Tutorial 1- Zigzag Test: Take a test

• This tutorial will show you how to use Zigzag Test to take a test that has already been generated.
  
  
• Open the Zigzag Test application in one of the following two ways:
  
  
• By selecting the application from the program menu bar:
  
  
  
  
• By double-clicking on the shortcut icon (which under standard installation conditions, should be located on the desktop).
  
  
• In the application's menu, select the menu Test > Take a test.
  
  
  
  
• A window called Identification will appear. Write your name or a code of your choice (letters and numbers only); cf. Note. Then, click on OK.

• Depending on the choices made in Zigzag Generator, a varying number of tests will be displayed. When no choice has been previously made in Zigzag Generator, the following message will appear:
  
  
  
  
• However, in the present context, many tests are displayed. Slide your mouse over the names of the tests appearing in bold-type (a red arrow will appear next to the corresponding item).
  
  
  
  
• Select the test called Go play somewhere else. Then follow the instructions.
  
  
• Use the mouse to click on the box containing the segment «Go play somewhere else! You're (i.e. the second box of the first column of the matrix).
  
  
• The selected segment will be displayed in the top left-hand corner. Also, the segments in the first column of the matrix have been replaced by those which were previously located in the second column.
  
  
• Still in the first column, click on the box containing the segment tell us: «Go play somewhere else!» (i.e. the wrong choice). Once more, the columns will be displayed towards the left. At the top, the segment in color is not the one that you have selected, but rather the one you should have selected. (i.e. going to dirty my clothes!»).
  
  
• Still in the first column, continue the test by clicking on either the appropriate segment, or on the inappropriate segment. You will see that, after each click, the columns roll down towards the left and that an additional segment is displayed in the top left-hand corner (in black if the answer is correct, in color if there has been an error).
  
  
• At different places in the test, you will have to answer comprehension questions (either multiple choice or true-false questions). For the purposes of the tutorial, answer such that there is at least one error per type of question. (Please note, however, that Zigzag Test does not give immediate feedback concerning the correctness of the answer.)
  
  
• At the end of the test, you will be able to see the detailed results by segments, as well as globally either for the entire text or for coded segments (for example, segments with vocabulary-comprehension distractors will be coded voc. If there has been an error on a segment, you will see - displayed in the second column - the correct answer in black, and the erronous segment displayed in color. For multiple choice and true-false questions, only the answer selected by the reader will be displayed: if it is correct, it will be displayed in green, if it is incorrect, it will be displayed in red.
  
  
• After viewing the test results, click on one of the two tabs in the following window:
  
  
  
  Select another test allows you to repeat the same test or to choose another one, depending on the parameters defined in the Build test sequence window of Zigzag Generator (cf. Note).
  
  
• Click on Quit tests. Then, close the Zigzag Test application by using the Test > Quit menu.
  
  

 

 

• Tutorials - Overview
• Tutorial 2 - Zigzag Calculator: Interpret and compare test results
• Tutorial 3 - Zigzag Generator: Generate a test (step 1)
• Tutorial 4 - Zigzag Generator: Generate distractors and assign codes (step 2)
• Tutorial 5 - Zigzag Generator: Add images to test (step 2)
• Tutorial 6 - Zigzag Generator: Add questionnaires to test (step 2)