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2005 Users Conference New Orleans
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Training with the Techs:New Features in Perception Authoring
Wes Cloven
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Applications in the Big Picture
Windows-basedAuthoring Manager
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Authoring Manager Desktop
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Authoring Manager Desktop
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Authoring Manager Desktop
Repository Bar
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Authoring Manager Desktop
NavigationPane
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Authoring Manager DesktopDisplayPane
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Authoring Manager Desktop
Preview/PropertiesPane
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Topic Folders
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Topic Folders Organize questions into
related groups By learning objective By discipline By competency
Build an entire hierarchy to reflect a competency model or a curriculum
Associate performance outcomes with topics
Assign Administrators to root topics for authoring security
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Assessment Folders
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Assessment Folders
Organize assessments into meaningful groups Department/Function Discipline Other organizational
unit
Assign administrators to root level folders for security
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Methods for Creating Questions Question Wizards Copy and Paste an existing question from
another topic And between repositories
Importing from a file QML ASCII – Needs definition IMS QTI XML
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Methods for Importing Items
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Importing from ASCII
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Question Wizard
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Question Wizard – Select type
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20 Question Types Captivate/
Robodemo Drag and Drop Essay Explanation Fill in Blanks Hotspot Likert Macromedia Flash Matching Matrix
Multiple Choice Multiple Response
Numeric Pull-down List Ranking Select a Blank Spoken Response Text Match True/False Yes/No
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20 Question Types Enable authors to create more interesting
and probing questions Reveals more information during an
assessment in a shorter time Not offered by simpler assessment tools in
LMS’s
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Compose Stimulus Stimulus can contain
multimedia for high-fidelity, scenario-based questions
Toolbar for what you see is what you get formatting
Embed links and variables without coding
Advanced editing mode for HTML markup and other coding
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Enter Choices, Feedback and Set Scores Choices and
feedback can contain multimedia
Toolbar for what you see is what you get formatting
Embed links to instructional content in feedback without coding
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Manage, Shuffle, and Align Choices
Shuffle choices for security All All but last All but last two
Align choices horizontally
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Question Description Helps you
identify question in lists and in reports
Can be used to record associated learning objective
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Question Menu
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Creating Assessments Assessment Wizard Copy and paste from one folder to another
folder And between repositories
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Assessment Wizard
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Assessment Name and Type Classify
assessment using pre-define types
Each type has default control settings in line with the purpose of the assessment
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Control Settings Each type of
assessment comes with default control settings
Select presentation template
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Select Questions Three methods for
adding questions to assessments
All from a topic Randomly from a
topic Single question
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Select Questions – All from topic
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Select Questions – Randomly from topic
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Select Questions – Single Question
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Outcomes and Feedback
Enable pass/fail for multiple outcomes Set threshold Tailor feedback
messages
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Outcomes and Feedback Embed links to
instructional content or URLs in feedback without any coding using toolbar functions
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Outcomes and Feedback Personalize feedback by inserting server
variables without any coding.
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Outcomes and Feedback
E-mail feedback to participants upon completion of assessment
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Storing Questions and Assessments Repository
Database of Questions Assessments
Resources – graphics, audio, video used in questions and feedback
Content – instructional content that can be a self-contained file such as PDF, Word, HTML with embedded Flash movie
Templates Contains all of the data, multimedia assets, and other
files that comprise your questions and assessments
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Storing Questions and Assessments
• Accessible by individual user
• No topic folder or assessment folder security
• Publish questions and assessments by:
• Copying and pasting to Shared Repository
• Publishing to Qpack
Local Repository• Accessible by multiple users
• Facilitates collaboration
• Simplifies publishing across network
• Additional security, requires login
• Shared Repository Manager to configure and set repository to be used by Perception Server
Shared Repository
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Local Repository
Local
Windows basedAuthoring Manager
Store items/questions, assessments, resources and content locally.
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Remote Repository
Internet or Intranet
Database server
Web server
Assessments
Questions
Store items/questions, assessments, resources, content remotely.
Windows basedAuthoring Manager
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Standard browsers(IE, Netscape, AOL, etc.)
Standard browsers(IE, Netscape, AOL, etc.)
Database server
QuestionmarkPerception
Server
Shared Repository
Assessments
Questions
Working with Repositories
Internet or Intranet
Windows basedAuthoring Manager
Windows basedAuthoring Manager
Windows basedAuthoring Manager
Assessments
Questions
Local Repository
Internet or Intranet
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Working with Repositories
Manage Repository
directlyDatabase
server
Web serverPublishing
using Qpacks
Authoring Manager
Publish from Localto Shared
(Copy and Paste)
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Resource Management
• Question resources organized by topic• Round-trip resource editing
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Content Management
• Content files organized by topic• Round-trip content editing
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Qpacks Compressed archives of topics, questions,
assessments, resources and content used for exchanging content between users or systems
Can include A single assessment An assessment folder containing multiple assesments A topic with its questions and related resources and
content
Qpacks can be imported into a repository with Windows-based Authoring or Browser-based Authoring
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Benefits Manage all elements of assessment
development in one integrated environment Customize interface to optimize productivity Embed multimedia and other content without
the need for programmers Manage items and assessments directly in
shared repository Changes effective immediately
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