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How teachers can record audio materials here

2013/01/10 Leave a comment

The purpose of doing a recording of learning materials for the SANAKO during a faculty workshop is merely to get you started. The use of the SANAKO is not limited to the LRC. After taking the workshop, you can:

  1. if needed,
    1. check out one of the LRC faculty headphones (we have now 5 for faculty use in our list of LRC resources),
    2. install the Sanako standalone recorder on your office or home PC,
  2. start the recorder and press the red record button,
  3. read your questions into the headset microphone, preferably after you have put them in the format of my exam template  (consider this sample exam recording a model),
  4.  use something like a bell, whistle (or simply clap your hands) to create audible cues for when you want to start/stop speaking cues
  5.  watch the timer on the Student Recorder to leave the same amount of response time for the students as you announced after the questions
  6. save the file to the proper location that I listed here: https://thomasplagwitz.com/2012/11/06/how-teachers-find-their-sanako-materials/ .

    That’s all. If you need a refresher, please come to one of my bi-weekly LRC “Sanako Clinics” that will appear in the LRC hours&events calendar.

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How teachers prepare files for oral exam with Sanako Study 1200

2012/12/18 Leave a comment
  1. For an oral exam with visual cues (example), make a PowerPoint slideshow by 
    1. finding images, e.g. online
      1. (e.g using Google image search,
        1. and optionally advanced search,
          1. and optionally filtering by clip art.
    2. saving found images to a local folder (e.g. “my documents”),
    3. using them with PowerPoint’s PhotoAlbum feature
    4. saving the result as [your username]_[your class####]_oral-exam##.pptx.
  2. For an oral exam with aural cues,
    1. if you do not have the Sanako student recorder installed on your PC yet,
      1. 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)
      2. or come to the LRC to record where the Sanako is set up be default;
    2. fill out our oral exam MS-Word template (sample question included) from here (use the lower right menu download button).  

    3. 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),

      1. press the red record-button in the center right, as shown here and
      2. read out the MS-word template, row by row, that you just filled out.
      3. Once done, press the blue stop button.
      4. Go to Menu: file / save as/ [your username]_[your class####]_oral-exam##.mp3.
  3. Normally (it is still being worked on),
    1. you could save all files in a special Sanako folder visible on the desktop of your office PC,
    2. 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
    3. from which you can pick up the final version in the classroom to when administering the exam in the Sanako lab.
  4. Questions remain? Come to the LRC reception desk during regular business hours with this blog post to be walked through this step-by-step.
Categories: e-languages, Institution-is-University-of-North-Carolina-Charlotte, service-is-assessing, service-is-learning-materials-creation, step-by-step-guides Tags: , ,

Overview of MS natural language support on Windows Vista+7/Office 2007, 2010

2012/12/15 Leave a comment

Snapshot summer 2012 in conjunction with our language center upgrade to Windows7 and Office 2010. Click here for larger version.

Categories: all-languages, audience-is-language-learning-center-manager, e-languages, Listening, office-software, Operating-system, Reading, software, Speaking, Spreadsheets, Writing Tags: , , , , , ,

Kaltura Webcam assignment GRMN1201 example

2012/12/13 Leave a comment

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The big LRC SANAKO “How do I…?”

2012/12/05 Leave a comment

(Work in progress).

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Listserv Contributions

2012/12/02 Leave a comment
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Help with MyLanguageLab recordings

2012/11/28 Leave a comment
  1. Taken almost straight from the BB_Voice_Troubleshooting_Guide.pdf:
  2. When using  the  Voice  Recorder,  first click the (0) blue “Record” to  load  the recorder. You may have to accept a security warning.
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  4. Then click  the  (1) red  record    buttonclip_image001
  5. IMPORTANT:  Click the (2) black STOP  clip_image001[14]  button to save your recording.   (If  you do  not click  the  stop button, your  recording  will NOT  be saved  and  your  instructor  will  not  be  able  to  hear  your voice). When you stopped, the timer in the upper right will change from showing “time remaining” to “time recorded”.
  6. Click  the  (now not grayed out, but ) green PLAY    clip_image001[8]button  to  confirm  your  voice  was  recorded. If  you  do not  hear  anything,  check your  microphone  and  the  volume  controls  on your  computer.
  7. If you wish, to re-record your voice,
    1. click the  red  record button  again.
    2. Click  YES when  asked if  you  want to Override Current Recording. clip_image001[16]
    3. Re-record  and  again click STOP. and play to Playback  your  recording.
  8. When finished,  Click Submit for Grading to submit  the recording  to your  instructor  for  review.
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Fall 2012 Faculty Workshop II: Clinic on creating teaching materials for use with the Sanako

2012/11/22 Leave a comment
      1. (Being planned and scheduled, therefore this post is a work in progress, please stay tuned: ).
      2. As a continuation (and practical application ) of our previous Intermediate Sanako Teaching Techniques Workshop (and a repetition of our Learning material creation Clinic from the summer), we will create learning materials.
      3. Bring some ideas and materials. The Sanako and entire LRC infrastructure aims to lower the technical authoring requirements.
        1. We can record remotely, all authoring teachers at the same time, your source (model/question material) which you will be able to distribute as easily (“ loop induction”)  from the Sanako teacher station. Bring some questions your students should be able to respond to in L2, and be prepared to read some text that you want them to repeat, for pronunciation practive
        2. We can author hand-outs for so-called “homework” (actually reading and writing, with supervision and collection by the teacher as easy as the handout): It just takes opening one of our customized LRC MS-Word templates. I will hand out (more loop induction) “homework” files to aid your work. Bring some texts and essay writing tasks
        3. PowerPoint exam files with visual cues: bring some ideas for vocabulary quizzes.
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