Assessment tools and interactive self-learning materials

Georgi Tuparov, Elena TuparovaSOUTH-WEST UNIVERSITY“NEOFIT RILSKI”31.07.2014

Basic software application for development of automated assessment

• Specialised software for development of tests• Office Application Software with/without

Visual Basic for Application macros• Authoring Software for development of

simulation or game-based assessment• Assessment modules integrated in e-learning

environments

• Hot Potatoes (free) Demo 1 Specialised software for development of tests (1)

• Hot Potatoes (free) Demo 2 Specialised software for development of tests (2)

• Hot Potatoes (free) Demo 3 Specialised software for development of tests (3)

• Software for development of simulations based and interactive self learning materials– Wink - free– Jing - free– Adobe Captivate– Turbo Demo – Camatashia studio– Adobe Flash– Etc.

Simulations and interactive self-learning materials (1)

• Wink - Demo Simulations and interactive self-learning materials (2)

• Adobe Captivate - Demo Simulations and interactive self-learning materials (3)

Fash 1

• Adobe Flash - Demo Simulations and interactive self-learning materials (4)

Office applications (1)• MS Excel without Macros– Using Forms Toolbar without programming code– Using functions – Using Conditional Formatting of the cells – suitable for short answer type of questions

Office applications (2)• MS Excel without Macros- Demo 1

Office applications (3)• MS Excel without Macros – Demo 2

Office applications (4)

• Software for data processing (Spreadsheets)– MS Excel (MS Office) with use of Visual Basic for

Application (VBA)

Office applications (5)

• MS Excel (MS Office) with use of Visual Basic for Application (VBA) – Demo 1

Office applications (6)

• MS Excel (MS Office) with use of Visual Basic for Application (VBA) – Demo 2

Office applications (7)

• MS Power Point (MS Office)

Office applications (8)

• Using MS Word – Demo 1

Office applications (9)

• Using MS Word – Demo 2

• Real-live performance based assessment of ICT skills– The real-live performance-based assessment of

ICT skills requires from the students to demonstrate their skills in real ICT application.

– Usually in this type of assessment the teacher receives the solution of the task and checks the performed by the learner document. This type of checking in most cases takes a lot of time.

Office applications (10)

Office applications (11)

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Demo 2

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Demo 4

• Real-live performance based assessment of ICT skills – Demo 1

Office applications (12)

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Demo 2

Demo 3

Demo 4

• Real-live performance based assessment of ICT skills – Demo 2

Office applications (13)

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Demo 2

Demo 3

Demo 4

• Real-live performance based assessment of ICT skills – Demo 3

Office applications (14)

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Demo 2

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• Real-live performance based assessment of ICT skills – Demo 4

Visual Basic for Application

• VBA is the acronym for Visual Basic for Applications.

• It is an integration of the Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic with Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft Excel, Word, Powerpoint.

VBA (2)

• By running VBA within the Microsoft Office applications, you can build customized solutions and programs to enhance the capabilities of those applications.

• VBA Provides a Graphical User Interface or GUI.

• The sequence of instructions executed in the program is controlled by events.

VBA (3)

• You can use built-in Visual Basic Editor in Microsoft Office Applications

• You can use it to customize and extend capabilities of MS Excel.

• The applications you build with MS Excel is called Visual Basic for Applications, or simply VBA. Language used MS Office automation.

How to work with VBA

• Design the Interface for the user. • Determine which events the controls on the

window should recognize.• Write the event procedures for those events.

The 'ESSENCE' of VBA

• Every part of a MS Office program is made up of 'Objects'

• These Objects have 'Properties' that can be 'set' or 'altered' in response to a user initiated 'Event' such as a 'mouse click' or a 'key press'.

Examples of Objects

• In WORD:– the 'Menu Bar' is an Object;– the 'Header' and 'Footer' are objects– the whole document, individual pages, a

paragraph, a sentence, a word, an individual character are also objects.

• In Excel– Cell, Workbook, Sheets are objects

• In Power Point– Presentations, Slides, Text Box, Shapes

Objects have 'Properties'

• Some of these properties are either 'true' of 'false'.– For example, a selection of text could have its

'bold' property set to 'true'.– Property Visible for the Object Shape in

PowerPoint could be True or False

Objects have 'Properties'

• Some of these properties could have a 'numerical' value.– For example, a selection of text could have its

'size' property set to 36.• Some of these properties could have a 'text'

value. – For example, a selection of text could have its

'color' property set to 'wdRed'

Objects can react to 'Events'

• Using a mouse or a keyboard, the user initiates an 'Event'.– For example, clicking on the 'Font Size' menu item

in the main toolbar, will initiate the Event of the dropping down of the Font Size selection box.

• VBA 'controls' this interaction between 'Objects' and their 'Properties' in response to a user initiated 'Event'

Macros

• Programing Code is presented by macros• Recording macros (Demonstration)

• Let’s go to the sea!

• World Heritage of UNESCO

• Musical Europe

• Danube Capitals

Examples of interactive self learning materials with VBA

Demo 4

Demo 1

Let’s go to the sea!Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

World Heritage of UNESCODemo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Musical Europe (1)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Musical Europe (2)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Musical Europe (3)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Danube Capitals (1)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Danube Capitals (2)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Danube Capitals (3)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Danube Capitals (4)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Danube Capitals (5)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Danube Capitals (5)Demo

Demo 4

Demo 1

Practical Task

1. Create an interactive slide in Power Point to Introduce yourself in English and your native language. (Use triggers for changing languages in the text boxes)

2. Add possibility for translation of your introduction in the languages of ALICT project partners.

Practical Task - Hint

1.Select the object (s) that you wish to be animated after click on the second object.

2.Select an appropriate animation.3.Select Animation → Trigger →Selection of

the second object which will start animation of the first object (or group of objects)

Settings of Slideshow

• To prevent occasional click– Slide Show– Set Up Slide Show

Demo

Hi! My name is Elena. I am 15 years old and come from Bulgaria.

Здравей! Казвам се Елена. На 15 години съм и съм от България.

EN BG

• Thank You for Your Attention!

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