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DMAS System

Demo of Improved DMAS System

TSIM and New Features

Saleh Al-shomraniSaleh Al-shomraniDepartment of Computer ScienceDepartment of Computer ScienceKent State UniversityKent State University

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• DMAS System Structure

• Distributing exam codes electronically using (TSIM)

• Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM) • Improved Authoring Tool

• Improved Test Taking Interface

• Improved Grading Administration System

• DMAS System and MathEdit

• Conclusions and plans/Future Work

Outline

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DMAS System Structure

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Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

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Distribute Test Codes Request

TSIM Live Interface Using Ajax XMLHttpRequest calls

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Send help message Request

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•Teacher can dynamically and electronically distribute codes to students using TSIM mechanism,:

students can go to the test login page directed by the teacher waiting for test codes. teacher can dynamically, through TSIM teacher-interface, distribute exam codes to student to take a test just by clicking one button: ‘Distribute Test Codes’. then every student can see her code inside a box of her login page to be entered to start the exam. the teacher has the control over publishing/hiding test codes at any time.

Distributing exam codes electronically using TSIMDistributing exam codes electronically using TSIM

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•Through TSIM ‘teacher-interface’, the teacher can use the ‘message window’ interface to:

send instruction/help messages to his/her students. watch/monitor incoming help messages from students. send general messages to all students or private to one or small group of students. support general messages such as instructions for test or specific regarding a question.

•The teacher has two ways of sending instruction/help messages to students:

Through ‘message window’ to send general or private messages. Live grading administration interface to send immediate message to student for clarification, etc.


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•Through TSIM ‘student interface’, a student can:

ask for help from the teacher privately without raising hand. just click a ‘help button’ beside each question, and her message will be sent. no text-messaging for students: wasting exam’s time! just one click and student will be helped.


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•Old way: teacher has to distribute test codes manually in class to her students. support only one display type: display test questions using random questions and non-random options. . using infix only to enter formulas/equations.

•New way: Through ‘message window’ to send general or private messages. teacher now can distribute test codes electronically in class to her students using TSIM: saving time and effort. support three types of display test questions using:

by given order only. all random: random questions/random options. . random questions/non-random options.

introduce use of MathEdit to enter and edit formulas/equations.

Improved Authoring ToolImproved Authoring Tool

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Improved Test Taking InterfaceImproved Test Taking InterfaceTwo student views: (all questions vs. one question per page) Two student views: (all questions vs. one question per page)

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•Old way: primitive text-messaging feature. no real electronic system for interactions between teacher and students. no printing (no hard copy) of student results.

•New way: introduce a capable system (TSIM system) to reliably support live interactions and communications between teacher and students (message-window). adding more live features. adding printing capability of student test results in two ways:

results listed by student name. results listed by question.

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Improved Grading Administration SystemImproved Grading Administration System

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Improved Grading Administration SystemImproved Grading Administration SystemPrint test results by Print test results by studentstudent

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Improved Grading Administration SystemImproved Grading Administration SystemPrint test results by Print test results by questionquestion

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•Old way: using infix only to enter formulas/equations. no Math editor involved.

•New way: introducing use of MathEdit to enter and edit formulas/equations. will use MathEdit in two modes:

teacher mode. student mode.

call MathEdit APIs to author, edit, or get Math expressions. DMAS gets different MathML strings returned by MathEdit and:

Infix code. Presentation Mode. Content mode.

DMAS stores MathML strings returned by MathEdit in the database for future display, editing, or computation (e.g. answer-checking):

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DMAS System and MathEditDMAS System and MathEdit

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DMAS System and MathEditDMAS System and MathEdit

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Take a look..

Demo and Plans/Future Work

http://wme.cs.kent.edu/kimpton/assessment/

http://wme.cs.kent.edu/dmad/milestones.html

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1 dmas system demo of improved dmas system tsim and new features saleh al-shomrani department of...

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