This guide is a detailed overview of all the settings on the "Test Offering" tab.

At the top are two settings not in a section: Folder and Description.

Folder: displays the folder in which this test offering is being offered. The Live folder is the correct folder for all active test offerings.
- Please do not change the test offering folder for active classes.

Description: an optional description field for this test offering in the admin panel that is typically blank. Text added here would be added to the Test Offering name, which in the example image is currently: CWV 101, CWV-101-04-24-2025-LTItest-20250505.
- Please check with your college before adding information to this Description field.

Next, in the "Taking the test" section, you will see two settings: Instructions and Who.

Test Offering - "Taking the test" section

Instructions: The text entered in the instructions text box is displayed in GCE Tester before the students take the test and is also accessible to students while they are actively taking the test. In the Instructor view, this text box can be expanded to see more content if needed by clicking on the text box handle at the bottom right corner and dragging the selection down.
Who: The who setting defines who can access or take this test offering. There are three options here:
- Anyone can take the test (anyone not already covered by another test offering)
  - This allows anyone in GCE Tester to take this test offering, which is not advised.
- Only students enrolled in [ -select a term - ] [ - select a class - ]
  - For your LTI-based test, the correct class will be populated here when you or one of your students first clicks the LTI link in Halo.
- Specific user accounts
  - This option is for specific use cases and should not be chosen for LTI test assessments.

In the "Access Restrictions" section, you will see five fields: When, Time limit, Where, Password, and Attempts.

Test Offering - "Access Restrictions" section

When: This setting defines when users can access the test based on the selected option. By default, this will receive the start date and due date for that assessment from Halo. You can extend the end date here to allow all students in the class additional time to access the test offering.
- You can also change this option for each student in the "Exceptions" tab, which we will review next.
Time Limit: This is how long all students in your class will be given to take the test/exam. All accommodated students will receive 1.5 times the minutes entered here. Once the timer runs out, the students' exams will be auto-submitted for them.
- If you need to give some students extra time to complete the test, you can change the time limit for each student in the "Exceptions" tab, which we will review next.
- If your college allows you to change this value, please remember it affects all test takers in your class.
Where: This option allows a specific site or testing center to be selected, limiting the users to a specified IP range defined for that site.
- This is not currently an option for GCU classes, except for specific nursing courses.
Password: An optional password can be set up for all students in the class, requiring every student to enter the established password before being admitted to the exam.
- This is a useful option for in-person proctored exams to ensure students in the class enter the correct password you provided. In this scenario, you would want to change that password after the students finish taking the exam.
- You can also define a unique password for each student in the "Exceptions" tab, which we will review next.
Attempts: This is the number of times all students in the classroom will be allowed to take the exam in your class. Changing this from the default one (1) attempt means that all students in the class can take the test again after completing the first attempt.
- Setting the attempts to 0 will prevent all students from taking the test.
- You can also change the number of attempts for each student in the "Exceptions" tab, which we will review next.

Last, but definitely not least, is the "Reviewing the test" section, where you will likely only see the option to allow students to review the test.

Review: This initial option will enable students to review the test once it is completed. If not set up correctly, enabling this option can affect test integrity.
- For most tests, the college decides whether to allow students to review them. We would not recommend changing this setting unless you have approval from your college leadership.
- If the review option is enabled, seven additional settings must be configured. A guide to review these settings will be created in the coming months.

Next up, we will review the exceptions tab.

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