Step 1: Log in to TRACS and click on the site tab.

Step 2: Once you are in the site, click on [Site Info] in the menu bar, and then on [Edit Tools].

Step 3: Select the Post'Em checkbox and click [Continue].

Step 4: On the next screen, the Post'Em tool is shown in red text. Click [Finish].

In order to upload into Post'Em, you must use the special file format known as CSV (or comma separated value). If you open the CSV file in Excel, the data will appear in a table view which makes it easier to understand.

Here's an example of a CSV file showing the header row, and the results in the next row:

NOTE: To ensure your CSV file works with Post’Em, the first column of the file must contain the Texas State NetID or Texas State ID and the first row must contain a heading.  See the example above

Excel documents can be easily saved as a CSV file. When saving an Excel workbook as a CSV file, each individual worksheet must be saved separately.

NOTE: The TRACS gradebook tool provides an export file in the exact format needed for upload into Post'em

The University Testing Center can provide you with a properly formatted CSV file from an administered test.

When you utilize the University Testing Center to grade your exams you will be required to fill out a Faculty Exam Request Form. On the form, select the Postem data file checkboxes to have your results delivered in Postem file format.

You may download a Faculty Exam Request Form from the Testing Center at http://www.txstate.edu/trec/Info-forms/reqForms.html

The two possible CSV files the University Testing Center (TREC) provides are "score.csv" and/or "responses.csv".

TREC will return your exam data to your Texas State Email address as an attachment. Save/download the CSV attachment to your computer.

Step 1: Select Post'Em from the menubar and click [Add].

Step 2: In the Title box, type a title for the file.

Step 3: Click the [Browse] button and find the CSV file you want to upload and click [Open].

Step 4: Select the Release feedback to participants checkbox if you want to allow students to view their uploaded information.

Step 5: Click [Post] to upload the file or [Cancel] to exit.

NOTE: If the CSV file you upload is not formatted properly, an alert dialog will be displayed. Please make corrections to the CSV file listed in Postem using Microsoft Excel. Save and upload the file again. Typical errors are from students incorrectly entering their Texas State IDs.

Step 6:  Verify screen and click [Save] to post.

After a file has been uploaded into Post’Em, you have two ways to view the content.

Viewing file in spreadsheet view:

Step 1: Click [view] next to the Post’Em item.

Step 2: Click [Back] to return to the main Post’Em screen.

NOTE: The spreadsheet view also indicates to the instructor the date and time students last entered Post’Em to view their results.

Viewing the record for an individual student:

Step 1: Click [view participant] next to the Post’Em item.

Step 2: From the drop list, select the student name you want to view.

Step 3: Click [Back] to return to the main Post’Em screen.

Delete a Post’Em file:

Step 1: Click [delete] next to the Post’Em item you want to delete.

Step 2: Click [delete] to remove the file or click [Cancel] to exit.

The staff for TRACS and the University Testing Center are currently collaborating to provide a file formatted for direct upload into Gradebook 2. In the meanwhile a temporary workaround is available to upload grades from the University Testing Center into Gradebook 2. To transfer grades from Postem into Gradebook 2, please refer to the documentation "Postem to Gradebook 2".

In order to upload grades from the University Testing Center into Gradebook 2, you will first need to upload the grades into Postem.