Test Timer is actually three completely different programs that accomplish the same task - proctoring a station-based practical exam. It will announce when it is time to switch stations, and optionally make announcements warning when a certain amount of time is remaining at the current station.

The first version is a program I wrote while a grad student, in C++ with CodeWarrior development tools and the PowerPlant framework.

Program Notes

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Source & Binary

The second is a version written during my first quarter as a faculty member, in Objective-C using the "Cocoa" framework and Apple development tools. It was written in order to learn Cocoa programming (unbelievably easy!) and because the old version doesn't work in Classic.

It will announce in either my voice or a synthesized Mac voice.

Program Notes

Screen Captures

Source & Binary

The third is a version I wrote when we put Windows machines in our classrooms. It's a java program (not an applet), and thus requires Java version 7 to be installed on your machine. This version can announce in my voice or my daughter's.

Binary (zipped) - need to keep the .jar file in the same directory as the lib folder.

 

-Dave Hirsch