SAM 2007 v5.0 IC3 Practice Exam Creation Guide

1. Instructor Quick Start Guide, Updated 2/9/2010 SAM 2007 v5.0 IC3 Practice Exam Creation Guide

2. IC3 Content Now In SAM 2007! You can now create and schedule IC3 Practice Exams that are tied to the following Course Technology textbooks: Practical Computer Literacy, 2nd Edition ISBN 1439037485 Computer Literacy BASICS: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3, 3rd Edition ISBN 1439078610 (softcover) ISBN 143907853X (hardcover) Four new chapter exams, including performance-based questions (tasks) and objective-based questions (testbanks), have been added for both textbooks: IC3 Gold Standard 3 Practice Exam: Computing Fundamentals IC3 Gold Standard 3 Practice Exam: Key Applications IC3 Gold Standard 3 Practice Exam: Living Online IC3 Gold Standard 3 Practice Exam: Comprehensive

3. http://sam2007.course.com System Requirements Be sure to have Flash 10 or higher installed Be sure you�re using IE 6, 7, or 8 Make SAM 2007 a trusted site Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows Vista, Windows XP �all of these details (and more) are found in the Documentation found on the SAM Welcome screen

4. SAM Hierarchy�order of operations Create Section Name of the class, must be created first Add your chosen IC3 text to the section Create Exam Create your IC3 exam after you create your section Create Assignment Formerly called �Scheduling�, must be done so students see the exam assignment Reports

5. Create a Section

6. Create Textbook Exams Click Add New Click the Textbook Exam radio button Click OK. Under Chapter Subject, select Computer Concepts Under Textbook, select either Practical Computer Literacy, 2nd Edition or Computer Literacy BASICS: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3, 3rd Edition Under Select Textbook Chapter Exam(s), select the exam you want to create and click the right arrow. You have now added the performance-based questions (tasks) that are associated with the exam. The name of the exam will now appear under the New Exam Content area. Click OK

7. Name It & Review Questions After you click OK, enter the name of the exam in the Name field on the Properties tab Determine Public or Private Public: other instructors can see/schedule Private: only exam creator can use Click the Questions tab Under Source, click Testbank Under Subject, click Computer Concepts Under Series, click Basic or Practical Under Textbook, if you selected Practical as the series, click the Practical Computer Literacy, 2nd Edition textbook to select it. If you selected Basics as the series, click the Computer Literacy BASICS: A Comprehensive Guide to IC3, 3rd Edition textbook to select it Under Chapter/Unit, select the exam that you are currently trying to create The objective-based questions for that exam will appear under Available Question(s). Click the Select All checkbox and then click the right arrow to add those questions to the exam. The questions will then appear under the Exam Questions area. The exam is now created and ready to be scheduled! Click Save and Close.

8. Schedule the Exam Click on Schedule New Choose the type of assignment you want to schedule (Exam) Find your assignment by using the filters Click the name of the assignment, click OK. Give the assignment a name Select the book you�re using Select the section Click the Exam Options tab

10. Reports Use the filters to find the proper Type and actual Report. Check the proper section Click Generate Report Each column is sortable. Results can be exported to .xls, .csv, .pdf formats.

11. Contact us Technical Support/product feedback Email: tech.support@course.com Phone: 800-648-7450, option 5, option 3 Live Chat for students 24/7 http://www.academic.cengage.com/support Live Chat for instructors 9-9 EST Sales Representative http://www.cengage.com/findrep.html THANK YOU!