The following history reflects changes since the introduction of TG2.1.0 If you own TG2.2.68 or TG2 r64, and would like to upgrade to TG2.4.12, please contact us.

Your TG version number is found under Help > About Test Generator. If you are installing TG for the first time, download the TG demo here.

TG2.4.15 > Released 11.26.07

Highlights

• Test Properties: Expand During the Test behaviors
• Test Properties: Expand After the Test behaviors
• Web Tester: Modification of various display options
• Media: Improve media handling in web Tester
• Reports: Export/email test results option <add to 2.4.14 history highlights>
• Certificates: Modify output based on test taker performance and improve display options
  

Test Generator    

• Tree View > Users Module > User Names
  User names field modified to not be case sensitive and has been expanded to 255 chars
• File > Import > Users: Skip and Update
  On import, select Skip to ignore existing users or Update to update current user profiles
• Tools > Update Legacy Data
  Allow test administrators to update database files from earlier versions of TG
• Class Property
  Add "Trainees enrolled in this Course are automatically enrolled in all tests / surveys for this Course
• Section Properties
  Enable looping through skipped questions:
  If a test takers skips a question, allow them to loop back through the test and display only skipped questions.
• Test Properties > Scheduling > Eligibility
  Add Re-Eligibility "Day" starts at midnight             
  A test author can enable a test taker to retake a test any time after 12:00 AM the following day
• Test Properties > During the Test
  Enable/Disable various Tester features
• Test Properties > After the Test
  Enable/Disable Scores by Subject, Score (Points), Score (%)
• Test Properties > After the Test > Print Certificate
  Add checkbox to display certificate only if the test takers passes the test
• Test Properties > After the Test > Survey
  Modify linking behaviors that trigger the launch of a survey after a test
• Survey Properties > Options
  Enable/Disable various toolbar features in the windows and web Tester
• Patch: URL links from within Question and Answer fields
  Updating to allow for "-" and "_" characters in a URL
• Patch: Pass/Fail percentage and post-test message triggers
• Patch: Export test questions to Excel format

Tester

• Test behaviors that can be modified by test administrators
• Disable the "This Test has the following features selected:" screen
• Enable the formatting of the welcome page.
• Remove the Time Spent timer
• Hide/Remove the back, clear, summary, media, and flag question buttons.
• Hide/Remove the Question Summary page and automatically trigger test submission after completing the last question.
  
• Hide/Remove the confirmation dialog box displayed at the completion of the test.
• Certificates
• Customize certificates using a background .png file
  
• Record locking
• The "You appear to already be signed on..." screen has been removed - it automatically unlocks
• Feedback
• Feedback text is automatically displayed in the same page without having to click a button.
• Enable text editing of various web Tester icons, labels and messages

Reports  

• Patch: Question Feedback report modified to correctly interpret the RTF format
• Update: Users identified as Proctors now have a proctor ID stored in the database
  
• Patch: Study Guide report and email notification (After the Test > Email>
  
• Patch: Test Taker by Subject report, calculating length of test sessions

Tutorials 

• TG Introduction - updated
  
• Web Tester           
• Active Directory Installation           
  
• TG Web MSSQL Installation - update           
  
• Welcome to Test Generator           
  
• Importing Tests into TG - update to include Flash tutorial           
  
• Working with Media

 Customizations

• TG Web registration
• TG Web registration and payment process
• TG Web message/notification options

TG2.4.15 > Released 1.22.07

Highlights

• TG Reports: Improved reports display and export features
• New Report: P-Value and Point Biserial Correlation
• New Report: Question Feedback from test takers
• New Report: Test Taker by Subject
• Test Properties' Scheduling Module based on eligibility
• Enrollment: Add test takers based on a defined eligibility date
• Matching Question Type
• Media: Display timing and frequency controls
  

Test Generator

• Test Enrollment
  Enroll test takers based on Date/Time parameters
• Reports Module
  TGReports display enhanced
• Users
  Add importing of users into trainer and admin folders
  Patch: enhanced drag/drop scrolling in user tree
  
• System Settings
  Default designations changed to Course, Trainer, Test Takers
• File Export
  Export all test results to a .txt, .csv or .xls file format
  

Test Properties

• Re-organization of Test Property tabs
• Add Scheduling tab to include:
  Activation, Time Limit, Retakes and Eligibility parameters
• Eligibility settings
  Deadline: A defined period of time within which a test can be taken
  Parameters: X days or months
• Frequency: A defined period of time before re-testing
  Parameters: X days or months after last eligibility
• Notifications: Email notices delivered to test taker
  Add email notices based on Eligibility or Deadline
  
• Notification Parameters
  Send email X days before Eligibility
  Option: repeat every X days
• Send email X days after Eligibility
  Option: repeat every X days
• Send email X days before Deadline
  Option: repeat every X days
• Send email X days after Deadline
  Option: repeat every X days
  

Reports

• Enhance TG Reports application dashboard
  
• Re-organize and improve report layouts
  
• Add P-Value and Point Biserial Correlation report
  
• Add Question Feedback report
  

Customization

• Report Customization Services introduced
  

TG2.4.12 > Released 9.27.06

Highlights

• Main Menu: updated icon toolbars, information screens
  
• Test Property additons/enhancements
  
• Test Sections: create/organize tests into one or more sections
  
• Email: enhance pre- and post-email notification system
  
• Security: MD5 password encryption
  
• SSO/AD implementation
  
• TG Reports: dashboard for on/off-line reports display, print and export
  
• TG Help: updated/re-organized

 Test Generator

• Home Page
  New "look": icon and rft info changes
   
  
• System Settings
  SMTP settings for automated emails
   
  
• Security Agreement
  RTF editor for composing/using formatted announcements during test delivery
   
  
• Print Template
  Default test template for printing tests and study guides
   
  
• User Fields
  10 user-defined fields for storing user information

 
Test Properties

• Summary screen test display enhanced readability
• Test Properties options reorganized into Pre-, Test and Post-Test behaviors
• Scoring options per section
  Pass/Fail options
      % is > X
      All sections have been passed
   
  
• Options
  Pre-test
      Message
      Email
   
  During test
      Do NOT allow questions to be omitted
      Require answer verification
      Allow User Feedback
   
      Show Feedback
          For Incorrect Answers
          For Correct Answers
          For Partially Correct Answers
   
  Post test
      When the test result is: Pass, Fail, Either
          When test score is: (=, >, >) and (<, <)
          When test attempt # is: (=, >, >) and (<, <)
   
      RTF editor for post test messaging
   
      Send Email
   
      Print Template
          Default print template (under System Settings)
          Custom template [rtf editor]
   
  
• Security
  Show custom security agreement [rtf] editor
   

Test Section Properties

Create/organize tests into one or more sections

• Section Properties
  Total sections points
  Pass/Fail %
   
  
• Messages
  Introductory message [rtf editor]
  Post-section performance message [rtf editor]
   
  
• Exit
  Define user exit based on performance
   
  
• Randomization options

Reports

• Add TG Reports application dashboard
  Test Scores
  Course Scores
  Test Taker Scores
  Test Taker by Subject Scores
  Study Guide
  Question Reference
  Survey
  
  
• Analysis
  Question
  Subject
  Answer
  
  
• Miscellaneous
  Test Activity
  Test Key
  Test List
  Enrollment

TG2.4.10 > Released 1.15.06

Test Generator

• Tree View > Reports
  Add Test Activity Report. This report provides up-to-date information regarding which users have taken a test and which have not.
  
  
• My Account
  Enable administrative-level users to change their own user name and password
  
  
• Test Wizard
  Test authors can create a test that randomly selects questions from one or more question banks, generating a test in a matter of minutes.
  
  
• Grade Book Export
  Export scores to a file or directly to your grade book application.
  
  

• Feedback
  Test authors can provide feedback per question. Text, Media or URL can be displayed after the test taker selects a question and then clicks the navigation button, or at the conclusion of a test—after a test has been submitted for grading.
  
  Text feedback can include links to other pages, giving the test author the ability to provide text feedback as well as links to other intra- or internet review material.
  
  
• Notes
  Test authors can include comments, notes, key words or phrases per question.
  
  

• Feedback
  Add "Allow User Feedback During Test"
  Add "Allow User Feedback After Completion"
  Both of these features provide the test author with test taker feedback/comments regarding individual questions or the entire test.
  
  
  

Test Generator Add-on Utilities

• TG Scan
  TG Scan is an add-on utility that facilitates the importing of test-sheet data into TG.
  Added a new column in the roster called "Complete?" indicating whether or not a question was answered.
  
  
• SecureTG
  This option has been updated to include an activeX plug-in that can be configured to allow test authors to provide secure testing to "off-site" test takers. This option is designed for customers who are delivering tests in an intra- or internet setting.
  
  
• Active Directory
  Software protocol for enabling/managing user authentication and security
  
  
• TG Web Customization
  Email test notification to designated test administrators following the completion of test sessions.
  Integration with business performance management solution
  Study guide export to PDF-file format. A study guide is a snapshot of a test taker's exam.
  Integration of PHP import utility for use in customer's TG Web account.
  
  
• Bug fixes
  Fix Test sharing error when trying to share a test.
  Fix regional settings so that users do not have to run in English-US mode
  Fix MySQL database bug that would not allow user to select randomization options.
  Fix error related to removing a shared test or a test taker from a class
  
  
  

TG2.4.9 > Released 2.7.05

• Import Users
  User profiles can be imported into a specific User directory
  
  
• Reports > Simple Test Key
  Bug fix: reporting error when using Test Question Bank settings in generating printed tests.
  
  
• Reports > Study Guide
  Test authors can design test sessions to allow the export of test results (only missed questions) in a pdf format.
  
  
• Secure Tester - Windows
  New Windows Tester for TG LAN and TG Enterprise. Disables CTRL, ALT, PRTSC keys and prevents test-taker from navigating away to another screen.
  
  
• Test Properties
  Modified Test Settings > Test Options > Security option to include either Windows or Web Tester
  
  
• Test Properties > Retakes > Retakes Allowed > Allow Retakes X times
  Bug fix: Allow Retakes 1 time did not allow the test taker to retake the test once. The expected behavior: take the test once and one retake.

• Bug fix: Tester session time-out. At the conclusion of a test session, the Tester screen returns to the login screen.
  The login session would remain visible but the Tester would close when a test taker tried to login.

• Languages
  Simple Chinese is now supported under TG Web's Tester.

TG2 r2.4.8 > Released 11.19.04

• Updated/streamlined Test Generator, Tester and ST installers

• Menu and Toolbar
  Add File > New submenu and consolidate choices
  Add a New Question Bank icon as a selection
  
  
• Tree Directory - Click-and-Drag Folders
  Administrative-level users can now click and drag folders within the Question Bank, Media, and User modules.
  
  
• Tree Directory - Question Bank
  Test authors can now create question banks, and create/edit questions within each bank.
  
  
• Tree Directory - Users
  Administrative-level users can now create/organize Users into different folders.
  
  
• Tree Directory - Media
  Administrative-level users can now create/organize media into folders.
  
  Media folders can be nested within other folders and organized by media-type or other user-selected criteria.
  Media Folder_1
  ... Media FolderA (under Media Folder_1)
  
  
• User folders can be nested within other folders:
  User Folder_1
  ... User FolderA (under User Folder_1)
  
  Folders can be used to organize groups of users by Class, Unit, Grade or other user-selected criteria.
  
  
• Class Enrollment look-and-feel
  The All Students enrollment column (under Class) can now display User groups organized by folder. A folder can contain one/many Users.
  This simplifies the enrollment process, especially for large groups of users.
  
  
• Importing Tests with Media
  Bug fix: If a test was exported from one TG client (db1) into a second, separate TG client installation (db2), the media that accompanied the exported test, was not re-imported with the test.
  
  
• Importing Multiple Media Files
  Bug fix: Could not import more than one media file at a time.
  
  
• Show Score After User Completes the Test
  Bug fix: Likert and Essay question types were labelled 'Incorrect' in the test summary window.

• Simple Test Key - removed the question type and question score.

• Test Settings > Test Properties tabular displays have been re-organized
  
  
• Unlink Show Correct Answers After Each Question from Feedback. Feedback can be enabled without having to show the correct answer after each question.
  
  
• Unlink and allow user to select one or both of the following options:
  • Show Score After User Completes the Test
  • Print Certificate
  • Show Pass/Fail
• Feedback
  Reorganized feedback options under Test Properties and added:
  • Show Feedback After Each Question
  • Show Feedback After Completion
  • Allow Test Review After Completion

• Question Properties > Feedback
  New feedback window displays the following information
  • Feedback title/label that can be assigned by the test author
  • Text feedback: word, phrase, sentence, paragraph or more
  • Media feedback: select and preview from tree view
  • Link feedback to URL

TG2 r2.4.7 (build 2004082100) > Released 8.23.04

• Bug fix: if the test author created a FIB question using the following format:
  
  question text
  
  question stem [blank]
  question stem [blank]
  
  ... the test taking session would stall/abort when the test taker navigated to that item.
  
  
• Tree Directory - deleting tests from the Archive Class
  Bug fix. If an administrative user wanted to delete a test from the Archive Class, the test could not be deleted on the first attempt.
  
  
• Test Properties > Retakes
  Feature Modification: If the test author selects Unlimited or Limited Retakes, the default property under At the beginning of a retake has been changed from "Show old answers" to "Give a completely new test"
  
  

TG2 r2.4.7 (build 2004080914) > Released 8.11.04

• Main Menu
  Added the ability to export SCORM (1.2) - compliant tests.
  These tests can be published from a Learning Management System
  
  
• Tree Directory
  The Media warehouses have been moved into a separate, Media module.
  
  
  • Media - export
    Added the ability to export Media files from TG
    
    
  • Reports
    Added Simple Test Key Report. This report prints text-only tests and test keys.
    
    If a test's question bank settings are enabled, a randomized test and its corresponding randomized test key, can be printed.
    
    The test can also be exported to various formats such as PDF, RTF, MSWord, plain text.
    

• Question-types
  Modified the Fill-in-the-Blanks question-type. FIB answer blanks are now displayed below the question field.
  
  Added a Numeric question-type.
  
  Added a Likert question-type
  
  
• Scoring
  Added Allow Partial Credit - Individually Scored. A test author can weight individual answers.
  
  
• Question Settings - Question Tab
  Added Incorrect Penalty - a test author can penalize a test taker for a wrong answer by adding a negative point value.
  
  
• Test Settings - Tester Options
  Added Allow Review of Test after Completion. A test author can allow a test taker to review - but not change - their test after it has been submitted for grading.
  
  Added Show score after user completes Test. A test author can allow a test taker to view their test score by question or by subject after the test has been submitted for grading.
  
  
• Test Settings - Study Guide
  Added Only Show Missed Questions. A test author can enable a test summary print-out of missed questions. This feature can be enabled to print immediately after a test, or the test author can display, print or export the Study Guide, later.
  
  
• Tools
  Added Equation editor - optional plug-in
  
  A test author can use any combination of equation editing tools including third-party utilities, the Windows Character Map and TG's equation editor.

• Toolbar flag/ bookmark
  Allow a test taker to flag, or bookmark, a question. A flag is a visual cue reminding the test taker to review the question before exiting the test.
  
  
• Summary screen review
  If enabled by test author, a test taker can finish their test and submit it for scoring. Once submitted, the test taker can go back and review - but not change - their test.
  
  
If enabled by test author, a test taker can view their test score - by question or subject - after the test has been submitted for scoring.

• Updated to reflect recent changes
  
  

TG2 r2.4.5 (build 2004060922) > Released 6.12.04

• Fixed bug in Report / Test Key
  
  The following combination of Test Key and Test Question Bank settings was not generating the correct test preview or print output...
  
  • In TG, open a Test and select Test Settings > Test Question Bank > Bank Type / 'Question Subject 3'
  • In TG, main screen / tree view, select Reports > Test Key > Test Question Bank
  
  
• Added a test export to HTML option
  
  A test author can now export a test to HTML by selecting Reports > Test Key:
  • Select a Test and double-click to open it in a Print Preview window.
  • The Print Preview window contains an Export button in the form of a blue folder.
  
  
• Added a Test Key print option. The Hide Lines print option allows a test author to preview or print a test without a line "grid".

• Modified the imported media display behavior in Tester:
  
  
  • When a test taker navigates to a question containing an imported media reference, the media no longer "pops up" automatically.
  • The imported media is only displayed when the test taker clicks the Media button in the Tester toolbar.

TG2 r2.4.5 > Released 3.17.04

• hosted TG Web accounts now available

• Find a User by last name, first name or ID

• Print essay and instructor's comments

• Enable/Disable Student test taking privileges at a Test level

• Print preview: crystal reports display optimized
• Test Key: display and print tests without grid lines
• Test Key: export tests, test keys to html file

TG2 r2.4.3 > Released 2.23.04

• a more scalable version of TG LAN
• can attach to any SQL-compliant database
• supports Windows or *nix compliant databases

• NEW - java Tester for delivery of tests over your Intranet or the Internet
• can run under Windows or Unix
• can attach to any SQL-compliant database

• New Desktop and LAN installer package
• New Enterprise installer package
• Enterprise installer includes database utilities

• Answer Analysis
• Student Scores optimized
• Question Reference: show only missed answers; show all answers

• Question Bank / Media Warehouse / Misc Warehouse: support Flash, text and PDF files
• TG Question Bank /Media Warehouse display: users can view / scroll larger media files

• Class/Test Properties link: test author can now access and view test properties from the main screen

• Character Map: open your system's Character Map from within the Tools menu
• Disable Screen Capture and Copy/Paste:
  by default, Print Screen and Copy/Paste are disabled during testing
• Feedback: test author can provide short or detailed feedback per question
• Prerequisite: test author can define a prerequisite test order
• Retakes: Added 'Retake only when test is not passed'
• Tester Options: Allow Review of Test After Completion
  test author permits test review after test taker completes their test

TG2 r64 (TG 2.2.97, Tester 2.2.122) > Released 9.30.03

• New installer packaging for TG, Tester, and updates
• Improved installation routines and user interface
• Installer works for UNC and mapped-drive locations
• Database structure updates are now handled by TG clients and not the update package

• Fixed bug where a user was able to log-in to 2 different clients simultaneously in some circumstances

• Updated TG and Tester Help

• When exporting users, only Administrators can export any user passwords
• When importing users, columns for assignment now match the order in which columns are exported

• Added logging for Compact/Repair DB and Backup DB tools
• Updated log format to a more user-friendly display

• Improved media control uses msdxm.ocx. (TG no longer ships amovie.ocx.)

• Eliminated print errors caused by mismatched Crystal Reports dll files

• Upgraded the Crystal Reports control to v8.5
• Reports visually identify corrupt data
• Improved report layouts
• Added a data corruption report generated by the Update Legacy Data tool
• Enrollment report no longer includes Instructor or Administrator passwords
• Fixed bug where Study Guide and Test Key report questions were being presented in the wrong sequence when the Test QB was used
• Fixed issue where Study Guide reports from Tester needed to be reset before working
• For Survey reports, number of responses now appears immediately after the question text
• Improved handling of "skipped" questions -- questions not answered by test takers

• Fixed a bug involving checkbox questions generating a division-by-zero error when trying to "score" them
• Fixed survey report so that it only reports on answered questions

• Certain invalid Test Properties settings are now being trapped

• Changed presentation of tests -- test takers cannot login if there are no available tests
• Fixed bug where Disclaimer was not scrolling
• Fixed crash in Tester when encountering a FITB question with a deleted answer
• Fixed crash in Tester when encountering a FITB question with a blank at the very end of the question
• Fixed font size leak when resizing the Tester window
• Fixed Run-time Error 94 when a user with no first name attempted to log-in to Tester
• Fixed Run-time Error 9 in Tester when a Test QB asked > 100 questions
• Fixed Run-time Error 380 in Tester when the trailing space of an answer's text was a different font than the rest of the answer

• Added the Update Legacy Data tool to "modernize" legacy data, identify and report corrupt data
• Combined the Compact Database and Repair Database tools
• Removed the 'Try the Test' feature in favor of Test Trials (see TG Help)

• Added email field to user profile

Tester 2.2.94 > Released 3.15.01

• Fixed Run-time Error '-2147319765 {8002802b}'

TG 2.2.68, Tester 2.2.93 > Released 3.6.01

• Added new formatting and options for test printing, Test Key report, and Study Guide report, including Print Images, Show Subject, Show Question Reference, and Use Question Bank
• Added ability to print a Certificate or Study Guide report directly from the Tester immediately after a test
• Enabled Auto Enrollment - contact us for details
• Added Pass/Fail percentage and ability to print the field via Certificate or Study Guide report
• Added ability to specify Question Reference for multiple questions from the Test Editing Summary List
• Fixed FITB Question bug where question text after answer blanks was being truncated in the Tester
• Fixed Checkboxes Question bug where correct answer designations were changing when navigating the test in the Test Editing Screen.
• Fixed Find and Replace bug where Find and Replace was not available in the Test Editing Screen until a new question was created

TG 2.2.42, Tester 2.2.64 > Released 8.28.00

• Fixed crash when editing 'Admin' user information

TG 2.2.41, Tester 2.2.64 > Released 8.21.00

• Added Rescore Test tool
• Added a percentage entry to the User...Scores folder
• Added a percentage entry to the detail Student Scores Report
• Fixed bug where Q + A text was mismatched on the Essay Report for tests with multiple essay questions
• Fixed bug with Alt and arrow key test navigation for certain question types
• Fixed bug where longer Fill In The Blank questions were not generating a scroll bar in the Tester module
• Fixed bug where tests in the Archive class could not be deleted without a refresh

TG 2.2.39, Tester 2.2.56 > Released 7.00

• Fixed crash if UserID field was not filled in for a new user
• Fixed bug where Rescoring did not check Partial Credit settings
• Added Rescore feature
• Fixed bug where Total Score percentage value was listed incorrectly for large absolute scores
• Fixed bug where the Test Score column in reports was not reflecting Test Question Bank settings
• Fixed bug where Save icon did not illuminate after making minor test changes
• Fixed bug with Alt and arrow key from the last test question

TG 2.2.25, Tester 2.2.28 > Released 3.00

• Disabled Edit Subject button when there are no subjects
• Minor textual fixes
• Added number of students to Question and Subject Analysis reports
• Fixed crash when deleting tests
• Fixed crash using Save As
• Fixed bug where Sub-subjects were not showing

TG 2.2.0 > Released 2.00

• Added Surveys
• Added Essay question type
• New User Interface

TG 2.1.0 > Released 12.99

• New layout for media
• Added oval regions to Point And Click answer areas
• Added ability to print a test using the Test Question Bank
• Added support for OLE objects
• Added window splitter for Test Editing Screen and Tester