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TI TestGuard™ 4.0 and Press-to-Test 

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Страница 1: ...TI TestGuard 4 0 and Press to Test Guidebook To obtain the latest version of the documentation go to education ti com go download ...

Страница 2: ...l or consequential damages in connection with or arising out of the purchase or use of these materials and the sole and exclusive liability of Texas Instruments regardless of the form of action shall not exceed the purchase price of this product Moreover Texas Instruments shall not be liable for any claim of any kind whatsoever against the use of these materials by any other party Graphing product...

Страница 3: ...rt Instructions 11 Creating a Calculator Setup 11 Start Transfer 12 Setup Summary 13 Re enabling Programs Applications 13 TI Validation 14 Removing TI TestGuard 4 0 15 Using Press to Test 16 Appendix A TestGuard 4 0 Testing Mode Setups 19 DELETE Mode Reference Tables 19 DISABLE Mode Reference Tables 21 Appendix B Troubleshooting TI TestGuard 4 0 25 Application Errors 25 Low Battery Condition 27 Ar...

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Страница 5: ...uirements The TI TestGuard application is not publicly available To request TI TestGuard call 1 800 TI Cares Important You must first install TI Connect on your computer before you can install TI TestGuard 4 0 on your educator calculator For instructions on installing TI Connect go to education ti com software Hardware Requirements TI 83 Plus TI 84 Plus and TI 84 Plus C Silver Edition calculators ...

Страница 6: ...h OS version 4 0 logBASE and summation S functions are unavailable for TI 84 Plus with OS version 2 43 MP or earlier and the TI 83 Plus If you create a calculator setup to disable these functions and then transfer this setup to one of these calculators TI TestGuard 4 0 ignores the DISABLE FUNC setting and no error is created An attempt to disable logBASE and summation S functions for the TI 84 Plu...

Страница 7: ...lete Accessing TI TestGuard 4 0 To access the application complete the following steps 1 On your calculator press É 2 Press Œ 3 Using the arrow keys scroll down the list of applications and select TestGrd4 The TESTGUARD HOME screen displays 4 Using the arrow or number keys select a TI TestGuard 4 0 menu option TI TestGuard 4 0 Menu Options When you start TI TestGuard 4 0 the following menu options...

Страница 8: ...I TestGuard version On screen Menu Options On screen menu options display at the bottom of the screen and correspond to a calculator key They do not display on all screens and can vary TESTGUARD HOME Help r Quit s TESTGUARD 4 HELP Back o OK q Setup Calcs Back o OK q Help r Setup Summary OK q Help r Note You can return to a previous screen by pressing the back arrow o The back arrow does not save s...

Страница 9: ...changes the mode setting to ALL so programs are also deleted Programs must be deleted to prevent the retention of the pre loaded programs containing functions or functionality not allowed on exams The following message displays ALL Default Clears Apps plus Vars in RAM Archives leaves checked Apps Clears Pic and Image Vars TI 84 Plus C RAM ARC Clears Vars in RAM Archives leaves Apps Clears Pic and ...

Страница 10: ...ation in your calculator setup The student calculator will default to English after TI TestGuard setup You can have the student run language localizer again if desired for the exam A special situation exists between the Fundamental Topics in Science FunSci and Science Tools SciTools apps If you disable SciTools but do not disable FunSci when FunSci calls SciTools the SciTools app launches and thus...

Страница 11: ...ngle and Stat Diagnostics Settings With TI TestGuard 4 0 you can also select the ANGLE and STAT DIAGNOSTICS mode settings ANGLE and STAT DIAGNOSTICS contain the following options ANGLE Applies RADIAN or DEGREE default to a student s calculator The student can still change this option in the calculator s MODE settings STAT DIAGNOSTICS Allows the r and r2 correlation coefficients with ON default or ...

Страница 12: ...cations to keep and then press OK The Disable logBASE and summation S functions feature works on a TI 84 Plus with OS 2 55 MP and the TI 84 Plus C with OS 4 0 logBASE and summation S functions are unavailable for TI 84 C Plus with OS 2 43 MP or earlier and the TI 83 Plus If you create a calculator setup to disable these functions and then transfer this setup to one of these calculators TI TestGuar...

Страница 13: ...s the DISABLE mode setting and also disable the logBASE and or summation S function TI TestGuard 4 0 changes the mode setting to BOTH so programs are also disabled Programs must also be disabled to prevent the retention of pre loaded programs containing functions or functionality not allowed on the exams The following message displays APPS TO KEEP Setting By default TI TestGuard 4 0 sets APPS TO K...

Страница 14: ...een 3 From the YOUR APPS LIST screen and using the arrow keys to navigate select or unselect the functions by pressing the check mark s key 4 If you want to add an application to the list press NEW p and the ADD TO APP LIST screen displays In this screen enter the name of the application Note You must enter the correct name of the application for TI TestGuard 3 0 to recognize it Press Char s to en...

Страница 15: ...PS Select Delete to remove files permanently When you delete data RAM is reset and archived data is deleted excluding Apps that you have specifically saved depending on the option you have selected b DISABLE BOTH PROGRAMS or APPS Select DISABLE to remove files only temporarily so they can be re enabled after testing When you disable data programs and applications are disabled excluding Apps that y...

Страница 16: ...esults on student graphing calculators TI TestGuard 4 0 saves the testing preference setup in an application variable AppVar named AppList4 You can transfer this AppVar to another TI 83 Plus TI 84 Plus and TI 84 Plus C Silver Edition graphing calculators Start Transfer 1 Connect to a student graphing calculator one at a time using an I O unit to unit cable 2 On the student s calculator press É and...

Страница 17: ... programs and applications on TI 83 Plus calculators Students with TI 83 Plus calculators must re install programs and applications using TI Connect or by linking to another calculator 1 Connect your educator calculator to a student s calculator with an I O unit to unit cable 2 On your educator calculator from the TESTGUARD HOME screen select Re enable The screen clears and displays TRANFERRING Wh...

Страница 18: ...r When validation is complete the Validating TI screen displays Note The screen displays a randomly generated confirmation code The same code displays on both the educator calculator and the student s calculator TI TestGuard generates a new confirmation code each time you run TI Validation 3 If you want to validate the operating system of another calculator connect another student s calculator and...

Страница 19: ... 0 To remove TI TestGuard 4 0 complete the following steps 1 Press y L to display the MEMORY menu 2 Select Mem Management Delete 3 Use or to select Apps 4 Use or to select TestGrd4 5 Press 6 Select Yes to confirm 7 Press y 5 to return to the Home screen ...

Страница 20: ...ess and hold down the right left and ON keys and then release 2 The RESET OPTIONS screen displays Notes A blue status bar is shown on the TI 84 Plus C when in TEST MODE and TEST MODE ENABLED Pic Image Vars are disabled on the TI 84 Plus C These Vars are stored in Arc memory on the TI 84 Plus C Vars are deleted from RAM and Arc on the TI 84 Plus and TI 83 Plus By default ANGLE is set to DEGREE STAT...

Страница 21: ...to verify that applications have been disabled The following screen displays Note All variables excluding AppVars stored in RAM and in archived memory are deleted 6 On the student s calculator press to verify that programs have been disabled The following screen displays TI 84 Plus C TI 84 Plus C TI 84 Plus C ...

Страница 22: ...s TI 84 Plus C calculator Pic and Image Vars are shown as disabled 9 In memory management y L Mem Mgmt Del disabled files will display with the not equal sign Educators can re enable functions programs and applications by linking a calculator to the student calculator and then transfer any file s by pressing y 8 SEND RECEIVE TI 84 Plus C TI 84 Plus C TI 84 Plus C ...

Страница 23: ... TestGuard 4 0 changes the mode setting to ALL and programs are also deleted TI 83 Plus and TI 84 Plus only have Pic Vars which are stored by the student in either RAM or Arc memory They are handled as variables as shown in the tables An exception to tables below TI 84 Plus C Image and Pic Vars are only stored in Arc memory They are deleted in the case of the test selection of DELETE ALL or DELETE...

Страница 24: ...ettings except Angle Stat Diagnostics 83 Plus 84 Plus all OS 84 Plus C Deleted except PlySmlt2 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Reset Apps Programs RAM AppVars Other Archive variables Mode Settings except Angle Stat Diagnostics 83 Plus 84 Plus all OS 84 Plus C Saved Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Reset Apps Programs RAM AppVars Other Archive variables Mode Settings except Angle Stat Diagnostics 83...

Страница 25: ...rd 4 0 changes the mode setting to BOTH so programs are also disabled In the following tables the PlySmlt2 comment is used to indicate a situation where one or more applications are marked to be kept and not deleted or disabled Disable Both Programs APPS If you disable both programs and applications the following scenario applies Apps Programs RAM AppVars Other Archive variables Mode Settings exce...

Страница 26: ...84 Plus with old OS Deleted except PlySmlt2 Deleted Deleted Deleted Deleted Reset 84 Plus with OS 2 40 2 55MP Disabled except PlySmlt2 Disabled Deleted Deleted Deleted Reset 84 Plus C with OS 4 0 Disabled except PlySmlt2 Disabled Deleted Deleted Deleted Reset Apps Programs RAM AppVars Other Archive variables Mode Settings except Angle Stat Diagnostics 83 Plus 84 Plus with old OS Saved Deleted Dele...

Страница 27: ...ith old OS Deleted Saved Saved Saved Saved Maintained 84 Plus with OS 2 40 2 55MP Disabled Saved Saved Saved Saved Maintained 84 Plus C with OS 4 0 Disabled Saved Saved Saved Saved Maintained Apps Programs RAM AppVars Other Archive variables Mode Settings except Angle Stat Diagnostics 83 Plus 84 Plus with old OS Deleted except PlySmlt2 Saved Saved Saved Saved Maintained 84 Plus with OS 2 40 2 55MP...

Страница 28: ...24 Appendix A TestGuard 4 0 Testing Mode Setups ...

Страница 29: ... the cable and reconnecting it to both units Also verify that you are using an I O unit to unit cable and not a USB cable to connect the calculators TI TestGuard 4 0 does not work with USB cables The student s calculator must have at least 2500 bytes of free memory If it does not manually delete some items from RAM On the TI 83 Plus TI 84 Plus and TI 84 Plus C press y L then select Mem Mgmt Del to...

Страница 30: ...nue setup or clearing calculators This error only occurs on a student s calculator if TI TestGuard 4 0 is set to delete or disable Apps It is seen only by students with a TI 83 Plus calculator The student has pressed Í after getting the Done message when TI TestGuard 4 0 finishes running The graphing calculator is designed to run the last program in memory when Í is pressed However the program tha...

Страница 31: ...ing calculator The problem is usually associated with the cable and its connection to the calculator and or to the computer Make sure the cable is firmly pushed in to the calculator and the computer If this does not correct the problem try a different cable and reboot your computer If you continue to get this error please contact education ti com support for assistance Validation Error This error ...

Страница 32: ...28 Appendix B Troubleshooting TI TestGuard 4 0 ...

Страница 33: ...tact TI by e mail or visit the TI Internet address E mail ti cares ti com Internet education ti com Service and Warranty Information For information about the length and terms of the warranty or about product service refer to the warranty statement enclosed with this product or contact your local Texas Instruments retailer distributor ...

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