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--- Forwarded Message from Jerry Larson <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 09:24:32 -0600
>From: Jerry Larson <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6254 Testing templates
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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Lauren,
You might want to look at the Oral Testing Software from Brigham
Young University. You can arrange to have the software sent to you
on a 30-day trial basis by contacting the the Creative Works Office at
BYU. Their URL is <creativeworks.byu.edu/hrc>.
I hope this is helpful.
Date sent: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 07:28:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: #6254 Testing templates
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> --- Forwarded Message from Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 13:49:32 -0500
> >Subject: Testing templates
> >From: Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: LLTI message <[log in to unmask]>
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> I received the following question from a colleague. I know that there
> have been a number of discussions over the years about testing and
> authoring software but I didn't find anything in the archives that
> seemed to match the need for recording responses.
>
> ==============Question===================
>
> I wanted to ask you a question about authoring software
> for foreign languages. We are working on a project to construct tests
> that we could use in our language lab to assess aural and oral
> proficiency in our first-semester students. Do you know of any
> authoring software packages on the market that would allow us to
> create a test bank of recorded questions that we could then use for
> testing (questions pulled at random for each student tested). In one
> section, the students would select a response shown on-screen; in
> another section they would record their responses on a zip disk. I've
> been searching on the internet, but so far I haven't found a package
> that would allow us to record the questions. If you have any
> suggestions, they'd be greatly appreciated.
>
> ============End Question==================
>
>
> Seems to me just about any authoring tool such as authorware or
> toolbook can do the random test bank part and can work with
> audio/video as well as text. What I don't know is the part about
> students being able to record to a zip disk from there.
>
> If there are some authoring tools that are more language friendly than
> others, I'd also like to know about them.
>
> If you have suggestions on tools that will do this or answers to
> whether or not the aforementioned ones will allow student recording, I
> would appreciate hearing from you.
>
> Lauren
>
> Lauren Rosen
> Collaborative Language Program Coordinator
> University of Wisconsin
> 618 Van Hise Hall
> 1220 Linden Drive
> Madison, WI 53706
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Jerry W Larson, Director
Humanities Research Center
3060 JKHB
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602-6098
(801) 378-6529
EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
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