Public Computer Lists v4.3 and later (earlier versions)

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Test Pilot assessments and assessment indices may be secured from general access with a list of authorized computer internet addresses. This means that unless the participant is using an authorized workstation, they would be prevented from accessing the assessment or assessment index.

Assessments may have a private list. Assessment indices may contain shared lists which one or more assessments may share. Finally, Test Pilot administrators may define public computer lists which may be used in any assessment or assessment index in the Test Pilot network. This allows the administrator to maintain, if desired, a set of centralized lists usable by any author.

Public computer lists are created and maintained by the Test Pilot administrator and usable by any author in the Test Pilot network.

New Public Computer List

To create a new public user list, simply enter a name for the list in the space provided and click the New button.

Deleting Public Computer Lists

To delete a public user list, check the enable deletion checkbox and click the appropriate Delete button. Any consumers of the deleted list will have new empty (open access) lists assigned to them.

Editing Public Computer Lists

Once a list has been created, it will be listed with its title. Clicking on the title will begin the editing process for the list.

First you may export the list by clicking on the Export button if it is offered. Only list owners may export lists. Owners may also rename the list by changing the name and clicking the Rename button.

Next, the list is shown in the following format:

The entries are defined as any of the following:

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - a standard internet address specifying a single workstation

xxx.xxx.xxx - an internet class C subnet address specifying up to 255 workstations

xxx.xxx - an internet class B subnet address specifying roughly 65,000 workstations

xxx - an internet class A network address specifying several million workstations

New Address

To define a new address, you'll find an empty field at the bottom of the table. Enter the address information in the field and click the New button to add a new address to the list.

Deleting Addresses

To delete an address, click on the address to have it shown in the box above, then click the Delete button.

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Importing Addresses

Test Pilot assumes a tab or comma delimited ASCII file or list of addresses, one per line, will be provided. Yoy may either add to the existing list with the Import button or replace the existing list with the Replace button.

Import from a Field

If you paste the address information into the field provided, be sure to click the button to indicate that you are importing from a field and click the Import button.

Import from a File

If you are importing from a file, be sure to click the button to indicate that you are importing from a file. For security purposes, Test Pilot imports from files located in the web server's current directory as defined by the URL used to access the administration options. If you used

http://SERVER/servlet/TestPilot4/?admin

then Test Pilot uses the web server's document root directory. If you were to use the URL

http://SERVER/servlet/TestPilot4/tests/joe/?admin

Test Pilot will look in the joe subdirectory of the tests directory located in your web server's document root directory.

Enter the name of the ASCII file in the selected directory which contains the address information and click the Import button.