Recently Updated

Added note indicating that Internet Explorer (IE) is not supported for use with Pearson Access to System Requirements

Updated dashboard image on View Dashboard page.

Updated System Requirements to include current OS and browser versions, and a note regarding use of other OSs and browsers. 

Updated screenshots on:

• Access Testing Materials page
• Add, Edit, and Remove Exceptions page
• Monitor, Update, and Remove a Student Test Status page
• Add Students to a Session page
• Delete a Student from a Session page
• Alternatives for Accessing Reports page
• Access Reports from a Session page
• Move Students Between Sessions page
• Update Student Password page

Updated:

• screenshots and added information about the Registered widget on View Dashboard page
• screenshot and added information about online Session Details on View Dashboard page

• Updated screenshots and information about importing students on Import Roster Data page
• Added information about updating accommodations through data import on View and Update Accommodations page

Updated:

• Information about Summary Reports by Teacher and by Test on Access Dynamic Summary Report page
• Screenshots and information on Access Dynamic Roster Reports page
• Screenshot and information on Access Dynamic Individual Student Reports page

Updated 

• Access Item Analysis Reports page with Trait Scoring section
• Access Student Progress Report and Access Individual Student Report (ISR) with information on raw score, variable by program

Renamed the Monitor or Change a Student Test Status page to Monitor, Update, and Remove a Student Test Status

• • Added instructions on how to remove a test status

Added 

• Demographic grade information to Access Dynamic Summary Report
• Non-Numeric Score column details and updated screenshots to
  • Access Dynamic Individual Student Report (ISR)
  • Access Dynamic Roster Reports

Added instructions for resetting filters on the following pages:

• Access Dynamic Roster Reports
• Access Dynamic Individual Student Report (ISR)
• Access Dynamic Summary Report 
• Access Dynamic Item Analysis Reports

Updated 

• View and Update Accommodations and Accommodation Errors pages to account for forms that include both Spanish Language Transadaptation and Human Read-Aloud accommodations
• Create a Test to add Publish Check and alternate Table View.

Updated

• Audio Capture page to include Scoring Designation options of AI (default) or Human (for THS)
• Create a Test page to include
  • Option to return user's In-Progress (unlocked) items in item search results when building a form
  • Option to select Return items aligned to standards that contain the selected code(s) but return no more than XX total items.
  • All Dynamic reporting pages to include the Teacher filter in the Report Builder WHO section

• Removed references to Unapproved, but available error message from Accommodation Errors page
• Added
  •  Drawing, Shape Transformation, Hot Spot, and Graphic Gap Match pages
  • Holistic and updated Equal Weight description on Resources page 

Added:

• Request and Approve Test Attempt Transfers page
• Information on filtering by grade on View Student Data page
• Information on filtering the session list on View Session Data page
• Transcend report note to Access Reports from Student Details and Access Reports from a Session
• Download PDF information to Transcend report pages
  • Status Overview Report Details
  • Status and Growth Summary Report Details
  • Status Roster Report Details
  • Status and Growth Report Details

Updated Transfer Student Enrollment page to

• Add Data Import... tab 
• Reorganize and clarify existing steps within the UI... tab

Updated:

• District Details screenshot on View District Data page
• School Details screenshot on View School Data page
• Session List screenshot on Access Reports from Student Details page
• Export capabilities on View Course Data page
• Several screenshots on Create, Edit, Delete a District page 
• Several screenshots on View Student Data page

Added:

• Information to Data Imports through PA UI on Import Roster Data page
• Details about Testing Information dashboard on View Dashboard page

Added the following to PS300 - orgs.csv Errors page:

• PS343
• PS344
• PS345

Added Transcend Testing section, including the following pages:

• Create a Transcend Test
• View or Edit a Transcend Test
• Access Transcend Reports
  • Status Overview Report Details
  • Status and Growth Summary Report Details
  • Status Roster Report Details
  • Status and Growth Report Details

Added:

• Access Reporting Category Roster Report
• Access Reporting Category Summary Report

Updated:

• Screenshots of homepage dashboard widgets on View Dashboard page
• Screenshot of Course Details dashboard on View Course Details page

Updated Create, Edit, and Delete a Student to include:

• Instructions for deleting associated organizations, resulting in student record deletion
• All screenshot callouts and sizing

• Updated page, "Merge Temporary Student with a Permanent Student Record":
  • Title to Reassign Test(s) from One Student to Another
  • Steps and screenshots to reflect this process change

Updated:

• Text and screenshot in Step 2 of View Student Data page
• Text and screenshots in Step 2 of View Test Data page

Added text and screenshot about Test List on View Course Data page

Updated:

• • Create a Test
    • Tabs to Online and Non-AKO Paper and Paper AKO
    • Online and Non-AKO Paper tab to add Choose Preview instructions
    • If you clicked Item Search section to add Eligible Delivery Modes information
  • Resources to add trait-scoring information for Extended Text/Open-Response interactions on non-AKO paper tests

Updated:

• Create a Session and Edit a Session to include information on max test attempts per student
• Student Test Statuses to include information on Active status when a student is not currently testing
  
• Your Account to include OneLogin steps and screenshots
  

Added Equation Editor page to Item Type Authoring Instruction

Updated View Session Data to detail what a Completed status means for multi-section tests and updated the video How to Understand Session Management Basics.

Added View Parent/Guardian Data and Create and Edit a Parent/Guardian pages

Updated:

• Create, View, and Edit Items page to include Apply Points to All Parts field
• Create a Test page to the include Passage sort button, Passage icon, and Preview button

Added:

• Information about password resets on Update (or View) Your User Data page
• Information about parent/guardian association on View Student Data

Updated:

• Updated Move Student Between Sessions to reflect that this occurs for both modes of testing.

Updated:

• Screenshots and text on View and Assign Rejected Test Attempts page
• Screenshots on Access Reports from Organization Details page

Added:

• Set Up Local Scanning and Scoring
• Scan a Test for Scoring (Local Scanning)

Updated screenshots and text for the following pages:

• Create, Edit, and Delete a Student (Step 3)
• Create, Edit, and Delete a Temporary Student (Step 4)
• Add, Edit, and Remove Exceptions (Step 5)

Added the following URLs to the Proxy Servers/Content Filtering section of Pearson Access System Requirements:

• app.ham-authoring.com:443
• t.abbi.pearson.com:443
• ham-uat-rel.ham-authoring.com:443
• t-uat.abbi.pearson.com:443

Updated:

• View Course Data to include screenshot and information about the Student List tab
• Create, Edit, or Delete a School to include screenshots with required Ship to fields for test materials and reports, shipping coordinator info, and two-letter country code
  
• Updated screenshots to include required shipping coordinator info and two-letter country code on
  • Create, Edit, or Delete Local Education Agency (LEA)
  • Create, Edit, or Delete a District
• View and Update Accommodations page to reflect proctor ability to download sign-in credentials to perform Human Read Aloud and Human Signer accommodation tasks for high-stakes tests
• View Session Data > What's Next? (Optional) section with info above and link to the same page

Updated Completed, Scored, and Reported widget descriptions on the View Dashboard page

Updated the Reports section landing page.

Removed the pages Access Dynamic Reports and Alternatives for Accessing Reports. Added new pages that incorporate the content from the removed pages and include updated information:

• Access Reports from a Session
• Access Reports from Student Details
• Access Reports from Organization Details
• Dynamic Roster Reports
• Dynamic Individual Student Report (ISR)
• Dynamic Summary Report

Added:

• Noteboxes regarding .pdf file download option for Individual Student Reports (ISRs), and Roster and Summary reports to Access Dynamic Reports page
• Subscore screenshot to Teacher Hand Scoring page

Added a link for Sign In to TestNav through Student Portal page on the following pages:

• Create, Edit, and Delete a Student
• Import Roster Data

Added Resolve Import Errors page and added links to appropriate pages

Updated:

• Step 4 screenshot on View Session Data page
• Step 3 and 4 screenshot on View Student Data page

Added:

• Information about viewing form codes and form previews to View Test Data page
• Information on re-enrollment to View Student Data and View and Update Student Reporting School pages

Added:

• Technical bulletin, Pearson Access Dashboard Expected Behaviors
• Noteboxes regarding processing time for updates on both View Dashboard and Student Test Statuses pages
• Information about max test attempts for locally authored tests on Create a Test page
• Information about saving My Account data on Update (Or View) Your User Data page

Updated screenshots on:

• Access Testing Materials (tabs)
• Multi-Section Test Sessions (Steps 3-4)

Changed title of Add, Edit, and Remove Irregularities page to Add, Edit, and Remove Exceptions

• Updated all screenshots and text
• Added instruction for adding exceptions for test attempts marked Void or Not Tested

Updated language in Student Test Statuses (irregularities are now exceptions)

Updated:

• Teacher Hand Scoring, step 3 to include notebox related to excluded student test attempts
• Multiple screenshots on View Dashboard page

Added Access Dynamic Reports page to describe Report Builder functionality

Added pages:

• Create, Edit, or Delete an Order
• View Orders Data

Removed the page Track Shipments as information was outdated and the functionality is now incorporated in the two new orders pages

Added to the support site under General Support, a space for Technical Bulletins.

Added technical bulletin, Pearson Access Single Sign-on Authentication Changes.

Added information about form assignment order to the page View and Update Accommodations.

Added section of tabs to Access Testing Materials page with instructions for accessing:

• Accommodated Test Forms
• Answer Sheets
• Downloadable Tests
• Human Reader Content
• Seal Codes
• Student Roster
• Testing Tickets

Added to page Create, Edit, or Delete Data sections about updating administration testing windows for LEAs, Districts, and Schools.

Added:

• PS1200s localstudents.csv File Errors page
• Information about testing window limitations to Create a Session

Updated screenshot in "Access Import Files" tab on Access Data Import/Export List Files page

Updated:

• Create, Edit, and Delete a User to describe how to reactivate a previously deleted user
• Base User Roles to add instruction on downloading a list of program-specific user roles and permissions
• Updated Create, Edit, and Delete a Student to simply link to the new reporting school page instead of containing the reporting school information

Added Multi-Section Test Sessions and View and Update Student Reporting School pages.

• Updated Access Data Import/Export List Files and View Student Data to include information on the location and circumstances under which the Reporting Organization appears in the system and export files
• Added note regarding an import COMPLETE status to Import Roster Data

• Updated PS900 Error Code page name to PS900s System and Local File Import Errors
• Added error codes PS950, PS951, PS1223, PS1227 to above page
• Added on-grade-level and off-grade-level information to Additional Test Details notebox on Create a Test page
• Added Delete a Course section to Create, Edit, or Delete a Course

Updated Base User Roles page to:

• Remove outdated User Role Matrix (URM)
• Add note on upcoming user role matrix update for only Pearson Standard user roles

Updated the following pages to include step-by-step instructional videos:

• Access Testing Materials
• Monitor or Change a Student Test Status
• Track Shipments
• Create, Edit, and Delete a Temporary Student (2 separate videos)
• Merge Temporary Student with Permanent Student Record

Updated Create, Edit, or Delete a User sections:

• Edit a User contains
  • Notebox referencing editable details
  • Step one on selecting organization, with screenshot
• Delete a User contains
  • Notebox referencing deletions from higher level of organizations
  • Step one on selecting organization, with screenshot

Added:

• Link to Merge Temporary Student with a Permanent Student Record page on Create, Edit, and Delete a Temporary Student page
• Link to View Dashboard page on View and Update Accommodations page

Added Create, Edit, or Delete Data page with tabs to these pages:

• Create, Edit, or Delete Local Education Agency (LEA)
• Create, Edit, or Delete a District
• Create, Edit, or Delete a School
• Create, Edit, or Delete a Course
• Create, Edit, or Delete a Class
• Create, Edit, or Delete a User

Updated Alternatives for Accessing Reports page with:

• Access Reports through Organization Details section to reflect bulk reporting actions
• Links to anchors for each page section under Step-by-Step header

Updated:

• Screenshot in Step 3 of Create, Edit, and Delete a Student page
• Screenshot in Step 4 of Create, Edit, and Delete a Temporary Student page, as well as information about demographics
• View Dashboard overview screenshot
• Delete a Session and Move Student Between Sessions pages to include step-by-step instructional videos

Added section and related pages (linked below) about Accommodations and Testing Irregularities to View Dashboard page

• Accommodation Widgets
• Testing Irregularities Widgets

• Added
  • Create, Edit, and Delete a Student page
  • Video: Navigating the Home Page
  • Student Portal references to the Create, Edit, and Delete a Student and Import Roster Data pages
• Updated the following pages to include step-by-step instructional videos:
  • Create, Edit, and Delete a Student
  • Create a Session
  • Edit a Session
  • Delete a Student from a Session
  • Update Student Password
  • View Session Data

Updated the screenshot in Step 3 of Reports pages, as well as information about searching at the organization level.

Updated:

• Screenshots in the Access Reports from a Session and Access Reports from Student Details sections on the Alternatives for Accessing Reports page
• Access Item Analysis Reports page to include all item analysis reports information and updated screenshots

Updated:

• Access Item Analysis by Item Report to reflect Form and View By dropdown, as well as Points Earned/Points Possible column
• Access Individual Student Report (ISR) to update screenshots that include download options and Show or Hide Progress
  

• Updated:
  • Access Testing Materials to include option to select 1-4 test tickets per page when printing test tickets
  • Base User Roles to include most current User Role Matrix (URM) version 1.13 that
    • Added:
    • Data Administrator role
      
    • Table 2, Courses row with permissions to view Courses list and Course details
    • Table 2, Tests row with permissions to
      • View test names, details, and associated test form names, and preview interim test forms
        
    • Table 3, Tests row with permissions to create and manage items and tests (local authoring)
      
    • Table 3, Data Exports row with permissions to export data from the organization to which the user is pinned
    • Updated role, Student Data Administrator, to Student Administrator
      
• Added:
  • Error code PS503 related to localstudents.csv file.

Added Local Test Management pages:

• Create Items
• Create a Test
• Resources
• Item Type Authoring Instruction

Updated Import Roster Data to add:

• Information and files for Pearson Standard Layout (PSL) 2.0
• Tab for Data Import through Pearson Access UI - Delta

• Renamed the following pages related to View Dashboard
  • Total Students Bar Graph (previously Test Session Overview)
  • Pre-Testing Widget (previously Students Registered)
  • Testing Widget (previously Student Tests Completed)
• Updated screenshots and text to reflect updated dashboard

Updated Create a Session with:

• Steps on how to add students to a session by grade or class
• Current screenshots

Renamed the page, Access Reports through a Test Session to Alternatives for Accessing Reports:

• Added steps and information for accessing reports from Student Details

• Added a notebox regarding accommodated form availability to Accommodations
• Updated View Session Data and Monitor, Update, and Remove a Student Test Status to add:
  • Screenshot and information to include the device battery warning
• Updated View Student Data screenshot to include Course and Department
• Added tabs for the following newly added pages to View Data:
  • View Course Data
  • View Test Data

Updated Teacher Hand Scoring prerequisites to describe when users can and cannot access the Teacher Hand Scoring system

• Updated:
  • Main navigation tabs from role-based tabs to tabs that give the user the option to navigate by roles or tasks
  • Site fonts to reflect Pearson branding guidelines
• Added a Recently Updated tab

Navigation tabs include:

• • General – Links to the current General Support landing page with support page links relevant to all users.
  • Role-Based Support – Opens a dropdown with each role. Users can click a role to go to its landing page that contains relevant support page links.
  • Task-Based Support – Opens a dropdown with task categories or tasks. Users can click a task category or task to go to either a landing page that contains relevant support page links, or directly to a support page.
  • Recently Updated – Links to the current Recently Updated page that lists most current Pearson Access Online Support updates.

Added an expandable notebox concerning practice tests to the following Report pages:

• Access Individual Student Report (ISR)
• Access Student Progress Report

Updated to split Accommodations page into a section with four pages:

• Accommodations
• Accommodation Data Import
• View and Update Accommodations
• Accommodation Errors (new)

Updated User Role Matrix to add the following permissions for each role:

• Administrator to view Shipments page and shipping details
• Test Coordinator to
  • Mark summative and interim tests as Not Tested
  • View Shipments page and shipping details
• Test Coordinator - Interim to mark interim tests as Not Tested
  

Updated:

• Track Shipments to include
  • Screenshots with hyperlinks to carrier websites
  • Option to view shipments to Pearson
  • Note regarding the common carriers and the correlating codes
• Your Account to include a note with instructions for a user who is not authorized to view data

Updated:

• View and Update Accommodations to include search capability information in View Accommodations Summary, Class Details, and Add Students to a Session
• View LEA Data, View District Data, and View School Data to include Shipping Contact and Shipping Address
  
• Monitor, Update, and Remove a Student Test Status to include
  • Note regarding assigning a re-registered student a different test form, when available
    
  • Status color designations for Void, Do Not Report, and Not Tested
• Student Test Statuses to include status color designation table
  
• Import Roster Data to include accoms.csv file in download folder
  

Updated:

• Create a Session and Edit a Session to include information for paper testing
• User Role Matrix to remove merge temporary student permissions from Test Coordinator role

Added support pages:

• View and Update Accommodations
• Create, Edit, and Delete a Temporary Student
• Reassign Test(s) from One Student to Another
• Track Shipments

Updated:

• View Dashboard to include details about additional statuses that will be included and/or excluded on the various dashboard widgets

• Access Testing Materials to include Section Progress information in step 5

• Student Test Statuses to include descriptions for Void, Do Not Report (DNR), and Not Tested statuses

• Monitor, Update, and Remove a Student Test Status to add

• Top section for Session Details monitoring sections of the UI, including updated screenshot

• Void, DNR, and Not Tested Statuses to the status table

• New section, Update Status to DNR with specific state-level admin instructions 

• Check dashboard note to What’s Next?

• View Student Data to add screenshot with updated Status column

Updated User Role Matrix to reflect:

• Summative test permissions for Test Coordinator - Interim
• The addition of a Student Data Administrator role for Fall 2020

Monitor or Change Student Test Status page:

• Updated Students in Session bar graph screenshot
• Added expandable list of student statuses with their corresponding colors

Added:

• View Local Education Agency (LEA) Data page and LEA tab to View Data page
• Teacher hand scoring test statuses to the Student Test Statuses page
• Press Enter to search instruction to all Step-by-Step page sections
• Administrator support pages:
  • Import Roster Data
    
  • Pearson Standard Layout Errors and Warnings
    
    • PS100s - .zip Errors
      
    • PS200s - manifest.csv Errors
      
    • PS300s - orgs.csv Errors
      
    • PS400s - users.csv Errors and Warnings
      
    • PS500s - students.csv Errors
      
    • PS600s - classes.csv Errors
      
    • PS900s System and Local File Import Errors

Updated Administrator with buttons to newly added support pages

Updated:

• Base User Roles page to include data import permissions on User Role Matrix
• Contact Pearson Support with instructions from the Help page
• View School Data, View Class Data, View Student Data to reflect that a user with read-only permissions can only click a school, class, and student name
• View Dashboard- Students Registered and Student Tests Complete screenshots to show subjects listed in alphabetical order
• Resend Account Activation Email to reflect the changes made to the confirmation message
• Access Data Import Files to include the help icon integration

Initial publish of Pearson Access Online Support