NG Refresher

As an open source course management system that is always improving, ETUDES NG features and tools change frequently. In the past six months, ETUDES NG has added several new features, tools, and resources that instructors may find useful.    NG Refresher How To's—Step-by-Step Tips from the User's Group Melete Lesson Builder is Updated! (link) More Test Center Improvements! Quick, Direct Migration of Assignments Into Tasks, Tests & Surveys (formerly known as Test Center) I'm ready to switch. How do I do that? STEP I: IMPORT FROM ASSIGNMENTS INTO TASKS, TESTS & SURVEYS STEP II: SET YOUR DATES AND PUBLISH YOUR ASSIGNMENTS STEP II: DISABLE THE ASSIGNMENTS TOOL New Test Center Upgrades Are Here! (many faculty requested items) Question Creation Grading Formatting Interface Student Experience Special Access Assignments in Test Center—June Upgrade ETUDES Project Website Update Your Browser Settings—Security Certificate How To's 2007—Step-by-Step instructions from User's Group in 2007

How To's—Step-by-Step Tips from the User's Group

How To's March 2008 How To's February 2008 How To's January 2008

Melete Lesson Builder is Updated! (link)

Highlights include the following: 1) Ability to move sections from one module to another 2) Ability to duplicate modules 3) Ability to select and export (IMS CP) one or more modules - not just all 4) Added preference to auto-number modules and sections. 5) Add upload files / URL resources helper (under Manage) 6) Ability to remove uploads, embedded, and links from MeleteDocs (under Manage) 7) Add Expanded / Collapsed preference of viewing of modules for students 8) Add preference to allow module printing for students 9) Convert all sections of a module into a web page for easy printing 10) Consolidate new link or select from server options on add/edit section page 11) Change [ ] bullet to a more standard black bullet 12) Give option to have uploads OR URL's open in new window or Melete iframe 13) Lift restrictions on titles to aid foreign language teaching 14) Move next steps as action icon on the right before duplicate icon 15) Remove legend for inactive modules, if none on the page

More Test Center Improvements!

Quick, Direct Migration of Assignments Into Tasks, Tests & Surveys (formerly known as Test Center)

What's NEW! a comparison chart of the features in TTS

I'm ready to switch. How do I do that?

STEP I: IMPORT FROM ASSIGNMENTS INTO TASKS, TESTS & SURVEYS   Go to your Summer 2008 or Fall 2008 site. Click on Tasks, Tests & Surveys >> Click on Question Pools >> Import Select the 3rd, new option "Import from Assignments." Choose the site that you want to import Assignments from. (It CAN be the same site, if you had imported items into the Assignments tool already and want to move them to Test Center!) Click on the "Select All" checkbox to import all assignments. Click on OK. STEP II: SET YOUR DATES AND PUBLISH YOUR ASSIGNMENTS (NOTE: Please remember to make any revisions PRIOR to publishing!)   STEP II: DISABLE THE ASSIGNMENTS TOOL Go to Site Info >> Edit Tools and disable Assignments.

New Test Center Upgrades Are Here! (many faculty requested items)

Question Creation

New Survey Questions with identifying icon  are not worth points, not added to Gradebook EVEN when combined with test questions or added at end of an assessment Any type of question can be assigned the “Survey” designation, not just scaled response Upload files through editor in TC—from your desktop or embed images uploaded to Test Center  Upload other files/docs with hyperlink icon, View uploaded files to select and link Full-screen button in lower left corner of editor   available for students and instructors Closing the full screen returns to the smaller view and saves the work Special draw logic for tests and surveys. If you are creating a "Test" (type) and you are setting it to select 20 questions random from a pool, if that pool also includes survey questions, Test Center ONLY selects from assessment questions. Likewise, if you are creating a "Survey" (type) and you are selecting random questions from a pool that also includes assessment questions, Test Center picks only survey questions. Note: You can include survey questions in a test using "Add Manual Part". Survey questions will not be worth any points, even if the pool is set to have a point value. And, you can include assessment questions in a survey, but students will not get any points there. All user-entered html anchor tags open in a new window Incomplete questions (missing answers for example) will not be included in available questions under Assessments. Instructors can now test drive a test that is closed or past due Editor's default font size from 8 pt to 10pt.

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Grading

Summary of data for assessment in Grading, surveys, tests, and essays for statistical analysis. Return attachments to students—attach at the bottom of question in Grading Annotate submissions directly: Insert comments in submission, including overall comments and attach files back to student. Easier scoring layout: score box for questions ABOVE 'comments', in grade questions, score fields now above comments Matching question scoring—no penalty for incorrect pairs, only points for ones right Larger 'comments' box in grade-by-question view 'Max' Wording removed: test in progress shows test, part and question points. Test completed, shows “Total Grade: 2 (of possible 5 points)” for overall test, and “Score: 2 (of possible 2 points)” for parts and questions. Final scores totals (and validity) will update as the user types.

Formatting

Added strike-through, highlighting, font color picker, superscript, subscript, out-dent, indent Fill-in-the-blank automated help takes out any preceding or trailing spaces and alerts you of format problems

Interface

Change "Accept Until Dates" without opening settings see third column in Assessment list Larger 'comments' box in grade-by-question view “Test Drive” button now in publish/settings view Max' Wording removed: test in progress shows test, part and question points. Test completed, shows “Total— Grade: 2 (of possible 5 points)” for overall test, and “Score: 2 (of possible 2 points)” for parts and questions Final scores totals (and validity) will update as the user types. Tab in editor now moves from field to field, instead creating a typed tab space 'Send to gradebook' is default in settings. Where no date has been chosen, words describe state of assessment: no open date=”Open,” no due date=”Never,” no accept until date=”Due,” no time limit=infinite symbol, no tries limit=”Unlimited.” The word "Edit" shows in header of question pools view Word "Add" in front of 'Manual Select' and 'Random Draw" to   Navigation icons clickable as well as action links.

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Student Experience

Refined "review" options for feedback, Show Answer Key & Item Scores for all answers OR correct answers only OR never. Full-screen button in lower left corner of editor   available for students and instructors, Closing the full screen returns to the smaller view and saves the work Added instructions for timed tests to explain that the clock keeps running if they choose continue later and log off 'Max' Wording removed: test in progress shows test, part and question points. Test completed, shows “Total Grade: 2 (of possible 5 points)” for overall test, and “Score: 2 (of possible 2 points)” for parts and questions. Final scores totals (and validity) will update as the user types. Editor's default font size from 8 pt to 10pt. Final confirmation message appears to students in Review, as well as during delivery. TOC alert for 'finish' customizes the system messages to refer to “survey,” “test,” or “assignment”

Special Access

New column grade submissions sets special access Special access identifying icons: one to set special access initially, and one to view special access previously set Multiple special access for same user means special access definitions are the most recently defined, no leftover settings from previous times—special settings that have no user identified are removed

Assignments in Test Center—June Upgrade

June upgrade to Test Center will include automated transfer of your assignments into Test Center. Not only will you have the same interface for grading and feedback for all submitted work, but your students will also appreciate the single tool solution.

ETUDES Project Website

ETUDES PROJECT : The new webpage address for the ETUDES Project is http://etudesproject.org/. This website provides plenty of resources for instructors including training events, faculty support, and news.

Update Your Browser Settings—Security Certificate

Browser Update How To

How To's 2007—Step-by-Step instructions from User's Group in 2007

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