System Features

With the exception of Accessibility Tools—which are available on all screens starting with first access to the Completion Status System—all Completion Status features described next are available from both the Home Page Dashboard screen, which appears at first logon to the Completion Status System and displays every task a user can perform within the system; and the primary menu bar, which is located on any page in the system.

Accessibility Tools

The Accessibility Tools feature, which is available on all screens, allows a user to change the saturation, text spacing, and cursor size on all Completion Status screens.

Take the following steps to use Accessibility Tools:

  1. Select the universal access icon that appears in the bottom-right corner of every screen after initial logon (indicated in figure 1).

    Administering Tests screen with the universal access icon indicated.

    Figure 1. Universal access icon

  2. Change options from the Accessibility Tools panel that opens on the right of the screen by first using one or more toggles to indicate the screen settings—Saturation, Text Spacing, and Cursor—and then changing a setting (figure 2).

    Accessibility Tools panel with toggles and options for saturation, text spacing, and cursor.

    Figure 2. Accessibility Tools panel

  3. Use the [Reset All Accessibility Tools] button to start over or the “X” in the upper-right corner of the panel to save and exit Accessibility Tools.

Home Page Dashboard

The Home Page Dashboard, shown in figure 3, displays the “Administering Tests” task category with two types of Completion Status reports available for CAASPP and ELPAC testing: Plan and Manage Testing and Test Progress Reports.

Home Page Dashboard screen with the Plan and Manage Testing, and Test Progress Summary task items displayed, and the View toggle indicated.

Figure 3. Home Page Dashboard screen

Note the following about the Home Page Dashboard:

  • Use the View toggle, indicated in figure 1, to change the screen view from the cards shown in figure 1 to a list view.
  • Open the screen at any time by selecting the [Dashboard] tab on the upper-left side of any screen.
  • Select the My Favorite Tasks drop-down list to access tasks that were previously selected as favorites.

To expand a task drop-down list and view its set of related tasks, select a card item (button)—either [Plan and Manage Testing] or [Test Progress Reports]—to open more options.

For Plan and Manage Testing, the button opens the screen to start the process of creating a report, and the [Favorite Searches] button on the right of the [Plan and Manage Testing] button allows access to any saved searches.

For Test Progress Reports, selecting the button opens a drop-down list. Selecting one of the following options opens the screen to start the process of creating a report:

  • Test Completion Rates
  • Search by SSID
  • Test Progress Summary

The header, presented in figure 4, is located at the top of the screen and provides functions for a variety of general tools that can be used by the user currently logged on to the system.

Header section with callouts indicating the Switch Applications drop-down list, Secure File Center link, Help button, and the Name drop-down list.

Figure 4. Header at the top of the Completion Status application

Refer to table 1 for descriptions of the features called out in the application header section presented in figure 4.

Table 1. Completion Status System Features
Callout Number Feature Description

1

Switch Applications drop-down list

This drop-down list, which is opened by selecting the [Switch Applications] 3×3 array [Switch Applications icon that appears as a 3-by-3 dotted array with a down arrow to its right.] icon, contains other applications, such as CERS and the Test Administrator Interface, that a user can access according to their TOMS user role.

2

[Secure File Center] button

This button, which is shaped like a file folder [Secure File Center file folder button.], opens the Secure File Center, which houses requested reports after they have been generated.

3

[Help] button

This button, which is shaped like a question mark [Help question mark icon], displays an online help guide from which users can navigate to Help screens for specific needs. The Guide will open in a new web browser tab.

4

[Name] drop-down list

This drop-down list has a section with account management functions such as those to change a user role and log out; as well as a section describing the user’s role, including the test administration and user’s district (LEA) and school. Refer to the Overview section in the TOMS User Guide for more information about managing a TOMS SSO account.

The menu bar, shown in figure 5, appears when a user navigates away from the Home Page Dashboard screen. There are three features of note:

  1. The [Dashboard] tab that takes the user to the Home Page Dashboard, shown in figure 3, from any page within the system
  2. A link to create a Plan and Manage Testing Report
  3. The Test Progress Reports drop-down list, indicated in figure 5, allows users to select from the following tasks:
    • Test Completion Rates
    • Search by SSID
    • Test Progress Summary

    Menu bar, with the Dashboard link, Test Status Reports drop-down list, and More Info button indicated.

    Figure 5. Menu bar features

  4. The [More Info] link, shown under a report-type heading and indicated in figure 5, toggles the instructions on how to perform a task. The sample screen shown in figure 6 demonstrates how this content is presented for creating a Plan and Manage Testing Report. Select this link again to collapse the instructions.

    Menu bar that shows the instructions to view a report that appear when the More Info link has been selected.

    Figure 6. Menu bar with the [More Info] link

My Favorite Tasks

Use the My Favorite Tasks option to mark a task as a favorite, open a list of favorite tasks, or open a task marked as a favorite. Any report category (such as Plan and Manage Testing) can be marked as a favorite.

The following features are called out in figure 7:

  1. When a report category is open, select the [Favorite This Task] link to mark it as a favorite.
  2. Select the My Favorite Tasks drop-down list to view the list of tasks.

  3. Select a link above the My Favorite Tasks drop-down list to navigate to that task.

    Top-right corner of the screen with the Favorite This Task link, My Favorite Tasks link, and Plan and Manage Testing links called out.

    Figure 7. My Favorite Tasks links

To remove an item from the list, open the linked report category and select the [Un-Favorite This Task] link.