Engrade Teacher Tests and Quizzes Reference & Quick- Start Guide

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Engrade Teacher Tests and Quizzes Reference & Quick- Start Guide Designed specifically for Irving Independent School District Welcome to Engrade! Schools and districts all over the country use Engrade to manage classroom tools, curriculum and learning materials through one simple platform. This brief guide will prepare you to author and deliver online tests and quizzes through Engrade s Tests and Quizzes tool. Additional help can be found on Engrade s Irving Help site: wikis.engradepro.com/irvinghelp Table of Contents Creating a Test or Quiz... 1 Tests & Quizzes... 1 Assigned Tests... 2 Your Test Library... 2 Create Tests... 3 Add Questions to Tests... 5 Create a New Question... 6 Question Types... 7 Multiple Choice... 7 Multiple Choice, Multi-Select... 8 True/False... 8 Instructions Only... 9 Matching... 9 Short Answer... 10 Essay... 10 Fill-In-The-Blank... 11 Cloze... 12 Passage... 12 Add a Question from the Question Bank... 14 Tag Standards to Questions... 17

Preview Tests... 18 Edit Tests... 19 Submit Tests for Approval... 20 Assign Tests to Class... 22 Assign Tests from Test Library... 24 View Student Scores... 26 Progress & Scoring... 1 Grade Tests... 3 Retake Tests... 5 Answer Grid... 6 Standards Analysis... 7 Schedule Tests... 7 Unassign Tests... 9 Print Tests... 9 Copy Tests... 10 Archive Tests... 11 Delete Tests... 13 Benchmark Tests... 13 Reporting... 14 View Test Results... 14 Creating a Test or Quiz Tests & Quizzes To access Tests & Quizzes, click on Tests & Quizzes on the left sidebar. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 1

Assigned Tests The Assigned Tests tab displays all of the tests that have been assigned to your selected class. You can view each assigned test s name, start date, end date, status and other options. You can create a new test by clicking the Create New Test button, or assign an existing test from your test library by clicking Assign Test from Library. Your Test Library The Your Test Library tab displays all of the tests that you have created in Engrade, including other tests that have been submitted to, and approved by, a school administrator for admission into the school test library. You can filter tests in your test library by grade level, subject, standards, and other advanced options. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 2

Create Tests Click the Create New Test button to create a new test. Create Tests On the Create New Test page, enter the following options for your test: Test Title Enter the title of your test. Subject Select the appropriate subject area. Minimum/Maximum Grade Level Select the desired minimum and maximum grade levels that apply to your test. Time Limit Select the desired time limit for taking the test or choose None. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 3

Create Tests Default Display Options Click the checkbox next to each option you would like to enable: Randomize question order allows you to randomize the order of questions on your test. Show question type instructions displays instructions on how to answer each type of question to students. Allow students to navigate questions allows students to skip or go back to questions via a navigation bar at the top of the test. Create Tests Default Answer Viewing. Choose the option that best describes how you would like your students to be able to view their answers: students can never view answers, students can view answers after completing a test or students can view answers only after the test is closed. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 4

Create Tests To tag your test with searchable parameters, click More options and tags Description Enter a description of your test, if desired. Student Populations Check the box next to English Language Learners (ELL) or Gifted Students to tag the test appropriately. Language Select a language from the drop-down menu. Click the green Submit button to create your test. Add Questions to Tests Hover over the Add Question button and select either Add New Question to create your own question or Add From Bank to select an existing question from the test library. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 5

Create a New Question Click Add New Question to create a new question for your test. On the Add Question page, enter the following information for your test question (options may vary by question type): Question Type From the drop-down menu, select the desired question type. Question Text Enter the text of your question in this text box. Answer Choices Enter the appropriate answer(s). Create a New Question Scoring Type Select how you would like your question to be scored: Perfect Response - Students must select all correct responses to earn credit for the question. Additive - Students earn partial credit for each correct response. Additive with Negation - Students earn partial credit for each correct response and lose partial credit for each incorrect response. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 6

Question Types The available types of questions for tests are: Multiple Choice Multiple Choice, Multi-Select True/False Instructions Only Matching Short Answer Essay Fill-In-The-Blank Cloze Multiple Choice Multiple Choice questions allow you to ask your students a question and provide them with multiple possible answers but only one answer is correct. Question Text Enter your question here. Answer Options Choose to Use Images as your answer choices and/or Randomize your answers. Answer Choices Enter up to five possible answers. Be sure to click the X icon to the right of the correct answer so a green check mark displays. Passage Select or add a passage, if desired. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 7

Multiple Choice, Multi-Select Multiple Choice, Multi-Select questions allow you to ask your students a question and provide them with multiple possible answers and multiple answers can be correct. Question Text Enter your question here. Answer Options Choose to Use Images as your answer choices and/or Randomize your answers. Answer Choices Enter up to five possible answers. Be sure to click the image to the right of the correct answer(s) so a green check mark displays. Passage Select or add a passage, if desired. Scoring Type Select the appropriate scoring type. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. True/False True/False questions allow you to ask your students a question and have them respond with either True or False. Question Text Enter your question here. Answer Select either True or False. Passage Select or add a passage, if desired. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 8

Instructions Only Instructions Only allow you to provide your student s instructions for the test, if necessary. Instructions Enter your instructions here. Matching Matching questions allow you to ask your students a question and provide them with items to match together. Question Text Enter your question here. Match Images Check this box if you would like to use images as your answer choices. Scoring Type Select the appropriate scoring type. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 9

Short Answer Short Answer questions allow you to ask your students a question and have them respond with a short answer. Question Text Enter your question here. Max Character Enter the maximum amount of characters you would like your student s to be able to use in their responses. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. Essay Essay questions allow you to ask your students a question and have them respond with an essay. Question Text Enter your question here. Word Limit Enter the maximum amount of words you would like your student s to be able to use in their responses. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 10

Essay You may also create a scoring rubric for essay questions. Click the drop-down menu to the right of Rubric and click New Rubric. Click the drop-down menu to the right of New Rubric and select the desired grid dimensions from the drop-down menu. Vertically, down the left side of your rubric, enter your objectives. Horizontally, across the top of your rubric, enter your levels and point values for each level. In each square of the rubric, enter the description of what each objective looks like at each level. Fill-In-The-Blank Fill-In-The-Blank questions allow you to ask your students a question and have them type in a response in the blank. Question Text Enter your question here. Scoring Options Choose to Auto-Score to have Engrade automatically score your students responses against the answers you supply or Manually Review your students answers. Answer Enter the correct answers for the blanks you have provided in your question. Case-Sensitive Check this to indicate case-sensitive answers. Passage Select or add a passage, if desired. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 11

Cloze Cloze questions allow you to ask your students a question and have them select the correct response for each blank. Question Text Enter your question here. Answer Choices Enter the correct answer on the first row of each box (next to the green check mark) for the blanks you have provided in your question. Hit the Enter/Return key to enter other possible answers on the rows below. Passage Select or add a passage, if desired. Scoring Type Select the appropriate scoring type. Points Enter the number of points the question is worth in the box. Passage Passages can be used to add excerpts to most questions. In the Passage section, you have the following options: None This indicates you do not want to use a passage. New Passage This indicates you want to add a new passage. This Passage This indicates you want to use the currently selected passage. Previous Question s Passage This indicates that you want to use a passage entered on another question within your test. Layout You also can select if you want your passage to appear on the left side of your test vertically or across the top of your test horizontally by selecting the appropriate layout icon under the passage text box. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 12

Create a New Question You can also choose to add tags to your questions for easier searching in the test library and question bank. Click Show tagging options to display additional options: Subject Select a subject from the drop-down menu. Grade Level Choose the grade level range from the drop-down menus. Create a New Question Learning Style Check the boxes next to Linguistic, Logical and/or Visual. Taxonomies Enter the appropriate number in the text box(es). Keywords Enter any keywords that you would like to associate with your question, ensuring that each keyword is separated by a comma. Click the green Save Question button to add your question to the test. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 13

Add a Question from the Question Bank To add a question from the test library, hover over the Add Question button and click Add From Question Bank. Add a Question from the Question Bank On the Question Bank page, you can filter questions by grade level, subject, standards, and other advanced options. Click the drop-down menus at the top to select the desired grade level and/or subject area. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 14

Add a Question from the Question Bank Click the Filter by Standard button to open a pop-up window with the test s selected grade level and subject area set. If your school has multiple standard sets, you can select a standard set at the bottom. Additionally, you can type a keyword in the bottom right to find a specific standard. Click the checkboxes to the left of standard(s) by which you would like to search test questions. Click the green Submit button to view any questions that match your criteria. Add a Question from the Question Bank Click the More Filters button to open a drop-down window with advanced filtering options: Keyword Enter a keyword or keywords separated by commas in the box. Question Type Select the type of question you would like or choose All types from the drop-down menu. Answered Correctly Move the sliders to determine the desired percentage range. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 15

Add a Question from the Question Bank Learning Style Check the boxes next to Linguistic, Logical and/or Visual. Taxonomies Move the sliders to determine the range for each set of taxonomies. Click the green Filter Questions button to filter questions in your test library by your selected criteria. Add a Question from the Question Bank Once you have filtered your question options as desired, find the question(s) you would like to add to your test. Under the Options & Details column, you can click either Add to Test which adds the individual question to your test as is or Customize which allows you to modify the question before adding it to your test. If you would like to add multiple questions, mark the checkboxes to the left of each question, and click the Add Selected button at the top left. Additionally, if you decide you would not like to add any questions from the test library, click the Cancel button in the top right. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 16

Tag Standards to Questions To tag a standard to your question, click the Tag button under the Standards column. Tag Standards to Questions In the pop-up window, click the box to the left of each standard you would like to tag. If your school has multiple standard sets, select the one you would like to tag to your question from the drop-down menu at the bottom. You can also search for a standard by keyword by entering a word or phrase in the text box at the bottom right. Click the green Submit button to tag your standard(s). Please note: For the most granular results and reporting, we recommend that you only tag one standard per question. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 17

Preview Tests From Your Test Library tab, you can preview how your test will appear to students. Hover over the gear icon to the right of the test that you would like to preview and click Preview. Preview Tests The preview of your selected test or quiz will open in your browser. You can navigate through the test or quiz by using the navigation bar at the top or the green Previous and Next buttons at the bottom. Click Close Preview in the top right when you have finished previewing your test. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 18

Edit Tests If you need to edit your test or quiz, you can do so from Your Test Library. Click directly on the test s name that you would like to edit or hover over the gear icon to the right of the desired test and click Edit. Edit Tests On the edit page for your selected test, you can: Add questions Click the Add Question button. Edit, delete or preview questions Hover over the gear icon to the right of a question and click the desired option. Rearrange question order Click and hold the grid icon to the right of a question number drag and drop the question into the desired order. Tag standards to questions Click Tag to the right of a question. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 19

Edit Tests Preview the test Click the Preview button. Assign to classes Click the Assign to Class button. Suggest to school test library Click the Suggest to School button. Edit test settings Hover over Options and click Edit Test Settings. Print test Hover over Options and click Print Test. Submit Tests for Approval As a teacher, you can submit your completed tests to your school administrator for approval to be added to the test library and question bank. From your Assigned Tests page click the Your Test Library tab to view any tests in your library. Click on the name of the test that you would like to submit to your administrator for approval to be added to the test library and question bank. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 20

Submit Tests for Approval On this page, you will see the questions in your test. Once you have completely finalized your test, you can choose to submit it to an administrator for approval to be added to the test library and question bank. Click the Suggest to School button to submit your test to your school administrator. Submit Tests for Approval In the pop-up window, confirm that your test has been finalized, as publishing your test will lock it to future edits. Additionally, your test and all of its questions will be added to the test library and question bank for all of teachers at your school to view/use once approved. Click the green Submit Assessment to Public Library button to publish your test. If you are not ready to publish your test, click the No thanks, just take me to my assessment library link. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 21

Assign Tests to Class When you have finished your test, you can assign it to your class by clicking the Assign to Class button. Before assigning a test to a class, be sure that you have finalized your test as you will no longer be able to edit your test once assigned. Assign Tests to Class When you have confirmed that your test is finalized, you can assign it to classes. Select the scheduling of the quiz: Turn off/on manually With this option, you will need to manually open and close the test. Schedule available times With this option, the test will only be available to take during the date and time ranges you set. Please note: A scheduled test can be opened before the scheduled time or reopened after the scheduled time, if necessary. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 22

Assign Tests to Class Default Display Options Click the checkbox next to each option you would like to enable: Randomize question order allows you to randomize the order of questions on your test. Show question type instructions displays instructions on how to answer each type of question to students. Allow students to navigate questions allows students to skip or go back to questions via a navigation bar at the top of the test. Assign Tests to Class Default Answer Viewing Choose the option that best describes how you would like your students to be able to view their answers: students can never view answers, students can view answers after completing a test or students can view answers after the test is closed. Click the green Assign to Class button to assign your test to a class. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 23

Assign Tests from Test Library If you would like to assign a test to your class that has been submitted to your school s test library by either another teacher or an administrator, click the Your Test Library tab. You can filter tests in your test library by grade level, subject, standards, and other advanced options. Click the drop-down menus at the top to select the desired grade level and/or subject area. Assign Tests from Test Library Click the Filter by Standard button to open a pop-up window with your school s standards. If your school has multiple standard sets, you can select a standard set at the bottom. Additionally, you can type a keyword in the bottom right to find a specific standard. Click the checkboxes to the left of the standard(s) for which you would like to search tests. Click the green Submit button to view any tests that match your criteria. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 24

Assign Tests from Test Library Click the More Filters button to open a drop-down window with advanced filtering options: Keyword Enter a keyword or keywords separated by commas in the box. Time Limit Select the time limit you would like the test to have. Additional Options Check the box next to English Language Learners (ELL) or Gifted Students to search for tests with those tags. Checking Only My Tests will display only tests you have created in your test library. Click the green Filter Questions button to filter tests in your test library by your selected criteria. Assign Tests from Test Library Once you have filtered your test options as desired, find the test(s) you would like to assign to your class. Under the Assign column, you can click Assign to assign the test to your class. Additionally, if you decide you would like to make modifications to the test before assigning it to your class, hover over the gear icon to the right of the desired test name and click Copy. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 25

Assign Tests from Test Library On the Copy Test page, you will be prompted to enter a test title, subject and minimum/maximum grade level. After entering this information, click the green Submit button to place the test in Your Test Library. View Student Scores To view how students performed on an assigned test, click Tests & Quizzes on the left sidebar to be taken to your Assigned Tests tab. Click directly on the name of the test for which you would like to view student scores or click View Results under the Options column. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 26

Progress & Scoring On the Progress & Scoring tab, you can view your students results on the selected test. For each student who took the test, you can view the overall score, the time the test was started, the duration of time spent on the test, and the number of questions the student completed. Progress & Scoring To open or close a test or quiz, click the Open Test or Close Test button in the top left. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 1

Progress & Scoring On the Update Schedule page, select either Turn off/on manually or Schedule available times for your selected test. If you choose to turn the test off/on manually, you will need to select the desired test status from the drop-down menu. If you choose to schedule available times, you will need to select the dates and times that you would like your test to be open for students. When you have finished making changes to your test s schedule, click the green Update Schedule button. Progress & Scoring Hovering over the Options button allows you to: View Test This will allow you to view your test with the correct answers marked. Print Tests This will open a printable set of tests in a new window or tab that contains information for each student in your class filled in at the top. Unassign Test This will unassign the test from your class. Please note: Unassigning a test from a class will delete all student scores. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 2

Grade Tests If you have short answer, essay or fill-inthe-blank questions (set to manual scoring), you will need to manually score some of your student responses. From the Assigned Tests tab, click on the name of the test for which you would like to grade your students. Grade Tests If you have a student that needs his/her test manually scored, you will see a notice at the top of the page and an icon next to the student s name. To view the student s test and enter in the required manual grades, click the student s name or Scoresheet under the Options column. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 3

Grade Tests On the Scoresheet, you can see how your student responded to each question and how many points s/he received. Grade Tests Questions that have not been automatically graded by Engrade will have blank boxes to the right of each question. Click in the blank box and enter your student s score. Engrade will automatically save and re-calculate your student s grade on the test. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 4

Grade Tests When you have finished editing and adding grades to your student s tests, you will see their updated scores reflected on the Progress & Scoring tab. If you need to make any future adjustments, you can do so by accessing the student s Scoresheet again. Retake Tests If you have a student that needs to retake a test, you can allow him/her to do so from the Progress & Scoring tab of an assigned test. To the right of the student s name who needs to retake the test, click Clear under the Options column. You will be prompted to confirm that you would like to permanently delete the student s score on the selected test. Click OK to remove the student s score. Please note: A test must be Open in order for a student to retake it in his/her student account. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 5

Answer Grid If you would like to see how each of your students performed on each question, click the Answer Grid tab. In addition to allowing you to view how each student performed on each question, you can also view what percentage of students in your class answered each question correctly. You can click on each question number (Q1, Q2, Q3 ) to view the full-length question, correct answer, point value and any tagged standards in a pop-up window. Answer Grid You can also choose to sort your questions sequentially or by performance by hovering over the Sort Questions icon and clicking the desired option from the drop-down menu. Clicking on a student s name will bring up his/her Scoresheet. You can export or print this page by clicking the Export or Print button in the top right. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 6

Standards Analysis If you would like to see how each student performed on each standard (if standards were tagged to questions), click the Standards Analysis tab. On the top blue bar, you can click on each standard code to view the full-length standard description in a pop-up window. You can also choose to sort the standards alphabetically or by performance by hovering over the Sort Questions icon and clicking the desired option from the drop-down menu. You can export or print this page by clicking the Export or Print button in the top right. Schedule Tests You can choose to open your test (which allows students to access the test) or close your test (which prevents students from accessing the test). Click Tests & Quizzes on the left sidebar to be taken to your Assigned Tests tab. Under the Options column, click Schedule to the right of test that you want to close. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 7

Schedule Tests On the Update Schedule page, you can choose to either manually open/close your test or schedule available times for students to take the test. If you select Turn off/on manually, you will need to manually open and close your test, as desired. Click the drop-down menu to the right of Status and select either Open or Closed from the drop-down menu. Click the green Update Schedule button to save your changes. Schedule Tests If you select Schedule available times, you will need to set the desired times that you would like your students to be able to access the test. Click the displayed date to open a small calendar window where you can select your desired date. Then, click the dropdown menu to the right of date and select your desired time. Once you have set a date and time for when you would like your test to open and close, click the green Update Schedule button to save your changes. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 8

Unassign Tests If you would like to completely remove a test from your class, including removing all of your student s scores on the test, you want to unassign your test. Click Tests & Quizzes on the left sidebar to be taken to your Assigned Tests tab. Under the Options column, click Unassign to the right of the test that you want to unassign from your class. Click OK in the pop-up window to confirm that you would like to unassign the test from your class and delete all student scores for the selected test. Print Tests If you would like to print a test for students to take on paper, you can do so from Your Test Library. Hover over the gear icon to the right of the test that you would like to print and click Print Test. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 9

Print Tests Your test will open in a new window or tab for you to print. Copy Tests You can copy a test from Your Test Library. Hover over the gear icon to the right of the test that you would like to copy and click Copy Test. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 10

Copy Tests On the Copy Test page, you will be prompted to enter a test title, subject and minimum/maximum grade level. To tag your test with searchable parameters, click More options and tags Description Enter a description of your test, if desired. Student Populations Check the box next to English Language Learners (ELL) or Gifted Students to tag the test appropriately. Language Select a language from the drop-down menu. Click the green Submit button to create your new, copied test. Archive Tests You can archive a test from Your Test Library. The Archives section is intended to be used as a way of storing previous tests that do not need to be listed in your active test library. Archive allows for old tests to be hidden but still accessible in your teacher account. Hover over the gear icon to the right of the test that you would like to archive and click Archive. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 11

Archive Tests In the pop-up window, you will be prompted to confirm that you would like to archive your test. Any current assigned instances of the test and any reporting instances of the test will be unaffected by archiving the test. Click the green Archive button to archive your test. Archive Tests You can view your archived tests at any time by clicking View Archives in the top left of the Your Test Library tab. If you would like to activate an archived test, you can do so by hovering over the gear icon to the right of the archived test that you would like to activate and clicking Activate. The test will be activated and available on the Your Test Library tab. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 12

Delete Tests You can delete a test from Your Test Library. If you created a test in error or just need to permanently remove a test from your test library, you can delete the test. Hover over the gear icon to the right of the test that you would like to delete and click Delete Test. Please note: Deleting a test is a permanent action and cannot be undone. If you want to remove a test from your active test library without permanently deleting it, please archive your test instead. Benchmark Tests Administrators of your school account can create and assign tests to classes. If an administrator has assigned a test to one of your classes, you will see that test available in your Assigned Tests tab. Depending on the settings put in place by your administrator, you may or may not be able to open/close the test manually. However, you can view your student s results on the test at any time by clicking View Results under the Options column. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 13

Reporting Click Reporting on the left sidebar to view your students test results for all assessments. You can change the marking period displayed by hovering over the dropdown menu in the top right. You can export this page by clicking the Export button at the top right. View Test Results If you click on the name of a student, you will be directed to that student s Assessments page where you can view all of the assessments that student has taken, including his/her score on each. You can filter this page by test provider, subject area and grade level by hovering over the appropriate button and clicking your desired option from the drop-down menu. You can also Export or Print this page by clicking the corresponding button at the top right. If you would like to switch between students on this page, you can do so by hovering over the button with the current student s name in the top left and clicking on the desired student s name from the drop-down menu. Support Questions? You can find the Irving help site by clicking the Irving Help link on the left panel. From this site, you can access additional support topics, screenshots, videos and a link to contact our support team. Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 14

Engrade s support team is ready to help by phone from 7AM CDT to 7PM CDT. Or send us an email for a prompt response. We always appreciate feedback and comments! Phone: (800) 305-1367 Email: info@engrade.com Last Updated: 10/30/2013 10:38 AM Engrade User Guide Page 15