Shared User Lists

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Each Test Pilot assessment index and assessment has an associated list of users which may be used to control access for security purposes. An empty user list implies open access. The administrator can create and manage public lists which can be used by any index or assessment in the Test Pilot network. Authors may create their own shared user lists which can be used by any assessments in their index.

Listed are shared user lists, public user lists and the index's private participant and manager lists.

A Shared User List is a list that may be used by any assessment in the assessment index. It is editable by the assessment index's owner and their delegate managers.

A Public User List is a list maintained by the Test Pilot administrator that can be used by any author in the Test Pilot network for any assessment. It is only editable by the administrator.

The index's participant list controls who may access the index's general URL.

The index's manager list controls who may manage the assessment index. At this time, index managers are granted the same privileges as authors.

Creating New Shared User Lists

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

Deleting Shared User Lists

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

Assigning Shared User Lists to Assessments

To assign a shared user list to an assessment, simply select the list's name from the list by the Assign Userlist button and select an assessment title from the provided list and click the Assign Userlist button.

Editing User Lists - v4.2 and earlier (Info on v4.3 and later)

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.

Each user should be assigned a unique id and a password which will be associated with their name and e-mail entries. The fields are defined as follows:

id - this is an arbitrary string of one or more characters; spaces, commas, tabs or nonprinting characters are not allowed. It is this id which must be entered in security challenges when they appear. When the id appears in the list, clicking on the id will generate an e-mail message to the user using your browser's selected mailer.

password - this is an arbitrary string of one or more characters; spaces, commas, tabs or nonprinting characters are not allowed. It is this password which must be entered in security challenges when they appear.

name - this is an arbitrary string of one or more characters; spaces, commas, tabs or nonprinting characters are not allowed. This name will be associated with the id and listed on reports and links where appropriate.

e-mail - this should be a valid internet e-mail address including an account id, an @ sign and a domain name which together form an e-mail address for the author. It is to this e-mail address that notifications and other messages automatically generated by the Test Pilot program will be sent.

New Users

To define a new user, you'll find a set of empty fields at the bottom of the user table. Enter the appropriate information in those empty fields and click the Update Users button to add a new user to the list.

Changing User Information

You may not change a user id. However, if you wish to change the password, name or e-mail entries, simply make the changes in the appropriate location and click the Update Users button. If you must change an author id, create a new user and delete the old one.

Deleting Users

To delete a user, click the appropriate select button associated with the user to be deleted, check the enable deletion checkbox and then click the Delete Selected User button.

Renaming The List

To change a list's name, simply enter a nw title in the space provided and click the Update Users button.

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Importing Users

Test Pilot assumes a tab or comma delimited ASCII file or list of users, one per line, will be provided. You should adjust the order of the fields in your file by entering numbers as appropriate in the spaces provided.

If the information is in a server file in the format recognized by version 3 of Test Pilot, simply click the v3 format checkbox.

Import from a Field

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

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 index management options. If you used

http://SERVER/servlet/TestPilot4/tests/joe/mytest.tp4?manage

then Test Pilot uses the joe subdirectory of the tests subdirectory of the web server's document root directory.

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