When you first install TestGen, the ability to edit testbanks in TestGen is turned OFF. It remains that way until the setting for testbank editing is changed on the TestGen Preferences dialog. Once testbank editing is turned on, you can open a testbank and modify it.
To turn TestGen editing capability ON, select "Preferences > Application" from the Tools menu and click the Testbank Editing tab. Select the option that enables testbank editing and click OK.
When testbank editing is enabled, you can do any of the following:
Open a testbank to modify its contents—add, delete, rearrange, and modify all question types.
Set up shared resources—instructions, topics, skills, objectives—and link them to one or more testbank questions.
Assign properties to testbank questions—difficulty level, page reference, workspace.
Change which descriptors are displayed in a testbank.
Add alternate correct answers for short answer questions for use online.
Create a new testbank from scratch.
Copy questions from one testbank to another.
Use the TestGen Startup screen to open one of the last five testbanks you edited.
Use the TestGen Startup screen to browse for a testbank to open.
To edit an existing testbank, when testbank editing is enabled, select a testbank in the Testbank Library. Then select "Edit Testbank" from the File menu or click "Browse for other testbanks" on the Startup screen. If you have previously opened any testbanks for editing, the five most recent will be listed on the Startup screen and you can choose from that list.
Testbank files open for editing appear on the right-hand side of the screen where they are ready for you to modify as needed. If the testbank open for editing is part of the Testbank Library, the testbank is locked for editing, and its title is grayed out. You cannot view a testbank's questions in the Testbank Library if the testbank is open for editing on the right side of the screen. Changes made to a testbank are reflected in the Testbank Library display after you close or end the testbank editing session for that testbank.
To edit testbanks that are not part of the Testbank Library, select "Open" from the TestGen File menu or use your mouse to drag a testbank (.bok) file that's on your desktop onto the icon for the TestGen application. The testbank will start the TestGen application and open in its own editing window.