Stop students from testing twice

QUESTION
I have been using thatquiz for a few months now, and normally when my
students take a test, they cannot go back in once they have seen their
score. I had one boy trying to retake his test that I already had a
score for! He is sneaky about a lot of things, so I just happened to
be keeping my eye on him -- thank goodness...or I might never have
caught it. Do you have any way of letting me know which ones took the
test twice?

This has not happened to me before. What did I do wrong? How can I
make sure this does not happen in the future?

ANSWER
 Take a deep breath.
 If a student manages to take the same test more than once, the first
grade is the only grade which is saved.
 Even if the student's name doesn't immediately disappear from the
list, future attempts on the same quiz will not be registered unless
you, the teacher, manually remove the first grade saved from the
grades table.
 If a student finishes a test, and the grade is sent, thatquiz.org
always checks if there is an existing grade for that student on that
exam, and if there is already an existing grade, the newer grade is
simply discarded.
 So... if a student thinks he/she is being clever by taking the test
again -- let them!  They'll get some extra practice, a chance to
correct their mistakes, but it won't change the result you have in
your grades table.
 If you are still worried about this, you can click on the test name
to change its configuration.  There are some options which may be of
interest:
1. Show number complete when testing (students won't know how many
they're getting right/wrong as they test)
2. Show grade alone when finished (students won't know which answers
they got right/wrong even when they finish)
3. Do not show results when finished (students won't even know what
score they received).

Delete grades and start over

QUESTION
I'd like to erase a portion (maybe all) scores up to this point and
start over. Can I do that? Or should just delete the class and make
a new class?

ANSWER
Sure you can delete all grades.
After clicking "edit" on the grades page, you can select an entire row
or column by clicking on a student name or test name.
Then use the delete button.

However, you can also create a new class, and choose "Import students
from existing class..." so you won't have to enter their names all
over again.  Then delete the previous class.

When email doesn't work

QUESTION
I'm having difficulties sending test to students that do not have
gmail accounts. Can i notify students with other carriers? If so, how?

ANSWER
 It may be that the messages are filtered out before they even reach
the student's spam or junk mail folder.
 We do SEND the messages, always, but we know that messages are often
blocked before reaching their recipients.
 It may serve you better to use the "Class home page" (find the link
on your Edit Class Page).  In conjunction with student passwords, this
provides a very convenient way for students to begin testing, in a
secure way.

Ordering tests in the list

QUESTION
I have created a lot of different tests so students can use the
website for basic facts practice. I noticed that if I create a new
test it simply appears at the top of the list. Is there a way to
change the order of the tests in the list?

ANSWER
 You can sort the tests by clicking on the column name (test name,
assigned date, test type, etc).
 You can also change the order of appearance by changing the
"Assigned" date of the test, since this is the default sorting order.
Tests which are most recently assigned appear at the top of the list.
To change the assigned date click on the test name in the list, which
brings up many options for editing the test.  However, be advised that
if you choose an assigned date in the future, the test will not appear
on a student's list on the class home page until the date arrives.

How to upload a test

QUESTION
Can you give me some info on how to upload a test? What format must
the questions/answers be in before attempting to upload? What
program(s) are acceptable for creating tests to upload?

ANSWER
 You need to write the test in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft
Office or Libre Office (free program for all types of computers).
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
 In any major spreadsheet program, one of the file saving options is
"CSV" which stands for Comma-Separated-Values.  This is a basic data
exchange format which is readable and understandable by many different
programs / computer operating systems.
 In the spreadsheet, you want one question per row of the spreadsheet,
with the question text in the first column, the correct answer in the
second column, and any other answer options in additional columns.
 Save as a .csv file, and upload that file in the multiple choice section.

Assigning a test to all classes.

QUESTION
I have created 2 quizzes using the design function.
I want to assign them to all classes at once is this possible?

ANSWER
 1. First assign a designed quiz to a single class.
 2. Select the assigned quiz and click "Share" to copy the quiz for
all other classes.

Archive class data

QUESTION
Is there a way to archive a class at the end of the year, and not keep
them in your pull-down list, in case you need to go back and verify
grades in the future?

ANSWER
 The best thing to do is to download all of the grades to save on your
home computer so that you always have them.
 On the grades page there is a small link near the top left marked
"CSV".  CSV is a common file format which can be imported by almost
any spreadsheet program on any computer.