Version Requirement
TestNav on a Mac requires 10.13 (High Sierra), 10.14 (Mojave), or 10.15 (Catalina).
Please note that older Macs may not be able to be updated to 10.13 or higher and thus you may have to rely on Chromebooks for the TestNav verification.
Requirement One: Home Folder Reading & Writing
One of the requirements for TestNav's Verification Test for 2021 is that the student must have read & write access to their own home folder. Here's how you know on a Macintosh Computer.
- Then, click on the desktop wallpaper, so that word next to the Apple Icon in the menu bar says Finder.
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Next, in the menu bar, click on the Go menu and choose (click on) Home.
- Next, as the window appears, it opens the student folder. Shown below is what a student folder might look like, but yours might be slightly different. Do not panic if some items are different than shown below.
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Now check to see if the student can write to the folder. The student needs to right click (hold the control key down as you click on the mouse or trackpad) with the student folder as shown below. A menu, called a context menu, should appear and New Folder should be an option to click (not right click) on.
Don't worry about the name of the folder, (the default is
Untitled Folder). As long as a new folder appears, the student has permission to write to their home folder.
You can click the red dot in the upper left of the student folder to dismiss it.
If You Cannot Create A New Folder
A technology work order needs to be submitted. We need the
barcode of the computer so that in case you are out for any reason we can identify and work on the computer prior to the field test.
Requirement Two: No Siri
This is so the student cannot get Siri to fetch answers and cheat.
Click on the
Apple Icon and then click on
System Preferences. Look for
Siri.
Double click on Siri and then make sure the box next to
Enable Ask Siri is unchecked, like so:
You can click the red dot in the upper left to exit once Siri is turned off.
Requirement Three: No Keyboard Dictation
If you're still in System Preferences, you're good for the next step. Otherwise Click on the
Apple Icon and then click on
System Preferences.
Look for
Keyboard
Next, Under Keyboard, and Dictation, make sure Dictation is off.
You can click the red dot in the upper left to exit once keyboard dictation is turned off.
Requirement Four: Checking TestNav
Launch TestNav by clicking on it in the Apps menu.
Houston, We Have A Problem
There is a possibility (10.14 (Mojave), or 10.15 (Catalina)) that you'll see this error screen.
If you don't see this screen, ignore this section in purple.
If you do see this, here's the fix:
Go up to (and click on) the
Apple Icon in the top, left corner, then click on
System Preferences. Locate and then click on
Security & Privacy. The icon resembles a house.
You have opened up the Security & Privacy Preferences. Click the
padlock in the lower left. It will prompt you to enter the username and password of an account (the one you use to install software). When the padlock is unlocked, click on
Privacy at the top (as shown highlighted in blue) and then
Accessibility in the left side panel. You should see that TestNav is unchecked:
Click the unchecked box next to TestNav. With a
checkmark in the box next to TestNav, you should have fixed this issue. Click the red dot in the upper left to dismiss System Preferences, and launch TestNav again.
On some Macs, you will see the
Where do you want to go? screen, and if so click on
Tennessee. If you don't get this screen, don't panic, just move on to the next step.
Houston, We Have A Different Problem
So, there was a TestNav icon on your Mac, but MacOS wasn't the proper version and you launched it anyway. And now, you're seeing something like this:
TestNav is picky and won't run unless you're on a supported Operating System. If your Mac is too vintage, it may not be able to update.
Technology can check the machine to see if an update is possible. A technology work order needs to be submitted. We need the
barcode of the computer so that in case you are out for any reason we can identify and work on the computer prior to the field test.
Click on the icon in the upper right corner icon (looks llike the head and shoulders of a human). One of the options in the dropdown menu is App Check.
Click on App Check. Another box appears, and two blue buttons, on says "Run App Check" the other "Run Network Check". (Note: you don't have to run the "Run Network Check" utility, unless you want to. The network check tests if your school's network can support x amount of machines; You tell it a number such as 100, or 743, or whatever. It will indicate if it passes or if it detects the possibility of difficulties or failure).
Click the
Run App Check button. Note: your screen may flash and TestNav may resize itself.
When it's finished, it will say, "
App Check is complete."
As of this writing, a successful check has two green boxes, one that has a checkmark and the words "Kiosk Mode Passed" as well as one with a checkmark and the words "Connectivity to TestNav Passed".
If your results do not indicate success, a technology work order needs to be submitted. Please indicate the machine
failed the App Check for TestNav. We need the
barcode of the computer so that in case you are out for any reason we can identify and work on the computer prior to the field test.
When you are finished, you may click the
Back to Sign In button if you need to continue using TestNav or you may exit the program if desired.