Any test in EchoExam can be printed and provided to learners as a physical copy. Choose from several customizations based on your needs.

Your account or organization must have test printing enabled in EchoExam. To enable printing, contact your Account or Customer Success Representative.

Print Your Tests From EchoExam

To print a test, you must be logged in to your EchoExam account.

1. From the My Library tab, select Tests from the menu.
2. Open the vertical action menu of the test you want to print and select Print.
   

   The Print Test window opens defaulted to the Print Options tab.

3. Set the Print Options.
4. Set the Print Styles.
5. Optionally click the back arrow to close the Print Test window and return to your Tests.
6. From the top toolbar, change the preview size or test version.
7. Click Print.
   

   Your browser's print dialog opens. Select your printer and configure any additional options available for your browser.

The printed test includes the following:

• An entry area for the learner’s name and test date.
• The test version.
• The test name.
• The question instructions after the question number and points (if applicable).
• A bubble sheet, if it was enabled when creating a blank test or using the test generator.

Print Test Window

The Print Test window has all available settings options for a printed test. Click Apply Changes to preview any options you change.

Toolbar

The toolbar at the top has additional actions you can take while viewing the test preview. From left to right

• Use the back arrow to return to Tests.
• Set the size of the preview from the dropdown. Choose from 25%, 50%, 75%, 90%, 100%, Fit to page, and Fit to width.
• Choose which version to display in the preview if more than one has been set.
• Click Edit Test to edit the test. 
• Click Save preferences to save the chosen preferences as the new default. These will be updated in your account settings. 
• Click Print to print your test.

Print Options

Instructions

Add optional Instructions for Test Takers. This is any additional information, up to 300 characters, you want to include.

Versions

• Versions - You can choose from 1 to 26 versions to print. The Version dropdown in the header allows you to preview each version and its answer key (if enabled). 
• Randomize answers - This scrambles the order of the answer options if more than one version is chosen. Each version will have the answer options in a different, random order. 
• Randomize questions - This scrambles the order of the questions. Questions are randomly reordered in the test.

Display Settings

• Answer option labels - This indicates how a question's answer options are labeled. Choose from capital letters, lowercase letters, or numbers.
• Show question instructions - This turns on preset instructions based on the question type.
• Show question points - This displays the points in parenthesis after the question number but before the question instructions.
• Include space for answers - This creates space for learners to indicate their answer selection.
  • Displays a blank line before the question if the learner must respond with a selection from a list of options.
  • Displays space below the question if the learner must respond with a number, word(s), or sentence(s).
• Scale images to page width - Images will scale to the width of the page. When turned off, images are displayed as configured in the question.
• Include alt text as a caption - Any alt text for an image is displayed under the image.

Answer Key

• Print answer key - This prints a copy of the instructor's answer key for each test version. 
  
  • Include Points - This includes the points value for the question with the answer key entry. If Print answer key(s) is off, this option is turned off.
  • Include rationale - This includes the rationale for each question with the answer key (if one has been added for the question). If Print answer key(s) is off, this option is turned off.
  • Include instructor annotations - Instructor Annotations will be included in the answer key (if one has been added for the question). If Print answer key(s) is off, this option is turned off.
  • Include metadata - This includes the metadata values for each question with the answer key entry. If Print answer key(s) is off, this option is turned off.
  • Include distractor options - Displays all answer choices on the answer key. When unchecked, only the correct answer option is displayed.

Print Styles

Page Layout

• Paper Size - Choose from US Letter or A4.
• Optimize for double-sided printing - Inserts a blank page when necessary to ensure that test versions and answer keys are printed as individual documents during double-sided printing.

Padding

Sets the spacing between questions and answer choices. Choose from Narrow, Normal, or Wide.

Font

• Font Scale Size - Adjusts the font size to be larger or smaller than the default. All fonts will preserve the relative sizing as configured in the question. Choose from Smaller, Normal, or Larger.
• Line Spacing - Adjusts the vertical space between individual lines of text within a paragraph or text block. Choose from 1, 1.2, 1.5, or 2.
• Font Style - Sets the default of all printed tests to Arial, Georgia, Open Sans, Times New Roman, or Verdana.
  • Override question font - Updates all question and narrative font to use the selected style. When unchecked, the selected font style will apply to the header, instructions, and page count for a test.

Page Numbers

• Include page numbers - Page numbers print at the bottom of the page. 
  • Include total page count - The current page out of total pages is displayed. If Include page numbers is off, this option is turned off.
• Placement - You can print the page numbers in the Center, Left, or Right of the page. Center is selected by default.