Depending on how a test is configured, TestNav displays tools for students to use during online testing. Students can access the highlighter and spell check tools within items, and other tools within the TestNav toolbar.
This page contains the following sections, accordingly:
Most tools appear within the TestNav toolbar; however, the highlighter tool is available for students to use without clicking on an icon in the toolbar. Instead, turn on the highlighter by selecting a word or group of words.
Highlight color choices differ, depending on the background and foreground color.
Play the video to see a demonstration of the highlighter tool.
Students can turn on the spell check when answering an item that requires a textual, extended response. When spell check is on, a squiggly red line appears underneath misspelled words, and students see word suggestions for misspelled words.
Spell check does not check words that are all in caps (HELLO) or words that are inverse camel cased (CaMeL). It does check regular camel case (cAmEl).
Spell check uses the Hunspell dictionary and requires an Internet connection to compare the typed words with the dictionary on Pearson servers.
If there is no Internet connection, spell check does not check the words.
Tools in the table are displayed in the order that they appear within the toolbar below. Tool order varies by test.
Scroll through the tools to see each tool and a description. You can click Back to toolbar to see the tool icons.
You can click each image to enlarge.
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Tool | Allows students to: | ||||
Pointer | Close any enabled tools.
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Quarter-inch Ruler | Measure lengths in ¼-inch increments. | ||||
Eighth-inch Ruler | Measure lengths in ⅛-inch increments. .
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Protractor | Measure angles, and drag and rotate the protractor.
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Notepad
| Type notes while testing. | ||||
Four-function Calculator | Perform four functions:
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Five-function Calculator | Perform five functions:
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Centimeter Ruler | Measure length in 1-cm increments.
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Scientific Calculator | Perform a range of functionality including:
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TI-84 Graphing Calculator
| Perform a range of functionality including:
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Answer Eliminator Multiple Choice
Hotspot interaction | Visually eliminate (with a red X) one or more answers.
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TI-108 Basic Calculator | Perform basic arithmetic functions:
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TI-30 Scientific Calculator | Perform high school math and science on four lines. | ||||
Millimeter Ruler | Measure length in 1-cm increments and 1-mm increments.
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