Welcome to the Janison Insights help portal
Welcome to the Janison Insights help portal
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Janison Replay (Replay) is Janison Insights’ online test delivery app, allowing test-takers to participate in digital exams. The resilience component of Replay means that the test player remains interactive through internet dropouts and disconnections, delivering a consistent and equitable test-taking experience, no matter how reliable or unreliable the network connection is.
Replay can be configured to run offline, so tests can be delivered at locations with no internet connection.
Replay can deliver tests via an app or in a browser:
The app restricts access to utilities and system functions, prevents application switching and unauthorised device resources being used during an assessment. Administrators need to install the app on each test-taker’s device. View supported operating systems.
The browser runs as an open-book type exam without the lock-down features. Test-takers access Replay using a URL provided by Janison. View supported browsers.
Invigilators can monitor and manage test-takers from the test session administration dashboard.
This is the home screen of Replay. Options are available for administrators to modify the text and to add a logo if required.
After selecting Start a Test, the test-taker will need to enter the session code. Some launch URLs will include the session code so that test-takers won’t see this screen.
They will then need to enter their student code after which the test will launch.
Test-takers can access their tests without having to enter a session code if the assessment event is set to sessionless. This workflow does not support resilience and uses the browser, therefore is not locked down. You can read about sessionless delivery here.
Test-takers can access their tests through the candidate dashboard without having to enter their student code. This workflow launches the test in the browser, therefore is not locked down. You can read about the candidate dashboard here.
Administrators can customise the toolbar to display or hide tools, for example if a test doesn’t contain sound, the speaker can be hidden. See Replay settings below for the available options.
Administrators or test-takers can test their speakers, microphone and connection speed by selecting the relevant icons.
Select the speaker icon to test your speakers.
This option allows a user to select the display language if languages are set up. You can read more about setting languages up in our topic on String resources and Substitute questions.
Select the microphone icon to test your mic.
Select the cloud icon to test your bandwidth.
The cloud icon indicates the current network mode. You can view the mode by hovering over it.
Light green: Low bandwidth mode
Dark green: Online
Red: Offline
Yellow: Reliable mode, the test was started with network connectivity and then went offline.
The following video gives you an overview of a test in Replay from the test-taker’s perspective.
There are two modes available, online and offline.
To run your test online you need an internet connection. As test-takers access their test and progress through the test, their responses are sent to Janison Insights for marking and analysis.
You can also run your test online if the network is unreliable. This is referred to as ‘resilient testing’. When you run a test online, after the test-taker enters their student code into Replay, it securely downloads a copy of their test package. This ensures the test-taker doesn’t experience any disruption, if whilst taking the test, the Internet is not able to be reached. Replay remains interactive so that the experience is exactly the same as if there were no network disruptions.
Note that not all versions of Replay support the resilient mode. Please contact your Janison account manager for supported versions.
In certain versions of Replay, you can pre-load a device with tests so that test-takers can take them offline using the pre-loaded test. The test-taker’s experience is the same as if it were online.
To run a test in this mode, administrators need to prepare the devices with the relevant test and once the test is complete, reconcile the device to get the test attempt data to the online platform. We have covered the steps to preparing and reconciling in the topics below.
You will need to install Replay on each device. The steps differ depending on the device’s operating system (OS). Your Janison account manager will provide you with the details to download the relevant app.
Note: These steps don’t apply if you’re running your test in a browser as you will navigate to Replay, the URL will usually be ‘https://your-insights-url/testplayer2/testplayer/home’.
The set-up assistant will guide you through the steps. The screens below include samples of what you will see. Once installed, you can launch Replay as you would launch any other app on your device.
To run Janison Replay on managed Chromebooks, your organisation needs to subscribe to a Chrome service, such as Chrome Enterprise, Chrome Education, or Chrome Kiosk.
In order to run Replay on managed Chromebooks, you will need to add it to the Google account in the admin console.
Note: This is a one-off configuration, you do not need to undertake these steps on the test-takers’ device.
Scroll through the slides below to view the steps.
Navigate to https://accounts.google.com and log into your admin console.
Select the Google apps icon, then select Admin.
From the left-hand menu select Devices > Chrome > Apps & extensions and then Kiosks.
Select the relevant org unit, select KIOSKS and then select the 
plus icon.
Select 
Add Chrome app or extension by ID.
Enter the Replay Extension ID ‘moeghgdnbchioigebnkblokocmlenhnd’ and SAVE.
Enter the following Policy for extensions:
{“StartUrl”: {“Value”: “https://your-site-url”}}
Select SAVE.
All the test-taker Chromebooks using Replay need to be enrolled into your Google Apps prior to the assessment. Enrolling Chromebooks allows administrators to manage the devices, configure features and enforce the device policies through a single admin portal. This step may have already been completed to run other applications in kiosk mode. Check with you IT specialist.
Enrolling a Chrome device is a one-off action, for example, when the device is new in a school. Each enrolled device complies with the policies you set in the admin console, until you wipe or deprovision it.
You can read more about enrolling devices here.
You can view a list of enrolled devices in your Admin console by browsing to Devices > Overview and selecting the ChromeOS devices tile.
Important: You must enrol devices before anyone signs into them. If you do not do this, you need to wipe the device and restart enrolment. You can view steps to wipe the device here.
This step is optional and allows you to set Janison Replay to auto-launch when the Chromebook is powered up.
Note: It will not be possible to use the device for any other purpose while Replay is set to auto-launch.
Navigate back to the KIOSKS screen, select Auto-launch App > Janison Replay.
Select Save in the top right. When the device is powered up, Replay will automatically launch. If this is not required at any stage, set the auto-launch back to None.
If Janison Replay is not set to Auto-launch app, you can access Replay from the home screen by selecting Apps > Janison Replay as highlighted below.
The Janison Replay iOS app supports iPads, excluding iPad Mini.
Search for Janison Replay and then select the Download icon. Once downloaded, Open the app.
Select Yes to lock the device from other apps.
On first launch, you may need to enter the Insights server where your test is hosted.
Your Janison account manager will notify you of the correct URL.
Enter the URL and select Connect.
Once you have entered the URL of the Insights server as per the previous step, that screen won’t display again.
If you need to change the URL, launch Janison Replay, you should see the Welcome screen.
Press and hold the screen with three fingers for 5 seconds. Please enter admin password displays. Enter the word ‘configure’ into the field and select Ok.
Enter the required URL and select the Connect button to confirm.
You can download Replay for Android on Google Play. Open the App Store on the device and follow the onscreen instructions.
View the details by selecting the button below.
You will need to download the MacOS install files, your Janison account manager will advise you of the location of these.
After downloading the file, follow the steps in slides below.
Select the install file.
Select Continue.
Select Continue.
If you agree with the terms, select Agree, then select the Continue.
Select Install.
Enter your device User Name and Password, then select Install Software.
The installation completes. Select Close.
You can now launch the app from the Applications folder.
If a test attempt was started while online, Replay will attempt to reconcile automatically when the test is submitted. This means the attempt is sent to the online server to be marked and processed.
If a test attempt is started or submitted while offline, the device will need to be reconciled. You will need to use the reconcile feature in Replay to manually review and reconcile the test attempt.
To Reconcile a device, follow the steps in the slides below.
Select the Padlock icon.
Enter your PIN, then select Unlock Device.
The Administration page displays and the Reconcile tile displays the number of attempts awaiting upload.
Select Reconcile
The Reconcile page displays where you have the options to Test Bandwidth and remove the Test-takers attempt from the device.
Select the Reconcile
A green tick displays at the right of the test-taker on successful reconciliation, and the information on the left panel updates.
You have two optional actions:
Remove reconciled attempts will remove all test-taker attempts, but with leave the device prepared for further test-takers to take the test.
Reset Device will remove all data including test attempts and prepared tests from the device to free up space on the device or to clear test-taker data.
Lock the device by selecting the home icon and then the lock icon.
If you are unable to reconcile the device online due to an unreliable network connection, you can export the test-taker’s test attempt to a file which can then be transported or emailed to a device with a reliable network connection. Once this is completed, you can then import it to that device and reconcile the attempt.
If the device is offline, a red or orange icon displays on the cloud 
.
Follow the steps in the slides below.
Unlock the device and select the Reconcile button as covered above.
Select Export Reconcile File. A file with an extension of .dat will download to the device. Copy this file to a mobile device such as a USB drive, and move it to a device with a reliable network connection, to do an import.
Open Replay on a device connected to the internet.
Unlock the device using your PIN and select the Reconcile button as covered above.
Select Import Reconcile File.
Select Choose the files or drag the files to the drop zone, then select Import.
The attempts imported will be available to reconcile. Select Reconcile.
You will only need to prepare Replay on your devices if you plan to run your test offline. During the prepare process, the test and all related data downloads to the device.
The prerequisites for preparing Replay are:
You will need a PIN to unlock the device. You can find the PIN at the bottom of your delivery dashboard.
To prepare a device follow the steps below:
Launch Replay on the Test-taker’s device. Select the Padlock icon.
Enter your PIN, then select Unlock Device.
The Administration screen displays.
Select Prepare.
Once you have completed the steps above, you can view the following:
In the above screen capture you can see that the device is not prepared for any tests.
There are three options to prepare your device:
Prepare for a Test Session will prepare the device for all open test attempts, and will group them by their assessment event.
If preparing for a test session, enter the Session Code and select one or more tests.
Prepare for selected Candidates will prepare the device for the test-taker and test you selected.
If preparing for a test-taker, enter the Candidate Code and then select the Session Code and the relevant test or tests.
Prepare for an Assessment Event will prepare the device for any test linked to the selected assessment event, and for all test-takers enrolled in that assessment event.
If preparing for an assessment event select the assessment event name.
Select the relevant option to prepare your device and select Prepare.
The test package will download to the device.
Once complete, the Device Currently Prepared For section updates with the tests, sessions and attempts you have prepared for.
Select the Return to Home button.
The Prepare tile updates with a count of the test sessions and test attempts the device is prepared for.
When you have completed the preparation of the device, you need to lock the device again to remove test-taker’s access to links and menu items which have been available to you while setting it up.
To do this select the Padlock icon.
The icon becomes a closed lock.
You can remove all data including test attempts and prepared tests from devices to free up space on the device or to clear test-taker data for security reasons.
Select Reset Device.
Optionally, select Remove Device Identifier, then select the Confirm button.
These tools and are not Replay features but test authors can set them to display in the test player.
Stationary tools include question flagging, ruler, protractor, calculator and notepad. You can read more about these features in our document on Stationery tools.
Reference materials are resources attached to a test section. They are useful in the situation where a common resource is required across all the questions, such as a formula sheet or periodic table. You can read more about this feature in our document on Reference material.
The progress summary provides test-takers with a count of the items in a test and where they are up to. They can select the grid to view a summary screen, including the items they have flagged.
Test authors can select from a list of options to determine how this displays at the test level.
Test player themes offer the capability to incorporate a logo, customise colours, and for administrators to integrate overriding CSS into Replay. You can read more about this feature in our document on Test player themes.
Administrators have options to configure Replay in Test Delivery Settings and Test Designer Setting.
Your Janison account manager will help you to configure Replay to best suit your requirements. While not an exhaustive guide to available options, it provides insight into potential changes you can implement.
To set Replay toolbar options, browse to Settings > Test Delivery Settings.
Administrators can further control Replay by browsing to Settings > Test Designer Settings > Test Player 2 Settings.
Here, among other options, is the possibility to add and control the zoom tool. This tool provides test-takers with the option to zoom in and out of items in a test.
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