HRW Product Support

The Description field the teacher fills in for an Offline Activity is now limited to 500 characters. A warning will pop up if this is exceeded.
On the Student Intervention Report, if the student has not submitted an answer, the report will now display an icon for ‘Not Attempted’. If a student submits an incorrect answer, the report will display an icon for “Incorrect”.
On an Assignment Intervention Report, in the Reports area, clicking on a student name will reveal more assignment information for that student in particular.
In a Student Test Report, when clicking on an individual question item, a bug sometimes resulted in the display of the wrong question. This bug has been fixed.
When Copying an assignment, a bug prevented the assignment setting from being carried over to the copy. This bug has been fixed.
The system will no longer allow you to Copy an Intervention Post Test assignment. Copying an Intervention Post Test assignment interferes with the intended function of Intervention Assignments.
Due to a bug, an error was generated when trying to create a report for an Entry Level Language Conventions assignment. This bug has been fixed.
A bug that prevented some Teacher Uploaded assessments from appearing has been fixed.

What are the System Requirements for HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT 4.x?

Computer Requirements
Minimum specifications:

PC Pentium/300MHz or higher, using Windows 2000 or XP
An Apple Macintosh computer running OS X versions 10.2, 10.3, or 10.4.
32 MB of RAM, although 64 MB is strongly recommended.

Browser Requirements

Your browser must be Javascript-enabled
You must also have a secure SSL connection, Port 443 enabled

HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT supports the following browsers (see table below)

	Internet Explorer 5.5	Internet Explorer 6.0	Internet Explorer 7.0	Firefox 1.5	Safari 1.2	Safari 1.3	Safari 2.0
Windows 2000	X	X		X
Windows XP		X	X	X
Mac OS 10.2				X	X
Mac OS 10.3				X		X
Mac OS 10.4				X		X	X

Internet Connection Requirements

Minimum speed: 56kbps throughput.
Broadband or a DSL Internet connection is highly recommended for better performance.

Screen Resolution

Holt Online Learning is designed to run at maximum performance at a screen resolution of 800x600.

Browser Plug-ins

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 5, 6, 7.
Macromedia Flash Player versions 6, 7, 8.

How do I access HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT?

TEACHERS must have a login account for the Holt Online Learning website. There are two ways to register for an account:

Go to the Holt Online Registration web site at http://register.hrw.com. You must have either a Holt Teacher’s Edition or a Holt Key Code to register. You may need to contact your organization’s technology administrator or coordinator for your Key Code.
Go to the Holt Online Learning Web site at http://my.hrw.com. Click the Register button under “I’m a New User and need to register for a program” to create a log in account for yourself.

Once you have successfully created a login account, Add a Class then Add Students to create user accounts (User Names and Passwords) for your students.
Once you have added your class and students, from your My Subscriptions page click the Assessment button in the right panel, HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT Welcome page appears. The first time you use HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, go to the Preferences tab and set your preferences.

What should my first steps be when I start using HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT?

If you have not yet added class and student information, go to the My Subscriptions page and do so before using HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT. HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT uses this class and student information to let your students do assigned work online.

Can I access my Class information from HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT?

      You can access your Class information from My Subscriptions page. The My Subscriptions window will remain open after you select the Assessment button. So, if you’re already inside HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, you should be able to still access your My Subscriptions hub page.
      Keep in mind that any changes in your Class information will only apply to future assignments.
      When you log-out from either window, the other window will close also.

When I access HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, why don’t I have any classes to choose from?

To use HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, you must have created at least one class in the Class Manager. To create a class, return to the My Subscriptions page and choose Add a Class.

When I access HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, after choosing my class from the dropdown menu, why don’t I see the book(s) that I am using with my class(es)?

You must have associated at least one book with each class you’ve created in the Class Manager. Return to the My Subscriptions page and choose Edit a Class. Then, check the book(s) you would like to associate with the class. Click Submit. These books will now appear in the Books dropdown menu when you return to the HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT.

My “Students” List is not correct. Where can I edit this information?

Return to the My Subscriptions page and choose Add Students to add students to your class, or choose Delete Students to delete students from your class.

ASSIGNMENTS

About Assignments
Use Holt Online Assessment to assign tests, quizzes, and other assignments. Some online textbooks include Holt Online Assessment assignments in the following categories:

Tests and Quizzes associated with your online textbooks.
Course Interventions that measure student readiness for the course associated with your online textbooks.
State Standards-Based Intervention that measure student proficiency in academic skills, for states employing standards tests.
Teacher Uploaded Tests that can be assigned in Holt Online Assessment when you upload a test you create in ExamView.

Regardless of the category of an assignment, the process is essentially the same:

Choose the class and book.
Choose the assignment category and grade.
Click Submit.

The assessment resources associated with your selected class and book will appear.

How do I view assignable/assigned Assignments?
At the top of the Assignments Home Page, choose a Class and Book, then a Category and Grade for the Assignments you want to view.
Click Submit.
The screen refreshes, with a list of Assignments displayed.
Choose View all assignable content or View all assignments made. You may also select Show only active assignments.
Note: If you chose these fields from a previous page of Holt Online Assessment, the page will appear already populated with the appropriate Assignments.
From this list, you may be able to choose Assign to assign this resource to students, View to preview a test, and/or Show Details to view and/or modify settings for the assignment.

In the Student View, after selecting the ‘View Assignment’ link, why don’t I see the assignment I just assigned?

Try changing the ‘Assignment Due:’ drop-down selection to ‘All’. The default is ‘This Week’, however, if you’ve assigned the test to be ‘Always Available’ it will only show up if you select ‘All’ in the Assignment Due drop-down.

Why isn’t an assignment available to my students at the time I specified in my assignment settings?

Make sure you’ve set your Time Zone correctly in your Preferences. Select the Preferences tab, then select the General tab, and choose your Time Zone. Click ‘Submit’. Select the Calendar tab, select your Calendar preferences and click ‘Submit’.

How can I copy an assignment from one class to another?

From the Assignment tab, with your Class and Book selected and the “View all assignments made” radio button selected,
Find the assignment that you want to copy, in the Action column, select the Copy link.
In the pop-up, select the class that you want to Copy the assignment to – remember to select a class that has the same book as the class you’re copying from.
Click Submit button. The pop-up will close when complete.

I have an assignment where the due date has passed and the student no longer has access to the assignment. The student says they’ve completed the assignment but in the Assignment manager the assignment still shows as incomplete. How can I access of view the students work in this case?

Go to the Reports tab, drill down to the Student Test Report. There you’ll find a “Submit for Scoring” button. Clicking that button will submit any answers that were saved by the system for that student and assignment.

My students are having assignments automatically assigned. Why is this happening?

Your Intervention Preferences determine if Intervention tutorials and post-tests will be automatically assigned. Click the Preferences tab in the HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, then click the Interventions tab. Modify the Auto-Assign setting, then click Submit.

If HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT scores tests automatically, then why does it say ‘Score Now’ on my Assignments made page?

Many HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT products offer tests that contain some open-ended questions.
If there are open-ended questions in an assignment, the teacher must enter a score for those items in those assignments.

Click the ‘Score Now’ link.
When the screen refreshes select the Student, click ‘Submit’
You’ll see the student’s results for that assignment; click ‘Show Unscored Items’.
Select the link for the first item. Screen refreshes with the students results.
Click ‘Score This Test Item’, select a score, and click ‘Submit’.
Score all of the open-ended test items, and then click ‘Submit Cumulative Score’.
WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION from the system; “Your scores and comments were successfully submitted.” before navigating away from the page.

Once you’ve submitted scores for all students, the ‘Scoring Needed’ column will update.

How do I create an Offline Assignment?
To create an offline Assignment:

From the Assignments home page, the radio button for ‘View all assignments made’ must be selected, then click Create Offline Activity.

Assignments page refreshes, displaying the Create Offline Activity section.

Enter a title for the Assignment.
Choose a due date for the Assignment.
Enter a description or other information for students.
Select whether to track student scores for this Assignment in online reports.

Note: If you fill in this check box, Enter Grade View appears on the assignment page.

Click Submit.

How do I enter a grade for an assignment that the student did outside of HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT?

If you have not already done so, use ‘Create Offline Activity’ link to create an assignment entry for which you can then manually enter a numeric grade.

From the Assignments tab:

Make sure the radio button for ‘View assignments made’ is selected
Click ‘Submit’
The ‘Create Offline Activity’ will appear below the ‘Category’ and ‘Grade drop-down boxes. Select the link.
Complete the open fields, click ‘Submit’.
In the Category drop-down, select ‘Offline Activity’ and click ‘Submit’.
Your Offline Activity will be listed along with the relevant assignment choices, including ‘Enter Grade’.

TESTS AND QUIZZES

How do I assign a test or a quiz?
Before assigning a test or quiz to your students, choose a Class and Book from the drop-down menus at the top of the page. You can do this from the HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT Welcome page or the Assignments page. When you select a Class, the Book drop-down menu is populated with the products associated with the Class you selected. You associate products with classes from the Holt Online Learning My Subscriptions page.
Active assignments are assignments that have not yet come due. By clearing this checkbox the user may see all assignments ever made to the selected class.

Select a Class and Book.
Select an Assignment Category (Tests and Quizzes) and Grade.
Note: You have the option of viewing all assignable content or only assignments you have made. You may also show only active assignments (due dates have not passed) by filling in the check box. When the ‘View all assignments made’ button is selected, you may also create an offline activity by clicking Create Offline Activity.

Click Submit.
A list of Assignments appears.
To view the Assignment, click View.
A new window opens, displaying the Assignment, with the correct answers indicated by a green arrow and a note below each question-and-answer set.
OR
To Assign the Assignment, click the link, Assign.
The settings for this Assignment appear below the Assignment name.
Click Yes to make the test always available. Note: The assignment will have no ending date.
OR
Click No, then select beginning and ending dates.
Click Submit.

How do I change my default Test preferences, like test-taking, viewing, and formatting options?
The Default Test Preferences determine how your students view and take tests in HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT. You can set your preferences in these categories:

Test-taking and reporting: Specify how many times students may take the test, whether to randomize the order of test questions, how many times students may score the test, and how to record the score for the assignment.
Viewing results: Specify whether to allow students to see their test scores for this test, to see the test after it is scored, to see their scores immediately after scoring, and when students can see the correct answers for missed items.
Test formatting: Specify whether your students can see the point value of items when they take the test, the numbering scheme for questions (A, B, C, D; A, B, C, D alternating with F, G, H, I; A, B, C, D alternating with F, G, H, J; or 1, 2, 3, 4), and whether to show bubblesheet grids for numeric response questions.

To set your Default Test Preferences:

From the Preferences home page, click Default Test Preferences.

The Default Test Settings page appears.

Set your preferences.
Click Submit.

Note: These settings will affect future assignments only.
You can also override these settings on individual assignments

What kind of customizations can I make when assigning tests?
When you make an assignment (click Assign or Assign Again) the assignment settings appear in a new window. You can choose Always Available or select beginning and ending dates for the assignment. Change the optional test settings to override your test preferences.
You can:

Assign by student: Assign to one or more individual students in the selected class.
Test-taking and reporting: Specify how many times students may take the test, whether to randomize the order of test questions, how many times students may score the test, and how to record the score for the assignment.

Note: These options are not available for Intervention assignments.

Viewing results: Specify whether to allow students to see their test scores for this test, to see the test after it is scored, to see their scores immediately after scoring, and when students can see the correct answers for missed items.

Note: This option is not available for Intervention assignments.

Intervention settings: Displays your default Intervention Preferences.

Note: This only appears on Intervention assignments. Modify your Intervention Preferences in Preferences.

Add a note: Add reminders, special instructions, or other information for your students to see when they take the test.

How do I change the optional test settings and what are my choices?
To make an assignment for individual students:

In the Assign by Student window, select individual student names, or All Students.
Click the Calendar icon and select the due date.
Click Submit.

To modify the Test-Taking and Reporting settings:
1. In the Test-Taking and Reporting window, choose:

How many times students can access this test.
Whether to randomize the order of the questions on the test.
The number times students will be allowed to score the test.
Which attempt will be scored: First Try Only (the default), Average, Most Recent Try, or Highest Score.

Click Submit.
To modify the Viewing Results settings:

In the Viewing Results window, choose:
Whether to allow students to see their scores for this test.
Whether to allow students to view the test after taking it.
When students may see the correct answers for missed items.

Click Submit.
To add a note to students taking this test:
In the Add a Note window:

Type your note in the text area.
Click Submit.

How do I assign scores to test items that are not automatically scored by the system?
Many of the questions in the resources you assign will be multiple choice and true-false. However, some may be open-ended, and require students to input a short essay-style answer, which you must score yourself.
When you visit the Assignments home page, Assignments requiring scoring for open-ended questions will display Score Now in the Scoring Needed column.
To score open-ended questions:
1. Click Score Now.
The page refreshes, displaying the Assignment you selected for the Class and Book.

Select a student.
Click Show Unscored Items.

A pop-up window appears, displaying all unscored items as hyperlinks.
Click the link for the question you want to score.
The pop-up window refreshes, displaying the question and student answer.

Select a grade.
Type any comments into the Enter Comments text box.

Click Submit.

How do I add my own tests and quizzes to the available assignment items?
Use ExamView to upload your tests to HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT. ExamView is available in your One-Stop Planner. To upload ExamView tests and quizzes:

Create your test using the ExamView 4.0 or higher Test Generator.
In ExamView, after creating your test, select File from the toolbar, then select Publish Internet Test.

The Publish Online Test Dialog Box will appear.

In Step 1 of the dialogue box, name (or re-name) your test.
In step 2 of the dialogue box, select the Select Publish Test To radio button. Then select HRW Testing Server from the pull-down menu and click Next.
Enter Your Holt Online user name and password and click Next.

A progress bar appears, notifying you that your ID and Password are being validated. You will also see a message when your test has been successfully uploaded.

To view the tests you have uploaded, go to your class in HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT, select the Assignments tab, select Category: Uploaded Tests: Unassociated.
To associate a test with a particular online book, click Associate.

After you have associated a test with an online textbook, it will appear in the category Teacher Uploaded Tests.

I have uploaded an Exam View test that created. Why doesn’t my Exam View test appear under the ‘Teacher Uploaded Tests’ category?

Make sure you’ve associated your uploaded ExamView test to your book.

In the category drop-down, select ‘Unassociated Uploaded Tests’
Make sure the radio button for ‘View assignable content’ is selected
Click ‘Submit’
You should see the title of your recently uploaded Exam View test once the screen refreshes.
Select the ‘Associate’ link for the given test. A pop-up should open that lists the books associated with your class. Select the check box for each book to associate to the Exam View uploaded test. Click ‘Submit’.
Return to the category drop-down ‘Teacher Uploaded Tests’ – click ‘Submit’ –you should see your test and it IS NOW ASSIGNABLE.

INTERVENTIONS

What are Interventions, and how do they work?

Holt, Rinehart, and Winston products with Intervention assess, remediate, and re-assess mastery of concepts and skills.
Intervention products include 3 key components:

A pre-test, assigned by the teacher.
One or more tutorial activities to address weaknesses identified by the pre-test. (Enrichment may be available if no weaknesses are identified.)
A post-test to reassess mastery.

To view pre- and post-test results, choose Reports and choose an Intervention report.

How do I assign an Intervention?
For your Holt, Rinehart and Winston online textbooks that include Intervention, choose a Class and Book from the drop-down menus at the top of the page. You can do this from the HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT Welcome page or the Assignments page. When you select a Class, the Book drop-down menu is populated with the Holt products associated with the Class you selected. You associate Holt products with Classes from the Holt Online Learning My Subscriptions page.
Active assignments are assignments that have not yet come due. By clearing this checkbox the user may see all assignments ever made to the selected class.

Select a Class and Book.
Select the Assignment Category and Grade.
NOTE: You have the option of viewing all assignable content or only assignments you have made. You may also show only active assignments (due dates have not passed) by filling in the check box. When the ‘View all assignments made’ button is selected, you may also create an offline activity by clicking Create Offline Activity.
Click Submit.
A list of Assignments appears.
To view the Assignment, click View.
A new window opens, displaying the Assignment, with the correct answers indicated by a green arrow and a note below each question-and-answer set.
OR
To Assign the Assignment, click the link, Assign.
The settings for this Assignment appear below the Assignment name.
Choose beginning and ending test dates.
Click Submit.

When I select the category ‘Course Interventions’ or ‘State Standard Based Intervention,’ why I don’t see any assignable content?

Not all products offer Intervention content. Currently, only Math © 2007 products offer Course Intervention content, and only Math © 2007 Texas editions offer State Standard Based Intervention content. All other HRW published products can be found under the ‘Tests and Quizzes’ category.

From the Preferences home page, click Intervention.

The Intervention Preferences page appears.

Choose the Class and Book for which to set the Intervention Preferences.
Select the number of days between pre-test and post-test.
Select whether to automatically assign follow-up resources based on pre-test results (to turn off auto-assignment).
Select the minimum proficiency level for assigning follow-up resources.

Click Submit.

CALENDAR

What does the Calendar do?
The Calendar displays holidays and other non-instructional days (for example, weekends and teacher training days) for the selected class and book. Avoid conflicts by checking the Calendar page when scheduling assignments.
When you click the Calendar tab, the Calendar page appears. The Calendar displays the current month and highlights the current day. Below the Calendar display appear all assignments due on the current day.

How do I set up school year start/end dates, holidays, and grading periods for my calendar?
Your Calendar Preferences determine which days are displayed as holidays in your Calendar, and when your grading periods begin and end.
To set your Calendar preferences:

From the Preferences home page, click Calendar.
Select the holidays.
Choose the beginning and ending dates for the school year.
Choose the number of grading periods you want to use.

If you choose more than one, a text box and drop-down menus will appear for additional grading periods.
Note: The default is one. You may enter up to 12.

In the text box, enter a name for each grading period.

Note: If you do not enter a name for the grading period, HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT names the grading period "Term 1, Term 2" and so on.

Choose the beginning and ending dates for the grading periods.
Click Submit.

Note: Any days selected here apply only to the class selected, unless you click Apply to all classes.

How do I include regularly occurring non-instructional days, like weekend days, to my calendar?

While in Calendar:

Select the days you want to make non-instructional days.
Click Submit.

Note: These changes apply only to the class you have selected from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
To apply these non-instructional days to all of your classes (not just the one appearing in the drop-down menu), select Apply to all classes.
How do I add “one-time” non-instructional days, like teacher training days, or administrative days, to my calendar?

While in Calendar:

Below the Calendar display, select the Non-instructional day check box.
From the Duration drop-down menu, choose how many days you want to mark as non-instructional.
Click Submit.

Note: These changes apply only to the class you have selected from the drop-down menu at the top of the page.
To apply these non-instructional days to all of your classes (not just the one appearing in the drop-down menu), select Apply to all classes.

Why are my non-instructional days not consistent across all my classes?

Make sure to check Apply to All Classes when scheduling your non-instructional days, otherwise the non-instructional day will only be assigned to the Class currently selected in the drop-down list above the calendar.

What if we observe a holiday that is not on the holiday list in Calendar Preferences?

Schedule the holiday as a regular non-instructional day; remember to check Apply to All Classes to make sure the holiday is scheduled for all your classes that day.

REPORTS

About Reports
Use the Reports features to generate reports and track progress for a class, student, or No Child Left Behind (NCLB) subgroups, compare performance to state standards, and track intervention progress. The Reports page contains links to the following types of Reports:

Tests and Quizzes: Click this link to see the Class Progress Report and "drill down" to Student Progress Reports.
Standards: Click this link to see test scores for any standards available.

Note: Not all online textbooks include standards-based assessment.

Course Intervention: Click this link to see class and student scores for course interventions.

Note: Not all online textbooks include Intervention.

State Standards-Based Intervention: Click this link to see class and student scores for state standards-based interventions.

Note: Not all online textbooks include standards-based Intervention.

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): Click this link to see class and student scores for No Child Left Behind (NCLB) information.

Note: The Standards and No Child Left Behind (NCLB) reports depend on the demographic and subgroup data you enter in when creating your classes.
You must enter this data for these reports to be complete.
To enter this data for your students, return to the My Subscriptions page and choose Edit a Student Record.
Generated Reports: Click this link to see class and student scores for previously generated reports.
Click on the links on the Reports home page. On the pages that follow, you can "drill down" to view Reports for classes and students.

How do I view Class Progress Reports?
The Class Progress Report displays class average, student average, and the scores of individual students by assignment for the date range you choose. From the Class Progress Report, you can "drill down" to the Student Progress Report or Class Test Report.
To view a Class Progress Report:
From the Reports home page, click Tests and Quizzes.
The Class Progress Report page appears for the Class and Book you selected.

How do I view Class Test Reports?
The Class Test Report displays the following for each student in the class selected: scores; number of questions answered correctly, incorrectly, or not completed; completion date and due date of the test; and the number of times submitted. From the Class Test Report, you can "drill down" to the Student Test Report or the Most Frequently Missed Questions Report.
To view a Class Test Report:

From the Reports home page, click Tests and Quizzes.

The Class Progress Report page appears for the Class and Book you selected.

Click an Assignment name.

The Class Test Report page appears.

How do I view Student Test Reports?
For the test you select, the Student Test Report displays whether the student answered each question correctly or incorrectly, or did not attempt to answer the question. To read the question, click the question number. To read a description of related standards (where available), click the name of the standard.
To view a Student Test Report:

From the Reports home page, click Tests and Quizzes.

The Class Progress Report page appears for the Class and Book you selected.

Click a student name.

The Student Progress Report page appears.

Click an Assignment name.

The Student Test Report page appears for that Assignment.

How do I view Student Progress Reports?
The Student Progress Report displays scores, start dates, elapsed time, start date, due date, and times submitted by assignment. From the Student Progress Report, you can "drill down" to the Student Test Report.
To view a Student Progress Report:

From the Reports home page, click Tests and Quizzes.

The Class Progress Report page appears for the Class and Book you selected.

Click a student name.

The Student Progress Report page appears.

How do I view student work?
View student work to see how your students answered specific questions. You can view questions and student answers.
From the Student Test Report, click a question number to see how a student answered the question.
To view student work:

From the Reports home page, click Tests and Quizzes.

The Class Progress Report page appears for the Class and Book you selected.

Click a student name.

The Student Progress Report page appears.

Click an Assignment name.

The Student Test Report page appears for that Assignment.

Click a question number to view the student's answers for that question.

The Assignment appears in Student View.

How do I print a report?

From the Reports home page, click the type of Report you want to print. The Class Progress Report page appears.
To print a Class, Assignment, or Student report, follow the instructions on the page for viewing that type of Report.
Click Print.

A Print dialog window appears.

Follow the instructions in the Print dialog window.

How can I save a report as a file that I can send with an email or keep on my own data storage device (hard drive, CD, etc)?
Save any report as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. These files preserve formatting and font information. Read them in Adobe Acrobat Reader and edit them using the full Adobe Acrobat product.

From the Reports home page, click the type of Report you want to print.

The Class Progress Report page appears.

To save a Class, Assignment, or Student report, follow the instructions on the page for viewing that type of Report.
Click Save as PDF.

The report appears as a PDF in a browser window.
Click Save a Copy.
A dialog window opens.

Navigate to the location on your computer where you want to save the file and click Save.

Note: Requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How can I export the information from a report so I can use it in a spreadsheet or database?
Export any report as a Comma-Separated Value (CSV) file, and import your report into a spreadsheet program or database. Consult your spreadsheet documentation for information on how to import CSV files.

To export a Class, Assignment, or Student report, follow the instructions on the page for viewing that type of Report.
Click Export (CSV).

A dialog window opens.

Navigate to the location on your computer where you want to save the file and click Save.

Can I make my reports more specific than what is offered in the Reports page?
Use Advanced Options to generate Reports based on criteria you specify. For example, you can use Advanced Options to generate a Report on a single student on a single Assignment.
The options available depend on the criteria you have already selected.
To change Advanced Options:

From the Reports home page, click Advanced Options.
The Reports page refreshes, displaying Advanced Options.
Select the criteria for your Report. You may select:

Report Type
Due Date Range
Assignments, and
Students

Click Generate Report.

On the Student Test Report (under Reports/Tests and Quizzes), I see a column titled “State Standards” but there are no standards displayed. Should I have standards displayed?

Not all products are correlated to state standards so you may not see standards displayed.

PREFERENCES

What do the preferences do?

Use the Preferences to change how HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT works for you. You can specify how and when students can view tests and quizzes, and other behavior of the application to suit the way you want to work.

From the Preferences home page, you can specify settings for your time zone and score format, how many times students can view and score tests, school year dates, and interventions.

How do I set my local time zone and define my scoring format for tests and quizzes?
Set your preferred time zone and score format in General Preferences. Set your local time zone so you know when your students begin and end assignments according to your local time. Set your score to show either percentage of answers correct (for example, 90%) or percentage and raw score to see the percentage and actual number of questions answered correctly of the total number (for example, 90% - 9/10).
To set your time zone and score format:

From the Preferences home page, click General Preferences.
From the drop-down menu, select your time zone.
Choose a score format.
Click Submit.

Test-taking and reporting: Specify how many times students may take the test, whether to randomize the order of test questions, how many times students may score the test, and how to record the score for the assignment.
Viewing results: Specify whether to allow students to see their test scores for this test, to see the test after it is scored, to see their scores immediately after scoring, and when students can see the correct answers for missed items.
Test formatting: Specify whether your students can see the point value of items when they take the test, the numbering scheme for questions (A, B, C, D; A, B, C, D alternating with F, G, H, I; A, B, C, D alternating with F, G, H, J; or 1, 2, 3, 4), and whether to show bubblesheet grids for numeric response questions.

To set your Default Test Preferences:
1.   From the Preferences home page, click Default Test Preferences.
The Default Test Settings page appears.
2.   Set your preferences.
3.   Click Submit.
Note: These settings will affect future assignments only.
You can also override these settings on individual assignments.

How do I set up my Calendar with information like school year beginning/end, grading periods, and holidays?
Your Calendar Preferences determine which days are displayed as holidays in your Calendar, and when your grading periods begin and end.
To set your Calendar preferences:

From the Preferences home page, click Calendar.
Select the holidays.
Choose the beginning and ending dates for the school year.
Choose the number of grading periods you want to use.

If you choose more than one, a text box and drop-down menus will appear for additional grading periods.
Note: The default is one. You may enter up to 12.
In the text box, enter a name for each grading period.
Note: If you do not enter a name for the grading period, HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT names the grading period "Term 1, Term 2" and so on.
Choose the beginning and ending dates for the grading periods.
Click Submit.
Note: Any days selected here apply only to the class selected, unless you click Apply to all classes.

How can I adjust the settings that control the automatic assignments and tests for Interventions?
For online textbooks that have Intervention resources, Intervention Preferences determine the number of days after the pre-test that the post-test will be due, whether to automatically assign follow-up resources, and the minimum proficiency level for the skills or standards.
To set your Intervention preferences:
1.   From the Preferences home page, click Intervention.
The Intervention Preferences page appears.
2.   Choose the Class and Book for which to set the Intervention Preferences.
3.   Select the number of days between pre-test and post-test.
4.   Select whether to automatically assign follow-up resources based on pre-test results (to turn off auto-assignment).
5. Select the minimum proficiency level for assigning follow-up resources.
Click Submit.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

What are the System Requirements for HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT 4.0?

Computer Requirements
Minimum specifications:

PC Pentium/300MHz or higher, using Windows 2000 or XP
An Apple Macintosh computer running OS X versions 10.2, 10.3, or 10.4.
32 MB of RAM, although 64 MB is strongly recommended.

Browser Requirements

Your browser must be Javascript-enabled
You must also have a secure SSL connection, Port 443 enabled

HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT supports the following browsers (see table below)

	Internet Explorer 5.5	Internet Explorer 6.0	Internet Explorer 7.0	Firefox 1.5	Safari 1.2	Safari 1.3	Safari 2.0
Windows 2000	X	X		X
Windows XP		X	X	X
Mac OS 10.2				X	X
Mac OS 10.3				X		X
Mac OS 10.4				X		X	X

Internet Connection Requirements

Minimum speed: 56kbps throughput.
Broadband or a DSL Internet connection is highly recommended for better performance.

Screen Resolution

Holt Online Learning is designed to run at maximum performance at a screen resolution of 800x600.

Browser Plug-ins

Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 5, 6, 7.
Macromedia Flash Player versions 6, 7, 8.

How does the new HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT 4.0 affect existing products?

For all products, except Math 2004 and 2007, assignable content can be found in the Test and Quizzes category on the Assignment page.
For all products, except Math 2004 and 2007, on the Assignment page, for the Grade: drop-down, select “All” if it’s not already displayed.
Classes created prior to 2005 did not require Grade Level data. Any class that was created without Grade Level data will be given the default grade level 6.
Classes created prior to 2005 did not require students to be associated with a grade level. Any student that is not associated with a grade level will be given default grade level of the class he is in.
Products from 2004 and earlier may NOT have access to HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT reporting functionality. If so, use the “Create a Grade Report” and “View Existing Grade Report” links under the book cover graphic on your My Subscriptions page. All other HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT functions and features are available by clicking the Assessment button from the My Subscriptions page.

What type of server does HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT use?

HOLT ONLINE ASSESSMENT is a standard J2EE application running in an n-tier enterprise deployment environment. The application is deployed as a WAR archive. Our Application Servers are Weblogic 5.1 and Websphere 6.0. And our RDBMS is Oracle 9i.

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