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April 12, 2005
ADMINISTERING LANGUAGE PLACEMENT EXAMS USING BLACKBOARD: LESSONS LEARNED
Paul CarsonRaf CzapskiKat Broadwater
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Kat Broadwater: Classrooms Coordinator
Paul Carson: Blackboard Facilitator
Raf Czapski: Technical Coordinator
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Our Blackboard System:
Blackboard Learning System 6.1
ASP Hosted
Integrated with Banner 6.2
Nightly Snapshot
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Why did we do it?
• Student feedback: “NSO sucks!”
• Enhance first year student experience
• Improve student retention
• Reduce administrative overhead
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Problems with NSO
• 250 students per week for 10 weeks
• 125 students per day
• 9 Languages
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Language exam bottleneck
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Can we use technology to help improve NSO?
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Simultaneous Objectives
Streamline NSO Process
and
Preserve Assessment Value
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Preserve Assessment Value
High audio quality
High quality written text
Accurate use of Language
Limited audio control
Security
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Building the Exam
Raf Czapski
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What was needed for high audio quality?
• Audio engineer
• Audio program -Sound Forge
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What was needed for high quality written text & accurate language?
• Blackboard test builder
• Faculty
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What was needed to limit audio control?
• Multimedia expert
• Macromedia Director MX
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What was needed to limit audio control?
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What was needed to secure the test environment?
• IT personnel
• Group policies
• Batch scripts
• Securexam Browser
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IP Address of host workstation
Workstation name
What was needed to secure the test environment?
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What was needed to secure the test environment?
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Administering the Exam
Kat Broadwater
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Simultaneous Objectives
Streamline NSO Process
and
Preserve Assessment Value
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What was needed to Streamline the NSO process?
Scheduling Exams
Integrated Creation
vs
Manual Creation
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
• Resources and Equipment
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
Setup Team :
Lab Technicians
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
Ringleader
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
Lab Technicians & Peer Counselors
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
Blackboard Administrator
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
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Administering the Exam:What is required?
Smooth Login process
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What was needed to streamline the NSO process?
• Blackboard
• fast, easy grading
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Stumbling blocks
• Power outages
• Load problems using Blackboard 5
• Operator error
• DO NOT CLICK “SUBMIT” AGAIN!
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Stumbling blocks
• Power outages
• Load problems using Blackboard 5
• Operator error
• DO NOT CLICK “SUBMIT” AGAIN!
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Assessment and Outcomes
Paul Carson
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What we accomplished
Consistency
Quality
Accuracy
Control
Security
Speed
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What we accomplished
Introduced Incoming Students to:
Labs
Lab Assistants
Blackboard Learning System
Securexam
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What we accomplished
Relieved Orientation Chaos.
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Where are we going with this?
• Non-Roman character languages
• All language proficiency exams
• Math exams
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Takeaways
Start Early
Get Faculty Buy-in
Test – Rehearse – Test – Rehearse
Organize student groups by language
Don’t ever let the students get bored
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Did it work?
• Administrative benefit – Immediate
• Student feedback – Very positive
• Retention benefit?