
               remember that assignment six is really assignment four. 
               Since this should be an infrequent operation, you should be
               able to remember it.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to discount, or throw out, an assignment.


          Tutorial 5-9  -  Change Student Order

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to change the student ordering from the
               default of alphabetical to arrangement by Grade Point
               Average (GPA) in descending order.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-8.


          Tutorial:

               Select course TUT-101.

               From the "Gradebook" menu, select "Change Student Order" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Grade point order" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will inform you the index is set to
               G.P.A., and to press [Enter].  Press [Enter].  You will
               return to the "Gradebook" menu.

               Display your gradebook to verify the new student ordering. 


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               This index will remain in effect until you change it back to
               alphabetical, or you restart the gradebook.

               To switch the index back to alphabetical, select "Change
               Student Order" and Press [Enter].  Select "Alphabetical
               order" and press [Enter].  Press [Enter] to acknowledge the
               new index.  That's all there is to it.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to change the student ordering from the
               default of alphabetical to arrangement by Grade Point
               Average (GPA) in descending order.



          Tutorial 5-10  -  Print Gradebook

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to print your gradebook.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-9.


          Tutorial:

               Select course TUT-101.

               From the "Gradebook" menu, select "Print Gradebook" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Print Entire Gradebook" and press [Enter].

               Select "Print by student's name" and press [Enter].  You
               will see the student's names displayed on the screen as the
               gradebook is being printed on the printer.  Remember, the
               Teacher's Assistant has a print queue, where everything that
               is to be printed is stored until the printer is ready for
               it.  This allows you to continue working while printing
               instead of waiting for the printer to finish.

               You could have printed by student number, which is advised
               if the students will see your gradebook.  If there is any
               chance a student's privacy may be violated, use the student
               number option.


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          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to print your gradebook.



          Tutorial 5-11  -  Print Final Grades Using Student ID's

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to print the final grades for a course.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-10.


          Tutorial:

               Select course TUT-101.

               From the "Gradebook" menu, select "Print Gradebook" and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Print Final Grades" and press [Enter].

               Select "Print by student ID" and press [Enter].  You will
               see the student's ID's displayed on the screen as the final
               grades are being printed.  Remember student's privacy!  If
               you are going to post this list for the students to see, use
               their ID numbers instead of their names.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to print the final grades for a course.



          Tutorial 5-12  -  Reviewing Student Information

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to scan your database and review
               information from selected students.


          What You Will Need:


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               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial
               5-9.


          Tutorial:

               Select course TUT-101.

               From the "Gradebook" menu, select "Display Gradebook" and
               press [Enter].

               Using your either your mouse or your arrow keys, move down
               your list of students until you see a student whose record
               you want to view.

               Press either [?] or [/].  That student's record will appear
               on screen.  Press [Enter] to return to the "Display
               Gradebook" menu.

               Continue scanning until you are finished.  Press [Esc] when
               you are done.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to print the final grades for a course.



























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          6.  Exam Bank Management

          In the Teacher's Assistant, the exam banks can be stored on a
          separate disk drive than the TEA files.  This provides greater
          security for the exam banks should they contain sensitive or
          classified information.  The exam bank drive is usually a floppy
          drive, so the disks can be locked up in a secure container.  The
          remainder of this chapter is based with this assumption in mind.

          To fully understand how the exam bank manager works, you must
          understand how the exam bank is set-up on disk.  The best analogy
          for explaining how the exam bank works is by thinking of a 3x5
          index card box filled with index cards.  Each card has a question
          (and an answer) written on it.  It also has a unique number on
          it, and they are in numerical order.

          You have the option of inserting tabbed dividers in the card deck
          to establish categories in the exam bank.  Each category is a
          sub-topic of the exam bank's main topic. You can define how many
          categories your exam bank will have, and how many questions will
          go into each category.

          As mentioned above, when you create your exam bank, each card has
          a unique, sequential number.  To allow for future expansion, you
          can include several blank cards in each category.  Since you
          can't add questions to a category, this method allows you to
          expand your exam bank as your needs change.

          Since the cards are sequentially numbered, and you can't renumber
          the questions, you can only add new cards to the end of the exam
          bank.  This is why the "Add question/answer" function only adds
          questions to the end of the exam bank.  If you want to add
          questions to a category, you must use a blank card, and put your
          new question on it, or take out a card and replace it with your
          new card (edit a question and answer).

          You also have the ability to name the exam bank and each of the
          categories, and use these names in the test generation process.

          Now you have an idea of how the exam bank is set-up.  You can
          create it, edit its questions (and answers), add questions (and
          answers), and delete questions (and answers).  You can also
          select another exam bank to work with.

          No special steps are required to create an exam bank disk.  Any
          blank, formatted floppy diskette will do.  You must format the
          diskette (see your DOS manual) prior to running TEA    no
          formatting provisions are included.

          The exam bank manager performs these functions:
               - Create new exam banks from scratch;


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               - Edit the content of either questions or answers;
               - Add questions and answers to an exam bank;
               - Delete questions and answers from an exam bank; and
               - Select another exam bank.

          Since removing an exam bank is a security related process, you
          must perform it under "Program Security" using the "Wipe Exam
          Banks" function.  See chapter 10 for details.

          The remainder of this discussion will cover the above five
          functions in detail.



          Select another exam bank

          You will use this command either to select an exam bank to work
          on, or to select another exam bank.  After you select this
          option, Teacher's Assistant will present a screen containing all
          of your exam banks arranged in a five by sixteen matrix.  This is
          why TEA is limited to 80 exam banks.  To select an exam bank to
          use, use the arrow keys or mouse to move the widebar cursor to
          the exam bank you want to use, and either press the [Enter] key
          or left mouse button.  If you don't want to select any exam
          banks, press either the [Esc] key or the right mouse button.

          TEA will tell you if there are no exam banks to select.  After
          you acknowledge this condition, you may exchange exam bank
          diskettes and try again.


          Create new exam bank

          This allows you to create new exam banks from scratch.  You must
          specify the maximum question length, whether or not the answer
          key will be available, the maximum number of questions allowed in
          the exam bank, the name of the exam bank, and the number of
          categories.  For each category, you will tell the Teacher's
          Assistant: the category name, the category's starting question
          number, and the category's ending question number.  TEA will
          offer some advice during this process (such as how many questions
          you can have based on disk space, and category start and stop
          numbers).  You may accept this advice by pressing [Enter], or you
          may enter your own values.

          When this is complete, you will have the opportunity to enter
          your questions and answers.

          Note:  To remove an exam bank, go to Program Security and use the
          "Wipe Exam Banks" function.  See chapter 10 for details.



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          When you create your exam banks, you will specify the maximum
          size of a question and answer.  You might think you want the
          largest size possible, to allow for future expansion, but this is
          not the case.  You really want to make your questions as small as
          possible to store more questions on a disk.  Research has shown
          that most questions will seldom exceed 400 characters. 
          Occasionally, a question may need more space, and very rarely
          will a question exceed 600 characters.  A good value to use for
          each question is 500 characters.


          Edit questions and/or answers

          This section allows you to edit the questions and answers in your
          currently selected exam bank.

          The format of the questions is very specific:  Line 1 has the
          exam bank name with the point value in parenthesis on the right
          side of the screen;  line 2 must be blank;  line 3 begins with a
          set of brackets enclosing the question number.  The remainder of
          the lines make up the body of the question.  See figure 6-1.

                                                                 
                                                                 
              Exam Bank Name                          (2 pts)    
                                                                 
              [10]  This is an example question.                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                    Figure 6-1

          This format was chosen primarily for readability.  The question
          number must be included for easy identification of the question. 
          The point value is placed in parenthesis to the right of the exam
          bank name.  No particular place is required, it only needs to be
          surrounded by parenthesis and to the right of the exam bank name.

          The format for the answer is also specific:  Line 1 has the exam
          bank name and the word "ANSWER";  line 2 must also be blank;  and
          line 3 begins with a set of brackets enclosing the answer number
          with the remainder of the lines making up the body of the answer. 
          See figure 6-2.

          The basis for the answer format is the same as for the question
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              Exam Bank Name                           ANSWER    
                                                                 
              [10]  This is the answer to the example question.  
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                    Figure 6-2


          Add questions and answers

          Sometime in the future, you may have to add more questions to
          your exam bank.  This feature allows you to add question and
          answers onto the end of an exam bank.  The Teacher's Assistant
          will inform you if there is no room at the end of the exam bank
          for the question, and the exam bank will remain unaltered.

          Appendix A has an exam bank planning worksheet to aid you in
          planning your exam bank before you create it.  If you create an
          exam bank whose categories are too small, you may find yourself
          cramped, and unable to do everything you may have wanted.  It
          doesn't hurt to make your categories larger than necessary. 
          Remember, Prior Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.


          Delete questions and answers

          Occasionally, you may want to delete a question.  You may do so
          in two different ways.  Depending on your situation, you may want
          to retain the text of the question, but remove it from service,
          that is, keep it from being selected.  Or you may not care about
          keeping the text, you just want to delete the question.

          The first way to delete a question is to keep it from being
          selected.  This is done by changing its point value to zero.  The
          test generation section of the Teacher's Assistant will not
          choose a zero point question, so you can retain the text, but
          prevent the question from ever being chosen.

          The other way to delete a question is to select this function and
          confirm your desire to delete the question.  The question (and


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          answer) text will be completely removed.



          Tutorials

          Tutorial  6-1  -  Select exam bank with no exam banks available

          Learning Objectives:

               1.  To see what The Teacher's Assistant tells you when you
                    try to select an exam bank when there are none on your
                    diskette.

               2.  Learn how to escape from any situation.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need a blank, formatted floppy diskette.  Label
               this diskette "TEA Exam Bank Disk."  This will be your exam
               bank diskette for the rest of these tutorials.


          Tutorial:

               Start up TEA as described in chapter 2.

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Manage the Exam Banks on Disk" from the main menu.

               Select "Select another exam" from this menu.  You will
               receive a message stating: "There are no selections to be
               made.  Ensure you have inserted the correct disk."

               Press the [Esc] key.  You will return to the exam bank
               management menu.  Using this key is how to escape from any
               undesired situation.


          What You Have Learned:

               You have learned what kind of error message TEA will give
               you if you insert a non-exam bank diskette and try to get an
               exam bank.  You have learned how to escape from any menu, or
               undesired condition within the Teacher's Assistant.



          Tutorial  6-2  -  Create an exam bank with no answers


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          Learning Objectives:

               Learn how to create a simple exam bank without an answer
               key.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank diskette from tutorial 6-1.


          Tutorial:

               Make a copy of Appendix A (Exam Bank Planning Worksheet). 
               Make several copies of this page for future use.

               Follow the instructions.  In this case, we will assume you
               already have all of your questions.

               For question number two, enter 250.

               The answer to question number three is "NO."

               The answer to number four is "10."

               Enter "Tutorial 6-2" for question five.

               Number 6 is "1."

               Number seven should look like table 6-1.




                                                                          
              Category                                                    
               number     Category name           Number   Start     End  
                                                                          
                1          Learning                 10       1        10  
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                 Table 6-1

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Manage the Exam Banks on Disk" from the main menu.

               Select "Create New Exam Banks" by moving the widebar cursor
               down one selection and pressing the [Enter] key.  If you are
               using a mouse, move the widebar cursor and press the left


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               button.

               You will be presented with a short note telling you about
               the exam bank creation process.  Once you continue past this
               point, you will not be able to escape until you are done
               creating your exam bank.  Press [Enter] to begin creating
               your first exam bank.

               Enter your desired question length.  TEA will propose a
               length of 250 characters.  Press [Enter] to accept this
               length.

               No answer key will be used for in this tutorial, so change
               the default "Y" to create an answer key to "N" for no answer
               key.  To make the change, clear the current answer by
               pressing the [Home] key, then enter an "N" and press
               [Enter].

               Your exam bank will have ten questions.  Enter 10 and press
               [Enter].

               Name your exam bank "Tutorial 6-2" and press [Enter].

               Create one category by entering 1 and pressing [Enter].

               Name this category "Learning" and press [Enter].

               This category will consist of all of the questions in the
               exam bank, therefore the first question will be number one,
               and the last question will be number ten.  Accept the
               default starting question by pressing [Enter].

               Accept the default ending question by pressing [Enter].

               TEA will propose a filename to store your exam bank under,
               "TUTO6-2" in this example.  Accept it by pressing [Enter].

               TEA will ask you if you want to enter your questions now,
               and offer a "Y" answer.  Change this to an "N" and press
               [Enter].  Since you are not entering questions now, TEA will
               put the text "Sample Question" in all of the questions. 
               Later, when you enter the questions immediately, you will
               not see this text in the questions.  It is added as a
               reminder to you to edit the question before you use it.

               Select "Select another exam bank" to see your exam bank on
               the screen.  Press [Esc].


          What You Have Learned:



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               You have learned how to create a simple exam bank.  This is
               the fundamental building block for creating all exam banks. 
               This exam bank has only one category.  Later, in tutorial 6-
               4, you will create an exam bank with several categories.



          Tutorial  6-3  -  Edit a Question

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to edit questions using the TEA editor.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank diskette from tutorial 6-2.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Exam Bank Management" from the main menu.

               Select "Select another exam bank" and press [Enter].

               Select the file "TUTOR6-2" and press [Enter].

               Select "Edit Question (and Answer)" and press [Enter].

               TEA will now ask you what question you want to edit.  Enter
               the number 1 and press [Enter].

               Question 1 will be displayed on the screen.  On the bottom
               line (line 25) of the screen is the status line.  Notice the
               "*DELETED*" flag.  This flag will pop-up whenever you are
               editing a question and it has a zero point value.  You are
               going to change the point value to 5 points.  Press
               [CTRL]+[PgUp].  This moves the cursor to the upper right of
               the question.  Move your cursor over to the zero preceding
               "pts" and press the [Ins] key.  Note the "INSERT" flag turns
               to "ovrwrt" on the status line.  Press the number 5 and
               notice the "*DELETED*" flag disappears.

               Move your cursor to the beginning of the word "Sample" next
               to the 1 in brackets.

               Delete the words "Sample Question" by pressing [CTRL]+[T]
               three times.  This is the command to delete one word.  If
               the cursor is on a space, [CTRL]+[T] will delete the space


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               between the words.  If the cursor is anywhere on the word,
               the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the word, and
               the entire word is deleted.

               Return the insert/overwrite mode to insert by pressing
               [Ins].  When using the editor, it is best to have the insert
               mode on as you will virtually eliminate the chance of
               overwriting text you want to keep.

               Type the following text for your question: "This is my first
               edited question."

               Complete editing the question by pressing [F10].  This tells
               TEA you are done and you want to save your work.  If you
               want to discard your edit, you should press [F9], and
               confirm your desire to throw away your changes.  TEA will
               ask you if you want to edit the next question.  Accept the
               default answer of "Y" by pressing [Enter].

               Edit questions two through ten in the same manner as above,
               except change the word "first" with the respective number of
               the question.  For example, question number two would read
               "This is my 2nd edited question."  Be sure you edit the
               point values.  Five points is a good value for these
               questions.  After you edit question ten, TEA will ask you if
               you want to edit the next question.  Change the "Y" to an
               "N" and press [Enter].  Editing the question beyond the last
               one in your exam bank is the same as adding a question to
               the end of the exam bank.


          What You Have Learned:

               You have learned how to perform simple editing on your
               questions, and you have learned the meaning of some of the
               status line items.  You have also learned an alternative
               method for adding questions onto the end of your exam banks.



          Tutorial  6-4  -  Add questions

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to add questions to the end of an exam
               bank.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank diskette from tutorial 6-3.


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          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Exam Bank Management" from the main menu.

               Select "Add Questions/Answers to Exam Bank" using the
               widebar cursor and press [Enter].

               Select your TUTOR6-2 exam bank and press [Enter].

               You will be presented with a blank question number 11. 
               Using your mouse or arrow keys, move the cursor up to the
               point value and change it to 5.

               Next, position your cursor next to the question number in
               brackets by pressing [CTRL]+[PgDn], [Left Arrow], and
               [SPACE].

               Enter the following text for your question: "This is my
               first added question."  When you are done, press [F10].


          What You Have Learned:

               You have learned the normal way to add a question onto the
               end of an exam bank.



          Tutorial  6-5  -  Create an exam bank with an answer key

          Learning Objectives:

               Learn how to create a more complex exam bank with an answer
               key.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank diskette from tutorial 6-4.


          Tutorial:

               Make a copy of Appendix A (Exam Bank Planning Worksheet).

               Follow the instructions.  In this case, we will assume you
               already have all of your questions.



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               For question number two, enter 250.

               The answer to question number three is "YES."

               The answer to number four is "10."

               Enter "Tutorial 6-5" for question five.

               Question six is "3."

               Question seven should look like table 6-2.



                                                                            
                 Category                                                   
                  Number     Category name        Number   Start     End    
                                                                            
                   1        Learning                4        1        4     
                                                                            
                   2        Learning More           3        5        7     
                                                                            
                   3        Last Category           3        8        10    
                                                                            
                                                                            
                                                                       Table 6-2

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Exam Bank Management" from the main menu.

               Select "Create New Exam Banks" by moving the widebar cursor down
               one selection and pressing the [Enter] key.

               TEA will present you with a short note telling you about the exam
               bank creation process.  Once you continue past this point, you
               will not be able to escape until you are finished creating your
               exam bank.  Press [Enter] to begin creating your first exam bank.

               Enter your desired question length.  TEA will propose a length of
               250 characters.  Press [Enter] to accept this length.

               You will be using an answer key in this tutorial, so accept the
               default "Y" by pressing [Enter].

               Your exam bank will have ten questions.  Enter 10 and press
               [Enter].

               Name your exam bank "Tutorial 6-5" and press [Enter].

               Create three categories by entering 3 and pressing [Enter].


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               Notice the statement at the bottom of the box.  It says this is
               category 1.  Name the first category "Learning" and press
               [Enter].

               This category will consist of four questions, the first question
               will be number one, and the last question will be number four. 
               Accept the default starting question by pressing [Enter].

               Change the default ending question to 4 and press [Enter].

               Look at the statement at the bottom of the box.  It says this is
               category 2.  Name the second category "Learning_More" and press
               [Enter].  Notice the underscore character between the words
               "Learning" and "More."  The Teacher's Assistant test generator
               cannot accept a space between words (the space is used to delimit
               words), but you can use the underscore character, which looks
               like a space.

               This category will consist of three questions, the first question
               will be number five, and the last question will be number seven. 
               Accept the default starting question by pressing [Enter].

               Change the default ending question to 7 and press [Enter].

               Notice the statement at the bottom of the box.  It says this is
               category 3.  Name this category "Last_Category" and press
               [Enter].

               This category will consist of three questions, the first question
               will be number eight, and the last question will be number ten. 
               Accept the default starting question by pressing [Enter].

               Accept the default ending question and press [Enter].

               TEA will propose a filename to store your exam bank under,
               "TUTO6" in this example.  Change this name to "TUTOR6-5" by
               pressing the [Backspace] key twice, entering "R6-5" and pressing
               [Enter].

               TEA will ask you if you want to enter your questions now, and
               offer a "Y" answer.  Press [Enter].

               For the next ten questions and answers, change the point values
               to 4, make the questions read "This is question XX." where XX
               represents the question number.  Make the answers read "This is
               answer XX." where XX represents the answer number.  When you
               finish editing each answer by pressing [F10], TEA will ask you if
               you want to enter another question/answer, accept the default "Y"
               by pressing [Enter].  After the tenth answer, change the "y" to
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               Select "Select another exam bank" to see your exam bank on the
               screen.  Press [Esc].


          What You Have Learned:

               You have learned how to create a multi-category exam bank with an
               answer key.  You have learned how to set-up the categories during
               exam bank creation.




          Tutorial  6-6  -  Add questions and answers

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to add questions and answers onto the end of
               an exam bank.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 6-5.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Exam Bank Management" from the main menu.

               Select "Add Questions/Answers to Exam Bank" using the widebar
               cursor and press [Enter].

               Select your TUTOR6-5 exam bank and press [Enter].

               You will be presented with a blank question number 11.  Using
               your mouse or arrow keys, move the cursor up to the point value
               and change it to 5.

               Next, position your cursor next to the question number in
               brackets by pressing [CTRL]+[PgDn], [Left Arrow], and [SPACE].

               Enter the following text for your question: "This is my first
               added question."  When you are done, press [F10].

               Answer number 11 will appear on the screen, with the cursor
               already in position.  Enter this text for your answer: "This is
               my first added answer."  When you are done, press [F10].



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               TEA will ask you if you want to add another question/answer.  If
               you accept the default "Y" response, this question and answer
               adding sequence will repeat.  Change the "Y" to a "N" and press
               [Enter].


          What You Have Learned:

               You have learned how to add a question and an answer onto the end
               of an exam bank.




          Tutorial  6-7  -  Delete a question

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn the two ways to delete a question.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 6-6.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Exam Bank Management" from the main menu.

               Select exam bank TUTOR6-5.

               In the first part of this tutorial, you will delete a question by
               zeroing its point value.  In the second part, you will select the
               delete question function.  In the third and final part, you will
               attempt to delete the first question using the delete question
               function.


               PART 1.
               Select "Edit Question (and Answer)."

               Edit question 1.

               Move your cursor to the point value.  Zero it by changing the 5
               to 0.  Press [F10].

               The answer will be displayed.  Press [F10].



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               Answer "N" to editing the next question.


               PART 2.
               Select "Delete Question (and Answer)."

               You will delete question number two, so enter 2 and press
               [Enter].

               TEA will present you with the first few lines of the question and
               ask you if you really want to delete this question.  Change the
               default "N" to a "Y" and press [Enter].

               The question and answer will be deleted, TEA will announce this
               fact, then return to the Exam Bank Manipulation menu.

               Look at the deleted question by editing question 2.

               The question is totally blank.  Press [F10].

               The blank answer is displayed.  Press [F10].

               Answer "N" to editing the next question.


               PART 3.
               Select "Delete Question (and Answer)."

               You will delete question number one, so enter 1 and press
               [Enter].

               TEA will inform you this question has already been deleted.  Even
               though the text is still intact, TEA considers it to be deleted.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned the two ways to delete questions and answers within
               the Teacher's Assistant.  The first method is to zero the point
               value for the question.  The other is to delete the question. 
               You learned TEA will treat a zero point question exactly as if it
               did not exist, which allows you to keep the text intact, but
               remove it from service.  You learned what deleted questions and
               answers look like.  You also learned TEA tells you when a
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          7.  Test Script Management

          After you have created your exam banks, you will need a way to
          generate tests from the exam banks.  The tests are controlled through
          the use of test scripts using a test script language.

          The test script language is English-based, and easy to understand. 
          The Teacher's Assistant can help you develop your first test scripts,
          which will be syntactically perfect.

          Like any other management tool, you can create, modify, and delete
          test scripts.  These concepts are discussed in the following text.


          Creating new test scripts

          This allows you to create new test scripts.  Test scripts may be
          created either by editing the test script directly, or by having the
          computer assist you.

          If you choose to edit the test script directly, you must be familiar
          with the test script language (see Appendix B).  If you have never
          created a test script, or are still new at it, please allow the
          Teacher's Assistant to help you -- the syntax will be perfect which
          will prevent confusion and aggravation later.

          TEA will verify the syntax of the script for you after you have edited
          it, however, it will not check the semantics of the script -- this is
          done during test generation.  The script language is simple, so if
          what you say is reasonable, you shouldn't have any problems.

          Creating a test script from scratch is best done by allowing TEA to
          help.  After you select "Create New Test Script" from the "Manage Test
          Script" option in the main menu, TEA will ask you to enter the
          filename for your test script.  Then you will chooses to use the
          computer or the editor.  If you are new at creating test scripts,
          choose the computer.

          When you choose to let TEA help you, TEA will present you with a
          screen showing the major script commands on the left, and a window
          entitled "Test script file" on the right (see figure 5-1).  Use your
          cursor keys (or mouse) to select the major commands on the left.  As
          you complete each command, it is displayed for you on the right, in
          the order it was created.  TEA will suggest the order you should place
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                                  Create New Test Scripts                       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   SELECT EXAM                        Test script file          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   SELECT CATEGORY                                              
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   QUESTION MODE IS                                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   GET <number>                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   GET QUESTION                                                 
                                                                                
                                                                                
                   END                                                          
                                                                                
                                                                                
                  Select your major command using your mouse or keyboard.       
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                     Figure 7-1



          Most of your test scripts will follow this sequence:

                 Select desired exam bank;
                 Select desired category;
                 Define question selection mode;
                 Get questions from the category;
                 End.

          If you have more than one category, lines two, three and four above
          will repeat for each of the categories.


          Selecting the desired exam bank should be the first statement in your
          test script.  TEA must know which exam bank you are going to be using. 
          The only statement that may precede "SELECT EXAM" is the question
          selection mode command, however, this is ill advised.  TEA will
          continue to use this exam bank until you tell it otherwise.  The
          syntax for this command is:

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          where <DOS filename> is the DOS filename for the exam bank you want to
          use.  You can, if you want, use this command to select another exam
          bank to select more questions.  This would be useful when combining
          subjects for use in a comprehensive test.


          Selecting the desired category should immediately follow selecting the
          exam bank.  TEA must know which category to use so it can draw
          questions from the proper area in your exam bank.  Even if you have
          only one category, you must tell TEA to use it.  If you have several
          categories, TEA will ask you which one you want to use.  TEA will
          continue to use this category until you tell it otherwise.  The syntax
          for this command is:

               SELECT CATEGORY <category name>

          where <category name> is the name of the category you want questions
          selected from.


          Defining which mode of question selection should follow category
          selection.  Your choices for question mode are either random question
          selection or sequential question selection.  TEA will continue to use
          this question mode until you tell it otherwise.

          The random question mode forces TEA to randomly choose questions from
          the specified exam banks and category.  The sequential mode will force
          TEA to draw questions in sequential order starting from where the last
          set of sequential questions were drawn.  For example, if the last time
          you used TEA you drew 10 sequential questions, and the last question
          was number 14, the next time you draw questions sequentially, TEA
          would start with question 15.  If TEA gets to the end of a category
          before all of the questions are drawn, it will wrap around to the
          beginning of that category, and continue drawing questions.  The
          syntax for this command is either:

               QUESTION MODE IS RANDOM
          or
               QUESTION MODE IS SEQUENTIAL


          Once you have established which exam bank, category, and question
          selection mode you wish to use, you can draw questions from the
          specified exam bank and category.  When you tell TEA how many
          questions to get, it will try to retrieve questions until it either
          draws the quantity you specify, or until there are no more questions
          that can be drawn.  The syntax for this command is:

               GET <number> QUESTIONS

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          the selected category.


          You may want to have the same question (or series of questions) to be
          on each test you make from your exam bank.  You can force TEA to do
          this by telling it to select a question by referring to its number. 
          TEA will choose that question, regardless of the selected category or
          question mode.  The syntax for this command is:

               GET QUESTION <question number> [THRU <question number2>]

          where <question number> is the number of the question you want to
          include in your test; and THRU is an optional part to indicate you
          want to pick a series of questions up to <question number2>.

          Note that during test generation, if you use this command for a
          question that does not exist, or has zero points, TEA will suspend
          test generation to inform you of the problem with that question.


          When you are done drawing questions, you must tell TEA to end the test
          generation process.  This is done with the "end" command.  This ends
          all test generation and returns you to the TEA test generation menu. 
          The syntax of this command is:

               END

          As you can see, all of the TEA script commands are easy to understand. 
          Appendix B contains the test script language reference guide, and is
          there to help refresh your memory on the script language.


          Editing old test scripts

          At some point, you will probably want to change the way a particular
          test is created.  Instead of creating a new test script, you can edit
          the old one using this function.  You must be familiar with both the
          test script language and the Teachers' Assistant editor.

          After you select this option, TEA will present a list of test scripts
          to edit.  When you have chosen your script, you will edit it using the
          TEA editor, then return to the Manage Test Scripts menu.

          As a convenience to you, TEA will check the syntax of the script you
          have edited.  This helps ensure you have a good script.  If there is a
          problem, the offending line will be boxed, and you will be forced to
          correct the problem.  To show you that TEA has checked the syntax of
          your script, each line is converted to lowercase as it is processed. 
          This will also help you locate the offending line as it is the last
          line in lowercase (assuming you created your script in uppercase). 
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          test generation.  The script language is simple, so if what you say is
          reasonable, you shouldn't have any problems.


          Delete old test script

          In any data management system, you must have a way to remove old
          information.  The Teacher's Assistant affords you the ability to
          delete old test scripts that you no longer use.

          TEA will present a list of test scripts for you to choose from.  After
          you have made your choice, you will have to verify your intent to
          delete the script, it will be deleted, then you will be returned to
          the "Manage Test Scripts" menu.

          If you accidentally delete a test script, TEA cannot bring it back for
          you.  However, since TEA uses the DOS delete function to remove a test
          script, you may be able to recover it with a simple file undeletion
          tool, such as Norton's Quick Unerase, provided you remove the exam
          bank disk immediately and perform no other operations on it.



          Tutorials

          Tutorial  7-1  -  Create test script

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to create a test script using the computer to
               assist you.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 6-7.


          Tutorial:

               Start up the Teacher's Assistant as described in chapter 2.

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Manage Test Scripts" from the "Main Menu" using your
               mouse or arrow keys and press the left button or press the
               [Enter] key.

               Select "Create New Test Script" and press [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the DOS name of your test script.  Type


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               "Tutor7" and press [Enter].

               Next, TEA will ask you if you want to use the computer or the
               editor.  Select the default answer of "Computer" by pressing the
               [Enter] key.

               This next screen is where you will select all of your script
               commands from.  As you form complete commands from the left side
               of the screen, they will be displayed on the right side, in the
               window titled "Test script file."  The double-bordered box
               indicates the command you are about to select.  To change it, use
               either your arrow keys or your mouse.  To select a command, press
               [Enter] or the left mouse button.

               Select the exam bank to create your test from.  Accept the
               default command of "Select exam" by pressing [Enter].  TEA will
               present you with a list of exam banks.  Select Tutor6-2 and press
               [Enter].  "SELECT EXAM TUTOR6-2" appears in the test script file
               window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Since there is only one
               category ("Learning"), TEA knows you will have to choose it, and
               makes the selection for you.  (Tutorial 7-2 uses a multi-category
               exam bank, so you will see how to choose a category from a list.) 
               "SELECT CATEGORY Learning" appears in the test script file
               window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will present two boxes,
               "Random" (which is highlighted) and "Sequential."  Accept the
               default of random question selection by pressing [Enter]. 
               "QUESTION MODE IS RANDOM" appears in the test script file window.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will ask you how many
               questions you want to choose from the Learning category of the
               Tutor6-2 exam bank.  Type "6" and press [Enter].  "GET 6
               QUESTIONS" appears in the test script file window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Since TEA doesn't
               know when you want to stop, it will continue this cycle (select
               category, question mode is, get number, select category, . . .)
               until you tell it to stop by selecting "End."  Since we are done
               with this test script, move the double-bordered box down to "end"
               and press [Enter].  The script will be saved on your exams disk,
               and you will be at the "Manage Test Scripts" menu.


          What You Have Learned:



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               You learned how to create a simple test script using the
               Teacher's Assistant.  You have seen TEA guide you through the
               test script creation process, and how easy it is to deviate from
               it.



          Tutorial  7-2  -  Create test script

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to create a test script for a multi-category
               exam bank.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 7-1.



          Tutorial:

               Select "Manage Test Scripts" using your mouse or arrow keys and
               press the left button or press the [Enter] key.

               Select "Create New Test Script" and press [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the DOS name of your test script.  Type
               "Tutor7-2" and press [Enter].

               Next, TEA will ask you if you want to use the computer or the
               editor.  Select the default answer of "Computer" by pressing the
               [Enter] key.

               This next screen is where you will select all of your script
               commands from.  As you form complete commands from the left side
               of the screen, they will be displayed on the right side, in the
               window titled "Test script file."  The double-bordered box
               indicates the command you are about to select.  To change it, use
               your arrow keys, or your mouse.  To select a command, press
               [Enter] or the left mouse button.

               Select the exam bank to create your test from.  Accept the
               default command of "Select exam" by pressing [Enter].  TEA will
               present you with a list of exam banks.  Select Tutor6-5 and press
               [Enter].  "SELECT EXAM TUTOR6-5" appears in the test script file
               window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Since there are three


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               categories ("Learning," "Learning_More," and "Last_Category"),
               you will be given the opportunity to choose which one you want. 
               Select "Learning" and press [Enter].  "SELECT CATEGORY Learning"
               appears in the test script file window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will present two boxes,
               "Random" (which is highlighted) and "Sequential."  Accept the
               default of random question selection by pressing [Enter]. 
               "QUESTION MODE IS RANDOM" appears in the test script file window.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will ask you how many
               questions you want to choose from the Learning category of the
               Tutor5 exam bank.  Type "2" and press [Enter].  "GET 2 QUESTIONS"
               appears in the test script file window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Select "Learning_More" and
               press [Enter].  "SELECT CATEGORY Learning_More" appears in the
               test script file window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Accept the default of random
               question selection by pressing [Enter].  "QUESTION MODE IS
               RANDOM" appears in the test script file window.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will ask you how many
               questions you want to choose from the Learning_More category of
               the Tutor6-5 exam bank.  Type "2" and press [Enter].  "GET 2
               QUESTIONS" appears in the test script file window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Select "Last_Category" and
               press [Enter].  "SELECT CATEGORY Last_Category" appears in the
               test script file window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Accept the default of random
               question selection by pressing [Enter].  "QUESTION MODE IS
               RANDOM" appears in the test script file window.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will ask you how many
               questions you want to choose from the Last_Category category of
               the Tutor6-5 exam bank.  Type "2" and press [Enter].  "GET 2
               QUESTIONS" appears in the test script file window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Move the double-
               bordered box down to "end" and press [Enter].  The script will be


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               saved on your exams disk, and you will be at the "Manage Test
               Scripts" menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to create a more complicated test script using
               the Teacher's Assistant.  You have seen that TEA will still guide
               you through the test script creation process, even with multi-
               category exam banks.



          Tutorial 7-3  -  Create complex test script

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to create a complex test script which will
               draw questions from two different exam banks.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 7-2.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Manage Test Scripts" using your mouse or arrow keys and
               press the left button or press the [Enter] key.

               Select "Create New Test Script" and press [Enter].

               TEA will ask you for the DOS name of your test script.  Type
               "Tutor7-3" and press [Enter].

               Next, TEA will ask you if you want to use the computer or the
               editor.  Select the default answer of "Computer" by pressing the
               [Enter] key.

               Select the exam bank to create your test from.  Accept the
               default command of "Select exam" by pressing [Enter].  TEA will
               present you with a list of exam banks.  Select Tutor2 and press
               [Enter].  "SELECT EXAM TUTOR6-2" appears in the test script file
               window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Since there is only one
               category ("Learning"), TEA knows you will have to choose it, and


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               makes the selection for you.  "SELECT CATEGORY Learning" appears
               in the test script file window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Accept the default of random
               question selection by pressing [Enter].  "QUESTION MODE IS
               RANDOM" appears in the test script file window.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  TEA will ask you how many
               questions you want to choose from the Learning category of the
               Tutor6-2 exam bank.  Type "5" and press [Enter].  "GET 5
               QUESTIONS" appears in the test script file window.

               Select the next exam bank to create your test from.  Move the
               highlight box up to the "Select exam" command then press [Enter]. 
               TEA will present you with a list of exam banks.  Select Tutor5
               and press [Enter].  "SELECT EXAM TUTOR5" appears in the test
               script file window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Select "Learning" and press
               [Enter].  "SELECT CATEGORY Learning" appears in the test script
               file window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Since you don't
               need to keep selecting the question selection mode (once set it
               stays set until you change it).  Move the highlight box down to
               "Get <Number>" by pressing the down arrow once.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Press [Enter].  TEA
               will ask you how many questions you want to choose from the
               Learning category of the Tutor6-5 exam bank.  Press the [Home]
               key, type "2" and press [Enter].  "GET 2 QUESTIONS" appears in
               the test script file window.

               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Accept this
               recommendation by pressing [Enter].  Select "Last_Category" and
               press [Enter].  "SELECT CATEGORY Last_Category" appears in the
               test script file window.

               The "question mode is" box will be highlighted.  Again, bypass
               this recommendation and move the highlight box down to the "Get
               <Number>" option.

               The "get <number>" box will be highlighted.  Press [Enter].  TEA
               will ask you how many questions you want to choose from the
               Last_Category category of the Tutor5 exam bank.  Ensure "2" is in
               the data entry box and press [Enter].  "GET 2 QUESTIONS" appears
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               Your test script file should by identical to table 7-1.


               The "select category" box will be highlighted.  Move the
               highlight box down to "end" and press [Enter].  The script will
               be saved on your exams disk, and you will be at the "Manage Test
               Scripts" menu.




                                                                  
                    SELECT EXAM TUTOR6-2                          
                    SELECT CATEGORY Learning                      
                    QUESTION MODE IS RANDOM                       
                    GET 5 QUESTIONS                               
                    SELECT EXAM TUTOR6-5                          
                    SELECT CATEGORY Learning_More                 
                    GET 2 QUESTIONS                               
                    SELECT CATEGORY Last_Category                 
                    GET 2 QUESTIONS                               
                                                                  
                                                              Table 7-1         


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to make TEA draw questions from two different
               exam banks.  You also learned that you don't have to use
               questions from every category, although you will usually use each
               one.



          Tutorial 7-4  -  Edit a test script

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to edit a test script.  To illustrate this,
               you will create a test script, then edit it.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 7-3.


          Tutorial:

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               Create a test script.  Name it TUTOR7-4.  Use exam bank TUTOR6-5. 
               Select category "Learning_More."  Choose random test generation. 
               Get 3 questions.  End the test script.

               Select "Edit Old Test Script" and press [Enter].

               Select "TUTOR7-4" and press [Enter].

               TEA will present the file you just created.  Notice the entire
               text is in uppercase.  Move your cursor to the word "random" in
               line three.  While holding the [Ctrl] key, press the [T] key
               ([Ctrl]+[T] = delete word).  "Random" disappears.

               Type the word "SEQUENTIAL" using all capital letters.  Line three
               now says "QUESTION MODE IS SEQUENTIAL" in uppercase.

               You are done editing this script.  Press [F10] to save your
               changes and exit.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to edit a test script.  You also learned how to
               change the question selection mode.



          Tutorial 7-5  -  Edit a test script with an error

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to correct a syntax error in a test script.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 7-4.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Create a test script.  Name it TUTOR7-5.  Use exam bank TUTOR6-2. 
               Select category "Learning" (remember TEA will select the category
               for you).  Choose random test generation.  Get 5 questions.  End
               the test script.

               Select "Edit Old Test Script" and press [Enter].

               Select "TUTOR7-5" and press [Enter].


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               TEA will present the file you just created.  Notice the entire
               text is in uppercase.  Move your cursor to the word "random" in
               line three.  Press [Ctrl]+[T].  "Random" disappears.

               You are done editing this script.  The error lies in the question
               mode selection statement (no mode is selected).  Press [F10] to
               save your changes and exit.

               When you press [F10], TEA performs a syntax check on your script. 
               In this case, we neglected to complete the "question mode is"
               statement, and TEA told us there was a syntax error in line 3. 
               Press [Enter] to edit the script.

               Notice the cursor is on line three, and the entire script up to
               line three is in lowercase.  Remember that TEA converts each line
               to lowercase just before it checks its syntax?  This also points
               to the line with the error.  If you have trouble remembering the
               syntax for each script command, refer to Appendix B, which lists
               and explains each command.  Correct this error by press [End],
               and typing "RANDOM" at the end of the line.

               Press [F10] to save your script.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how the Teacher's Assistant responds to an error in a
               test script, and you learned how to locate and correct an error.



          Tutorial 7-6  -  Delete a test script

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to delete a test script.



          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 7-5.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Delete Old Test Script" and press [Enter].

               Select file "TUTOR7-5" and press [Enter].


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               TEA will show you the first few lines of the test script and ask
               you if you really want to delete it. Change the default answer of
               "N" to "Y" and press [Enter].  TEA will delete your test script.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to delete a test script.













































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          8.  Test Generation

          This module is the heart of the test generation system.  You can
          select which test script to use, then create a test from the exam
          bank(s) specified in that test script.  All this is accomplished just
          by pressing a few keys.


          Select Test Script

          This allows you to select which test script you will use when
          generating a test.  It uses the standard TEA file selection menu,
          where you select your file using either the arrow keys or mouse, and
          press [Enter] to confirm.

          Use this option whenever you want to generate a new test.  Keep in
          mind, once you choose a test script, TEA will use that script to
          create a test until you leave the "Create Tests" menu.


          Generate Test

          This generates a test based on the test script you've chosen (see
          "Select Test Script" above).  If you haven't chosen one yet, TEA will
          give you that opportunity.  The resulting test is stored on disk as
          the "working test."  After it is generated, you may print the test and
          answer key.

          Working tests are kept only until the next test is created, or until
          you quit the Teacher's Assistant, therefore, you must print each test
          after it is generated.


          Test and Answer Key Printing

          A test generation system is useless unless you can print the tests for
          your students, and print the answer keys for yourself.  This takes the
          "working" test and prints it.  You must generate a test before you can
          print it.  Then you may select whether you want to print the test, the
          answer key, or both.

          If you print the test and the answer key, each test question will be
          printed, followed by the answer.  If you don't have an answer key for
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          Tutorials

          Tutorial 8-1  -  Generate and Print a Test

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to generate and print a test.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 7-6.


          Tutorial:

               Start up TEA as described in chapter 2.

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Create Tests From Script File" from the main menu and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Test Script" and press [Enter].

               Select "TUTOR7-1" and press [Enter].

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  The test will be
               created while you watch it.  In the upper right corner you will
               see the commands from the script file you created, below that you
               will see the text of the question being drawn, and on the left
               side of the screen, TEA will be organizing the test questions in
               alphanumeric order.  When TEA is done, you will have six
               questions randomly drawn from the bank of ten.

               Acknowledge the completion of the test by pressing [Enter].

               Select "Print Test and/or Answer Key" and press [Enter].

               TEA will ask you if you want to print the test, the answer key,
               or both.  You will be offered the choice of pressing the [T] key
               to print just the test, the [A] key to print just the answer key,
               or the [B] key to print both the test and the answer keys.  Press
               the [T] key to print just the test.

               The test will be sent to the print queue, and TEA will return to
               the "Create Test" menu.





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          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how generate a test, print it, and print the answer
               key (if available).  You have also seen the print queue in
               action.



          Tutorial 8-2  -  Observe RANDOM Question Mode Operation

          Learning Objectives:

               You will see how the random question selection mode varies the
               questions drawn from an exam bank.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 8-1.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Select "Create Tests From Script File" from the main menu and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Test Script" and press [Enter].

               Select "TUTOR7-1" and press [Enter].

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  Observe the questions
               that were selected.

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  Observe the questions
               that were selected.

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  Observe the questions
               that were selected.


          What You Have Learned:

               You have seen how the random question mode randomly chooses the
               questions it uses to create a test.







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          Tutorial 8-3  -  Observe SEQUENTIAL Question Mode Operation

          Learning Objectives:

               You will see how the sequential question selection mode varies
               the questions drawn from an exam bank.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 8-2.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Create a test script "TUTOR7-3" (see tutorial 7-2 for details on
               test script creation).  Select exam bank "Tutor6-2."  Select
               category "Learning."  Select "SEQUENTIAL" question mode.  Get 6
               questions.  End the test script.

               Select "Create Tests From Script File" from the main menu and
               press [Enter].

               Select "Select Test Script" and press [Enter].

               Select "TUTOR7-3" and press [Enter].

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  Observe the six
               questions that were selected were numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  Observe the questions
               that were selected were numbered 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, and 10.  While
               the test was being generated, the questions were selected
               starting from number 7, going up to 10, then 1 and 2 were added. 
               This also shows the Test Questions window sorts the exam
               according to exam bank name and question number.

               Select "Generate Test" and press [Enter].  Observe the questions
               that were selected were numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.


          What You Have Learned:

               You have seen the sequential question selection mode picks up
               where it left off the last time a test was created, and it wraps
               around at the top of the current category.





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          Tutorial 8-4  -  Delete a question by zeroing its points

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn that editing a question and zeroing its point
               value will work as well as deleting the question.  This will be
               proven by editing a question that will be selected, then
               generating a test to prove that it won't be selected.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your exam bank disk from tutorial 8-3.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your exam bank diskette in drive A:

               Edit question number 1 (see tutorial 6-3 for details on editing a
               question).  Change its point value to zero, and save your change.

               Go back to the "Create Test" menu.

               Select test script "TUTOR7-3."

               Generate the test.  Observe question number one is not in the
               test.  The question are chosen in this order: 9, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5. 
               Print out the test if you want.  Question number one was skipped,
               proving a zero point question is just as good as being deleted.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how zeroing a question's point value will prevent it
               from being selected during test generation.

















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          9.  Program Security

          This allows you to change each of the passwords for the main areas and
          also allows you to wipe exam banks from the disk.  The passwords are
          for added security, and may be blank if you do not desire to password
          protect areas of TEA.

          Wiping the exam bank allows you to remove all traces of the exam bank. 
          The data is overwritten four times with a pattern of ones and zeros,
          once with the format character, then verified to make sure all data
          has been erased.  This precaution is for any Government organizations
          who may be using the Teacher's Assistant.  Note: This procedure is
          final -- all data in that exam bank will be removed (irretrievably).


          Change System Passwords

          This allows you to change all of the passwords in a given area.  They
          are initially set to all blanks, which keeps them from being used.  If
          you should want to implement any one password, you may do so by
          changing that one password.  When you change a password, you will be
          presented with your old password, and asked to enter your new
          password.  Your password may be up to 30 characters long and must be
          the normal keyboard characters only (no extended or control
          characters).  Passwords are case sensitive ("Password" is different
          from "PASSWORD").   To remove password protection from any given area,
          merely change its password to null by pressing the [Home] key which
          will clear the new password box, and pressing [Enter].

          The following chart describes each password's name and what it
          protects:

          Password Name            Description                             

          TEA Program entry        Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which governs program access. 
                                   It controls entry into the TEA program from
                                   initial start-up.  Implementation of this
                                   password is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you allow
                                   students access to your computer.

          Exam Bank Management     Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   exam bank management section of TEA. 
                                   Implementation of this password is HIGHLY
                                   RECOMMENDED if you allow students access to
                                   your computer.

          Test Script Management   Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   test script management section of TEA. 


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                                   Implementation of this password is HIGHLY
                                   RECOMMENDED if you allow students access to
                                   your computer.

          Manage List of Students  Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   student list management section of TEA. 
                                   Implementation of this password is HIGHLY
                                   RECOMMENDED if you allow students access to
                                   your computer.

          Create Tests             Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   test generation section of TEA. 
                                   Implementation of this password is
                                   RECOMMENDED if you allow students access to
                                   your computer.

          Gradebook                Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   gradebook section of TEA.  Implementation of
                                   this password is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you
                                   allow students access to your computer.

          Security                 Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   security section of TEA.  Implementation of
                                   this password is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED if you
                                   allow students access to your computer. 
                                   Passwording is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for this
                                   section if you have passwords implemented in
                                   any other section of TEA as they are readily
                                   accessible from security and can be changed
                                   without your consent.

          Misc Admin Actions       (Miscellaneous Administrative Actions)
                                   Selecting this option allows you to change
                                   the password which controls access to the
                                   miscellaneous administrative section of TEA. 
                                   Implementation of this password is HIGHLY
                                   RECOMMENDED if you allow students access to
                                   your computer.


          Wipe Exam Bank

          This section allows you to permanently remove an exam bank from the
          data disk.  Due to the dangerous nature of this function, you will
          have to verify your intention before TEA will wipe the exam bank.

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          pattern of one's and zero's four times and then verified unreadable. 
          Finally, the portion of the disk where the exam bank resided is re-
          formatted and the disk space is returned to the operating system. 
          There is no known method available to recover the exam bank once
          wiped.  Not even Paul Mace nor Peter Norton could bring it back    and
          they're good at what they do!


          Tutorials

          Tutorial 9-1  -  Adding Password Protection

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to add, or change a password for a given
               module.


          What You Will Need:

               You will not need any additional materials.


          Tutorial:

               Start up the Teachers's Assistant as described in chapter 2.

               Select "Program Security" and press [Enter].

               Select "Change System Passwords" and press [Enter].

               Select "Password for `Security'" and press [Enter].

               TEA will show you the old password, and ask you for the new
               password.  Type "Security" and press [Enter].

               TEA will return you to the "Change System Passwords" menu with
               "Password for `Security'" highlighted.  Press [Enter] to verify
               the password has been changed.  Press [Enter] again to retain
               this password.

               To save the passwords to disk, press [Esc] which exits the
               password changing routine and saves them to your TEA disk.  If
               you are using a floppy drive based system, TEA will prompt you to
               insert each of the TEA disks into your disk drive, whereby TEA
               will save the passwords to each of your floppy disks.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to add, or change a password for a given module.


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          Tutorial 9-2  -  Removing Password Protection

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to remove any password in the TEA system.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your TEA disks from tutorial 9-1 (if they were
               used).


          Tutorial:

               From the main menu, select "Program Security" and press [Enter].

               Select "Change System Passwords" and press [Enter].

               Select "Password for `Security'" and press [Enter].

               TEA will show you the old password "Security" and ask you for the
               new password.  Press the [Home] key and press [Enter].

               TEA will return you to the "Change System Passwords" menu with
               "Password for `Security'" highlighted.  Press [Enter] to verify
               the password has been changed.  Press [Enter] again to retain
               this password.

               To save the passwords to disk, press [Esc].  If you are using a
               floppy drive based system, TEA will prompt you to insert each of
               the TEA disks into your disk drive, just like tutorial 9-1.  In
               fact, all you are doing is erasing the password you want to
               remove, which removes it from use.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to remove any password in the TEA system.


          Tutorial 9-3  -  Wiping an Exam Bank

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to wipe the contents of an exam bank.


          What You Will Need:


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               You will need your Exams disk from tutorial 8-4.


          Tutorial:

               From the main menu, select "Program Security" and press [Enter].

               Insert your Exam bank disk in drive A:.

               Select "Wipe Exam Bank" and press [Enter].

               Select the exam bank you want to wipe.  In this case, select
               "Tutor2" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will ask you if you really want to wipe
               this exam bank.  Press [Y].

               The TEA program security Manager menu will appear with a window
               that asks you to wait while wiping.  The window also tells you
               how far in each pass TEA has wiped the exam bank.  Do not be
               alarmed if the percentage exceeds 100% -- TEA has cleared out a
               little extra disk space.  After the exam bank has been wiped, the
               window will disappear, and TEA will be ready for your commands.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to wipe the contents of an exam bank.

























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          10.  Miscellaneous Administrative Actions

          Discussion

          This contains the miscellaneous administrative commands for the
          system.  You may view the statistical exam bank usage profile, reset
          exam bank usage counter, control the print queue by cancelling all
          printing, suspending printing, or resuming printing after it has been
          suspended, create student and course disks, and reconfigure your disk
          drives.


          Exam Bank Usage Profile

          This allows you to view which questions are being selected by the
          computer, and it shows you the distribution frequency on a bar graph. 
          You may wish to periodically view the exam bank usage to see if there
          are any questions that are not being selected in the test generation
          process.  If there are any low spots in the graph, you may investigate
          the cause and correct it.

          This chart utilizes the computer's graphics ability (Hercules
          monochrome or CGA/EGA/VGA) for its presentation.  As in the gradebook,
          the Teacher's Assistant knows which graphics board you have installed,
          and it will scale the graph accordingly.

          You will have the opportunity to select a new exam bank prior to its
          usage being graphed.  A point to remember: the exam bank you choose to
          graph will remain as your current exam bank.


          Reset Exam Bank Usage Counter

          This resets, or zeros, the question counter.  After a period of time,
          the details of your graphs may be indiscernible, due to the heavy use
          of some questions.  This allows you to put the bar graph back into
          perspective after extensive use of the exam bank, or after you have
          corrected a problem in the test generation.

          Periodic use of this function is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.  A good frequency
          would be after every 100 tests made from an exam bank.


          Print Queue Control

          The print queue is where all printing is directed from within the
          Teacher's Assistant.  Whenever you print a test, or a grade report, it
          first goes to the print queue, then to the printer.

          The Teacher's Assistant is a multitasking program.  This means there
          are at least two tasks (or programs) running at the same time.  The


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          program you see and control is in the foreground.  The print queue
          runs in the background and allows you to continue processing while TEA
          prints.  The alternative is to make you wait while until you printer
          is done with all of the printing.  This feature is completely
          controlled by TEA and is independent of your printer, or any memory-
          resident print spoolers you may have set up.  If your printer has a
          large (over 200 bytes) internal print buffer, TEA will operate
          smoother, however, even small printer buffers can be accommodated.

          Each of the print queue functions are described in detail below.


               Cancel Printing

               This cancels all printing, and clears the print queue.  All
               printing that has not yet printed is lost.  Obviously, you will
               have to verify your intent to use this function before the
               Teacher's Assistant will allow you to clear the print queue.


               Suspend Printing

               This suspends printing operations until you instruct the
               Teacher's Assistant to resume printing.  Should a printer error
               occur, the print queue will automatically suspend operations, and
               pop up a window to inform you of this error.


               Resume Printing

               This allows you to resume printing operations after they have
               been suspended.  Printing may be suspended by either a printer
               error or through your intervention.  This function cannot resume
               printing after you cancel it    it only works if you suspend
               printing, or if printing is suspended due to a printer error.


          Create "Courses & Student" Disk

          Before you can save your course information, you must prepare your
          student disk to receive the course information.  This function allows
          you to prepare a formatted floppy (or hard) disk for use as a courses
          and student disk.


          Reconfigure Disk Drives

          This allows you to change the data path for your student database,
          gradebook and exam banks, and you can change the location of the
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          You will be presented with the data path, and the TEA path, with an
          explanation of what they do.  You may change either or both paths. 
          The data path will become effective immediately, but the TEA path will
          go into effect the next time TEA is started up.

          The data path tells TEA where to find your data, such as your
          gradebook.  The TEA path tells TEA where to find its own files, such
          as the configuration file.


          Tutorials

          Tutorial 10-1  -  Exam Bank Usage Profile

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to generate the exam usage profile graph.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Exams disk from tutorial 8-4.


          Tutorial:

               From the main menu, select "Miscellaneous Administrative Actions"
               and press [Enter].

               Insert your Exam bank disk in drive A:.

               Select "Exam Bank Usage Profile" and press [Enter].

               Select exam bank "TUTOR6-5" and press [Enter].  The Teacher's
               Assistant will scan your exam bank to determine how many times
               each question has been used, the graph of Frequency versus
               question number will be displayed on the screen in the high
               resolution graphics mode.  The values are plotted with a small
               "x" with a line going down to the X-axis.  The graph is
               automatically scaled to the amount of information to be
               presented.  The graph may have some zero points on the graph -
               these are questions that are not being selected, or haven't been
               selected yet.  If these unselected questions are supposed to be
               selected, you will have to troubleshoot your test script to see
               why it is not being used.  If is normal for those questions which
               have no point value to not be selected.

               Press [Enter] or the left mouse button to return to the
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          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to generate the exam usage profile graph.  You
               have also learned what a zero point on the graph means.


          Tutorial 10-2  -  Reset Exam Bank Usage Counter


          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to reset the exam bank usage counter.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Exams disk from tutorial 9-1.


          Tutorial:

               From the main menu, select "Miscellaneous Administrative Actions"
               and press [Enter].

               Insert your Exam bank disk in drive A:.

               Select "Reset Exam Bank Usage Counter" and press [Enter].

               Select exam bank "TUTOR5-6" and press [Enter].  The Teacher's
               Assistant will scan your exam bank resetting the counter that
               tracks the question's usage.  When TEA has finished resetting the
               counter, you will be informed, and returned to the Miscellaneous
               Administrative Actions menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to reset the exam bank usage counter.


          Tutorial 10-3  -  Suspend Printing

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to suspend printing from the print queue.


          What You Will Need:

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          Tutorial:

               From the main menu, select "Miscellaneous Administrative Actions"
               and press [Enter].

               Select "Print Queue Control" and press [Enter].

               Select "Suspend Printing" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will inform you that printing has been
               suspended, and to press [Enter].  Press [Enter].  You will return
               to the "Print Queue Control" menu.

               Select "Suspend Printing" and press [Enter].

               TEA will inform you that printing has already been suspended, and
               to press [Enter].  Press [Enter].  You will be returned to the
               "Print Queue Control" menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to suspend printing from the print queue.  You
               also learned what happens if you try to suspend printing when it
               has already been suspended.





          Tutorial 10-4  -  Resume Printing

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to resume printing from the print queue once
               it has been suspended.


          What You Will Need:

               You will not need any additional materials.


          Tutorial:

               If you have not performed tutorial 10-3, do so now.

               Select "Resume Printing" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will inform you that printing has been
               resumed and to press [Enter].  Press [Enter].  You will return to


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               the "Print Queue Control" menu.

               Select "Resume Printing" and press [Enter].

               TEA will inform you that printing has already been resumed, and
               to press [Enter].  Press [Enter].  You will be returned to the
               "Print Queue Control" menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to resume printing from the print queue once it
               has been suspended.  You also learned what happens if you try to
               resume printing when it has already been resumed.


          Tutorial 10-5  -  Cancel Printing

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to cancel all printing from the print queue.




          What You Will Need:

               You will not need any additional materials.


          Tutorial:

               From the main menu, select "Miscellaneous Administrative Actions"
               and press [Enter].

               Select "Print Queue Control" and press [Enter].

               Select "Cancel Printing" and press [Enter].

               The Teacher's Assistant will warn you that you are about to dump
               all of the data to be printed.  You must press [Enter] to dump
               the data, or press [Esc] to return to the Print Queue Control
               menu.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to cancel all printing from the print queue.





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          11.  Quitting TEA

          Discussion

          Quitting the Teacher's Assistant may not be as easy as it seems. 
          Normally, when you tell TEA to quit, it will ask you if you're sure. 
          However, there are two cases when TEA will not let you quit: when data
          is being printed, and if printing has been suspended.

          If data is being printed, you will either have to wait until the
          printing is done, or you will have to cancel it.  If printing has been
          suspended, you will have to resume printing and wait for it to finish,
          or cancel printing, then resume printing.  Either way, you will have
          to exert positive action to force TEA to lose your printed data before
          it gets to the printer.

          Earlier, the manual stated the "working test" was stored on disk until
          you quit the Teacher's Assistant.  This is not really accurate.  What
          is stored is a table of question numbers that point to the questions
          in your exam bank.  This technique save space on the TEA disk and adds
          security by not having to worry about contaminating your hard drive
          (or another floppy disk) with classified or sensitive information.


          Tutorials

          Tutorial 11-1  -  Quit With Printing Suspended

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to quit using the Teacher's Assistant the
               printer still printing.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial 5-11.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your Courses and Students disk in drive A:.

               Follow tutorial 5-10 and print out your gradebook.  This is to
               put data into the print queue.

               As soon as you have control of the keyboard, press [Esc] until
               you get to the main menu.

               Press [Esc] one more time to exit the Teacher's Assistant.



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               TEA will inform you that there is data still in the print queue,
               and to press [SPACE] to acknowledge.  Press the space bar.

               Wait until your gradebook has finished printing, then press [Esc]
               and quit TEA normally.


          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to quit using the Teacher's Assistant with the
               printer still printing.


          Tutorial 11-2  -  Quit With Data in Print Queue

          Learning Objectives:

               You will learn how to quit using the Teacher's Assistant with
               data in the print queue.


          What You Will Need:

               You will need your Courses and Students disk from tutorial 5-11.


          Tutorial:

               Insert your Courses and Students disk in drive A:.

               Follow tutorial 10-3 to suspend printing.

               Follow tutorial 5-10 and print out your gradebook.  This is to
               put data into the print queue.

               As soon as you have control of the keyboard, press [Esc] until
               you get to the main menu.

               Press [Esc] one more time to exit the Teacher's Assistant.

               TEA will inform you that printing has been suspended, and to
               press [SPACE] to acknowledge.  Press the space bar.

               From the main menu, select "Miscellaneous Admin Actions" and
               press [Enter].

               Follow tutorial 10-5 to cancel printing.

               Return to the main menu, press [Esc] and quit TEA normally.




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          What You Have Learned:

               You learned how to quit using the Teacher's Assistant with data
               in the print queue.
















































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          12.  Comprehensive Tutorial

          This chapter ties all of the information from chapters four through
          thirteen together in one giant tutorial.  Do not attempt this tutorial
          until you have mastered each of the preceding tutorials.

          This tutorial is not as in-depth as the previous tutorials.  Instead,
          it will tell you what to do, and cross-reference the tutorial which
          contains the step-by-step instructions for that step.  The cross-
          reference information in contained in brackets after the step name. 
          If you have mastered the previous tutorials, but need a little help,
          use the index to look up the name of the tutorial under the
          "Tutorials" entry, then review that tutorial.

          This tutorial is a simulation of an entire semester, and it may take
          you a few hours to complete.  You will find most of this time is
          consumed in data entry.  You can make the most of this time by
          entering actual questions you would use in your class.  in other
          words, go ahead and create the actual exam banks during this tutorial
          - you will save yourself a lot of time.


          Tutorials

          Prepare a Courses and Students disk [Tutorial 4-1]

               Your first step after installing the Teacher's Assistant is to
               create a Courses and Students disk to store your class roster. 
               Do so following tutorial 4-1.


          Create a Course [Tutorial 4-2]

               Create your course using tutorial 4-2.


          Add Students to the Course [Tutorial 4-3]

               Take your student list and enter your student's data into your
               student database.


          Print Each Student's Record [Tutorial 4-8]

               Print all of your students' data and place it in a safe place. 
               Remember to follow the guidelines set forth in the Privacy Act of
               1974.


          Define Weights of Each Grade [Tutorial 5-1]



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               You should know how many assignments you're going to give your
               students.  Enter the weighting of the assignments in the
               gradebook.


          Enter Homework Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               By now, you've assigned some homework, have collected and graded
               it, and are ready to enter those grades into your gradebook. 
               Enter your homework grades into your gradebook following tutorial
               5-2.  You will find entering grades will be easier if the papers
               are in alphabetical order.


          Create an Exam Bank (First Quiz) [Tutorial 6-5]

               Now you are going to give your students a ten question quiz. 
               First you must create the questions for the quiz.  Following
               tutorial 6-5, create a one category exam bank.  Enter 25
               questions suitable for a quiz.  Having 25 questions will enable
               you to use this exam bank next semester/year without using the
               exact same ten questions.  It also lets you use them for test
               questions, if you want.


          Create the First Quiz Test Script [Tutorial 7-1]

               Now you're going to tell the Teacher's Assistant how to create
               the quiz.  Following tutorial 8-1, create a test script that will
               draw ten questions randomly from the exam bank.

               Your test script should be similar to figure 12-1.

                                                      
                       SELECT EXAM QUIZ1              
                       SELECT CATEGORY ONE            
                       QUESTION MODE IS RANDOM        
                       GET 10 QUESTIONS               
                       END                            
                                                      
                                           Figure 12-1


          Generate the First Quiz (Five Different Quizzes) [Tutorial 8-1]

               Now you are going to generate five different quizzes.  This will
               ensure each student has a different quiz than his/her neighbor,
               which will eliminate cheating.  This will be done with very
               little extra effort on your part.




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          Enter Quiz Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               Now that you've totally surprised your students with you
               computerized test generation system, you must get back to the
               drudgery of entering grades.  Enter the grades from the quiz into
               your gradebook.


          Enter More Homework Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               Hand out more homework, grade it, and enter those grades into
               your gradebook.


          Create a Mid-Term Exam Bank [Tutorial 6-5]

               Gather together your mid-term examination questions and answers. 
               Create your mid-term exam bank.  Use as many categories as you
               had separate subjects.  Follow tutorial 6-5 while creating it.


          Create the Mid-Term Test Script [Tutorial 7-1]

               Create your mid-term test script by referring to tutorial 7-1. 
               Be sure to use questions from each category.


          Generate the Mid-Term [Tutorial 8-1]

               Generate one mid-term exam.  You may want to print as many copies
               as you have students to give the appearance of individual exams. 
               Photocopying, however, is much quicker.


          Enter Mid-Term Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               Enter the grades from the mid-term into your gradebook.


          Lookup a Poorly Performing Student's Record [Tutorial 5-9 & Tutorial
          5-12]

               Now its time to look for the students whose performance is less
               than expected.  Following tutorial 5-9, change the student order
               to GPA.  Then, referring to tutorial 5-12, scan the gradebook for
               those students whose GPA is low.  When you find one, press the
               [?] to review that student's record for mitigating circumstances
               to consider during your counseling session with the student.




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          Enter More Homework Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               Hand out more homework, grade it, and enter those grades into
               your gradebook.


          Create an Exam Bank (Second Quiz) [Tutorial 6-5]

               Now you are going to give your students another ten question
               quiz.  Again, you must create the questions for the quiz. 
               Following tutorial 6-5, create a one category exam bank.  Enter
               25 questions suitable for a quiz.


          Create the Second Quiz Test Script [Tutorial 7-1]

               You're going to tell the Teacher's Assistant how to create the
               second quiz.  Following tutorial 7-1, create a test script that
               will draw ten questions randomly from the exam bank.

               Your test script should be similar to figure 12-1.


          Generate the Second Quiz (Two Different Quizzes) [Tutorial 8-1]

               Now you are going to generate just two different quizzes.  This
               still will be done with very little extra effort on your part.


          Enter Quiz Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               Now that you've totally surprised your students with you
               computerized test generation system, you must get back to the
               drudgery of entering grades.  Enter the grades from the quiz into
               your gradebook.


          Lookup a Poorly Performing Student's Record [Tutorial 5-9 & Tutorial
          5-12]

               Again, its time to look for the students whose performance is
               less than expected.  Following tutorial 5-9, change the student
               order to GPA.  Then, referring to tutorial 5-12, scan the
               gradebook for those students whose GPA is low.  When you find
               one, press the [?] to review that student's record for mitigating
               circumstances to consider during your counseling session with the
               student.


          Enter More Homework Grades [Tutorial 5-2]


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               Hand out more homework, grade it, and enter those grades into
               your gradebook.


          Create a Final Exam Bank [Tutorial 6-5]

               Now you are going to give your students the final exam.  You must
               create the questions for the exam.  Following tutorial 5, create
               as many categories as you had separate subjects.


          Create the Final Exam Test Script [Tutorial 7-1]

               Create your mid-term test script by referring to tutorial 7-1. 
               Be sure to use questions from each category.


          Generate the Final Exam [Tutorial 8-1]

               Generate one final exam.  You may want to print as many copies as
               you have students to give the appearance of individual exams. 
               Remember: photocopying is much quicker.


          Enter Final Exam Grades [Tutorial 5-2]

               Enter the grades from the final into your gradebook.


          Print Final Comprehensive Grades by ID [Tutorial 5-11]

               Your grades are due to the school.  Here's where you'll shine -
               your grades are already computed, and ready for transcription
               onto your school's form.  Following tutorial 5-11, print out your
               final scores.


          Print Entire Gradebook [Tutorial 5-10]

               To preserve your gradebook for the future (in case of grade
               challenges and/or reviews), follow tutorial 5-10 and print out
               your gradebook.  Remember the implications of the Privacy act of
               1974 and take appropriate measures to safeguard the information
               in your gradebook.









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          Appendix A
                               Exam Bank Planning Worksheet

          This form is provided to help you plan your exam bank's size and
          partitions, if any.

          Instructions:  Answer the following questions in the spaces provided. 
          Then use these answers for the questions posed by the computer while
          creating an exam bank.

          NOTE:  If you are unsure of your answer, it is better to err on the
          high side, and give yourself extra room than to enter a low answer and
          cramp your exam bank.

          1.  Gather, or write down, all of your exam questions before
          proceeding to step 2.

          2.  Find your largest question.  This is the one with the most
          letters.  Include all spaces in the left margin.  Add 10% to your
          count.  Enter your result here. _________

          3.  Do you want to use an answer key (yes or no) ? ________

          4.  How many questions do you have for your exam bank? ___________
          5.  What is the name of this exam bank? _________________________
          6.  Are they divided into logical sections, or categories?  Enter the
          number of categories you have (at least one): ________


























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          7.  For each category, enter a simple name describing the category
          (i.e. Theory, Applications, Pulsars, etc).  How many questions do you
          have for each category?  Next to each name, in the "Number" column,
          enter the number of questions in that category plus the larger of ten
          percent or ten questions (i.e. if you have 20 questions, enter 30; if
          you have 200 questions, enter 220).  Add this number to the number in
          the "Start" column, subtract one (1) and write your answer in the
          "End" column.  Add one to the number in the "End" column and write
          this result in the "Start" column on the next line.  Repeat this
          procedure for each category.

          Category 
           number     Category name                 Number   Start     End

            1         ________________________      ______   __1___   _____

            2         ________________________      ______   ______   _____

            3         ________________________      ______   ______   _____

            4         ________________________      ______   ______   _____

            5         ________________________      ______   ______   _____

            6         ________________________      ______   ______   _____


          As a double-check, the last number in the "End" column should be the
          same as your total number of questions.  If it is not, check your
          work.  If you have more than six categories, use additional sheets as
          necessary. 





















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          Appendix B
                              Test Generation Script Language

          To create tests, TEA uses an English-based script language.  The seven
          statements that can be used are described below with their syntax and
          purposes.


          SELECT EXAM <DOS filename>

          Purpose: Selects the exam bank to be used.  <DOS filename> must be a
          valid DOS filename for your exam bank, and it must exist on the
          current data drive at the time the command is used.  This statement
          should be the first one in the script control file.


          SELECT CATEGORY <category name>

          Purpose: Changes the current category in the current exam bank to the
          name specified.  The test generator looks up the category number from
          the name and uses this category for all subsequently retrieved
          questions.


          SELECT CATEGORY <category number>

          Purpose: Changes the current category in the current exam bank to the
          number specified.  The test generator uses this category for all
          subsequently retrieved questions.


          QUESTION MODE IS RANDOM

          Purpose: Changes the default question selection mode to random and
          forces all subsequent questions to be retrieved randomly.  This
          statement affects only the operation of the "GET <number> QUESTIONS"
          statement.


          QUESTION MODE IS SEQUENTIAL

          Purpose: Changes the default question selection mode to sequential and
          forces all subsequent questions to be retrieved sequentially from the
          last question that was retrieved sequentially in that category.  See
          chapter seven for more information.  This statement affects only the
          operation of the "GET <number> QUESTIONS" statement.


          GET <number> QUESTIONS

          Purpose: Selects the specified number of questions from the current


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          category in the current exam bank, using the currently selected
          question selection mode.  If the specified number of questions are not
          available in the category, test generation will be halted.


          GET QUESTION <number>

          Purpose: Selects the specified question from the current exam bank. 
          If the specified question number is not available, test generation
          will be halted.


          REM or '

          Purpose: Permits comments to be inserted into the test script.  The
          comment follows the "REM" or the "'"  for the remainder of the line. 
          Blank lines may be inserted for readability.  Both comments and blank
          lines are ignored by the test generator.


          END

          Purpose: Ends test generation.  This statement is required.  Failure
          to use this statement will result in a warning during test generation.





























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          Appendix C
                            Answers to Commonly Asked Questions

          Question: Why do I get a message in the upper left corner of my screen
          that tells me there was a problem writing to my floppy disk?

          Answer: SmartDrive is loaded, and write caching your floppy.  When TEA
          goes to write to your floppy, DOS (via SmartDrive) reports the write
          is successful, then SmartDrive tries to write its cache and cannot
          since the floppy disk was write protected.  To fix this problem,
          ensure the disk is not write protected.










































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          Appendix D
                               TEA Technical Specifications

          The Teacher's Assistant requires the following computer hardware and
          software to run:

               Hardware: 

                    Computer: IBM PC/XT/AT/PS2 and 100% compatibles 

                    Memory required: 256K free memory

                    Video system: Hercules monochrome or CGA/EGA/VGA 

                    Hard disk required?  No, but highly recommended.


               Software:

                    Operating system: PC-DOS or MS-DOS 2.1 or above



          TEA is described by, and limited to, the following:

                 Maximum number of categories allowed in each exam bank: 50

                 Maximum number of students allowed in the gradebook & database:
                    75

                 Maximum number of questions allowed in a single test: 200

                 Maximum number of grades allowed in the gradebook: 50

                 Maximum number of courses allowed in the gradebook: 80


          These specifications are subject to change at any time without notice.















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          Appendix E
                                 Product Support and Forms

          The Teacher's Assistant is the result of several thousand man-hours'
          work and research spanning a five year period.  With this investment
          in time and effort, we want to provide the most in product support we
          possibly can for those who support us.  To achieve this goal, once you
          register your copy of TEA, we will answer your questions either by
          telephone, or by mail for a period of one year.  If you discover an
          error in TEA's logic or coding, and report it to us, we will fix it
          for you and send you the correction free of charge.

          As a registered user, you will be notified of any product updates, and
          be eligible for discounted program upgrades.  You will have the option
          of having your version of TEA customized to fit your particular
          situation.  This means you can request a higher number of students,
          more questions in your tests, more categories in your exam bank, or
          more grades in your gradebook.  Remember, when you request more of one
          item, you may get less of another.  If the combination you request
          won't work, we will call you.  Keep in mind, we provide these services
          only to those who register their copies of TEA.  Registration is the
          only means we have of proving you paid your licensing fee and are
          truly entitled to receive these benefits.






























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          TEA Evaluation Form                                               1993
          Instructions:  Please answer the following questions.  Send the
          completed form to:

                    GBT Publishing
                    TEA Product Support 
                    92-902 Welo Street, #94
                    Makakilo, Hawaii 96707

          1.  In general, how useful do you think the Teacher's Assistant
          program is? _____________________________________________________


          2.  How well do you think the Teacher's Assistant program implements

          the functions in the program?  _______________________


          3.  What function do you like the most within TEA? 
          _________________________________________________________________

          Least?  _________________________________________________________


          4.  What features would you like to see added to TEA? 
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________


          5.  What features do you not use?
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________


          6.  Do you like the colors used in TEA (not applicable for  monochrome
          monitors)?                   If not, what would you like to see

          changed? 
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

















          7.  Did you experience any problems installing or using TEA?
          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________


          8.  Please rate the following on a scale of 0 to 10:
               a.  Program's ease of use.                                _______

               b.  Logical arrangement of menu functions.                _______
               c.  Logical arrangement of screen information.            _______

               d.  Clarity of on-line help.                              _______
               e.  Manual organization and manual arrangement.           _______

               f.  Manual clarity and usefulness.                        _______
               g.  Quantity of examples.                                 _______

               h.  Quality of examples.                                  _______
               i.  Usefulness of tutorials.                              _______

               Please explain your rating for each item graded less than a seven
               (7).

          9.  Do you think this program is worth $20.00? _________.  If not,
          please explain why not?  How much do you think the licensing fee

          should be and why?  $___________.
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________


          10.  Comments?  Use additional sheets if necessary.
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________
          _________________________________________________________________

          _________________________________________________________________


          Thank you for your time and your inputs.






















          TEA Customization Request Form                                    1993
          Instructions:  Answer the following questions by placing a check mark
          in the appropriate space.  Then fill out your name and the new values
          you want for your customized version of the Teacher's Assistant.

                     I am using the evaluation version of TEA.  I am 
                     remitting the licensing fee of $20.00.

                     I have the commercial version of TEA.  This is my 
                     first customization request, which is free of charge.

                     I have the commercial version of TEA.  This is
                     another customization request, and I am enclosing the
                     $20.00 customization fee.

          Payment by: 
                    ( ) Check    ( ) Money Order    ( ) PO # ______________
                                                          (Please enclose P.O.) 

          Name   : ________________________________________________________

          Company: ________________________________________________________

          Address: ________________________________________________________

                 : ________________________________________________________

          City   : ____________________________  State: _____  Zip: _______

          Day Phone: (_______)_______________ Eve: (______)________________
          TEA Registration number: ________________________________________
          Amount of RAM in your computer: _________________________________

                                                    Default      Custom
          Item to change                             value        value  

          Maximum number of categories allowed
               in each exam bank:                      50        ________

          Maximum number of students allowed
               in the gradebook & database:            75        ________

          Maximum number of questions
               allowed in a single test:              200        ________

          Maximum number of grades
               allowed in the gradebook:               50        ________























          TEA License Transfer Form                                         1993
          Instructions:  There is no charge to transfer the license from one
          licensee to another.  You (the new licensee) may, however, elect to
          purchase one year of product support for $20.00.  You will be entitled
          to the same benefits of the first-time licensee as described elsewhere
          in this manual.


          Payment by:

                ( )Check   ( )Money Order   ( )PO #  _____________________
                                                      (Please enclose P.O.)     

          Name   : _______________________________________________________

          Company: _______________________________________________________

          Address: _______________________________________________________

                 : _______________________________________________________

          City   : ___________________________  State: _____  Zip: _______

          Day Phone: (_______)_______________ Eve: (______)_______________

          TEA Registration number: _______________________________________
               











































          TEA Order Form                                                    1993
           
          Please send: 
          ____ TEA Evaluation Diskettes ............ @ $ 10.00 ea $ ______
               (includes program and manual on diskette,
               evaluation license only) 

          ____ TEA Commercial Program Diskettes ....@ $ 39.95 ea  $ ______
               (includes licensing, program and printed manual) 

          ____ TEA Shareware Registration ..........@ $ 20.00 ea  $ ______
               (includes licensing, and latest program version) 

                                                        Subtotal  $ ______


               (See discount schedule.             Less Discount ($ ______)
               Enter discount rate here _______%) 

               (Hawaii customers please add sales tax or          $ ______
               provide Sales Tax Exemption Certificate) 

               (Please include $3.00 for each item       Shipping $ ______
                ordered for shipping and handling) 

               (Add $6.00 for C.O.D. orders)              C.O.D.  $ ______


                                                            Total $ ______

          Payment by:

               ( )Check  ( )Money Order  ( )COD ( )PO # _____________________
                                                        (Please enclose P.O.)   

          Name   : _______________________________________________________

          Company: _______________________________________________________

          Address: _______________________________________________________

                 : _______________________________________________________

          City   : ___________________________  State: _____  Zip: _______

          Day Phone: (_______)_______________ Eve: (______)_______________

          Opening Screen Text:  None[  ]    Other (indicate below):

          ________________________________________________________________

          ________________________________________________________________

          ________________________________________________________________

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          Index

          .TEA  13
          ' (REM)  119
          Answer key  116
          Appendix
               A  116
               B  118
               C  120
               D  121
               E  122
          Basic Operations  22
          Benefits of registration  5
          Categories  116
          Category  117, 118
          Commonly Asked Questions
               Answers to  120
          Comprehensive tutorial  12, 111
          Course and Students Disk  36
          Create tests  118
          Creating an exam bank  116
          Creating new test scripts  25, 78
          Cursor  20
          Customize  122
          Customizing TEA  15
          Data entry window  20
          Default value  20
          Deleting old test scripts  26
          Discount Schedule  7
          Discussion  102, 108
          Duplication  7
          Editing old test scripts  26
          Editor  20
          END  119
          Escape  20, 67
          Exam Bank Management  24, 63
          Exam Bank Planning Worksheet  116
          Extended Product Support  12
          F1 key  20
          Form
               Customization Request Form  125
               Evaluation Form  123
               License Transfer Form  126
               Order Form  127
          Forms  122
          GET <number> QUESTIONS  118
          GET QUESTION  119
          GO  18
          Gradebook  29, 47
          Hardware  121
               Hard disk  121
               Memory  121
               Video system  121
          Help screen  20











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          Home key  20
          Installation  18
          Introduction  14
          Keyboard  20
          Largest question  116
          License  3
          Licensing  122
          Licensing agreement  7
          Major Functions  22
          Maximum
               courses  121
               grades  121
               number of categories  121
               questions  121
               students  121
          Miscellaneous Administrative Actions  34, 102
          Mouse  20
          Mouse button
               left  20
               right  20
          On-Line Help  20
          Ordering Information  5
               foreign orders  5
          Overview of TEA  22
          Partitions  116
          Philosophy  14
          Preface  11
          Privacy Act of 1974  36
          Product Support  11
          Product Support and Forms  122
          Program Overlays  13
          Program Security  33, 97
          Purchases
               Corporate  7
               Government Entities  7
               Quantity  7
          QUESTION MODE  118
          Quit  20
          Quitting TEA  35, 108
          Registration number  11
          REM  119
          Script Language  118
          SELECT CATEGORY  118
          SELECT EXAM  118
          Software  121
               Operating system  121
          Student Management  27, 36
          Table of Contents  9
          TEA Technical Specifications  121
          Technical support  7
          Test and Answer Key Printing  27, 92
          Test Generation  26, 92
          Test Script Management  25, 78
          Tutorial  12











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          Tutorials  38, 51, 67, 82, 93, 99, 104, 108, 111
               A Note Regarding  17
               Comprehensive Tutorial  111
          [Esc]  67




























































