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>Subject: Re: #7791 Oral testing in lab
>Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 16:11:13 -0500
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Dear Marcella,
If you are willing to purchase software such as CAN-8, (a
virtual language lab), you would have little trouble testing
students' oral exams.&nbsp;&nbsp;We have set oral exams up
in a&nbsp;number&nbsp;of ways, since no two of our
instructors want to handle them the&nbsp;same way.&nbsp; It
is possible to use oral stimuli, images, text, or a video
clip as the catalyst for the students'
response.&nbsp;&nbsp;It can be set up so that the students
use the menu to access the questions, so that they work
sequentially through the entire list, or so that the
questions appear&nbsp;in random order.&nbsp; Students can
control when they&nbsp;advance to the next question,
or&nbsp;the test&nbsp;can&nbsp;advance&nbsp;automatically,
via.a timer, giving the student no control except to record
his responses.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other options include letting the
student review his work before quitting, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;All
work is saved on the server, and instructors can access it
from their offices or anywhere they can get onto the campus
network.&nbsp; (It is not yet web based).&nbsp;
The instructor looks at the work via a tracker, where he can
sort his students from the masses, place them in
alphabetical order, and see their scores.&nbsp; He can
listen to any and all&nbsp;recordings of one student, or
compare&nbsp;a number of students' responses to
specific&nbsp;questions.&nbsp; He then can assign the answer
a score (1-9 points)&nbsp;&nbsp;and the score is&nbsp;added
in the student's total test score.&nbsp; He can print the
tracker, and have a record of each student's scores for each
and all answers.&nbsp; Grading oral work is so much easier
to grade in CAN-8 than with the old tape recorders, because
you can easily locate a specific answer, and compare it to
those of other students.&nbsp; Furthermore, the quality of
the sound is excellent!&nbsp;
The same software allows for multiple choice,
(also&nbsp;true/false) and fill-in-the-blanks questions,
which are graded automatically.&nbsp;&nbsp; Short answers or
essays have to be graded by the instructor, like the oral
work.&nbsp; In one test, you can have any or all kinds of
questions.&nbsp; The point limit is 9 points per question
(ie, per screen).
Good luck comparing products.&nbsp; I hope you get one that
works well for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Leslie Graul
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> >Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 20:53:18 -0330 (NST)
> >From: Marcella Rollmann <[log in to unmask]>
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> >Subject: Oral testing in lab
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>
> Dear Colleagues, we would like to hear about your
> successes or failures with oral testing in a computer lab.
> What hardware, software, etc. worked or didn't work.
>
> We currently have two labs:  a cassette lab for
> listening/speaking practice and oral testing, and a
> digital lab, which we have used mostly for writing /
> grammar practice. We are in the process of phasing out the
> cassette lab, since there are more and more materials
> available with audio components for computer labs. We are
> wondering, however, how we are going to accomplish oral
> testing in the computer lab. We test hundreds of students
> at the end of each semester in the cassette lab. The
> students hear about 10 recorded questions and have to
> respond, recording their answers. There is also a
> listening comprehension component, but we foresee no
> problem with that. We then collect the tapes and listen to
> them on tape recorders in our offices. How will we replace
> this kind of testing with computers?  Could we even use a
> video clip for each question and have the students respond
> to that rather than just an audio clip? Someone has
> suggested WebCt might work as the management tool. Has
> anyone tried this?
>
> Thanks for any help!
> Marcella Rollmann
> Assistant Professor
> Department of German
> Memorial University
> St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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Leslie B. Graul
Director of Instructional Media Services
Thiel College
724-589-2853

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