Assessment in Student Success Center

COMPASS Placement Assessment
In order for the Student Success Center to fulfill its mission of helping students reach their full potential here at the College, it is important for our academic advisors to be able to recommend courses that accurately “fit” the students’ needs and abilities. To that end, we require that all new students go through our new student assessment process so that we can find out where their academic skills stand in the areas of reading, writing, and math.

More COMPASS Information:

COMPASS Assessment
Sample Test Questions

You can prepare for the COMPASS by taking a "Practice ACT Test".
Enter your zip code, and choose Learning Express Library at the bottom of the page. Click College Entrance Tests. Choose "Practice Now" for an English, Math, or Reading practice test. Choose new or returning user and create or enter your username and password to log in.

Computer Literacy (or CIS) Asssessment
By appointment only!
To make an appointment, contact the Student Success Center in Kee Hall, room 136 or call 419-755-4764. The assessment will take about 45 minutes to complete.

Your skills will be tested in two separate areas - keyboarding and four computer competency areas - Internet, Email, Windows XP, and Word 2007.

Successful completion of the Computer Literacy Assessment requires:

Keyboarding: Assessment score of 24 net wpm or successful completion of AIT100 – Keyboarding

Computer Literacy: Assessment score of 34/40 or 85% or successful completion of CIS190 – Intro to Windows.
See below for a detailed list of the required tasks for each competency area.

Students will have one (1) opportunity to take the Computer Literacy portion of the assessment, free of charge. Any student wishing to retest on the 4 core competencies - Internet, Email, Windows, and Word processing - must get approval from the Student Success Center, make an appointment, and pay a retest fee of $15.00 to the cashier prior to retesting.

Courses requiring successful completion of the Computer Literacy
(or CIS) Assessment include:

CIS104, CIS105, CIS108 CIS109, CIS121, CIS122, CIS123, CIS125, CIS126, CIS134, CIS261, DMT102, DMT105, DMT110

Computer Literacy Assessment Overview

Request for Computer Literacy Assessment Retest

The Computer Literacy Assessment requires you to understand and be able to perform tasks on the computer in four competency areas as follows:

	Internet Explorer 7						Email
	Use hyperlink to go to another web page						Attaching document files via email
	Navigate using back/forward buttons						Email address description
	Display specific web site by web address						Create new email
	Copy Text						Send email
	Go to a previously saved Favorites page						Forward email
	Display home page						View Contacts list
	View History						Create new contact
	Refresh the web page						Open email
	Change web page's font size						Display sent email
	Add a web site as a Favorite						Sort email by sent from, subject, date sent

	Windows XP						Word 2007
	Close a program						Open a document
	Delete a file or folder						Save a document
	Display contents of a specific drive/folder						Correct spelling
	Minimize window						Set margins
	Create a folder						Change text to bold
	Arrange icons by name, type, size, or date						Change size of font
	Rename a file or folder						Save a document specifying the file type
	Copy file from one disc to another						Copy text
	Switch programs						Move text
	Start a program						Print Preview

Learning Disability Assessment
If you know or feel you have a learning disability and you would like to receive assistance through the Office of Disability Services, but you do not have recent (within 3yrs) documentation that shows that you have a learning disability, you will need to have completed, a Learning Disability Assessment.

More Information:
LD Assessment

Assessment Services Provided by the Student Success Center

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