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How teachers prepare files for oral exam with Sanako Study 1200
- For an oral exam with visual cues (example), make a PowerPoint slideshow by
- finding images, e.g. online
- (e.g using Google image search,
- and optionally advanced search,
- and optionally filtering by clip art.
- and optionally advanced search,
- (e.g using Google image search,
- saving found images to a local folder (e.g. “my documents”),
- using them with PowerPoint’s PhotoAlbum feature
- saving the result as [your username]_[your class####]_oral-exam##.pptx.
- finding images, e.g. online
- For an oral exam with aural cues,
- if you do not have the Sanako student recorder installed on your PC yet,
- Follow the instructions here to install it for use in your office (or even at home – make sure you have access to the network share with the recordings if you want give aural feedback with insert recording)
- or come to the LRC to record where the Sanako is set up be default;
- fill out our oral exam MS-Word template (sample question included) from here (use the lower right menu download button).
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Start the Sanako student recorder (in the LRC or on your own computer – if in need, you can borrow one of headsets in this this list),
- press the red record-button in the center right, as shown here and
- read out the MS-word template, row by row, that you just filled out.
- Once done, press the blue stop button.
- Go to Menu: file / save as/ [your username]_[your class####]_oral-exam##.mp3.
- if you do not have the Sanako student recorder installed on your PC yet,
- Normally (it is still being worked on),
- you could save all files in a special Sanako folder visible on the desktop of your office PC,
- from which I, as soon as you let me know about the files, can pick them up in my office to finalize them for delivery in the LRC and
- from which you can pick up the final version in the classroom to when administering the exam in the Sanako lab.
- Questions remain? Come to the LRC reception desk during regular business hours with this blog post to be walked through this step-by-step.
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How the LRC can help you proctoring your computer-based make-up exams
- We are testing
- whether we can offer proctored make-up exams for students that missed scheduled (publisher website- or Moodle-based) computerized exams that were held in the LRC. We have not been given additional resources for this service, so we have to set it up as smoothly as possible – as you and your students will desire also.
- Alternatively, you could administer your exam in your office, like you used to, but now using your office computer (where presumably you tested the exam in the first place – the LRC can temporarily borrow you a headset
- or we could group schedule all remaining students for a make-up in the main LRC classroom maybe during class meeting (likely more secure and quicker, but taking away from contact hours). Both the presence of the teacher and the lrc director may be required.
- The teacher gives
- to the studentthe exam’s
- step-by-step instructions (depends on your exam website, look at my example here regarding mylanguagelab tests (version 2012-10): goo.gl/g8q5g),
- or, if the exam is self-explanatory to the student (nothing ever seems to be, so if you want to go this route, please be prepared to troubleshoot with your students, the LRC can only help with making step-by-step guides beforehand), the link, i.e. login (e.g. mygermanlab: goo.gl/JUSUC) and exact location of exam (either path for manual browsing or (preferably, if at all possible) a direct link);
- duration
- deadline
- to the LRC coordinator the exam password. The LRC coordinator publishes the password in LRC Moodle forum “sticky notes” (to which only LRC staff has access).
- to the studentthe exam’s
- The student
- From her NINERMAILcalendar
- prepares a new/meeting request,
- “subject: [your course number] make-up exam”,
- to “resource:” lrcroomcoed433c @uncc.edu AND lrcroomcoed433d@uncc.edu, our small group rooms,
- uses the tab:”scheduling assistant” to find a free (= white, not-blocked) time-slot with the exam duration and before the exam deadline,
- and deletes that group room that s/he does not need before actual sending the meeting request (For the quietest experience, s/he should also stir clear of tutoring hours, subject:”up to ####” in the other group room http://mail.uncc.edu/owa/calendar/LRCRoomCOED433c@uncc.edu/Calendar/calendar.html http://mail.uncc.edu/owa/calendar/LRCRoomCOED433d@uncc.edu/Calendar/calendar.html ).
- The student can get help withmaking this meeting request at the LRC reception desk, including booking the room on the fly, but no group room may be immediately available for walk-in clients).
- cancels the meeting request if s/he changes her mind, to make the room available to other (we record the check-in time to report offenders who prevent other students from taking their make-up exams). Only in our 2 group rooms next to the reception desk the student can be (loosely) monitored by LRC assistants serving as proctors from behind the reception desk. We can test before term start if your website can use additional security features like Sanako controlled web browsing or Respondus Lockdown browser.
- prepares a new/meeting request,
- comes to the LRC shortly before her scheduled time slot,
- logs in on the computer in her group room first (to speed things up);
- opens her meeting request on the reception desk computer to receive a check-in code from the LRC assistant into the meeting request and “sends update”;
- places any personal possession behind the reception desk;
- opens the exam instructions (e.g. goo.gl/g8q5g) on the group room computer;
- Following instructions therein, goes to the exam website on the group room computer, opens the exam, so that the LRC assistant can type in the password from the LRC Moodle forum “sticky notes” without letting the examinee know the password.
- TBA: Will we require students to get a checkout code? The LRC assistants are not in a position to enforce exam deadlines; your testing software likely should be.
- From her NINERMAILcalendar
Summer 2012 Learning materials creation clinic for preparing oral assessments/assignments
1. I am holding a “Clinic”, open to anybody who needs help with preparing their classes using oral assessments/assignments in the LRC this fall term – RVSP if interested.
2. This clinic focuses on material creation for delivery in upcoming specific courses – based on, but different from my faculty workshops on this topics, If you have not attended, please view the below links for what was covered in the workshops
a. https://thomasplagwitz.com/2011/08/18/sanako-study-1200-workshop-spring-2011/
Specifically:
1. Materials creation
- with SANAKO
i. make teacher audio recording for model-imitation/question-response oral exam: https://thomasplagwitz.com/2012/01/25/how-a-teacher-best-adds-cues-and-pauses-to-an-mp3-recording-with-audacity-to-create-student-language-exercises/
ii. Make teacher recording (https://thomasplagwitz.com/2012/01/11/recording-with-audacity/) for model imitation with voice insert (like reading practice homework assignment, https://thomasplagwitz.com/2012/01/24/how-a-teacher-creates-audio-recordings-for-use-with-sanako-student-voice-insert-mode/ ):
- with Moodle
i. Moodle Kaltura webcam recording assignment: https://thomasplagwitz.com/2011/11/02/how-to-grade-a-moodle-straming-video-assignment-and-moodle-streaming-video-recording-assignment-glitch-2/
ii. Prepare Moodle metacourses learning materials upload: https://thomasplagwitz.com/2011/06/17/moodle-metacourses-part-iv-the-support-workflow-uploading/ and https://thomasplagwitz.com/2011/01/26/moodle-batch-upload-learning-materials-give-students-access/
- with PowerPoint (visual speaking cues with timers): https://thomasplagwitz.com/2009/11/18/create-a-powerpoint-slide-with-a-timer-from-template-for-a-timed-audio-recording-exercise/
- Materials delivery with SANAKO
- remote control student pcs, collaborate over headphones: https://thomasplagwitz.com/2012/05/04/how-you-can-view-the-computer-screens-of-your-class-using-sanako-study-1200/
- pairing students’ audio using headphones: https://thomasplagwitz.com/2011/05/11/study-1200-pairing/
- You must bring some assessment ideas that fit into your skills course which we will turn into audio recordings. You can also bring prerecorded audio files from textbooks as mp3 which we can edit to turn them into materials. If you would like some examples of what colleagues have done
- With Moodle Kaltura: https://thomasplagwitz.com/feed/?category_name=learning-usage-samples&tag=kaltura
- With Sanako oral (formative) assessments/(outcome) exams: please email me, I make accessible to you samples that we do not publish to preserve exam integrity.
AP Exams in the LRC with Sanako Study 1200
You first need to enable AP examinations in the Sanako Study 1200 settings (not enabled by default). 
Only then you can follow the instructions from the Sanako documentation: “The AP® Exam is an exam type that is used in the highschool level by the Advanced Placement Program in the United States. With Study 1200 you can also accomplish externally-certified AP® oral exams and the Study 1200 student application provides a quick, easy and efficient exam vehicle. Before initiating the actual test, the students give their exam number code. To start the entering mode for the students’ PIN codes, click Send ID requests. The students enter their exam PIN code in the dialog that appears on their screens. The PIN codes appear on your GUI’s class view under each student icon. To initiate the exam, click Start. The media source is connected to the students, and the students are automatically recorded. The students hear all further instructions and the exam questions from the exam source and proceed with the exam as instructed. To end the exam, click End. The student recording collection window opens automatically and you can collect the student tracks for later evaluation.”
How to easily merge MP3 files
- There are many ways, including many that are easier than doing it manually in Audacity.
- MergeMP3 is a free and easy one that worked here:
Spring 2012 Faculty Workshop II: Oral Proficiency testing with Audacity/Sanako
- View screens (best viewed side by side, but note that left and right screen are not synchronized):
- for full slide show (note the included short links for convenient further reading), left screen
- for Sanako interface and full audio track, right screen
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- for full slide show (note the included short links for convenient further reading), left screen
- Table of contents:
- Overview of a Sanako Oral Exam
- Examples of Exam teachers’ exam question recordings
- Example of a Sanako Exam
- Loop induction
- creating an exam question recording
- by taking a Sanako exam as a student
- Step-by-Step of administering a Sanako oral exam
- Grading Sanako oral exam student files
- Sanako voice insert for
- facilitating recording oral assignments for student without hard-coded pauses
- commenting on student responses during grading
- Sanako voice insert for
- Sanako authoring tool for providing visual on top of aural cues to students
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