When a student responds to a test question, TestNav saves the response in a saved response file (SRF) and sends response bundles to the Pearson server. After the responses successfully save to the Pearson server, TestNav deletes the SRF.
TestNav also writes to a log file during the testing session. These files help Pearson troubleshoot issues, if they occur.
By default, TestNav automatically creates a Pearson folder in the user's home directory (the user account or login typically determines the directory name). The SRF saves in a SRF folder, and log files save in a Logs folder.
For Windows and Mac OS X, you must configure student accounts to have complete read, write, and delete access in all save locations. Pearson strongly recommends that you configure a shared network folder that can be accessed from all testing computers as a secondary save location to ensure that you do not lose responses, even if a student cannot continue to test on the same computer. Verify you can access the location from multiple testing computers. |
The following table outlines the pros and cons of each option; however, you should use both location options - one for the primary save location and the other for the secondary save location.
Back up location options | Pros | Cons |
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Directory on network computer | Backup file is accessible from other computers. |
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Local directory on testing computer (TestNav client) |
| Backup file is not accessible from any other computer. |
Whether you are using test content caching or not, you should check and configure your response file backup locations.
TestNav has a default setting for the primary location where it stores student response files. A primary save location is required. The default setting works well for most situations, but you may change it. As a best practice, Pearson recommends using both a primary and secondary backup location. You can choose to save backup files to either the student’s testing computer or to a network file server directory. Recommended folder structure for student’s computer - TestNav client If you use a network file server as a backup location, whether primary or secondary:
Pearson recommends that you:
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