Instructors or administrators, before you can schedule a certification exam for a student, you must meet the following prerequisites:

• You must be actively using a product that has a corresponding TestOut Pro Certification.
• To schedule the TestOut PC Pro Certification exam, you must be authorized for both the TestOut A+ Essentials and the TestOut A+ Practical Application courses.
• To schedule the TestOut Network Pro Certification Exam (Beta), you must be authorized for the TestOut Network+ course.
• You must have Microsoft Silverlight installed. Exams are scheduled using the browser interface only, which requires Microsoft Silverlight.
• You must have created classes, and students must be authorized to use the TestOut product that corresponds to the TestOut Pro Certification you want to schedule. 

Students can only take a TestOut Pro Certification exam when scheduled by the instructor or an administrator. To schedule the exam:

1. In a Web browser, go to LabSim at http://labsim.testout.com.

2. Log in to LabSim with a teacher administrator account.

   Note: The browser version of LabSim relies on Microsoft Silverlight. If you don’t have Silverlight installed, you’ll be prompted to install it after logging in. After installing Silverlight, please exit LabSim and log back in to begin.

3. Under the Management section of the LabSim interface, click Certification Exams. Your classes are listed.

   Note: If the instructor or the students do not have valid course licenses for LabSim A+ courses, the Certification Exams link will not display in the Management section of your account interface. 

4. Select the class you want to schedule the exam for, and click Schedule Exam.

5. In the Available Students box, students are listed who have current course licenses for LabSim training with an associated TestOut Pro Certification exam. Select individual students by clicking the box next to a student’s name, or select the entire class by clicking Select all.

6. Click the Schedule button. The student(s) will be added to the Scheduled Students box.

7. In the Select Time Range box that appears, choose the date and the beginning and ending time you want the exam to be available to students to launch—perhaps during your class time, for example.

8. Click the Apply button to save the exam schedule.

   Note: Exam start and end times are converted to Universal Time as they are recorded. Every user sees the scheduled times reported in their own local time zone. Each exam has a time limit of 90 minutes and will automatically end at 90 minutes while students are still taking it. TestOut recommends allowing students no less than 60 minutes to take the exam. TestOut assumes that proficient students will be able to perform tasks quickly and correctly. Students who are not proficient in these tasks will take longer and may run out of time.

Rescheduling Exams

If any students do not take the exam at the scheduled time, they can be rescheduled.

1. In browser-based LabSim, click Schedule Exam.

2. Select the student and a new date and time.

3. Click Apply to save the schedule.

View Exam Results

After students have taken a TestOut Pro Certification exam, instructors can view students’ results by returning to the teacher administrator account in LabSim.

1. Return to the Certification Exams link in the Management section of the LabSim interface.

2. Click View Exam Report.  

The report lists students who have taken the exam along with their score and other exam information. 

Certificate*

For students who take and pass a TestOut Pro Certification exam, TestOut will provide a certificate as evidence of having passed the certification exam. The certification is co-signed by a school representative or instructor.

*For students taking beta exams, certificates will be available for those that pass the exam after the conclusion of the beta testing.