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TAO Quickstart Guide

Access step-by-step lessons for getting started with authoring, managing test-takers, delivering tests, and accessing results in TAO.
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How to Create a Test in TAO

Walk through the steps of building your first test in TAO with this video tutorial.
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Making the Most of the Asset Manager

This course gives an overview of the Asset Manager and shows you how to import, create, and manage assets in TAO.
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Working With Metadata in TAO

This course will show you how you can use metadata in TAO to organize and analyze your items and tests in different ways.
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Configuring Interactions: What Possibilities do You Have?

Get an overview of the many different configuration options available for interactions.
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Randomization in Items and Tests

This course explores several possibilities for randomizing questions in TAO assessments.
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All You Need to Know About Test-Takers

This course looks at how to register and manage your test-takers in TAO. It gives tips on how to organize them in the most efficient way.
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All About Deliveries

This course provides a practical overview of how to create and execute test deliveries in TAO.
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Setting up LTI

Discover how to set up LTI to launch exams from any Learning Management System that supports the standard.
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Proctoring Assessments in TAO

This course gives a short introduction to the two proctoring methods supported in TAO and discusses the use cases for each.
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How Does Scoring Work in TAO?

There are several possible ways of scoring tests that have been delivered in TAO.
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Writing Your Own Scoring Rules for Your Assessments: An Example

This course takes a single test item as an example and leads you through the steps necessary to define your own scoring process for it.
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Using the Advanced Search

The Advanced Search function increases the capability of searches in TAO to find what you need in your libraries more efficiently.
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Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 1: Set-up

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Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 2: Workflow

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Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 1

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TAO Terminology Explained Part 1: TAO Architecture

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TAO Terminology Explained Part 2: Creating and Delivering Assessments

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Access Control

This video lesson walks you through access control in TAO.
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Tests with Timers

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Testing Language Skills

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Test-taker Tools: Accessibility

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Test-taker Tools: Text-to-speech

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Test-taker Tools: Calculators

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Choice Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Order Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Associate Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Match Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Hot-text Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Gap Match Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Slider Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Extended Text Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a File Upload Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Inline Choice or a Text Entry Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Media Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Graphic Associate Interaction

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Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Select Point Interaction

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