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Default Primary Save Location

Secondary Save Location

You can set a secondary save location through your assessment management system. Set a secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) address as the save location to ensure that the secondary save applies to all testing computers and devices.

Set Up Response File Backups

TestNav has a default primary SRF save location for all computers and devices. For detailed information on saved response files (SRFs) and log files, see Understand SRFs and Log Files.

SFTP configuration is not supported by all assessment management systems. Consult your assessment management system user guide to determine whether the SFTP option is available.

Before testing, refer to your assessment management system user guide to configure TestNav

. Complete the following steps

:

1. Familiarize yourself with the default primary save location.
2. For both Windows and Mac, configure

1. student accounts to have

1. complete read, write

1. and delete access

1. in

1. all save locations.

1. Give proctors access to SRF and log files by either of the following:

   • Grant admin rights to proctors on each testing computer.
     

   • Instruct proctors to access these files while the student is logged in to the testing computer

1. • .

2. Communicate SRF and log file locations to proctors. Remind proctors to track which student tests on which device during infrastructure trials and on test days.
3. PAN users only: Configure the secondary save location through your assessment management system. 
   The same secondary save location applies to all computers and devices. You only need to set this configuration one time.  

Default Primary Save Location

TestNav has a default primary SRF save location for all computers and devices. You cannot configure the log file save location.

Secondary Save Location

Find Log Files on Chrome OS

1. Launch the TestNav app.
2. Focus your cursor in the username or password field.
3. Press <ctrl><shft>z, and the File Viewer box appears.
   If the File Viewer does not display, click on the window and then press <ctrl><shft>z again.
4. Plug in a USB memory stick.
5. Click the download button next to the srf and log file(s) you want to download.
6. When the window opens, select the USB memory stick, and click Save.

Find Log Files on an IPad

You can find SRF and log files two ways on iPads - using Safari or a USB cable.

Using Safari:

1. Open Safari and enter the url: testnav://admin. 
   Note that the first time you access this, a dialog asks if you want to open in TestNav. Tap Open to open TestNav.
2. Click View Logs or View Student Responses.
3. From this screen, you can view and email SRF and log files.
4. Click the Home button when finished.

Using a USB cable:

1. Connect the iPad to the computer using a USB cable.
2. Start iTunes, version 9.1 or later.
3. Click iPad from the listed devices in the iTunes window.
4. Click the Apps tab and then scroll down to the bottom of the page. 
5. View the list of apps currently installed on the iPad under File Sharing.
6. Select the TestNav App. A list of TestNav log files displays under TestNav Documents.
7. Select and open the SRF or log file you want to view.

Secondary Save Location (PearsonAccessNext Only)

Pearson strongly recommends that you configure a network drive 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. 

You can place backup SRFs in a directory on the network file server, on the student's testing computer, or on a secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) site. The following table outlines the pros and cons of each backup save location. 

ADAM users...

Do not continue on this page. For additional instructions on tests managed in ADAM, see Log in to a Test Using TestNav.

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