To view detailed usage data for a student, click on the plus sign at the beginning of their row, this will reveal a sub-table detailing that student's usage data for each module in the product.
To hide a student's usage data, just click on the minus sign.
Clicking on the title of a column will reorder the rows based on that column in either ascending or descending order.
The width of a column can be altered by dragging the border between it and the next column (as you would when using a spreadsheet).
To protect user privacy, students' passwords are hidden by replacing them with question marks.
To unveil a student's password, just click on the it and the question marks will be replaced with the actual password, clicking again will rehide it.
This button will bring up a form allowing you to search or filter the students for particular matches.
Fill in the fields you want to search by and then click the 'Search' button and the list of students will be refreshed with only entries that match you search parameters.
Filtering is not case sensitive and does not have to be an exact match - for example performing a search with 'jo' in the 'username' field could find students with the following usernames: 'Joey', 'joseph', 'MARYJO'.
To bring back the full list of students either perform another search but leave all of the filter fields empty or just use the Refresh button.
This button either extend, or collapse (depending on it's current state) all of the student entries.
Please be aware that with a large number of students this operation may take some time to perform.
Clicking the Refresh button will load a fresh set of data from the underlying database.
Select a student from the list and click this button to completely delete their account and all usage data from the database.
To avoid accidental deletions, you will be asked to confirm that you wish to proceed with this operation.
Select a student from the list and click this button to wipe all of their usage data and create a new, empty set.
To avoid accidental deletion of data, you will be asked to confirm that you wish to proceed with this operation.
Select a module from a student's usage data and click this button to wipe the usage data for that single module and student only and create a new, empty record.
To avoid accidental deletion of data, you will be asked to confirm that you wish to proceed with this operation.
Clicking this button will bring up a drop-down menu showing what the current setting is for allowing students to attempt assessments.
Change the selected option to immediately change the current setting.
This function will convert the entire contents of the results database for this product into a reusable XML format for converting to other forms.
If you are running the Reporter via a web browser you will be given the data to copy into Notepad and save manually.
If you are running the Reporter as a desktop application you will be prompted to select a location for the XML file to be saved for you.
This function will convert the entire contents of the results database for this product into a format for loading into Microsoft Excel or similiar spreadsheet application.
If you are running Reporter via a web browser you will be given the data to copy into Excel and save manually.
If you are running Reporter as a desktop application you will be prompted to select a location for the spreadsheet file to be saved for you.
This button will launch the Print dialog for printing a physical copy of your students' results, in a black and white printer-friendly format.
Note that this will print exactly the same data as is currently visible in the Reporter window so you may wish extend all of the students' usage data first.
The Purge button will completely wipe everything in the results database for this product (including the Reporter password).
This operation cannot be undone so should only used if you are completely sure that you do not mind losing all of your data.
To avoid accidental use of this function and to protect your data, you will be asked to first confirm that you wish to proceed and then re-enter the Reporter password before the purging of the database will actually take place.
This button will load a pop-up window containing guidance on how to use Reporter.
If you are running Reporter via a web browser and pop-up window does not appear, make sure that pop-up is not being blocked by your browser or any security software you may have running.