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TAO Quickstart Guide
How to Create a Test in TAO
- How to Create a Test in TAO
Making the Most of the Asset Manager
Working With Metadata in TAO
Configuring Interactions: What Possibilities do You Have?
- Creating a Test Item with Interactions
- Configuring Interactions
Randomization in Items and Tests
All You Need to Know About Test-Takers
All About Deliveries
Setting up LTI
- Configure TAO to deliver exams via LTI
Proctoring Assessments in TAO
How Does Scoring Work in TAO?
Interpreting Results Tables in TAO
- Interpreting Results
Writing Your Own Scoring Rules for Your Assessments: An Example
Using the Advanced Search
Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 1: Set-up
Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 2: Workflow
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 1
- Relating Test Questions to Task Types
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 2
- Looking at the Task Type IDENTIFY
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 3
- Looking at the Task Type CONNECT
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 4
- Looking at the Task Type COMPLETE
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 5
- Thinking about the Task Type PRODUCE
Optimizing Pictures
All About Extensions
Stylesheets in Assessment Items
TAO for RTL Languages
TAO Terminology Explained Part 1: TAO Architecture
TAO Terminology Explained Part 2: Creating and Delivering Assessments
TAO Terminology Explained Part 3: Scoring Assessments
Access Control
- Using the TAO Access Control feature
History Management
- History Management
Item Layouts
- Item Layouts
Tests with Timers
- Tests with Timers
Math Expressions
- Math Expressions
Testing Language Skills
- Language Skills
Test-taker Tools: Accessibility
- Test-taker Tools
Test-taker Tools: Text-to-speech
- Working with Text-to-speech
Test-taker Tools: Calculators
- Working with Calculators
Math Entry Interaction
- Math Entry Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Choice Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Choice Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Order Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Order Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Associate Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Associate Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Match Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Match Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Hot-text Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Hottext Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Gap Match Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Gap Match Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Slider Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Slider Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Extended Text Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Extended Text Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a File Upload Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a File Upload Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Inline Choice or a Text Entry Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Inline Choice or a Text Entry Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Media Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Media Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Graphic Associate Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Graphic Associate Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Select Point Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Select Point Interaction
TAO Ignite: Look and Feel
- Look and Feel
How does scoring work in TAO? (II)

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TAO Quickstart Guide
- Introduction
- Getting Things Set Up
- Authoring Assessment Content
- Delivering Tests
- Getting Results
- FAQ
How to Create a Test in TAO
- How to Create a Test in TAO
Making the Most of the Asset Manager
- Introduction
- Managing Your Assets
- Using Your Assets
Working With Metadata in TAO
- Introduction
- How to configure Metadata
- Types of Metadata
- Using Metadata When Assembling Tests
- Exporting Metadata
Configuring Interactions: What Possibilities do You Have?
- Creating a Test Item with Interactions
- Configuring Interactions
Randomization in Items and Tests
All You Need to Know About Test-Takers
- Introduction
- Registering Test-Takers
- What Information do You Need in a Test-Taker’s Profile?
- How to Organize Your Test-Takers
All About Deliveries
- Introduction to Test Delivery in TAO
- Generating Deliveries from Tests
- Delivering Your Test (Delivery) to Test-Takers
- Methods of Executing a Delivery (Delivering a Test)
- Conclusion
Setting up LTI
- Configure TAO to deliver exams via LTI
Proctoring Assessments in TAO
- Introduction
- On-site Proctoring
- Remote Proctoring
- Comparing On-site and Remote Proctoring
How Does Scoring Work in TAO?
- Introduction
- Item Weighting
- Summary and Configuration of Scoring Methods
Interpreting Results Tables in TAO
- Interpreting Results
Writing Your Own Scoring Rules for Your Assessments: An Example
- Introduction
- Creating and Applying the Variables for Each Interaction
- Linking Each Interaction to its Own Variable and Setting the Values
- Summary
Using the Advanced Search
- Introduction
- Advanced Search Interface
- Advanced search interface and the TAO environment
- Course summary
Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 1: Set-up
- Introduction
- Setting up Users with Relevant Roles
- Organizing Your Workspace
- Summary of Part 1
Best Practices for Working with Multiple Users in a Small-scale Authoring Scenario Part 2: Workflow
- Introduction
- Item Creation
- Test Creation
- Making Backups of Your Work
- Conclusion
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 1
- Relating Test Questions to Task Types
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 2
- Looking at the Task Type IDENTIFY
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 3
- Looking at the Task Type CONNECT
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 4
- Looking at the Task Type COMPLETE
Thinking About Test Questions (and Choosing Interactions) According to Task Type: Part 5
- Thinking about the Task Type PRODUCE
Optimizing Pictures
- Introduction
- Pictures in TAO
- Conclusion
All About Extensions
- Introducing and Defining Extensions
- Types of Features and their Corresponding Extensions
- Available Optional Features
- Summary and Conclusion
Stylesheets in Assessment Items
- Introduction to Stylesheets in Assessment Items
- Code Examples
- Downloads
TAO for RTL Languages
- Introduction
- Creating Test Materials for RTL languages
- Taking Tests in RTL Languages
- Course Summary
TAO Terminology Explained Part 1: TAO Architecture
- Introduction
- Terms Relating to the TAO Architecture
- Summary and Conclusion
TAO Terminology Explained Part 2: Creating and Delivering Assessments
- Introduction
- Terms Relating to Creating Assessments
- Terms Relating to Delivering Assessments
- Summary and Conclusion
TAO Terminology Explained Part 3: Scoring Assessments
- Introduction
- Terms Relating to Scoring Assessments
- The Processing Part of Scoring Assessments
- Summary and Conclusion
Access Control
- Using the TAO Access Control feature
History Management
- History Management
Item Layouts
- Item Layouts
Tests with Timers
- Tests with Timers
Math Expressions
- Math Expressions
Testing Language Skills
- Language Skills
Test-taker Tools: Accessibility
- Test-taker Tools
Test-taker Tools: Text-to-speech
- Working with Text-to-speech
Test-taker Tools: Calculators
- Working with Calculators
Math Entry Interaction
- Math Entry Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Choice Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Choice Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Order Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Order Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Associate Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Associate Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Match Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Match Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Hot-text Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Hottext Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Gap Match Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Gap Match Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Slider Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Slider Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Extended Text Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Extended Text Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a File Upload Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a File Upload Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with an Inline Choice or a Text Entry Interaction
- How to Create an Item with an Inline Choice or a Text Entry Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Media Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Media Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Graphic Associate Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Graphic Associate Interaction
Video Tutorial: Creating an Item with a Select Point Interaction
- How to Create an Item with a Select Point Interaction
TAO Ignite: Look and Feel
- Look and Feel
How does scoring work in TAO? (II)
- An introduction to scoring in TAO
- Scoring test questions
- Generating scores for a test
- Summary and configuration of scoring methods

Testing language skills in TAO

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