Finish Exam And Upload Answer File - Windows
When you are finished with your exam, click the "Exit & Save" button.
You will get this screen:
At CWSL, our SofTest exam files are set up with 25 questions. You will probably never have 25 essay questions (or even short answer questions) on an exam. So you can count on getting this dialog box when you exit SofTest. Just Make sure you have, in fact, answered all the questions that are on the exam, and then click "Yes".
You will then get this screen:
When you click the "Close Exam" button, SofTest saves your completed essays, and gets ready to reboot the computer.
You will then get this screen:
This screen tells you that SofTest has saved all of your work in an "Answer File". The answer file has the final version of all the work you have done on the exam. The answer file will be uploaded to ExamSoft, and our Faculty Support department will then send your answers to your professor to be graded.
When you click the Exit button, you will get this next dialog box:
Which tells you that your computer needs to reboot.
Click the OK button, and the computer will reboot.
When your computer reboots, SofTest will run automatically, and attempt to upload your answer file.
Once you have rebooted, and get to the Windows Desktop, you will get this screen:
This is a ninety second count down. There is a ninety second delay built in to SofTest, to allow your computer time to find our wireless network. SofTest will sit and do nothing for that ninety seconds. If your laptop is set to connect to the CWSL wireless network automatically, as it should be, then all you have to do is sit back and wait until it is done.
Normally, when you connect to the wireless network, you have to log on to the Blue Socket web page in order to access the Internet. SofTest gets to bypass that login page. This means that you do not have to log in to Blue Socket, in order to upload your answer file. Everything works automatically.
When the counter reaches zero, SofTest will upload your answer file. You will see this next screen:
Shortly after that, you will see this screen:
This is SofTest in the process of uploading the answer file.
When it is finished, you will get this screen. Do not leave the classroom until you see this screen:
At this point, you are finished, and you may leave the classroom. Click the Close button to close this screen, (you haven't logged on to Blue Socket, so you can't get to the Exam History Page).
If you have any problems with this procedure, simply tell the proctor that you need help with your computer. Your computer techs will be able to assist you with any problems you may have.