Introduction to This Guide

This guide describes the features and functionalities of the Item Tracking System (ITS). A PDF version of this guide is also available here.

For details on how to use IAT, refer to the IAT Guide.

Organization of This Guide

The guide consists of the following sections:

• Overview of ITS provides a brief overview of ITS and the user roles in ITS. It also describes how to access the system and understand the system layout.

• Managing Items and Stimuli describes how to create and manage items and stimuli in ITS.

• Reviewing Items and Stimuli describes how to review and approve items and stimuli in ITS.

• Form and Test Engineering explains how to manage forms and assemble tests.

• Managing Assessment Tools explains how to manage publications.

• Rating Item Content describes how to assign and rate items in ITS, as well as generate rating reports.

• Generating ITS Reports and Performing Other Actions explains how to generate different types of reports in ITS and perform certain other actions.

• Managing Content Standard Publications explains how to manage content standards in ITS.

• Managing Animation Requests explains how to manage animation requests for items and stimuli in ITS.

• Appendices:

  • Appendix A: Glossary defines some of the terms used in ITS.

  • Appendix B: Item and Stimulus Import Overview provides an overview of how items and stimuli are imported in ITS.

  • Appendix C: Psychometrics Tasks in ITS provides instructions for tasks performed by the Psychometrics (Tech) team.

• User Support provides Help Desk contact information.