Using Press-to-Test

The guidelines for many international, national, and state assessments allow or require students to use TI-Nspire™ handhelds when taking an exam. Press-to-Test enables you to quickly prepare student handhelds for exams where use of applications, programs, and other files is restricted. When a handheld is in Press-to-Test mode, students cannot access pre-existing folders, documents, and Scratchpad data. Students using the TI-Nspire™ CX-C handhelds cannot access the Chinese-English dictionary.

Press-to-Test temporarily disables documents and some features of handheld applications. After the exam, these documents and features can be easily restored for classroom use.

The Press-to-Test feature is available on the following TI-Nspire™ handhelds:

• TI-Nspire™ and TI-Nspire™ CAS handhelds with OS version 1.3 or higher
• TI-Nspire™ CX and TI-Nspire™ CX CAS handhelds with OS version 3.0 or higher
• TI-Nspire™ CX-C and TI-Nspire™ CX-C CAS handhelds with OS version 3.1 or higher
• TI-Nspire™ CM-C and TI-Nspire™ CM-C CAS handhelds with OS version 3.1 or higher
• TI-Nspire™ CX II and TI-Nspire™ CX II CAS handhelds with OS version 5.0 or higher
• TI-Nspire™ CX II-T and TI-Nspire™ CX II-T CAS handhelds with OS version 5.0 or higher.

Press-to-Test is also available in TI-84 Plus Mode when using a TI-Nspire™ handheld that lets you switch between the TI-Nspire™ keypad and a TI-84 Plus keypad. For details, see Press-to-Test for TI-84 Plus Mode.

Note: Some states only permit the use of the TI-Nspire™ in TI-84 mode. To find out if your state allows TI-Nspire™ technology, see the State/Province Information website at education.ti.com/go/testprep.

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