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Appendix B: About Statuses in AIRWays Authoring

Tests and items can have a Draft, Published, or Archived status. The actions you can perform on tests and items depend on their status.

About Test Statuses

All new tests have a Draft status. Publishing a test changes its status to Published. Archiving a test changes its status to Archived. Table 4 describes the rules and permissions for each test status.

Table 4: Overview of Test Statuses
Test Status Rules
Draft
  • Cannot be administered to students
  • Can be edited, copied, shared, published, or archived
Published
  • Can be administered to students
  • Can be copied, shared, or archived
  • Cannot be edited directly—to modify a Published test, you must create a copy of it.
Archived
  • Cannot be administered to students or shared with other users
  • Can be copied, deleted, or restored to its previous status

About Item Statuses

All new items have a Draft status. Publishing a test on which a Draft item appears changes the item's status to Published. You cannot publish items individually. Archiving an item changes its status to Archived. Table 5 describes the rules and permissions for each item status.

Table 5: Overview of Item Statuses
Item Status Rules
Draft
  • Can be edited, copied, shared, archived, or submitted to a shared library
  • Can be added to Draft tests
Published
  • Must appear on one or more Published tests
  • Can be added to additional tests
  • Can be copied, shared, or archived
  • Cannot be edited directly—to modify a Published item, you must create a copy of it.
  • Cannot be submitted to a shared library
Archived
  • Cannot be added to tests or submitted to a shared library
  • Can be copied, deleted, or restored to Draft

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