Glossary
Action Bar
Adaptive Test
Assessment Variable
Asset (Media)
A resource which serves as supporting material in test items, such as a picture or audio file, or a passage (shared stimulus). Once assets have been created or imported into TAO, they can be re-used in new items.
Asset Manager (Media Manager)
The Asset Manager is a universally shared folder which provides a space to store passages (also known as shared stimuli).
(media), i.e. images, audio and video and (text)Associable Hotspot Panel
Attempt
Author
Authoring System
Candidate Session
The time during which the Candidate or Test-taker is interacting with an Assessment Item as part of an Attempt. An Attempt may extend across more than one Candidate Session (such as when a Test-taker terminates one Candidate Session in order to answer another question first, and then starts another Candidate Session to return to the original question).
Canvas
Common Interactions
Common Interactions Library
Container
Custom Interactions
Delivery
The published version of a Test.
Delivery Execution
The event of a test-taker beginning an assessment based on a TAO delivery.
Delivery System
Event Log
Examplar
Extension
Feedback
Formula Editor
An editor containing mathematical symbols, used to insert Math Expressions in tests.
Global Manager
Graphic
Graphic Interactions
Graphic Interactions Library
Group
Group Library
The Library of existing Groups, which appears in the panel on the left when you select Groups from the Assessment Builder Bar.
Inline Interactions
Inline Interactions Library
Integrated Feedback
Interaction
The part of an Item which allows the candidate to interact with an assessment, selecting or constructing a response. Although the term is mainly used for response-based interactions, it also has a secondary use: as it denotes all interactions a test-taker has with TAO, this can include interactions such as clicking on the End Attempt button to signal that he/she wishes to leave that test item.
Interaction Properties Panel
Interactions Library
Item
Item Attempt
Item Author
Item Outcome
Item Scoring Group
Item Scoring Rubric (Assessment criteria, marking scheme)
Item Session Control Panel
The Item Session Control Panel contains settings for items in a particular test such as the time allowed for that item. See Test Settings for the properties which can be set in this panel.
Item Variable (Item Outcome Variable)
Items Library
Library (Library Panel)
Material
Media Formats
Metadata
Modal Feedback
Multiple Response
Ordered Response
Outcome
Outcome Declaration
A declaration of the contents of the Outcome Variable attached to an item or test. An Outcome Declaration defines the characteristics of the Outcome Variable, such as its name, type, cardinality. It can also define properties relating to the scoring method which is to be applied to process the input.
Outcome Processing
Outcome Variable
Variables which store outcomes. Their properties are defined by outcome declarations. Values are set either from a default given within the declaration or by a response rule encountered during Response Processing (for Item outcomes) or Outcome Processing (for Test Outcomes).
(Shared stimulus)
Passage Editor
The passage editor is an editor that can be used to create passages which are intended for use in reading assessments.
Pattern
Pre-formatted Text
Proctor
Proctor Administrator
Properties
Properties Panel
Radio Button
Response
Response Declaration
Response Processing
Response Properties Panel
Response Variable
Results
Results Table
Scoring Engine
Scoring Project
In TAO Grader, the set of parameters which allow the scoring platform to process incoming item attempts, including what to score (deliveries allow linking items attempts to a given scoring project), who should score it (which users are enrolled in the scoring project, along with their roles (scorer, reviewer or supervisor), and how should it be scored (scoring workflow, response-to-scorer assignment strategy, etc).
Scoring Strategy (Scoring workflow)
Scoring Strategy User
Scoring Task
Section
Single Response
Test (Assessment)
An organized collection of Items which are used to measure performance of a Candidate with respect to that person’s level of mastery of a given subject. Assessments contain all instructions required for navigation through a sequence of Items. They also calculate the final score earned by the Test-taker.
Test Author
Test Center Administrator
Test Center Library
Test Center Manager
Test Library (Test Library Panel)
Test Outcome (Test Outcome Variable, Test Variable)
One of a list of values which represent the results of an Assessment. Values are computed during Outcome Processing.
Test Part
Test-taker (Candidate)
Test-taker Library
The Library of existing Test-takers, which appears in the panel on the left when you select Test-takers from the Assessment Builder Bar.
Test-taker Scoring Group
Test-Taker Tools
Text Editing Toolbar
Text-to-speech
Time Dependent Item
Time Independent Item
Tooltip
An option in the Text Editing Toolbar where an item author can add a hint, for example, for a particular interaction.