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How a teacher can organize a student-controlled high-stakes assessment recording session using the Sanako in the LRC
- How:
- An initial central microphone and speaker test (animated step-by-step) is recommended. Clear the session afterwards.
- Recording: Have the student operate the Sanako recorder to individually record (like during a self-access assignment)
- For starters, teacher can display this narrated individual recordings with the Sanako Student Recorder training screencast, it auto-starts and auto-cycles):
- And/or explain:
- Red Record Button to record;
- Blue Stop button to stop recording
- Green Play Button to play their assignment for review (also use the recap button to jump back)
- Menu: “File / New”, if they want to redo the assignment.
- Button: call/envelope to call the teacher on the teacher station for help (an audio connection between student and teacher should pause the recorder automatically)
- Submitting:
- Individually by students:
- Menu “File” / “Save” (opt to save as student track mp3), to save locally, once student is happy to submit.
- (recommended:) upload the save file to a Moodle single-file upload assignment. Requires the teacher to create a Moodle Single file upload assignment, with optional attached file first.
- From the Sanako tutor at the teacher station:
- For entire class (If you do not need the flexibility to have students end at different times). TBA
- Group-wise (varying (staggered) recording times): TBA
- Individually by students:
- Pro’s:
- Less distraction from language learning by having to operate technology (editing audio rather then practicing L2) and more language-learning-specific features (sidetone, recap) than if using Audacity.
- Works with the Sanako Study 1200 teacher stations (e.g. automatic pause of recorder when remote connecting to student during monitoring of recording task).
- Con’s:
- noise interference with dozens of student speaking in a confined space simultaneously. Nobody wants to return to the language lab station of yore, i.e. in a cubicle. However, a teacher-controlled oral exam (sample video, step-by-step video),
- can play a soothing background sound to students over the headphones which insulates them from their neighbors (prevents both distraction and cheating);
- there is no room for distracting unrelated chit-chat;
- there is no need for distracting conversation when students do technical troubleshooting, during highly structured question/response exams.
- More user flexibility/control is achieved by more individual distracting operation of computer technology, which always implies more opportunity for user error. To reduce (not eliminate!) the error ratio:
- Students
- have to have received the general digital audio lab introduction for students.
- have to double-check their recordings for quality before submitting.
- Teachers
- have to monitor students’ recording progress closely
- which the Sanako Study 1200 teacher station (link cannot replace hands-on training) greatly facilitates (provided Students use the Sanako Student Recorder, as described above).
- however, even with a classroom management system like Sanako Study 1200, it is impossible to completely monitor a class size of students operating computers. Therefore teachers
- have to check the validity of submissions before students leave.
- If you use submission through Moodle, here are 2 tips how to do this quicker:
- Whether you use submission through Moodle or collection through Sanako tutor:
- view end of this video for how to quickly check validity of all file submissions in a folder using Audacity
- are advised to have a make-up assessment plan not only for those students missing the exam, but also for those that miss to complete the computerized multimedia assessment correctly.
- have to monitor students’ recording progress closely
- Students
- noise interference with dozens of student speaking in a confined space simultaneously. Nobody wants to return to the language lab station of yore, i.e. in a cubicle. However, a teacher-controlled oral exam (sample video, step-by-step video),
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