The National Testing Center/ DirAux West continues to
have
problems with members who are not receiving their grading emails
for exams. This posting is a request that CS & IS officers help
in getting the below information to members: Popups, Cookies,
Spam and more…
It sounds like breakfast or lunch food and goodies that we
like to munch on. Well in this case it’s not; it’s the base of
some problems that you may run into on the Internet.
Spam - With the upsurge of junk email on the Internet, many
of us have taken to using what is called a Spam Filter for our
email. AOL and OTHERS have one built-in and with their latest
iteration of their email software, it is turned on by default to
block email from everyone except those that you add to a list of
those that you want to accept email from. What sort of problem
would this cause? If you sign up to take an exam or are taking
an open book exam on the National eTesting website, you’d never
get the email that the website sends to you confirming your
request, or for open book exams your grade. If your email
bounces back, we assume the request is fraudulent and never
enter you into the system. The same goes for proctors signing
up, the only way we can verify that you sign up and not someone
else using your name if by sending you an email.
If you are using a filter, make sure that you add the
following eTesting email domains @cgwebs.net, @dirauxwest.org ,
@dirauxannex.org and @cgaux.info to your white list to insure
that our email passes through. And to further that point, if you
purchase goods on-line from web stores, add them as well as they
will be sending you a receipt and such.
Cookies - Yes, cookies are a part of web browsing and many
web sites reply on cookies being enabled. Again the National
eTesting site uses cookies to keep your session open when you
log in with your logon and password. If you have cookies
disabled in your browser, you will not have access; the system
will respond as though you used an incorrect password and not
let you in. Cookies are not dangerous; they are simple small
text files that make using interactive websites a pleasurable
experience. You can learn more about cookies at this web page
http://cgaux7.org/cookies.asp.
Popups - Oh how annoying the popup ads can get on some of the
websites we visit. I’ve seen endless streams of popups that are
just so hard to close as every time you close one, another pops
up. But again, the National Auxiliary eTesting website uses
popups, not for ads, but for presenting the content in a usable
format in order to make your exams an experience of ease and
friendliness. If you have a popup stopper installed or one is a
normal part of your browser, you MUST disable it while visiting
the eTesting website.
More - How old is your web browser? The National Auxiliary
eTesting website utilizes the latest state of art tools to give
you a secure website that can be interactive and provide you
with a place to take our exams. You need to insure that you have
the latest browser technology installed on your computer to take
advantage of this facility. If you have a browser that is
several years old, it may be time to update it. Microsoft
Internet Explorer is FREE so there is no reason to not keep up
to date with the latest technology.
Just remember, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to browse
the web and enjoy the full features of every website there is,
just some common sense, an up to date browser and some knowledge
like we just gave you above. Happy Browsing, the Internet is a
great place to learn and further yourself if you just use the
right tools.
