Turning Technologies Triton Web User Manual

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respective receivers.

FCC Statement

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation.

Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate
the equipment.

IC Statement

This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1)
this device may not cause interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference, including interference that may cause
undesired operation of the device.

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autorisée aux deux conditions suivantes : (1) l'appareil ne doit pas produire de brouillage, et (2) l'utilisateur de l'appareil doit accepter
tout brouillage radioélectrique subi, même si le brouillage est susceptible d'en compromettre le fonctionnement.

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ABOUT TRITON DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . .3

Technical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Activating a User Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Resetting a Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Logging Into Triton Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Where do I go from here? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

ORGANIZATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Managing the Organization Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Importing the Organization Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Creating a Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Managing Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Managing Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Managing Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Managing Participant Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Archiving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Restoring an Archived Item . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

BLUEPRINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Blueprints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Creating a Blueprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Sharing a Blueprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Cloning a Blueprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Answer Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Creating an Answer Document: Summary Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Creating the Answer Document: Questions Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Cloning an Answer Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Administration Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Creating Administration Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Cloning Administration Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Associated Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Uploading Associated Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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SCHEDULES, REPORTS AND EXPORTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Creating a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Managing Schedules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Reconciling Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Resolving Adds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Creating a Makeup Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Finalizing a Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Viewing a Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Exports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Turning Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

CIITS Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

SuccessFactors Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Exporting Session Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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CONTACT US . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Online Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

FAQS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Triton Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Triton Proctor Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

REPORT CALCULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Average Points Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Average Score. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Reliability Coefficient (KR20). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Discrimination Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

IMPORT TEMPLATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Participant Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Agent Role Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Agent Type Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Ethnicity Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Gender Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Participant Disability Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Participant Grade Level Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Race Ethnicity Resolution Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

True/False Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Country Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Language Codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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ABOUT TRITON DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM

The Triton Data Collection System (DCS) is comprised of two components. The first component is Triton Web, where
depending on the role, a user sets up the Organization, manages Staff and Participants and creates the exam
Schedules. The second component is the Triton Proctor Application, which is the vehicle for exam administration.

This user guide is for the Triton Web component of TritonDCS. The user guide for the Triton Proctor Application may be
found at www.tritondatacollectionsystem.com/triton-support.

This chapter covers the following sections:

• Technical Requirements

• Getting Started

Technical Requirements

The following hardware and software specifications are required before using Triton Web.

• 1024 x 768 resolution at 32-bit color or higher

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• Ethernet or 802.11 compatible wireless network card

• An active internet connection

• JavaScript enabled browser:

• IE 8 and higher

• Firefox (current version and one version previous)

• Chrome (current version and one version previous)

• Safari (current version and one version previous)

NOTE

Other browsers may work, however, they have not been tested and thus
are not part of our supported list.

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Getting Started

TritonDCS has a variety of roles available for the login and use of the system. These roles are generated within Triton
Web and have certain permissions associated to them.

The roles are as follows:

An Organization Manager is a user that will have all administration rights to the

Organization
Manager

Site Manager

Organization. They will have all edit and read access to the Organization, including
the Staff, Sites and all other components. This login type has the ability to upload
imports and can create Blueprints that are shared across the Organization.

A Site Manager is a user that manages the Site through the creation, editing and
scheduling of Blueprints, and any other functions permitted by the Organization
Manager.

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Proctor

This section covers the following topics:

A Proctor is a user that will be administering a scheduled Blueprint. The Proctor will
also be able to log into Triton Web and create exams for their own use.

• Activating a User Account

• Resetting a Password

• Logging Into Triton Web

ACTIVATING A USER ACCOUNT

Users will receive an account activation email from [e-mail].

WARNING

The account activation email is valid for seven days. If the email has
expired, go to www.TritonDCS.com and click Resend Invite below the
Password field. Enter your email address and click Resend Invite.

How to activate a user account...
1 Click the link provided in the email from [e-mail].

You will be taken to the Activate Account page in Triton Web.

2 Enter a New Password in the box provided.
3 Confirm Password in the box provided.

4 Click Save.

A message appears that the account has been successfully activated and the Triton Web login page is displayed.

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RESETTING A PASSWORD

In the event that a password is forgotten, it may be reset through Triton Web.

How to reset a password...
1 Go to www.TritonDCS.com.

2 Click Forgot Password.

3 Enter the Email address in the box provided and click Reset Password.

A password recovery email is sent from [e-mail].

NOTE

The reset password link expires after six hours.

4 Click the link provided in the email.

You will be taken to the Reset Password page in Triton Web.

5 Enter a New Password in the box provided.

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6 Confirm Password in the box provided.

7 Click Save.

A message appears that states the password has been reset successfully and the Triton Web login page is displayed.

LOGGING INTO TRITON WEB

Triton Web can be accessed through any of the web browsers listed in the Technical Requirements.

Prerequisites

Your account must be activated before logging into Triton Web. For more information, see Activating a User Account
on page 4.

How to log into Triton DCS...
1 Go to www.TritonDCS.com.

2 Enter the user Email and Password in the boxes provided.

3 Click Login.

The Triton Dashboard is displayed. The Dashboard displays alerts and available Schedules.

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Where do I go from here?

The following tasks are necessary before administering exams with Triton DCS.

Set up the Organization See Organization for more information.

Create a Blueprint See Blueprints for more information.

Create a Schedule See Schedulesfor more information.

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Administer an Exam

See the Triton Proctor Application user guide for more
information.

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ORGANIZATION

Features are available based on the user role.

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Organization
Manager

Site Manager

Proctor Proctors have the ability to view their associated Sites and Participant Lists.

This chapter covers the following topics:

Organization Managers have the ability to view and create Sites, Staff, Participants,
Programs and Participant Lists.

Site Managers have the ability to view their Site and create Participants, Programs
and Participant Lists.

• Managing the Organization Profile

• Importing the Organization Information

• Creating a Site

• Managing Staff

• Managing Participants

• Managing Programs

• Managing Participant Lists

• Archiving

• Restoring an Archived Item

MANAGING THE ORGANIZATION PROFILE

The phone number and address information can be changed or updated through the Organization Profile.

How to manage the Organization Profile...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar.

2 Click the link below Profile.

3 Enter the phone number in the box provided.
4 Enter the address information in the boxes provided.
5 Click Save.

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IMPORTING THE ORGANIZATION INFORMATION

Import templates assist in the creation of Sites, Staff, Participants, Programs and Participant Lists.

TIP

We recommend using the Import templates if a large amount of data needs
to be populated in TritonDCS.

How to import the Organization information...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select the Import tab on the right side of the screen.

2 Click the Template tab on the left side of the window and download the template file.

The template file opens in CSV format in Microsoft Excel. For more information on the template files, see Appendix

: Import Templates.

3 Enter the information into the template.

IMPORTANT

The import files have the following limits:
Site - 5,000 rows
Staff - 10,000 rows
Participant - 30,000 rows
Program - 10,000 rows
Participant List - 30,000 rows

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4 Save the file in CSV format.

When saving the file, a dialogue box like the one pictured below may appear.

Click Yes to save the file as a CSV.

WARNING

Triton Web only accepts the upload templates in the CSV format. The
template file should not be saved as a Microsoft Excel (XLS or XLSX) file.

5 Select the type of information being uploaded from the Type drop-down menu.
6 Click Browse.

7 Select the upload file and click Open.

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8 Click Import.

The table to the right displays the status the of the imports.

• ‘Waiting...’ indicates that the import file is waiting in the queue.

• A progress bar displays the status of the current file. Click the refresh button to see an updated status of the

progress bar or mouse over the progress to see how many items have been processed.

• A green circle indicates that the file has successfully uploaded.

• A red square indicates that there was an error when processing the upload. When clicked, a window opens that will

alert you to the type of error that occurred. Click the Download Error File link to open the file and correct the error.
Save the file and try the upload again.

Click the view icon next to a file to see general information about the file.

NOTE

The import queue displays uploaded files across the entire Organization. A
maximum of 10 files can be in the queue at once.

The filters at the top of the right side of the screen allow you to change
what files are viewed within the window.

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9 Repeat steps 2- 8 as necessary.

CREATING A SITE

A Site is a management structure analogous to a school building, department, client or other such organizational
structure. Sites can be added manually or imported using the import tool.

IMPORTANT

Existing Site Managers cannot be assigned to a manually created Site.

How to create a Site...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select the Sites tab.

2 Click Create to add a new Site or Profile to edit an existing site.
3 Enter the Site Information and the Site Address in the boxes provided.
4 Enter the Site Manager information in the boxes provided.
5 Assign the Site Manager Create/Edit Rights.
6 Click Save.

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MANAGING STAFF

The users within Triton DCS are referred to as Staff. These users can be defined as Organization Managers, Site
Managers or Proctors. Staff can be added manually or imported. Once a Staff member is created Triton DCS sends the
Staff member an email that notifies them to activate their account.

IMPORTANT

Staff members can only have one role within the Organization and the
roles cannot be changed.

How to add staff...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select the Staff tab.

2 Click Create to add a Staff member or click Edit next to a name to modify existing Staff information.
3 Enter the First Name, Last Name, Email and Staff ID in the boxes provided.
4 Select the Role from the drop-down menu.

5 Repeat steps 2- 4to create additional Staff.

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6 Click Save.

MANAGING PARTICIPANTS

Individuals taking an exam are referred to as Participants. Participants can be added manually or imported.

How to add Participants...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select the Participants tab.

2 Click Create to add a Participant or click Edit next to a name to modify an existing Participant.
3 Enter the First Name, Last Name and Participant ID in the boxes provided.
4 Click Save.

MANAGING PROGRAMS

A Program can also be referred to as a course, which includes grouping terminology that will be used when associating
Staff and Participants for exams. Programs can be added manually or imported.

How to add Programs...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select the Programs tab.

2 Click Create to add a Program or click Edit to modify the existing Program.

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3 Enter a Program Name, Program ID and/or a Description for the Program.

NOTE

The Program Name is the first part of the Participant List name.

4 Click Save.

MANAGING PARTICIPANT LISTS

A Participant List is a grouping of Participants, their Proctor, their Program and their Site. Participant Lists can be added
manually or imported.

Prerequisites

Programs, Proctors, Sites and Participants must be set up before creating a Participant List.

How to create a Participant List...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select the Participant Lists tab.

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2 Click Create to add a Participant List or click Edit to modify an existing Participant List.
3 Select the Program from the drop-down menu.
4 Select the Proctor from the drop-down menu.
5 Optionally, enter the Period in the box provided.
6 Enter the Section number (maximum of five characters) in the box provided.

7 Select the Site from the drop-down menu.
8 Optionally, enter the Room in the box provided.
9 Select a Participant from the drop-down menu.

The Participant is added to the Participant List.

NOTE

To remove a Participant from the Participant List click the Remove icon
next to the desired Participant.

10 Repeat step 9as many times as necessary.

11 Click Save.

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ARCHIVING

Staff, Participants, Programs and Participant Lists can be archived. Archiving any of these items hides them from the
Active view. To view the archived items select Archived from the drop-down menu and click the Refresh icon.

How to archive...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select Staff, Participants, Programs or Participant Lists.

2 Locate the desired item and click the Archive icon.
3 A confirmation box is displayed, click Yes.

RESTORING AN ARCHIVED ITEM

Archived items such as Staff, Participants, Programs and Participant Lists can be restored.

How to restore an archived item...
1 Click Organization from the navigation bar and select Staff, Participants, Programs or Participant Lists.

2 Select Archived from the drop-down menu and click the Refresh icon.

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3 Locate the desired item and click the Restore icon.
4 A confirmation box displayed, click Yes.

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BLUEPRINTS

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Blueprints

• Answer Documents

• Administration Rules

Blueprints

A Blueprint is comprised of a set of Administration Rules with at least one Answer Document. Blueprints are scheduled
with associated Participant Lists for examination purposes.

A list of available Blueprints are displayed on the Blueprints tab. Blueprints can be added in one of three ways: manually,
shared from within the Organization or activated from a publisher.

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Overview Click the Overview icon to view the Blueprint Overview.

Files Click the Files icon to view the files associated with the Blueprint.

Clone

Modify

This section covers the following topics:

Click the Share icon to share the Blueprint with a specific Site(s) within the
Organization. Only Organization Managers may share Blueprints.

If the Blueprint is locked because it has been assigned to a Schedule, clicking the
icon allows you to ‘Clone’ the Blueprint.

Click the Modify icon to make edits to the Blueprint if the Blueprint has not been
assigned to a Schedule.

• Creating a Blueprint

• Sharing a Blueprint

• Cloning a Blueprint

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CREATING A BLUEPRINT

A Blueprint contains at least one Answer Document and a set of Administration Rules. For more information on Answer
Documents and Administration Rules, see Creating an Answer Document: Summary Tab, Creating the Answer

Document: Questions Tab and Creating Administration Rules.

Prerequisites

At least one Answer Document and one set of Administration Rules must exist before creating a Blueprint.

How to create a Blueprint...
1 Click Blueprints from the navigation bar.

2 Click Create.
3 Enter a name for the Blueprint in the box provided.
4 Optionally, enter a description for the Blueprint in the box provided.
5 Select the Administration Rules from the drop-down menu. For more information, see Administration Rules on

page 19.

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6 Select the Answer Document(s). For more information, see Answer Documents on page 16.

A maximum of 10 Answer Documents may be included with a Blueprint.

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The order of the Answer Documents can be rearranged by selecting an
Answer Document and clicking the up or down arrows.

To remove an Answer Document, select the Answer Document and click
the Remove icon.

7 Set the Bundle Administration options if more than one Answer Document was selected.

Enforce Bundle - The default is set to Yes.

• Yes, requires the Answer Documents to be administered in a single session.

• No, the Answer Documents may be administered over multiple sessions.

Enforce Order - The default is set to Yes.

• Yes, the order in which the Answer Documents appear will be the order the exams must be administered.

• No, the Proctor has the option to rearrange the Answer Documents before administration.

Self-Paced - The default is set to No.

• Yes, allows the Participants to finish the first Answer Document and move on to the second without waiting for all

Participants to finish.

• No, the Proctor is required to start and stop polling for each Answer Document.

NOTE

A Self-Paced exam cannot be resumed after completing a final send. The
Participant is required to move on to the next Answer Document unless the
exam has been paused.

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Single Login - The default is set to No.

• Yes, ID and exam verification will be necessary for each Answer Document. Participants are always required to

enter their ID for the first Answer Document.

• No, Participants are required to log in for each Answer Document.

8 Optionally, select an associated file.

Up to 12 associated files, no larger than 5 MB each, may be included in the Blueprint. For more information, see

Associated Files.

9 Click Save.

SHARING A BLUEPRINT

Only Organization Managers may share Blueprints within the Organization. A shared Blueprint is locked and cannot be
edited.

How to share a Blueprint...
1 Click Blueprints from the navigation bar.

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2 Click the Share icon next to the desired Blueprint.

The Share Blueprint window opens.

3 Enter the Share Begin Date and Share End Date.

The Blueprint must be scheduled within the share begin and end dates.

4 Place a check next to the Site name for which the Blueprint is to be shared.
5 Click Update Shares.

CLONING A BLUEPRINT

A Blueprint cannot be edited once it is locked, however it can be cloned and reused.

If a Blueprint was shared, the shared Blueprint is not available for cloning. Only the original Blueprint can be cloned.

How to clone a Blueprint...
1 Click Blueprints from the navigation bar.

2 Click the Clone icon next to the desired Blueprint.

The Clone Blueprint window opens.

3 Optionally, make any adjustments necessary to the Blueprint.
4 Click Save.

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Answer Documents

An Answer Document defines the type of exam and displays the number of questions and answers.

There are two parts to creating an Answer Document:

• Creating an Answer Document: Summary Tab

• Creating the Answer Document: Questions Tab

The following question types are supported in the Answer Documents:

• Multiple Choice Alpha - A multiple choice question with answer options A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H and J.

• Multiple Choice Numeric - A multiple choice question with answer options 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0.

• True / False - A question with the answer options of True or False.

• Short Answer - Short answer questions require the Participants to submit a text-based answer. (maximum 16

characters)

• Numeric Response - Numeric Response Questions require the Participants to submit a string of numbers as their

answer. (maximum 16 characters)

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• Essay - Although Essay questions are supported, they are not graded within Triton DCS. (maximum 160 characters)

• Multiple Choice ABCD-FGHJ - An alternating question type, the odd number questions have the answer bullets of

A, B, C and D, while the even number questions have the answer bullets of F, G, H and J.

• Multiple Choice ABCDE-FGHJK - An alternating question type, the odd number questions have the answer bullets

of A, B, C, D and E, while the even number questions have the answer bullets of F, G, H, J and K.

CREATING AN ANSWER DOCUMENT: SUMMARY TAB

At least one Answer Document must be created in order to create a Blueprint.

How to create an Answer Document summary...
1 Click Blueprints from the navigation bar and select the Answer Documents tab.

2 Click Create.
3 Enter a Name for the Answer Document in the box provided.
4 Optionally, enter a Description for the Answer Document.
5 Select the Exam Type.

• Test - An Answer Document that allows for correct answers to be defined.

• Evaluation - An Answer Document that does not allow for correct answers or point values to be defined. The Item

Analysis Report displays Participant responses in a Likert Scale.

6 Set the Correct Answer option. If Evaluation was selected, this option is not available.

• Yes, allows for correct answers to be defined for Tests.

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No, the point column and correct answer fields are disabled.

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7 Set the Resume option.

• Yes, allows participants to resume an exam after they have completed a final send.

• No, participants are not allowed to resume an exam after completing a final send.

NOTE

The Resume option is not recognized if Self-Paced = Yes in the Blueprint
Bundle Administration Rules.

8 Set the Reporting option.

• Yes, allows for the Answer Document to be scored in Triton DCS and available for viewing in report format.

• No, the reports will not be available but the Schedule creator will be able to Export results.

NOTE

Organization and Site Managers are able to view reports for Proctors in
their Organization/Site.

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9 Set the Timer option.

• Yes, select the hours and minutes from the drop-down menus to set the exam time. This time is the same for all

Participants (unless time is added individually in the Triton Proctor Application). When the time on each
ResponseCard NXT reaches 0:00 the responses are automatically sent to the Triton Proctor Application and the
Participant status changes to ‘Final Send Complete.’

• No, the exam is un-timed.

Next Steps

The Answer Document Summary Tab information cannot be saved until at least one version of an Answer Document
has been created.

CREATING THE ANSWER DOCUMENT: QUESTIONS TAB

A minimum of one version must be created before adding questions to the Answer Document.

Prerequisites

Follow the steps in the previous section, Creating an Answer Document: Summary Tab.

How to set up the Answer Document...

1 Select the Questions tab on the Answer Document screen.

2 Click + Versions.

3 Set the formatting defaults for the Answer Document.

a Select the Number of Versions from the drop-down menu.
b Select the Number of Questions from the drop-down menu.

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