workshop on enhanced self-evaluation platform (sep) on information technology in education

Workshop on Enhanced Self-Evaluation Platform (SEP) on Information Technology in

Education

LIU, Man Lee & HO, Chung Hong

Seconded TeacherEducation and Manpower Bureau

Content of Presentation

Milestones of SEP Development

Basic Operations of SEP

Enhanced Features of SEP

Questions and Answers

Milestones of SEP Development

Jan 05 (v1.0.0) – Pilot Mar 05 (v1.0.5) – System Launch May 05 (v1.0.7) – 1st Upgrade Aug 05 (v1.0.8) – 2nd Upgrade Nov 06 (v2.0.0) – 3rd Upgrade (Phase I Enha

nced SEP) [Integrated with ESDA] Mar 06 (v2.1.0) – 4th Upgrade (Phase II Enha

nced SEP) [Integrated with ESDA]

Enhanced Features of SEP - Phase I

User Integration with other system Managing survey

Re-construct attribute(s) Assign and remove attribute(s) of multiple surve

y items Manage published survey Import and export questionnaire(s)

Questionnaire for PDA Enhanced multi-selection survey item Result export (raw data / report)

Enhanced Features of SEP - Phase II

Data Sharing (DS)

Knowledge Management (KM)

Basic Operation of SEP

Installation

No Apache or MySQL installed; Download the SEP package from

http://www.emb.gov.hk/sep/eng

Installation of SEP Package

1. Double-click the file “esda-v2.1.0.exe”;

2. Click the “OK” button in the warning message dialog box;

Click the “I Agree” button;

Choose the destination folder and click the “Install” button;

Click the “Next” button;

Select “I accept the terms in the license agreement” and click the “Next>” button.

Click the “Next>” button;

username: esda password:+-*/

username: admin password: admin

Define School Year Setting Password Management Domain Name / IP Setting Other Links Setting Folder Setting System Registration

Import User List;

Extract Student Accounts from WebSAMS

1. Logon to WebSAMS, select “Data Management” > “Query Maintenance”

Click “Add Advance” button;

Input the “Query Name” and “Query Description”

In the “SQL Statement” field, input the script as below-

Set privilege of different group;

Create Survey from Survey Item Bank (SIB)

Click ”Publish” button; Select the language and click “OK”

button.

Click “OK” button.

Report Generation

Cross-Group Comparison for Questionaire

(See Section 7.3.3 of Operation Manual for details)

1. Mouse over to [Report Generator] and then click [Report Generator].

2. In the “Survey Search” table, click [Search] to find the questionnaire.

3. Go into either the “All-in-one Report” or “Click-to-view” report of the questionnaire.

4. Click [Cross Group Comparison].

5. Select the groups to compare the data and then click [Next Step].

Cross-Item Comparison for Questionaire(See Section 7.3.4 of Operation Manual for details)

1. Mouse over to [Report Generator] and then click [Report Generator].

2. In the “Survey Search” table, click [Search] to find the questionnaire.

3. Click [Click-to-view] of the questionnaire.

4. Click [Cross Item Comparison] of a particular survey item.

5. The “Cross Item Comparison” template will be displayed.

6. Click [Select Questionnaire] to select another questionnaire which you want to compare with the current questionnaire.

7. At “Questionnaire Search”

i) Click [Search] to find the questionnaire.ii) Select the checkbox of the questionnaire and then click [Select].

8 At the “Cross Item Comparison” interface, select “No. of Item(s)” you want to compare between the two selected questionnaires.

9. Select the survey item(s) to be compared in respective questionnaires, and then click [Next Step].

Cross-Timeframe Report for Questionaire(See Section 7.3.5 of Operation Manual for details)

1. Mouse over to [Report Generator] and then click [Report Generator].

2. In the “Survey Search” table, click [Search] to find the questionnaire.

3. Click [Cross Time Frame].

Enhanced Features of SEP - Phase I

User Integration with other system Managing survey

Re-construct attribute(s) Assign and remove attribute(s) of multiple surve

y items Manage published survey Import and export questionnaire(s)

Questionnaire for PDA Enhanced multi-selection survey item Result export (raw data / report)

Enhanced Features of SEP - Phase I

User Account Integration (UAI) with other system.

- mapping SEP user account with various system.

To do this by

1.Prepare a PHP script called “SEPAuthorization.php” located in “[SEP]/userscript/”

2.Add a variable “$EnableOtherAuthorization” to “[SEP]/conf/profile.php” with value “true”

(See Section 3.6 and Appendix F of Administrator Manual for details)

Re-construction of Attribute List

Procedure

Mouse over to [Survey Item Bank] and then click [Attribute List].

Click [Move Attribute].

Select a “Target Attribute” on the left-hand side Select a “Destination Attribute” on the right-han

d side Click [Move Attribute].

A “confirmed moving” dialogue box will be displayed. Click “Confirm” to complete the operation.

(See Section 4.3.6 of Operation Manual for the details.)

Assign and Remove Attribute(s) of Multiple Survey Items

Procedure

Mouse over to [Survey Item Bank] and then click [Survey Item].

Search the survey item by clicking the [Search].

In the interface, select the checkbox(es) next to the target survey item(s) and then click [Assign/Remove Attribute(s)].

To assign or remove attribute(s) from selected survey item(s), take the following actions and then click [Save].

i) To assign attribute(s), select attribute(s) and then click [Add].

ii) To remove attribute(s), select checkbox(es) next to the attribute(s) in “Common Attribute(s)” or “Other Attribute(s)” and then click [Delete].

(See Section 4.4.7 for the details)

Manage Published Survey

Able to change the Start/End Date of published surveys.

Import and Export Questionaire(s)

Export Procedures –

Mouse over to [Survey Item Bank] and then click [Item Bank].

At the folder tree of “Survey Item Bank”, click the “School” folder or its subfolders.

Select the appropriate questionnaire(s) and then click [Export Questionnaire(s)]

Save the questionnaire data file.

Import Procedures –

Mouse over to [Survey Item Bank] and then click [Item Bank].

At the folder tree of “Survey Item Bank”, click the “School” folder or its subfolders.

Click [Import Questionnaire(s)].

Browse a questionnaire data file and click [Import].

The page showing details of the selected folder / subfolder in Step 2 will be shown with the imported questionnaires displayed under the selected folder / subfolder.

Questionaire for PDA Mouse over to [Survey Item Bank] and then click [Item

Bank]. Select “Survey Item Bank” from the folder tree. Click “Check PDA Questionnaire”. Click “OK” in the dialog.

Enhanced Multi-Selection Survey Item

Result Export (Raw Data/ Report)

Raw Data Export Procedure Mouse over to [Report Generator] and then

click [Report Generator]. In the “Survey Search” table, click [Search] to

find the log sheet. Go to either the “All-in-one” report or “Click-to-

view” report of the questionnaire. Click [Export Report] to export statistical data

in Excel format. In the download dialogue box, click [Save] to

save the statistical data in your workstation.

Export Reports with Chart Procedures

Go to either the “All-in-one” report or “Click-to-view” (For “Click-to-view, click “View Overall Report”) report of the questionnaire.

Click [Export Report with Chart(s)] to export both statistical data and chart(s) in Excel format.

In the download dialogue box, click [Save] to save the zip file in your workstation.

Extract the files inside the zip file to the same directory.

Open the file “report.xls” to view the statistical data and chart(s).