The official web page for this course is ITSE2321.htm
Students in this course are required to take online Blackboard tests according to the schedule given in the online syllabus.
You can access the tests in the lab by selecting the Test-xxx menu items on the left side of your Blackboard page for the course. (See detailed instructions below for taking the test in an ACC Testing Center using the Respondus Lockdown Browser.)
In most cases, the test will expire and disappear from Blackboard when the schedule deadline passes.
You may take each test up to two times before it expires. Your highest score among the two scores for each test will be used to compute your final grade.
Tests for Distance Learning (including APT) students will be given names like Test01a.
Tests for students who are not enrolled in a Distance Learning section will be given names like Test01.
There is no difference in the contents of the tests with and without the suffix "a". The only difference is the manner in which the tests must be taken.
Test questions are generally of a multiple-choice and True/False variety. They are drawn from various sections of my online e-book titled Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) with Java as shown below.
Some students do well on the tests. Many students do poorly on the tests. Therefore, you are encouraged to carefully study the material in the appropriate list given above prior to taking each test. If you do poorly on a test, you should study some more and take the test again for your second and final attempt.
Pay particular attention to the questions, answers, and explanations scattered throughout the documents in the above lists. Many (but not all) of the test questions are taken from the questions in those documents. If you understand the correct answers to those questions and can reflect that knowledge under test conditions, you should do well on the tests. If you don't understand those answers, you will simply be guessing and may do poorly on the tests.
Different students will be taking the tests at different times during the semester and each student is allowed to take each test up to two times. Therefore, in order to maintain the integrity of the tests, I cannot review your answers with you after you take a test. If you do poorly on a test, you should simply go back and review the questions, answers, and explanations scattered throughout the documents in the above lists to determine which questions you are unable to answer correctly.
Distance learning (including APT) students are required to take your tests in an ACC Academic Testing Center.
If you are required to take your tests in an ACC Academic Testing Center, it is your responsibility to make all necessary arrangements with the testing center to complete the tests, including accessibility, hours of operation, etc. It is also your responsibility to comply with the Austin Community College Procedures for Student Use of Academic Testing Centers. (In the event that you find the above link broken, you can search for and access testing center requirements from the main ACC web site.)
Click here to view a set of instructions compiled by Dr. R.L.Martinez, who has been using this mode of testing with his Distance Learning students for several semesters.
Students who are not enrolled in a Distance Learning section of the course simply need to notify Prof. Baldwin of the desire to take the test during the first ten minutes of any regularly scheduled class or lab period for the course. (Students may also take the test during Prof. Baldwin's office hours.) Prof. Baldwin will supply the password and supervise the taking of the test during those periods.
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File: ITSE2321TestInstructions.htm