11.30.2010

What Features Should be Included in Online Examination System

With the development the Internet technology, online examination has become an effective complement to traditional test. A good examination system should be developed based on the needs of a real examination.

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10.22.2010

Wondershare Releases QuizCreator 4.0 with Survey Creation Feature

Better Solution for Quiz Making & Results Tracking

SHENZHEN, China, Oct. 20 -- Wondershare Software Co., Ltd., an innovative consumer software provider in China, released QuizCreator 4.0 integrating the features of both quiz creation and survey creation. The Quiz Management System (QMS) 4.0 has been redesigned for better content management and report generation. Trainers, teacher, instructors and marketing directors can now make the most of these products for diverse assessments.

"Survey creation is added to QuizCreator 4.0 and the tracking features of QMS are upgraded," said James Hui, Product Manager of Wondershare Presentation Tools Department. "This new assessment solution can bring more benefits to educators, instructors, etc."

Enhanced Features of QuizCreator 4.0 and QMS 4.0:

Easy survey creation; - Creating surveys by filling the questions in the pre-set form. 9 pre-set question forms are available such as Likert Scale, Pick One, Shot Answer, etc. Multimedia files can be inserted to make the survey engaging.

Manual grading; - Subjective quiz questions can be graded on QMS. Comments can be added as feedback.

Online content generation; - Quiz/Survey questions can be uploaded to question pool on QMS for generating assessment content online.

Insightful Reports; - More insightful breakdown reports can be generated according to the specified conditions.

More new features; - Delicate player templates with adjustable size; Brand-new interface of QMS; Improved searching options with tags and filter...

The combination of QuizCreator and Quiz Management System is a cost-effective assessment solution serving many educational institutions and organizations. With the quiz/survey creation feature of QuizCreator, and the result tracking, scoring and report generation features of QMS, the complicated process of the assessment is simplified to a large degree.

For more information on Wondershare, visit http://www.sameshow.com/quiz-creator.html.

Pricing and Availability:

QuizCreator 4.0 is available at US $169.95 and can be purchased at http://www.sameshow.com/quiz-creator.html


About Wondershare:

Wondershare Software Co., Ltd. is an innovative consumer software player dedicated to bringing consumer software products and services in terms of multimedia, business and other ranges. The company has extended its business worldwide and has set up operations in the USA, Germany and Japan. Due to its persistent innovation, Wondershare has been honored by ranking 41st in the Deloitte Technology 2009 Fast 500. For more details, please visit: http://www.wondershare.com

For more information, please contact chenrp@wondershare.cn

Tel: +86-755-8611-7717
Fax: +86-755-8611-7737
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4 Social Media Sites for Teachers to Get Connected with their Students and other Teachers


Most people know that social media is one of the fastest growing and most popular features of the Internet these days. For people of all ages, there are many different ways they can use these sites to grow and learn. For teachers, using different forms of social media can open up many possibilities for different ways to involve students. From networking, to group collaboration and class projects, here are 4 tools that teachers can use to jump start the creativity.

A teacher and her students

Edu 2.0 – This is another great online course management system where teachers can share lesson plans, quizzes, projects, videos and much more in a shared library. The community section allows those teachers and students to network with each other, allowing for even more sharing and connecting between members for free. You also get access to important classroom tools like online gradebooks, quizzes, blogs and even networks where you can connect with schools in your area.

SymbalooEDU – The “EDU” version of this visual organizing tool already has 50,000 teachers signed up. Teachers can get access to subject-specific resource pages as well as other top tools like Google and Flickr. Teachers can add school info and logos to customize their experience. This serves as a great way to organize your favorite tools and store your work some place online.

EdModo – Similar to social media sites like Facebook, Edmodo is a controlled environment where teachers can encourage class engagement. Teachers and students can share their ideas, projects, and other work. Teachers can even review and grade assignments all online or add items to the group calender. With no private communication function for users, as well as a group security code, teachers can be ensured that students and information is kept safe.

EduBlogs – This blogging platform is perfect for teachers and students. Only supported by educational content, this site has hosted more than a million blogs from both teachers and students! There are so many uses for these blogs. From class pages, projects to newsletters, teachers and students can find innovative and creative ways to use these blogs.

10.19.2010

Wondershare Will Place an Advert on c4lpt.co.uk

Wondershare will place an advert on C4LPT.CO.UK this week for the quiz & survey creation software - QuizCreator.


10.09.2010

Flexibility Is One of What e-Learning Can Offer for Teachers and Students

The use of online learning, or distance education, is increasing in K-12 schools. The transition from face-to-face (F2F) teaching to online teaching takes time for F2F teachers to transition from their set, learned ways of teaching F2F to teaching online.

Many teachers start small, perhaps simply putting some static information (e.g., course outline or syllabus) online. Gradually, as teachers become more accustomed, secure, confident, and competent working online over time, they put more of their teaching online. Many/most teachers start with a blended, or hybrid, approach to online learning in which they still do most/all their teaching, in the physical classroom, but start putting materials and information online. Gradually, baby step by baby step, teachers experiment/try teaching in the online environment, maybe by having an online discussion. And maybe those first online discussions are closely monitored by allowing students access only while the whole class is in a computer room.

Today, online is not replacing F2F teaching/learning in our K-12 schools. However, it is an increasingly viable, and used, adjunct to traditional classroom teaching. Educators – teachers and administrators – would be well served to investigate its potential use in their schools.

9.10.2010

FaceTime is About to Become the Future

Last Friday, I googled out an impressive blog post regarding FaceTime - the video chat system on iPhone 4. That blogger’s mom doesn’t know smartphones and has used a Motorola RAZR for most of the last decade, but now she wants her son to drop $299 for a new iPhone 4 so she can see her grandson. The reason for this is quite simple, it seems like magic to her that she can see live video of her grandson without having to make her 62-year-old husband hobble over to the computer and fire up Skype.

Yeah, I totally understand this mom’s desire for an iPhone 4. Just as experts say that 80% of communication is actually transmitted through body language and expression. But most of this is lost over text or spoken conversation. Text only allows for word choice. Voice only allows for intonation. Fortunately, with FaceTime and its wonderful video quality, people can actually see even a slight change in expression, such as a twinkle in the eyes or a subtle smile. Moreover, with FaceTime technology, the mobile devices like iPhone 4 are a lot easier to move around the house (even into the bed) than a clunky old PC. You can also have your iPhone 4 comfortably docked or propped up beside you if you want to keep your hands free. As a result, there are a growing number of family members and friends taking advantage of FaceTime to help them stay connected and intimate when they’re in long distance relationships and unable to be together. Because of FaceTime, iPhone 4 indeed provides several advantages over regular telephones and PCs in communication.

Despite all of the above, it must be admitted that, video chat is not new, and right now, FaceTime is only available between iPhone 4s (soon the new iPod Touch) over Wi-Fi. However, since Apple says FaceTime is an open standard and other manufacturers could tap into the protocol if they want to. For this reason, I strongly believe that this technology will be the future. As long as more adoption of FaceTime occurs in the marketplace, there will be an explosion of FaceTime devices on the network, including Macs, PCs and other devices.

Imagine being able to call everyone from any device, never having to worry about which device you’re using to call from. With just a tap, you can wave a hello or share a smile to your parents, kids and friends without any hassle. That’s the technology of FaceTime. Wow, so, are your ready for the “face time”?

Related iPhone 4 quiz created with QuizCreator.

9.02.2010

FaceTime is About to Become the Future

Last Friday, I googled out an impressive blog post regarding FaceTime - the video chat system on iPhone 4. That blogger’s mom doesn’t know smartphones and has used a Motorola RAZR for most of the last decade, but now she wants her son to drop $299 for a new iPhone 4 so she can see her grandson. The reason for this is quite simple, it seems like magic to her that she can see live video of her grandson without having to make her 62-year-old husband hobble over to the computer and fire up Skype.



Yeah, I totally understand this mom’s desire for an iPhone 4. Just as experts say that 80% of communication is actually transmitted through body language and expression. But most of this is lost over text or spoken conversation. Text only allows for word choice. Voice only allows for intonation. Fortunately, with FaceTime and its wonderful video quality, people can actually see even a slight change in expression, such as a twinkle in the eyes or a subtle smile. Moreover, with FaceTime technology, the mobile devices like iPhone 4 are a lot easier to move around the house (even into the bed) than a clunky old PC. You can also have your iPhone 4 comfortably docked or propped up beside you if you want to keep your hands free. As a result, there are a growing number of family members and friends taking advantage of FaceTime to help them stay connected and intimate when they’re in long distance relationships and unable to be together. Because of FaceTime, iPhone 4 indeed provides several advantages over regular telephones and PCs in communication.

Despite all of the above, it must be admitted that, video chat is not new, and right now, FaceTime is only available between iPhone 4s (soon the new iPod Touch) over Wi-Fi. However, since Apple says FaceTime is an open standard and other manufacturers could tap into the protocol if they want to. For this reason, I strongly believe that this technology will be the future. As long as more adoption of FaceTime occurs in the marketplace, there will be an explosion of FaceTime devices on the network, including Macs, PCs and other devices.

Imagine being able to call everyone from any device, never having to worry about which device you’re using to call from. With just a tap, you can wave a hello or share a smile to your parents, kids and friends without any hassle. That’s the technology of FaceTime. Wow, so, are your ready for the “face time”?

Related iPhone 4 quiz created with QuizCreator.

8.31.2010

Top E-learning Tools for Teachers Back to School


As a new semester coming, teachers need to draw up some back-to-school plans now. So how about trying some new tech and starting to explore the eLearning field? I know that new tech would seem daunting to some teachers, but with all these useful tools, you could easily start enjoying the marvelous things about eLearning. Following is a list of top eLearning tools for teachers taking back to school.

1. Wondershare QuizCreator

Wondershare QuizCreator can help you easily create Flash-based quizzes with multimedia. These Flash quizzes could be put on your own sites and blogs, or they could be published as SCORM which are compatible with LMS. You must wonder if your students still get hold of the knowledge after a long summer vacation. So just make a quiz. If you don’t have a LMS, it doesn’t matter. QuizCreator provide this FREE quiz management system for you to track all quiz results.

Price: $129.95   Back to School Discount: $77.95
Recommend Rate: 5 stars
2. Articulate QuizMaker
Articulate QuizMaker is a commercial tool that generates web-based quizzes and surveys. You could easily edit all the multimedia elements into quizzes. The outputs of QuizMaker work perfectly with Learning Management System.
Price: $699.00   Regular Discount: $599
Recommend Rate: 4 stars

3. PPT2Flash

Wondershare PPT2Flash can create high-quality Flash presentations and eLearning courses from PowerPoint with multimedia. It creates SCORM and AICC-compliant content that compatible with any LMS. You could transfer your courses online for your student to review what they have learned before.

Price: $199.95   Back to School Discount: $119.95
Recommend Rate: 5 stars

4. Adobe Captive

Adobe Captive is a learning tool for Microsoft Windows which can be used to author software demonstrations, software simulations and randomized quizzes in .swf format. It contains the functions of a quiz making tool as well as of a simulation tool. However, using Captivate would require some programming skills. 

Price: $799.00   Discount: None
Recommend Rate: 4 stars

5. DemoCreator

DemoCreator is a professional screen recording tool. You could demonstrate the software operation and share the demonstration online easily. And you could make training courses with DemoCreator,

Price: $99.00   Back to School Discount: $59.95
Recommend Rate: 5 stars

6. WiZiQ

WiZiQ is the place where you could hold your own online courses. It offers free online e-teaching and e-learning using web conferencing with document and whiteboard sharing, teacher resumes and presentation sharing.

Price: Free
Recommended Rate: 5 stars

7. Moodle

Moodle is a free online course management system. After you have already had all those wonderful tools mentioned before, now you could seriously consider the possibility to get your teaching job into a new eLearning field. Moodle would be a very suitable platform to start with.

Price: Free
Recommended Rate: 5 stars