PVTC Select & PLT site activation checklist

Below is a checklist of tasks your site must complete before Pearson VUE will authorize you to deliver exams requiring the collection of admissions data. A member of the VUE Support Services staff will review these tasks with you and ensure that each one has been performed. A copy of the checklist is listed below.

Pre-installation of software:

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Exam delivery area set up as directed in PVTC Select & PLT Office Layout topic.

Software installation:

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Pearson VUE Testing System software installed and successfully updated to the most current version. (Contact your installation technician for the current version or logon to Connect portal and see the Site system information page.)

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Pearson VUE Application Wrapper is installed and functioning properly.

Site Manager setup:

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An open rule for the site’s standard open hours is set up in the Availability category on the Hours page. You must create a year’s worth of holiday closure rules. See Chapter 4, "Specifying when your center is open and closed (Hours page)" or "About open and closed rules" in the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

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Exam delivery workstations have been set up – one for each workstation in the Availability category on the Workstations page. See Chapter 4, "Specifying your center's workstations" in the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

You may also want to use workstation asset binding that enables the software to keep track of which workstation at a site is used to deliver each exam. See Chapter 4, "Workstation asset binding" in the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

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Directions to your site have been entered in the Settings category on the Address/Directions page. See Chapter 4, "Entering address information and directions (Location tab)" in the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

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The correct numbers of ‘GMAT® TDFT’ and ‘video camera’ assets have been added in the Settings category on the Assets tab.

Personnel:

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All personnel who will be operating the Site for Pearson VUE have been added to the Users page in Connect User Management. See Chapter 4, "Setting up user accounts, passwords, and permissions (Personnel)" in the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

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The Chief Administrator, Billing, Contract, and On Site Technical Support contacts have been added to the list in the Settings category on the Contacts page in Site Manager. See Chapter 4, "Setting up contacts" in the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

Admissions equipment devices:

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The Logitech HD Webcam C615, C920, or C920e, and the ePadLink ePad electronic signature device, and Palm Vein devices have all been installed and tested using Test Admissions Equipment utility.

DVR installation checklist:

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Verify that the cameras in the exam delivery room are connected to the DVR and working properly so candidates can be viewed as described in Test EZWatch topic.

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Verify that EZWatch is recording all the exam delivery workstations. The VUE Support Services technician from your region will retrieve a video clip for quality assurance.

Test the system:

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TDFT-IBTVend-MinSpec and TDFT-A-BE, TDFT GMAT Palm Vein, and GMATGen10AudioTDFT exams have been taken and passed on ALL exam delivery workstations.

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The following optional TDFTs have been taken and passed on all exam delivery workstations ONLY IF:

  1. TDFT_PLT – Site will deliver PTE-A exams
  2. TDFT_Cis24 – Site has 24” monitors
  3. TDFT-Builder – Site will administer exams for clients on the Administrator Test Driver
  4. TDFT-Break – Site will administer exams for clients on the Administrator Test Driver
  5. PVTCA Select – Site is not authorized for GMAT
  6. TDFT-GEDTS_LoadTest – Site is authorized for GED
  7. GIACTDFT – Site is authorized for GIAC

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A score report has been printed out for all the exams listed above.

Certify testing administrators:

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Training by Pearson VUE staff is completed.

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Two administrators have taken and passed the PVTCSelect_A exams and the results have been successfully uploaded. There are two different versions of the PVTCSelect_A exam, check with your local VSS support person to verify which version you should take. (If you have taken and passed a PVTCSelect_A exam, send the location and date the exam was taken to the installation Technician at Pearson VUE. The PVTCASelect_A exam must be taken on a yearly basis.)

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Two test administrators are certified for GMAT® if the site will deliver GMAT exams.

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Two administrators are needed for activation, one for the day-to-day processing and monitoring of candidates and one as a backup. The chief administrator and one other user may have the May add and edit (other) users role. Additional administrators may be added and assigned the May reset passwords and disable accounts role.

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Create a Case following the instructions in Chapter 9 of the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center Policies and Procedures guide.

 

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