--- 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 >In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-to: [log in to unmask] >Priority: normal ------------------ 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 To: [log in to unmask] Send reply to: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> > --- Forwarded Message from Lauren Rosen <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/9.0.1.3108 > >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]> > > 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 > > [log in to unmask] > 608-262-4066 (voice) > 608-265-3892 (fax) > http://www.uwosh.edu/colleges/cols/clp.htm Jerry W Larson, Director Humanities Research Center 3060 JKHB Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84602-6098 (801) 378-6529 EMAIL: [log in to unmask] FAX: (801) 378-7313