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StudyMate Author 2.5 User Guide - Information Technology at Purdue

1. The final step prior to the actual publishing of the StudyMate activities is to specify a Project Name a Title for Activities and a description or instructions for the activities The 50 Project Title and Title for Activities are required while the description is optional but recommended In this section there is the option to replace an existing project StudyMate Author has now gathered all the information needed to publish the StudyMate activities to StudyMate com and place a web link in the course Click Next to complete the publishing process Publish to Blackboard 7x 9x server 1 The status window below will update after each step of the Publish process StudyMate Author 2 5 0 00 August 18 2011 Starting Blackboard 9 1 Publish Creating activities Publishing to StudyMate com Publish complete The activities can now be accessed within the LMS or directly from http www studymate com id 3c6YPzcsn View Activities on StudyMate com Frish Cance Help A status report is generated as StudyMate Author communicates with the LMS server You will be told when the publishing step is complete Then login to your course and confirm that everything is published to your expectation You can also view the activities on StudyMate com by copying and pasting the web link into a web browser or click on the View Activities on StudyMate com to open the activities in a web
2. From the Start menu select the Create button to create a new file You are prompted to enter a File Name and Description both are required as well as Author and Keyword information optional Click OK to create the file You are now ready to add items to the file using either the Edit menu or the Import Wizard Import Wizard StudyMate Author allows the importing of Fact Term Definition and Multiple Choice items Calculated items can also be imported but only if they are in Respondus rsp format For text imports the file must be formatted according to the guidelines discussed later in this section Once the text is in the proper formatting the Import Wizard will guide you through the importing process as discussed here Step 1 Start the Import Wizard and select the file format being imported MS Word 2007 10 docx MS Word 97 2003 doc Rich Text rtf Text txt IMS QTI xml Respondus rsp or Respondus Archive rsa rpa StudyMate Class format zip xml StudyMate Import Wizard g StudyMate will import a variety of files f they are in a supported fomat Use this wizard to impot a file Type of file being imported MS Word 2007 10 docx MS Word 97 2003 doc Rich Text tf Text bt C IMS QTI xml only supported for multiple choice items StudyMate AUTHOR Respondus rsp or Respondus Archive rsa pa Import StudyMate Class format zip xml Wizard The f
3. t done so already start StudyMate Author and then enter the password when prompted you may want to copy and paste the password from the e mail message in order to prevent typing mistakes Click OK to continue The StudyMate Author software is now activated either permanently or for a 30 day trial period StudyMate Author Campus wide License The first time you start StudyMate Author you will be presented with a screen prompting for your institution s Campus wide license information Please contact your institution s Respondus Campus wide Local Support for the license information and additional assistance with registering the Campus wide license Online Help amp User Guides StudyMate Author includes a full featured help system that includes an index and context sensitive help To view the on line help choose Help Topics from the pull down Help menu and select a topic You can also press the F1 key from within StudyMate Author to obtain context sensitive help Throughout the program you will additionally see small buttons having a symbol When the button is clicked information on that particular option or task is provided If you encounter a question that is not answered in the online help or in the StudyMate Author User Guide you are encouraged to visit the Support section of the Respondus web site www respondus com There you will find a Knowledge Base and other resources The remainder of this user m
4. For example if the Term Definition items are math problems in which the answer is a number they won t make a very useful glossary 3 Multiple Choice A Multiple Choice item displays a question followed by a list with one correct answer and several distracters Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi Answer feedback can be included with Multiple Choice questions so that students can view additional information about the answer For example the following feedback 24 might be displayed after a student answers the above question regardless of whether the correct or incorrect answer was submitted Albert Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 for his measurements of the speed of light His experiments laid the groundwork for Einstein s Theory of Relativity To add feedback to a Multiple Choice question click the Feedback button to open an editing window When the feedback text has been entered click the X at the top right corner of the feedback window to close it It s possible to have the answer choices distracters displayed in random order for a question Simply select the randomize box The following StudyMate Author activities can be created with Multiple Choice items Quiz and Challenge Quiz A Quiz will show one multiple choice question at a time The question wordin
5. Start from the Windows desktop 2 Click Programs 3 Click Respondus 4 Click StudyMate Author The first time you start StudyMate Author and each time thereafter until the program is registered you will be presented with a screen to register StudyMate Author 2 5 StudyMate Author Registration StudyMate Author Single User license The first time you start StudyMate Author and each time thereafter until the program is registered you will be presented with a screen that provides the Product ID The Product ID is used to obtain the Activation Password see below which is needed to complete the installation Once the StudyMate Author installation program is finished you will need to obtain a password from www respondus com to activate the installation Be sure to have the StudyMate Author Product ID readily available After you have directed your browser to http www respondus com go to the Registration section of the site You have the choice of purchasing a permanent activation password for StudyMate Author or obtaining a 30 day trial password In both cases you will be required to enter a valid e mail address and the Product ID that displays on the opening screen of StudyMate Author Once the information is submitted the activation password is immediately sent to the e mail address you specified Once the password is received by e mail it must be entered into the StudyMate Author program If you haven
6. This will open a window containing the files stored in the default directory StudyMate Projects Select a source file by double clicking the file name or by clicking it once and selecting Open Tip Before selecting a file you can search the contents of the file by clicking on it once and then clicking the Search button You can also view the items in a file prior to opening it by highlighting the file name and clicking the Item 38 List button A specific item can be previewed by clicking the magnifying glass icon Once the source file is selected a new window lists the items contained in it An item can be selected by clicking the column furthest to the left A checkmark will indicate that the item has been selected When all the desired items have been selected choose either the Add to End of List button or the Insert into List button to add the items to the currently open file between existing items in the Item List 39 Settings Menu Overview of Settings Menu Settings for Item Types Other Settings Color Settings template Accessibility Support Language Settings Overview of Settings Menu The Settings Menu allows you to specify settings for each activity There is a settings tab for the each item type Fact Term Definition and Multiple Choice Calculated The Other Settings tab allows you to select color settings accessibility settings and the language in which the interface
7. header information to appear at the top of pages such as a person s name the file name or the date In the final step you can preview the file formatted selections will be displayed save the file to a MS Word rich text or plain text format or send the file directly to a printer 56 StudyMate com tab The StudyMate com tab allows one to manage projects that have already been published to StudyMate com along with managing StudyMate com accounts a PCIE Stat Edit Settings Preview StudyMate com Manage Projects Manage Projects Manage View and manage your projects on StudyMate com Projects Account Settings Managing Projects Clicking on Manage Projects will bring up a new window listing all the projects currently located on StudyMate com hudan acte Projects C Disabled Projects Deleted Projects Expanded View 4 Stu yMatecm a Hep _ Cose Project Name amp Modification Date Title Description je of Discovery The Age of Discovery project was created by Respondus Age of Discovery 29 Sep 2011 12 50 47 PMemployees to help demonstrate the amazing capabilities of StudyMate Author version 2 5 Large Mc Project 19 Sep 2011 6 09 44 PM Large MC Project Large MC Project Reversed image issue 20 Sep 2011 2 34 23 PM Reversed Image Trying to reproduce the reversed image issue SMA 8 25 Publish 25 Aug 2011 7 16 05 PM SMA 8 25 Activity Title SMA
8. 2 8 3 int x Return integer portion of x int 4 32 4 int 4 32 4 In x Base e natural logarithm of x log x Same as In x log10 x Base 10 logarithm of x max x y Return the maximum of all supplied arguments max 1 2 3 3 min x y Return the minimum of all supplied arguments min 1 2 3 1 mod x y Modulus or remainder of x y mod 5 2 1 rand Return a random number between 0 and 1 round d x Round x to d decimal places Halfway cases round away from 0 sin x Sine of x in radians sinh x Hyperbolic sine of x in radians 28 sqrt x Square root sqrt 9 3 sum x y Return the sum of all supplied arguments sum 1 2 3 6 tan x Tangent of x in radians tanh x Hyperbolic tangent of x in radians Note that the values for trigonometric functions are expressed in radians not degrees For conversion purposes Pi radians 180 degrees Also for all formulas that have two correct answers for example the square root of 9 is 3 and 3 only the positive number will be treated as correct After selecting a function from the list the formula must be edited to replace the argument list with numbers or variables For example round d x might be edited to specify a fixed number of decimal places and a variable to round as in round 3 y which would round the variable y to 3 decimal places Functions can also be nested within a formula as in sqrt abs x In this case the
9. 8 25 Activity Description StudyMate Author Activities Here are some sample instructions for the SMA 8 29 Name 29 Aug 2011 6 39 06 PM activities to be displayed underneath the title think this font should be smaller by a couple points and the input field limited to 160 characters wns SMA Test Project 8 31 31 Aug 2011 3 57 29 PM SMA Test Project 8 31 Click on the link to launch the activities Stugymate Sampie Activities 28 Sep 2011 5 54 27 PM StudyMate Sample Activities This is Arie s test file The pull down listing at the top of the window will allow changing between the different StudyMate com accounts Active Projects tab The main tab Active Projects lists all the projects currently at StudyMate com under the account Clicking on the column headings Project Name Modification Date or Title Description will sort on the column Clicking on the project name will open a browser window to show the landing page of the StudyMate Author project and the activities selected during publishing ins History Project Aug 29 2011 6 19 02 PM ui Aug 3 2011 4 52 43 PM Properties Go to URL Retrieve Project Disable Project Delete Project 57 To the left of each project title is an action menu to manage a specific project Select the item to start the action Properties Lists the Creation Date Last Access Date URL the StudyMate Source File Number of items i
10. Author will prevent you from importing rft or doc files that contain images or embedded objects such as tables If StudyMate Author warns you that the document being imported contains images or embedded objects it may be easier to export the file to a docx file or as txt format so that these objects are automatically converted to a suitable format or dropped altogether The Topic and Difficulty level of Term Definition items can be specified in a file prior to importing This is explained below in the section Importing a Topic or a Difficulty Level Importing Alternate Glossary Files StudyMate Author can import glossary files as Term Definition items The formatting is relatively simple lt term gt lt definition gt Note the colon at the start of the term Here s a specific example Albert Michelson Determined the exact speed of light Albert Einstein Developed the General Theory of Relativity Note that only one blank line is required between items for this format unlike the Standard Format described previously Importing Blackboard Learn Glossary Files Blackboard Learn has a glossary tool that can export items in txt format These files can be imported by StudyMate Author as Term Definition items The formatting is relatively simple lt term gt lt tab gt lt definition gt lt linefeed gt lt term gt lt tab gt lt definition gt lt linefeed gt Note the quotes tha
11. Studymate com account needs to be selected for the uploaded activities If there are no existing StudyMate com accounts select add new account to add an existing StudyMate com account or create a new StudyMate com account See the StudyMate com section on creating and managing StudyMate com accounts ae Publish to Learning Management System 1 Select a leaming system Blackboard 7x 9x hd 2 Select upload type Standard Upload recommended Projects are published to StudyMate com with a link to it it This from the online course offers the most flexibility for StudyMate viewing activities on computers phones and tablets P bli ho StudyMate com account add new account a4 Edit u S CH Add New Account X Create a new StudyMate com account or add an existing account to the list cq Create a new StudyMate com account Add an existing StudyMate com account to the list OK Cancel lt Back Next gt Cancel Help Selecting a course and content area Once you have selected a StudyMate com account a successful connection has been made to the LMS server and you have continued to the next page of the wizard you are prompted to select a course Click the pull down list labeled Course to view the list of courses Then select the course to which you want to publish web link to StudyMate com The Windows hourglass will again appear as StudyMate Author retrieves a list of the Conte
12. a Flash object must be fully downloaded before anything can be viewed If a large number of images will be contained in a StudyMate file consider optimizing the images to a web friendly format and size Save screen captures and similar complex image files in PNG format and save photos in JPG format instead of BMP Simple line art and similar clip art are best saved as GIF files Also reduce the overall pixel size of the image Currently 800 x 600 pixel resolution is an acceptable image size Note that some image editors will only shrink the viewable size of the image while still retaining the original pixel resolution and file size Verify the image has actually been reduced in pixel resolution before adding to a StudyMate item The Preview task available from the Preview amp Publish menu displays the overall size of the Flash object if Export as Adobe Flash module will be used This will help you determine whether a StudyMate activities file is becoming too large Inserting Audio The Insert Audio tool allows for audio to be embedded directly into StudyMate activities This feature should be used sparingly since audio files can use large amounts of space and can significantly increase the size of the final StudyMate activity file Consider placing larger audio files on a separate server and using the Web Link tool in StudyMate Author instead To embed an audio file from the Edit menu position the cursor in the text field where
13. be created or you can create a link to a media file that resides on another server In both cases you will be prompted to enter the text that is to be displayed for the link itself A Web Link cannot be used if a text field already has advanced formatting such as images equations tables super subscript Similarly if a text field has a Web Link you ll be prevented from adding advanced formatting such as images and equations 31 Adding Images Images can be added to most text fields in StudyMate Author When exporting as an Adobe Flash module images should be used sparingly because they can significantly increase the size of the Flash object From the Edit menu position the cursor in the text field where you want the image to be added Then click the Insert image icon on the toolbar which is represented by a camera A pop up window will let you navigate to and select the image provided that it is in one of these formats bmp gif jpeg png pcx and emf After selecting an image the following window appears Convert and or Scale Image 28 1 Enter alternate text to be used in place of the image for screen readers optional 2 Most images need to be resized to fit the small text areas in the Flash activities If you want to include text with the image you may need to set the scale 4 even smaller than the value below Scale To 62 76 1 100 100 keep original size Original Size 636 w 478 h New Size
14. for the StudyMate activities will appear English French German etc Settings for Item Types Each StudyMate activity except for Glossary and Challenge has a setting that determines whether all items available for it will be displayed during each user session The alternative is to display a subset of the available items during user sessions For example let s say that the file contains 100 items that can be used with the Pick A Letter activity Instead of including all 100 items each time the activity is played you may prefer that 25 items be randomly selected each time To do so choose the Select a fixed number option and enter the number 25 To clarify this example all 100 items would be contained in the StudyMate file but only 25 would be selected each time a student started the activity If you choose the option to have all items displayed during each user session you have the choice of having the items delivered in random order or in the order that they appear in the StudyMate file Additional settings are available for the Quiz activity To have feedback shown immediately after an answer is provided by the student select the option Show feedback after each question The Show score after quiz option is self explanatory The Review missed questions option will allow the student upon completion of the quiz to review each question that was missed Settings for Crosswords allow control of the number
15. of puzzles or rounds included in published activity ranging from 1 10 Another setting determines when puzzles are recompiled in the StudyMate authoring tool each time the Preview task is started or only when a change has occurred to the StudyMate file Finally note that the Matching activity requires a minimum of 9 items and that the Challenge activity requires a minimum of 10 items 40 Other Settings The Other Settings tab available from the Settings menu provides language template color and accessibility settings for the activities that are created with StudyMate Author Language Settings The user interface for the activities created with StudyMate Author can appear in six languages Dutch English Finnish French German and Spanish To change the language setting within StudyMate Author select the Settings menu click the Other Settings tab and then choose the desired language from the pull down list under Language Settings StudyMate com Template Design The background template used for activities published to StudyMate com can be changed to one of several available options To change the background template design within StudyMate Author select the Settings menu click the Other Settings tab and then choose the desired background design from the pull down list under StudyMate com Template Design Color Settings The color settings are only applicable when exporting activities as Adobe Fla
16. or to Add the word to the dictionary If you want to make more detailed changes to the question click the Edit This Question button which will close the spell checker and make the question available for editing Three dictionaries are included with a standard installation of StudyMate Author American English Canadian English and British English However a free bundle of supplemental dictionaries can be downloaded from the Respondus website including French German Spanish Dutch Finnish and a comprehensive medical dictionary Keyword Searches There are several places in StudyMate Author where the Advanced Search or Keywoard Search button appears such as at the bottom of the Edit menu at the top of the Expanded View and in the Quick Copy Wizard Keyword searches are also available with Search in the Open StudyMate File dialog when a file is being opened This option allows you to search the currently open file or the file that is being previewed Up to three words can be included in a search When more than one word is used you can choose whether a match is required of all words or any of the words The search can be further filtered by selecting a topic from the pull down list if the items have been assigned to a topic A final option allows answer choices and feedback to be included in the search Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Items It is easy to modify move or delete an item in StudyMate Author F
17. paintings were done outdoors and used parks urban settings and rural peasant life as the subject aS 15 4 3 2 1 0 Total Points 0 Points Possible 175 1 of 35 Next Question __Hint Show Answer Reset Help StudyMate Next Question moves you to the next question in the list no points are awarded if the answer isn t completed before clicking Next Question Hint reveals the next letter or number in the answer one point is deducted for each hint until the point value for the item reaches zero Show Answer reveals the complete answer no points are awarded when this option is used Reset starts the activity over again Once the final item has been answered a score will be displayed Matching The Matching activity displays the definition question in the top section and has the user select from one of the nine term answer windows below The answer windows don t change until six correct answers have been revealed At that time the nine answer windows are repopulated and the sequence repeats itself It s important to understand that the contents of the nine answer windows are randomly drawn from other items in the file This works well if all Term Definition items in the file are similar eg all items are persons or all items are events or all are definitions However if the Term Definition items are a mixture of topics it may be desirable to exclude the Matching activity when generating the activities 21 Vi
18. provide a consistent look or numbering sequence For example if questions are copied or imported from a variety of sources the resulting titles may look inconsistent and haphazard The tem Title Tool located under File on the menu bar lets a stem or prefix be specified for item titles Consecutive numbering will automatically be generated for the 61 text that appears after the stem beginning with 1 or 01 or 001 etc For example if you enter Chapterl as the stem text and then select 001 as the format for the numbering scheme the title for the first item will be changed to Chapter1 001 the title for the second item will be changed to Chapter1 002 and so on If a range is specified for the titles being changed even more specific titles can be provided throughout the file For instance questions 1 20 might use the stem Ch1 Unit1 and questions 21 30 might use the stem Ch1 Unit2 and so forth Properties Select Properties from File on the menu bar to view or change the properties for the currently open file There are three fields that can be edited Author File Description and Keywords Check for Update The Check for Update tool located on the Help menu bar provides an easy way to see if an update is available for StudyMate Author Every few weeks StudyMate Author will generate a message that asks whether it can check for an update No information about your computer hardware and softwa
19. test bank Opening and Converting a Respondus file The Browse button can also be used to select and then convert a Respondus project file rsp or a Respondus archive file rsa rpa to StudyMate format To do so click Browse and then change the pull down list for Files of Type to Respondus Files and Archives Upon selecting a Respondus project or archive file various options will be offered regarding the conversion of the Respondus file to StudyMate format Select the desired options and click OK to complete the conversion Note the Import Wizard can also be used to convert a Respondus file to StudyMate format Downloading Publisher Test Banks The Download Test Bank button is used to download publisher test banks that have been made available through the Respondus Test Bank Network for more details see http www respondus com testbank To download a test bank enter the File Code that has been supplied to you by the publisher If applicable also enter the password and any additional information that has been provided to you StudyMate Author will then locate and download the test bank file Since the file being downloaded is in Respondus format it will need to be converted to StudyMate format Following the download step StudyMate Author will display various options regarding the conversion of the file to StudyMate format Select the desired options and click OK to complete the conversion Creating a File
20. the bottom of the screen The user can select a letter from the keyboard or from the palette of characters on the right side of the screen International characters or numbers can be selected from the palette by first clicking the gt gt gt button to reveal additional items A puzzle is complete when all letter boxes have been solved 22 ect letter from the Reveal Letter Reset Help ACROSS A design style popular in the 1920s and 1930s characterized by the use of geometrics chrome and black trim rounded corners plastic ornamentation and often containing images of modern machinery aircraft and skyscrapers Correct 12 Missed 0 Reveal Letter displays the letter for the highlighted square and increases the Missed tally by one Solve Puzzle reveals all remaining letters for the puzzle no changes occur to the Correct or Missed tallies The Next Puzzle button when displayed clears the current puzzle and skips to the next round if one is available The Correct or Missed tallies are unchanged when Next Puzzle is clicked Reset refreshes the screen clears the tallies and starts the first puzzle again Puzzles are not recompiled when the Reset button is clicked just started again If an answer has multiple words ICE AGE the blank space between words will be eliminated ICEAGE Special characters and pu
21. to view a list of the items contained in the highlighted file To preview a particular item click the Title To open a highlighted file click the Open button at the bottom of the window Double clicking a file name will also open it StudyMate Author allows projects to be organized within sub folders For example you may want to organize StudyMate projects by class course or subject matter To create a new folder locate the toolbar above the Selected File window and click the Create New Folder button located second from left To navigate down a level within a folder double click the folder itself To navigate up a level click the Up One Level button located leftmost on the row of buttons To save a StudyMate Author file into a subfolder open the StudyMate Author file select Save As from the File menu and navigate to the new subfolder when prompted for a file name and location The Search button allows the text in a file to be searched prior to opening it The Browse button located on the lower left side of the Open window allows you to locate a StudyMate file rsf that is located elsewhere on the hard drive and copy the file to the StudyMate Projects folder It does not move the file or open it directly rather it creates a new projects folder based on that file The Download Test Bank button is used to start the Respondus Test Bank Network wizard to register and download a publisher
22. 3 Glossary The Glossary tool provides an alphabetic listing of all Term Definition items in the file The term answer is presented first immediately followed by the definition answer Click a letter at the top of the screen to list the terms that start with that letter The other category listed at the end of the alphabet will display terms that start with numbers punctuation or special characters The All option will list all Term Definition items in the file alphabetically To locate a glossary item that contains a particular word or phrase use the Search feature Search For an a A c o e r e n k m nlolelajr s tlulv wlix yiz Other Baroque An artistic style that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe between the 17th century and mid 18th century It is characterized by dramatic themes and highly ornate use of materials such as marble gilt and pediments Bronze Age The middle period of prehistoric culture 2100 700 B C E when humans first learned how to use metal Buddhism A religious philosophy founded in Asia in the 6th century B C E by Siddhartha Gautama that teaches that you can achieve the final liberation of Nirvana by letting go of both indulgence and abstinence and maintaining a middle path through life StudyMate Note that it may be necessary to exclude the Glossary activity when generating the activities if the Term Definition items don t use a term definition approach
23. 399 w 300 h Update 3 Press OK to accept the settings above OK Cancel If the image is over 400 x 300 pixels StudyMate Author will reduce it to the required size An image can be made even smaller by manually adjusting the value for the Scale to field Alternate text for images can be entered in the field provided ALT text for accessibility is supported when activities are published to StudyMate com For activities exported as Adobe Flash modules ALT text is not supported in the Flash objects Click OK to close the window and return to the Edit menu You will now see a set of green characters like lt PIC_1 gt that represents the image Be sure to preview all images prior to saving the item to the file This will assure that the image size and position is as intended To delete an image position the cursor in the same field where the item is located Then click the Insert Image icon on the toolbar the camera icon and select the option to delete an existing image or file It s important to understand that images can significantly increase the size of the final activities files particularly if high color photos and images are used A high color image 32 may be three times the size of a similar image that uses 256 colors Also keep in mind when exporting activities as Adobe Flash modules that they work differently than the HTMLS5S based activities published to StudyMate com Unlike HTML based web pages
24. 97 2003 doc Rich Text rtf Text txt is selected the next screen will remind you that the text formatting for Multiple Choice Term Definition and Fact items must follow the guidelines for the Standard Format as discussed later in this section StudyMate Import Wizard K Importing items from document or text file See Help or the User Guide for an explanation of formatting options and requirements Only bold italic and underline text formatting is supported not fonts tables or images For the file being imported indicate the type of items contained in it StudyMate can only import one type of item at a time StudyMate Multiple Choice AUTHOR Temm Definition Glossary etc Import C Fact Fact Cards etc a ee Sey The final screen of the wizard requires several actions Click Browse to locate and select the file being imported Next indicate whether the items being imported should be appended to the currently open file or whether an entirely new StudyMate file should be created If the second option is selected you will additionally need to enter the name of the file being created Each item being imported is given a title If titles aren t specified in the file being imported StudyMate Author will create a title using the first 20 characters of the item wording Alternatively it is possible to specify stem text i e a prefix that will then be followed by consecutiv
25. Design Science If you frequently create documents with equations you may find MathType is better suited to your needs MathType is as easy to use as the Equation Editor and has many extra features to help you save time and create a wider range of equations For further information about purchasing MathType contact your software dealer or Design Science directly Design Science Inc 140 Pine Avenue Long Beach CA 90802 USA Toll free 800 827 0685 International 562 432 2920 Fax 562 432 2857 Email sales dessci com Web http www dessci com If you already own MathType you will need to reinstall it in order to have it work directly with StudyMate Author MathType s readme file explains that it sets itself up to replace Equation Editor at the time that it s installed So if you add a new application like StudyMate Author that uses the Equation Editor you must re install MathType Power Edit The Power Edit task available from the Edit menu provides a table editor and a larger workspace for editing large blocks of text Click in the field that you want to edit and then click the Power Edit button on the toolbar Most tasks on the Power Edit toolbar also appear on the main toolbar Only the Table editor is unique Tables StudyMate Author makes it possible to insert and edit simple tables From the Edit menu in StudyMate Author position the cursor at the location where you want to insert the table Then click the Po
26. Edition version 8 0 with links to the activities on StudyMate com as Adobe Flash swf activities or as SCORM 1 2 modules StudyMate Author will also export the activities and games in Adobe Flash swf format that instructors can upload to other learning management system such as Moodle Desire2Learn and Instructure Canvas along with any web site web service or web application that supports Adobe Flash swf files Computer Requirements StudyMate Author requires Windows XP or higher 32 MB of RAM 5 MB of free hard disk space and at least an 800x600 monitor resolution 1024 x 768 recommended For previewing activities Internet Explorer must have the Adobe Flash Player installed version 7 0 or higher Installation amp Setup To begin the installation process download the StudyMate installation file from http www respondus com for the StudyMate Single user license For StudyMate Campus wide licenses obtain the installation file from the institution s Respondus Campus wide Local Support Contacts Once the file has been downloaded locate the StudyMate25 exe file or StudyMate25Campus exe that was downloaded to your hard drive Double click the file to start the StudyMate Author installation program and follow the instructions on the screen Once StudyMate Author is installed start the program by double clicking the StudyMate Author icon that appears on the Windows desktop Or follow these steps to start the software 1 Click
27. Form Preview m Item List Expanded View Total Items 149 Title Format Topic Difficulty Question Wording a Fact Explore 01 Fact Explorers In 1909 Robert Peary became the first person to reach the North Pole Fact Explore 02 Fact Explorers In 1926 Richard Byrd became the first person to fly over the North Pole Fact Explore 04 Fact Explorers In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first person along Fact Explore 03 Fact Explorers s In 1911 Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach the South F Fact Explore 05 Fact Explorers In 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin became the firs Search Advanced Search Julalulele o o o o o iw ins Jin Jus ie Common Features Across All Item Types Four types of items can be created with StudyMate Author Fact Term Definition Multiple Choice and Calculated To create a new item select the desired type from the left side of the screen The entry form to its right will change accordingly the activities that can be generated from that type of item are also listed Each item allows the entry of a Title A title can be up to 60 characters If you do not enter a title StudyMate Author will use the first 20 characters from the next data entry field Two optional features are available with each edit form Difficulty level and Topic The Difficulty level can be set between and 5 1 Low 5 High Items can als
28. Pole 1909 The first person to fly over the North Pole 1926 Use As Basis For New Item X Item List Expanded View Total Items 149 Title Format Topic Difficulty Question Wording a 1 P S Fact Explore 01 Fact Explorers In 1909 Robert Peary became the first person to reach the I 2 Preview 7 In 1926 Richard Byrd became the first person to fly over the 3 Edit In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the first per 4 Delete In 1911 Roald Amundsen became the first person to reach t Ea Move to In 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin beci 6 Copy Items From Another File o 0 o o oo Properties nced Search The context menu offers the following operations Preview Preview the item Edit Edit the item Delete Delete the item Move to Move the question to a new location in the list Use As Basis For New Item Open the item in the edit template and use it as the basis for a new item The original title will be modified slightly for example the number 2 will be added to the end of the name Copy Items From Another File Items can be selected and copied from another StudyMate file into the current file Properties Displays a window that summarizes the properties for the item The Expanded View button located at the top right of the Question List displays a full screen pop up of the question list This enables you to view more i
29. Quiz M Challenge requires 10 items The first page of the wizard lists the activities and games that can be included with the activities that are being output Deselect any activity that you want excluded from the output Select a publishing option Publish to Leaming Management System Publish only to StudyMate com Export as Leaming Object Flash SCORM for manual upload 43 StudyMate Author provides three options for publishing the activities Publishing to a Learning Management System StudyMate Author will publish the activities to the StudyMate com service and directly provide a web link in the supported learning management systems including Blackboard 7 x or higher Blackboard WebCT CE 8 0 Vista 8 0 and ANGEL 6 3 or higher The other option is to publish Adobe Flash modules or SCORM modules directly to the supported learning management systems Publish Only to StudyMate com StudyMate Author can publish the activities to the StudyMate com service and provide a web link that can be inserted in any document or web page for access by students including mobile browser on smartphones and other mobile devices Export as Learning Object Flash SCORM for manual upload For situations where it is desired to have files on other learning management systems or web sites or web based content that does not have Internet access the StudyMate activities can be exported as learning objects for
30. SWF file and JS file Note These files must be placed in the same folder as the HTML file Exporting a SCORM Package The Shareable Content Object Reference Module SCORM is a set of specifications that enables the reuse and migration of web based learning content in different environments and products Many of the leading course management systems and learning management systems support SCORM including Blackboard Learn Blackboard Vista CE ANGEL Learning and Moodle The Publish Wizard in StudyMate Author includes a SCORM option within the direct publishing options for the supported learning management systems It s easier to use 55 these integrated publishing options for SCORM rather than manually exporting it as a SCORM 1 2 package as is required for use with other SCORM compliant systems For other e learning systems and other SCORM compliant systems the SCORM package will need to be manually exported and uploaded to the SCORM compliant system StudyMate Author will create the SCORM package with all the appropriate files and wrappers to use the SCORM module without any additional configuration or programming StudyMate supports the grade feature in SCORM which allows a score to be passed from the Flash object to the e learning system SCORM only allows one grade to be passed from the object to an e learning system s grade book By default the Quiz activity is used for generating the grade but it is possible t
31. StudyMate Author 2 5 User Guide May 2012 Getting Started Introduction Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup StudyMate Author Registration On line Help amp User Guides Start Menu Overview of Start Menu Opening a File Opening and Converting a Respondus file Downloading Publisher Test Banks Creating a File Import Wizard uick Copy Wizard Editing a File Overview Common Features Across all Item Types Question List and Expanded View Item Types and Activities 1 Fact Fact Cards Fact Cards 2 Term Definition Flash Cards Pick A Letter Fill in the Blank Matching Crosswords Glossary 3 Multiple Choice Quiz Challenge 4 Calculated Advanced Editing Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Web Links Adding Images Inserting Audio Equation Editor Power Editor Spell Check Keyword Searches Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Items A Rapid Authoring Technique for Creating Items Using an Item as the Basis for a New Item Copying Items from Another StudyMate File Settings Menu Overview of Settings Menu Settings for Item Types Other Settings Color Settings template Accessibility Support Language Settings Preview amp Publish Menu Overview Preview Task Publish Wizard Publishing to a Learning Management System Publishing to StudyMate com Only Exporting as Learning Objects Print Options StudyMate com Managing Projects Account Settings Other Tools amp Features Ov
32. absolute value of x is evaluated first followed by the square root of the result Functions can be nested as deeply as necessary to properly calculate the answer When entering numerical values scientific notation is expressed in the format xEy where x is the coefficient and y is the exponent To convert numbers from scientific notation to standard notation use x times 10 to the power of y For example e 3 2E4 equals 32000 e 2E0 equals 2 e 3 14E 2 equals 0 0314 The Operators list provides the following standard mathematical operators Subtraction 0 Parentheses used to group elements for precedence Multiplication ek Power or exponent For example 2 3 8 Division Addition The Constants list provides the following commonly used numerical constants e Base e or Euler s constant 2 71828 _pi Pi the circle ratio 3 14159 Some example questions and associated formulas might be Question How long does it take to travel x miles at a speed of y mph Formula x y 29 Question What is the positive square root of x Formula sqrt x Question Compute sin x where x x degrees Formula sin x 180 _pi Calculated Variable Properties Clicking the Variable Properties button in the Formula section displays the Variable Properties dialog Here each variable in the question wording and formula is listed by name along with Minimum Maximum and Scale values for that va
33. ange from 100 to 500 Select a topic and point value Read the question and click the letter that corresponds with the correct answer Science amp Discovery Inventors 100 100 Player 1 s score 300 PLAYER 2 s TURN Player 2 s score 0 The inventor of the revolver around 1835 was A Alfred Nobel B Philo Remington C Samuel Colt D Richard Gatling Select Answer Show Answer _Reset_ Help StudyMate At the start of the Challenge game select the One Player or Two Player option The Two Player mode additionally allows names to be entered for the players or teams The game is started by clicking one of the point values below a topic The question and answer choices are listed in the box below The correct answer is selected by clicking on the letter that represents it Players are immediately shown whether the answer is correct or wrong If the answer selection is wrong the correct answer will be displayed in green text and the incorrect answer will appear in red If feedback is available for the question it too will be displayed at this time Challenge makes use of the Difficulty option that is available when multiple choice questions are created or imported with StudyMate Author Questions will be distributed within a topic according to its original difficulty weighting 1 low 5 high Questions that don t have a difficulty level assigned to it are treated as a 3 in terms of diffi
34. anual is organized according to the five StudyMate Author menus Start Edit Settings Preview amp Publish and StudyMate com Start Menu Overview of Start Menu Opening a File Opening and Converting a Respondus file Downloading Publisher Test Banks Creating a File Import Wizard uick Copy Wizard Overview of Start Menu The Start menu provides the ability to Open a StudyMate Author file Create a new file and Import questions from a word processing text or IMS QTI file The Quick Copy Wizard additionally provides an easy way to create an activity from an existing set of StudyMate files A StudyMate file must be open before you can go to another menu in StudyMate Author Opening a File From the Start menu click the Open button The following window will appear 7 Open StudyMate File xs Name Date le Dl ce El e C Marotz HSN8e 3 folder Selected File E Testbank WH folder M z Bice of Discovery 8 02 11 03 34 Ph A Projects JR chapter 5 viz b 1 11 11 07 14 Ph Bi evans Monster Test Bank 8 05 11 11 42 Ak Bl History 8 26 04 09 44 Ab Bivocab 12 06 10 05 37 P Efwon History w Pictures 7 05 11 06 52 Ab Browse Download 4 m Test Bank Open Cancel Search Highlight a StudyMate project by clicking it once To obtain information on the project select one of the two center buttons located above the Selected File window at right The Item List button right of center is used
35. ate com service and places a unique link to the activities in the online course The Standard Upload provides the greatest flexibility as the activities are viewable in any modern desktop based web browsers Internet Explorer FireFox Safari Google Chrome and most mobile browsers on smartphones and other mobile devices such as pad type tablets The web link placed in the LMS to the activities on StudyMate com can also be placed in any document or web page outside of the learning management system to provide the most widespread access to the StudyMate activities 45 Adobe Flash Package StudyMate Author can compile the activities into an Adobe Flash module along with supporting HTML and JavaScript files then upload the package into the learning management system Students will need the Adobe Flash Player on their local system to view the StudyMate Author activities Also access to the activities will be restricted to only students who have access to the course in the learning management system SCORM SCORM modules are special Flash packages with additional functions where a student score from any activity can be passed back to the learning management system grade book only the score for the first attempt is saved In order to use the SCORM option the learning management system must have the SCORM Content Player A disadvantage of SCORM packaging is that you cannot edit append or replace a SCORM module once published to the serve
36. browser Publishing to StudyMate com The Publish Only to StudyMate com option will upload the StudyMate activities to StudyMate com for the specified user account and provide a unique link that can be inserted into a document or web page The first step in the Publish Wizard is to select or create a StudyMate com account When selecting add new account there will an option to create a brand new StudyMate com account or add an account that already exists in StudyMate com to the local installation of StudyMate Author 51 Create New Account or Register Existing One Create a new StudyMate com account or add an existing account to the list Create a new StudyMate com account have read and agree to the StudyMate com Terms of Service Add an existing StudyMate com account to the list Cancel Creating a new StudyMate com account Create New Account Enter an email address and password to create a StudyMate com account Email address l Email address again Password Password again Cancel In Create New Account after agreeing to the StudyMate com Terms of Service enter a valid email address and password Before clicking the OK button carefully check the Email address as it may be needed if one forgets the password and needs to request a new password The StudyMate com server can only return forgotten passwords to valid email addresses Adding an existing account If there is an e
37. ckbox Once the server settings have been entered click OK to close the window Confirm that you have a live connection to the Internet and click Next StudyMate Author will then attempt to connect to your LMS server The hour glass in Windows will appear momentarily If the connection is successful the next page of the wizard will appear If the connection to the LMS course is unsuccessful an error message will indicate that StudyMate Author was unable to connect to the server using the provided settings If this occurs troubleshoot it as follows e Make sure you are running correct version of a supported learning management system e Make sure your connection to the Internet is working properly e Double check the Password and User ID information In fact open your browser go to the learning management server that hosts your account and enter the identical information This will confirm that your LMS Server is up and running and that your User ID and Password are correct e Check the server settings are correct e Make sure you are running the latest version of StudyMate Author go to Help gt Check for Update to see if a more current version is available 48 Standard Upload to StudyMate com In the Standard Upload the StudyMate Author activities are uploaded to StudyMate com and a link is placed in the online course After selecting the supported learning management system and choosing Standard Upload recommended a
38. ckbox After saving this item use it to create a Fact item Once the Term Definition item has been saved StudyMate Author will now switch to the Fact template and populate it with the same text Again make sure the wording for the new Fact item makes sense and then add it to the list This rapid authoring technique sometimes requires that text be adjusted along the way For example if a Multiple Choice item has a correct answer of All of the Above the text that will populate the Term Definition template will not make sense unless you modify the Term or Answer field Using an Item as the Basis for a New Item To use an existing item as the starting point for a new item locate the original item in the Ttem List at the bottom of the Edit menu Pull down the context menu next to an item in the Item List and select Use as Basis for New Item You will be returned to the Edit screen and the properties for the original item will be displayed in the form The original title for the item will be modified slightly for example the number 2 will be added to the end of it At this point you can rename the title and make any other changes you like When finished add or insert the item to the Item List Copying Items from Another StudyMate Author File From the Edit menu it is possible to copy items from another StudyMate Author file Pull down the context menu next to any item in the Item List and select Copy from another file
39. culty If there aren t enough questions within the various levels of difficulty StudyMate Author will distribute the questions the best that it can Challenge also uses the Topics option that is available when questions are created or imported with StudyMate Author Questions that haven t been assigned to a topic will be displayed under a Mixed Topics heading during the Challenge game A minimum of 5 topics with at least 5 items each is recommended to avoid Mixed Topics headings 26 The point value indicated when a question is selected will be applied to the player s total score for the game If the player answers the question correctly the total score will increase by that amount Conversely if the answer is answered incorrectly the score will be reduced by that amount Negative scores are very much possible Show Answer will immediately display the correct answer to the question Only 100 points are deducted if the Show Answer option is used Thus a wild guess may not be the best strategy when playing against another partner or team since the penalty for using Show Answer may be less 4 Calculated Calculated items require students to apply a mathematical formula to answer the question Calculated items are designed using variables Random values based on a specified range are automatically generated for each variable in the question Thus Calculated items can be unique for each student as illustra
40. der location when publishing local copies of StudyMate activities Check for Update determines whether StudyMate Author will automatically check for product updates The checking occurs every few weeks Default Author Name allows you to enter or change the default author name for StudyMate project files Language Setting specifies the language setting to be used in the interface when new activities files are created Edit tab Randomize Answer Choices determine whether the answer choices for multiple choice questions will be randomized when questions are imported or created new Note that changing this setting doesn t affect questions that are already contained in the project only new questions that are added to it Automatically Create New Items will create new Term Definition items when a multiple choice item is created or create new Fact items when a Term Definition item is created 60 Auto Save tab Turn off automatic saving StudyMate author will not automatically save after entering new items or editing existing items You need to either manually click on the Save icon in the tool bar or select the Save option from the File menu to save the items back to a file in the StudyMate Projects folder Save After Provides options to automatically save an item to the file after adding new items or making changes to existing items Save As Copy The Save As tool located on the File pull down men
41. e numbering starting with 001 For example if you select the Use stem checkbox and enter the text Chapter1 the title for the first item being imported will be Chapter1 001 the title for the second item will be Chapter1 002 and so on You do not have to enter stem text this feature is entirely optional Click the Preview button to preview the file being imported and to see if there are any warning messages If warning messages are shown at the bottom of the screen you need to decide whether to make changes to the file being imported or whether to continue without making changes Note if a Respondus file is being imported an additional window containing conversion options will appear Select the desired options and click OK to continue Be aware that some warning messages don t actually require that changes be made to the file being imported For instance StudyMate Author will generate a warning message if two items being imported have the same title StudyMate Author will automatically place 11 the number 2 at the end of the second title to make it distinct from the first In this example if you don t care that StudyMate Author is making a minor change to the title ignore the warning message If you are satisfied with how the results look in Preview click Finish to complete the import The StudyMate file is now created or appended Switch to the Edit menu to further modify the file or go to the Previ
42. e to a docx file or as a txt format so that these objects are automatically converted to a suitable format or dropped altogether The Topic and Difficulty level of Fact items can be specified in a file prior to importing This is explained below in the section Importing a Topic or a Difficulty Level 68 Format Requirements for Importing Mixed Items MS Word 2007 2010 docx files only When importing MS Word 2007 2010 docx files Fact Term Definition and Multiple Choices items can be included in the same file by including a TYPE identifier To assign a TYPE to items in a file place the following tag before the items TYPE lt enter type here gt The TYPE tags are M Multiple choice questions T Term Definition F Facts For example to define the following two items as multiple choice questions the following formatting would be used TYPE M 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson 4 Who formulated the General Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein b Albert Michaelson The TYPE identified will be applied to consecutive items until a new TYPE is encountered in the file For example TYPE M 3 Who invented the incandescent light bulb a Alexander Graham Bell b George Eastman c Thomas Edison d Samuel Colt TYPE T Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone the telephone and is also credited for inventing
43. eatures subscripts superscripts the equation editor images and web links it is important to understand that StudyMate stores the wording for a question or answer choice as an image and not text data In this situation the link for the audio clip will appear after the question text and the phrase clip 1 below will appear in place of the text for the link Equation Editor The process of adding equations is similar to how images are added From the Edit menu position the cursor at the place in the text where the equation is wanted Then click the Equation Editor button on the toolbar which is represented by a summation symbol The Equation Editor will open and you can begin creating the equation The Equation Editor in Respondus works almost identically to the one that is available with Microsoft Word and many learning management systems So if you ve used those equation editors you ll already know how to use this one A key thing to learn about the Equation Editor is that the top row consists of symbols while the bottom row consists of palettes If you select a symbol from the top row it s no different than if you selected the or sign on your keyboard except that the symbols from the Equation Editor eventually get displayed as graphics When a palette is selected from the bottom row text can be entered at various insertion points It s also possible to select a palette from the bottom row click i
44. erview Preferences Save As Copy Save As StudyMate Class Server XML Item Title Tool Properties Check for Update Disclaimer of Warranty Copyright Ownership and Use of Software Appendices Appendix A The StudyMate Author Standard Format for Importing Items Getting Started Introduction Computer Requirements Installation amp Setup StudyMate Author Registration On line Help amp User Guides Introduction StudyMate Author by Respondus is a Windows authoring tool that makes it easy to create web based learning activities and games When creating a StudyMate file the focus is on the substance of a topic not the requirements of a particular activity or game This is a more natural approach for instructors and makes it easier to use content that might already exist in other formats Four types of items can be created or imported by StudyMate Author Fact items Term Definition items Multiple Choice and Calculated items All four item types can reside in the same StudyMate file Fact Items A Fact item consists of a fact a statement or a body of text The following fact would be an example of a Fact item Albert Michelson determined the speed of light in 1879 The StudyMate Author activities that can be generated with Fact items include Fact Cards Fact Cards Term Definition Items A Term Definition item has a word phrase that is associated with another word phrase A common example
45. ew task to view the items Formatting a text file for importing into StudyMate Author StudyMate Author can import fact term definition and multiple choice questions from a MS Word 2007 2010 document docx a MS Word 97 2003 document doc a rich text file rtf or a text file txt If using the docx format StudyMate Author can import a mix of fact term definition and multiple choice questions from a single document Otherwise only one type of item can be imported at a time from a MS Word doc Rich Text rtf or Text txt formats The specifications for formatting the items for importing from a file can be found in Appendix A The StudyMate Author Standard Format for Importing Items The doc and rtf files cannot contain images or embedded objects such as tables If a StudyMate warning indicates that the document being imported contains images or embedded objects the easiest way to strip these items is to save the file to txt format An alternative is to import a MS Word 2007 2010 docx file a Respondus rsp file or Respondus rsa archive file with questions that contain images However be aware that other advanced elements such as multimedia may not be imported Quick Copy Wizard The Quick Copy Wizard is the easiest way to select and copy items from two or more StudyMate files To begin select the Quick Copy Wizard button from the Start menu The first page of the wizard provides the option of creating a new file or opening an ex
46. ew the item in the large box and select the matching answer from the smaller boxes Click Next Question to continue An artistic style that began in Italy and spread throughout Europe between the 17th century and mid 18th century It is characterized by dramatic themes and highly ornate use of materials such as marble gilt and pediments Correct 1 Missed 0 2 of 35 cia i pa He StudyMate There must be at least 9 Term Definition items in a file before StudyMate will allow the Matching activity to be created Next Question moves you to the next question in the list no points are awarded if the prior item isn t answered before clicking Next Question Show Answer reveals the answer for the item no points are awarded when this option is used Reset starts the activity over again Crosswords A Crossword puzzle displays the clue i e the definition or question at the bottom of the screen and requires the user to enter the answer in a corresponding highlighted area of the grid Answers are entered one letter at a time and it s possible to switch to another clue before supplying any or all letters for the answer Tallies for correct and missed letters are provided with the possibility of multiple misses occurring for a single square Play begins by clicking a white unanswered square A highlight appears around all letter boxes that comprise the answer while the clue for the item is displayed at
47. g is presented at the top of the screen with the answer choices shown below it The correct answer is selected by clicking on the letter that represents it Read the question and click the letter that corresponds with the correct answer This German composer is known for the following works Magnificat Christmas Oratorio and the Brandenburg Concertos A Handel B Beethoven C Mozart D Bach E Brahms Select Answer A B C D E Next Question Reset Shuffle Help StudyMate After an answer is selected the Next Question button will flash and stay highlighted If feedback is set to display immediately after a question is answered see the Settings section below the screen will indicate whether the answer is correct or wrong and will display any feedback entered for that question Reset starts the quiz again without any changes to the quiz itself Shuffle also starts the quiz again but additionally randomizes and or reselects the questions from a larger set of questions again depending on the Settings that have been selected 25 Upon completion of the Quiz activity a score will be presented The user will have a chance to review the incorrectly answered questions at this point Challenge Challenge presents multiple choice questions in a fun game show environment The game board consists of 5 topics where each topic has 5 questions with point values that r
48. g on it You assume the entire risk of using the program Respondus Inc shall not be liable for any expense claim liability loss or damage including any incidental or consequential damage loss of profits loss of reputation or any loss whatever direct or indirect by you from either the use of or the inability to use the software Copyright Ownership and Use of Software All software with exception of the Equation Editor remains the property of Respondus Inc The software and written materials are copyrighted This license is not a sale of the original software or any copy You own the physical media on which the software is originally or subsequently encoded but Respondus Inc retains title and ownership of the software on all media You are not permitted to install the executable code version of this product on a network server or virtual server You may not customize the Product Except as otherwise permitted by written consent you may not i modify or create any derivative works of the Product or documentation including translation or localization ii decompile disassemble reverse engineer or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the Product iii redistribute encumber sell rent lease sublicense or otherwise transfer rights to the Product or iv remove or alter any trademark logo copyright or other proprietary notices legends symbols or labels in the Product 2004 2012 by Respondus Inc All Rig
49. h and state lexi Questio Show Answer _Reset StudyMate If an incorrect letter is entered 1 point of a possible 5 points is deducted for that question A user can continue answering the question even after the point value reaches zero Next Question proceeds to the next question in the list no points are awarded if the answer isn t completed before clicking Next Question Hint reveals the next letter or character in the answer one point is deducted for each hint until the point value for the 20 item reaches zero Show Answer reveals the entire answer no points are awarded when this option is used Reset starts the activity over again Once the final item is answered a score will be displayed Fill In the Blank Fill in the Blank displays the definition question in the top section and has the user enter the exact term definition for the answer If the answer isn t exactly correct StudyMate provides a hint based on the text entered in the previous attempt One point of a possible 5 points is deducted for each incorrect attempt There is no limit to the number of attempts allowed even if the point value for the item reaches 0 Read the top box and enter the answer below Note that your entry must exactly match the correct answer Art amp Culture A style of painting that emerged in France in the 1870s that uses small broken brush strokes bright colors and blurred objects to collectively create an image Most
50. hts reserved The Sentry Spelling Checker Engine is copyrighted by Wintertree Software Inc Respondus and StudyMate are registered trademarks of Respondus Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners 63 Appendices Appendix A The StudyMate Author Standard Format for Importing Items StudyMate Author allows you to import multiple choice questions term definition items and fact items from a file The items must be organized in a format that is acceptable to StudyMate Author in one of the following formats MS Word 2007 2010 document docx MS Word 97 2003 document doc Rich Text File rtf Plain Text file txt The MS Word 97 2003 doc and Rich Text File rtf files cannot contain images or embedded objects such as tables If a StudyMate warning indicates that the document being imported contains images or embedded objects the easiest way to strip these items is to save the file to a Plain Text txt format prior to importing the file Note Importing questions from the Microsoft Word 2007 2010 docx format requires that Word 2007 or Word 2010 be installed on the same computer The docx format has better support for importing text with formatting like auto numbers and auto letters Format Requirements for Importing Multiple Choice Files The Standard Format for multiple choice items have required elements and optional elements each of which is described next Standard Format for Mu
51. indow below will update after each step of the Publish process StudyMate Author 2 5 0 00 September 21 2011 Starting Creating activities Publishing to StudyMate com Publish complete The activities are now available from http www studymate com id MVg8T01 View Activities on StudyMate com Finish Cancel Help A status report is generated as StudyMate Author communicates StudyMate com You will be told when the publishing step is complete You can view the activities on StudyMate com by copying and pasting the web link into a web browser or click on the View Activities on StudyMate com to open the activities in a web browser Exporting as Learning Objects The StudyMate activities can be exported as learning objects for manual uploading The three formats are HTML SWF SCORM 1 2 package and a SWF Collection of individual Flash activity modules After selecting the activities in the next page Select a publishing option select Export as Learning Object Flash SCORM for manual upload to select one of the three options Exporting HTML SWE Files If you want to export a StudyMate activity so that it can be added to a web page you must use a bit of HTML code StudyMate Author will provide the needed HTML code when the SWF is exported On the Export as a Learning Object for Manual Upload page of the wizard select the HTML SWEF option a
52. ion on your hard drive to where the Audio file is located Once a file is selected click Open MP3 files cannot be altered sampled within StudyMate Author instead they must be encoded properly during the recording process or with audio editing programs However compression quality and size can be selected for uncompressed WAV files which can be stored as 8 bit mono with a sample rate of 5 5 11 or 22 KHz Higher sample rates increase the quality but use much more space and create a much larger StudyMate activities file If audio quality is important consider converting to the MP3 file format prior to adding to a StudyMate item or use the Web Link tool to link to a high quality audio file on another web server The overall size of a StudyMate activity can be determined within StudyMate Author by going to the gt Preview amp Publish Tab gt Preview gt Preview the File At the bottom of the preview window itself a number will be displayed such as Flash object size 168 K It is important to note that a file size of 480 K will require about 2 minutes downloading using low bandwidth connections but often less than 10 seconds using a high speed bandwidth connection 34 The next step is to enter the text for the link that the user will click to hear the audio file The audio file can be previewed if desired If satisfactory choose Finish to complete the embedding of the audio file When using audio files with other advanced formatting f
53. irst two options docx doc rtf txt are self explanatory If the file being imported is in one of these formats then select one of these two options Note Importing questions from the Microsoft Word 2007 2010 docx format requires that Word 2007 or Word 2010 be installed on the same computer The docx format has better support for importing text with formatting like auto numbers and auto letters along with embedded images IMS Question amp Test Interoperability IMS QTTD is a series of specifications that are supported by various e learning systems for more information see http www imsglobal org question If an IMS QTI XML file is being imported StudyMate Author will use only the multiple choice and true false questions filtering out the rest of the content Step 2 Respondus is a separate authoring tool by Respondus Inc that allows you to create assessment content for use with the leading course management systems for more information see http www respondus com Many question types from Respondus files rsp or Respondus Archive Files rsa rsp can be imported with StudyMate Author StudyMate Class is a separate application and a web based version of StudyMate that resides within the online course Files can be exported from a StudyMate Class project for import into StudyMate Author Respondus files can also be saved as StudyMate Class format files for import into either StudyMate Author or StudyMate Class If yo
54. is a glossary term that has a related definition Another example is a fill in the blank question in which the answer is a specific word or phrase The StudyMate Author activities that can be generated using Term Definition items include Flash Cards Pick a Letter Fill in the Blank Matching Crosswords Glossary Multiple Choice Items Multiple Choice items are questions that have multiple distracters but only one correct answer The StudyMate Author activities that can be created with Multiple Choice items include Quiz Challenge Calculated Items Calculated items sometimes known as algorithmic items require students to apply a mathematical formula to answer the question presented Calculated items are designed for using variables with random values based on a specified range that are automatically generated for each variable in the question The StudyMate Author activities that can be created with Calculated items include Quiz Challenge StudyMate Author exports the activities and games to StudyMate com with a web link the instructor can post to anywhere and is accessible by students with a web browser including most mobile web browsers on smartphones and similar handheld devices StudyMate Author additionally offers direct integration with ANGEL version 6 3 and higher Blackboard Learning System version 7 3 or higher Blackboard Learn version 9 x or higher and Blackboard Vista Campus
55. isting StudyMate file and then copying items to it Make your selection and click Next If you selected the option to create a new file provide a name and description of the file If you selected the option to use an existing file open the desired file as prompted Click Next to continue The next page of the wizard prompts you to select the StudyMate files from which the questions will be copied Highlight a file and click the Select button Repeat this process until all files from which you want to select questions are selected Click Next to continue The next page of the wizard prompts you to select a source file from the previous step If the selected file has items that have been assigned to topics the list can be further filtered by selecting a topic from the Show items by topic list You then have the choice of using Automatic Selection or Manual Selection When Automatic Selection is chosen the available number of questions for each type of item is 12 displayed in the Available to Select column In the next column enter the number of questions to be selected for each type of item When all entries are finished click either the Add to End of List button or the Insert Into List button Repeat this process for each of the source files The Manual Selection option allows the items for each file to be viewed before making a selection In fact you can preview individual items by clicking the magnifying g
56. lash Cards Pick A Letter Fill in the Blank Matching Crosswords Glossary 3 Multiple Choice Quiz Challenge 4 Calculated Advanced Editing Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript Web Links Adding Images Inserting Audio Equation Editor Power Editor Spell Check Keyword Searches Modifying Rearranging and Deleting Items A Rapid Authoring Technique for Creating Items Using an Item as the Basis for a New Item Copying Questions from Another StudyMate File Overview of Edit Menu The Edit menu in StudyMate Author allows new items to be added to a file or current items to be edited Four types of items can be created Fact Term Definition Multiple Choice and Calculated Up to ten activities can be created from these items 14 i E StudyMate Author Age of Discovery rsf Ce fej File Edit View Help BY 3 Bz7uUi x z a S OPowerest Preview amp Publish Settings StudyMate com Edit Items Term Definition 2 1 Title of Item Fact 2 Term or Answer e g Albert Einstein up to 80 characters Term Definition Multiple Choice _ _ Calculated 3 Definition or Question e g Developed the general Theory of Relativity Activities Include FLASH CARDS G6C62E6CCEO EEMATCHING 4 Difficulty Not Set v Topic No Topic z ol A iy tt BLANK JT After saving this item use it to create a Fact item maClRIOIS S WOMRIDISEH 5 Add to End of List InsettintoList Clear
57. lass icon You can also search the entire list of questions using the Keyword Search option at top right To select questions from this list simply click the narrow column furthest to the left a mark will appear next to the question When finished with the selections click either the Add to End of List button or the Insert Into List button Repeat this process for each source file Note that the Automatic Selection and Manual Selection options may be combined A file can also be reselected from the pull down list and have additional items chosen from it StudyMate Author will prevent you from selecting an item more than once Once items have been added to the list at the bottom of the screen the Difficulty values can be edited manually To delete an item from the bottom list or to move it to a different location in the list click pull down the contexts menu next to the magnifying class icon and select the desired option Finally notice that a tally of the questions appears at the top right corner of the lower grid The next and final page of the wizard is self explanatory For example to edit items in the file select the option to go to the Edit menu To preview the activities select that option and so on Click Finish to complete the wizard 13 Editing a File Overview Common Features Across all Item Types Question List and Expanded View Item Types and Activities 1 Fact Fact Cards Fact Cards 2 Term Definition F
58. lip Card to see the second size of the card Click the Previous and Next buttons to view the contents of each card A government form in which religious officials have legal and complete political authority and in which religious law is enforced by state agencies Don t Show Card Again Reset_ Shume Display Other Side First Help StudyMate Click Flip Card to see the second side of the card Select Next or Previous to scroll through the deck of cards Shuffle randomizes the deck of cards and Reset returns you to the first card in the deck The Display Other Side First option determines which side of the card is shown first 19 Use Flip Card to see the second size of the card Click the Previous and Next buttons to view the contents of each card Q previous FLIP 6 CARD NEXT I Dont Show Card Again StudyMate Pick a Letter Pick a Letter displays the definition question at the top of the screen and has the user type or click the letters contained in the answer If a letter appears more than once in an answer all uses of that letter will be displayed when it is selected GECG2EE6CGEO Type or click a letter to provide the answer 5 4 32 21 0 Total Score 0 Government amp Politics The indifference or rejection of religious ideas in civil or public affairs and the foundation of the concept separation of churc
59. ltiple Choice Imports Required Elements Each question must begin with a question number followed by either a period or a parentheses Example 3 Example 3 The question wording must follow the question number Note at least one space should be between the question number and the question wording Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Each answer must begin with a letter A J followed by a period or a parentheses Example 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi 64 Standard Format for Multiple Choice Imports Optional Elements A Title can be imported with each multiple choice question If a title is not provided for a question the first set of characters of the question wording will be used as the question title in StudyMate Author Titles must be placed at the beginning of a question and begin with Title followed by the actual text for the title If the title exceeds 20 characters the remaining characters will be dropped during the import Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi The correct answer for a multiple choice question can be indicated in two ways First you may place an asterisk directly in fron
60. manual uploading The three formats are HTML SWF SCORM 1 2 package and a SWF Collection of individual Flash activity modules 44 Publishing to a Learning Management System Publish to Learning Management System 1 Select a leaming system Blackboard 7x 9x bud 2 Select upload type Standard Upload recommended Projects are published to StudyMate com with a link to it from the online course This offers the most flexibility for viewing activities on computers phones and tablets StudyMate com account add new account X Edit C Adobe Flash package Uploads a set of files to the leaming system including an Adobe Flash file containing the activities Some mobile phones and tablets will be unable to view the activities C SCORM Uploads a SCORM 1 2 archive to the leaming system that includes an Adobe Flash file Some mobile phones and tablets will be unable to view these projects SCORM objects cannot be edited on the server and cannot be appended or replaced Publishing to a supported learning management systems follows the same basic steps through the StudyMate Publish Wizard The prime differences are how each LMS defines a content area and the initial server settings StudyMate Author provides three types of uploads Standard Upload recommended Adobe Flash Package SCORM Standard Upload recommended In the Standard Upload StudyMate Author uploads the activity files to the StudyM
61. n an insertion point and then select a symbol from the top row For more information about the Equation Editor refer to the online help that is available from within the editor When finished editing the equation exit the Equation Editor by either clicking the X that appears at the top right corner of the window or by selecting File from the menu bar and clicking Exit do not simply minimize the Equation Editor A new window appears that allows you to adjust the scaling of the equation To accept the default setting of 150 simply click OK Alternate text for equation images can be entered in the field provided ALT text for accessibility is supported when activities are published to StudyMate com For activities with equation images exported as Adobe Flash modules ALT text is not supported in the Flash objects Once an equation has been added and you return to the Edit menu you will see a set of green characters like lt EQ_1 gt that represents the equation image Be sure to preview all equations prior to saving the item to the file This will assure that the image size and position is as intended 35 To modify or delete an equation position the cursor in the same field where the equation is located Then click the Equation Editor icon on the toolbar and select the option to modify or delete an existing equation Using MathType with StudyMate Author The Equation Editor in StudyMate Author is a special version of MathType by
62. n displays the Value Answer Sets dialog Here you can generate sets of variable values and calculate the associated answers using the formula previously entered When the Calculated item is presented to the student one of these value sets will be randomly chosen to populate the variables in the question wording and the formula and the associated answer will be used to grade the student s response The grid displays a list of numbered value answer sets The number of sets available can be selected from the Number of Sets pull down list If images or equations are included 30 in the question wording a maximum of only 10 sets can be selected The contents of this list will vary depending upon the complexity of the question wording For each set the generated values for each variable are shown and the individual cells can be clicked to edit those values Note that any manually entered values must be within the range specified by the variable minimum and maximum in the Variable Properties dialog The answers cannot be edited instead the Update Answers button can be clicked to recalculate the answers for all value sets Feedback Answer feedback can be included with Calculated item so that students can view additional information about the answer For a Calculated item however the feedback would need to be very generic due to the multiple value answer sets To add feedback to a Calculated item click the Feedback butto
63. n the file and if the project is linked from an LMS Go to URL Will open a browser window and display the landing page of the StudyMate project Retrieve Project Will download the items back into StudyMate for editing and updating Disable Project Will prevent the students from accessing the StudyMate activities even if they have bookmarked the URL Delete Project will permanently delete the project from StudyMate com Use with care if the original StudyMate file is not available It is highly recommended to use Retrieve Project as a backup before deleting a project Disabled Projects tab The Disable Projects tab lists all the currently disable projects Two additional items in the Action menu next to each disable project name are Restore Project using original URL and Activate Project with new URL Using either action will place the project back into the Active Projects listing Deleted Projects tab The Delete Projects tab list all the delete projects It is intended only as a reference or reminder as to which projects have been deleted There is no option for recovering deleted projects The only Action menu item is Remove from List to remove the project title from the listing Additional options Additional options in Manage Projects include Search On that will search for terms in the Title and Description columns Expanded View to display the project properties under each project title Page Navigation in the lower
64. n to open an editing window When the feedback text has been entered click the X at the top right corner of the feedback window to close it Advanced Editing Adding Bold Italics Underline and Super Subscript StudyMate Author makes it possible to add bold italic and underline to words Simply highlight the text you want to modify and click the appropriate B Z or U button on the tool bar The text will immediately change to the selected formatting The superscript X3 and subscript X2 tools function in the same manner To remove the formatting highlight the text again and reselect the corresponding button from the toolbar Caution should be used when using formatting other than bold italic and underline in Calculated items When advanced formatting subscripts superscripts images and the equation editor is used in Calculated item and the activity is exported as an Adobe Flash module StudyMate Author must store each variation of the problem as an image instead of as text data which greatly increases the size of the published Flash object Web Links The Web Links tool on the toolbar lets you add a link to a website or to a file that is located on another web server A new browser window will open when the user clicks on the web link from within the activity To create a web link select the Web Link icon from the StudyMate Author toolbar and then follow the instructions for adding a web link A link to a specific web page can
65. nctuation are revealed at the start of a puzzle When publishing the Crossword activity to StudyMate com the puzzles are created each time a student accesses the activity Different students will be presented with different puzzles each time When exporting as Adobe Flash module or a SCORM module the puzzles are compiled in the StudyMate Author authoring tool before they are exported to Adobe Flash format Thus a crossword puzzle will be the same each time a student uses it The Crosswords activity in StudyMate draws its data from the Term Definition template Only those terms answers that have 15 or fewer characters will be used during the compilation of a puzzle If the StudyMate file has more than about a dozen Term Definition items it can generate multiple puzzles or rounds from the available data The Settings menu StudyMate Author lets the instructor specify the maximum number of rounds permitted for a puzzle ranging from 1 to 10 The Settings menu also allows the instructor to control when crossword puzzles are compiled which can take up to 4 seconds per puzzle round The compilation time is dependent on how many Term Definition items are contained in the file and how many puzzle rounds are being permitted a Setting option Another setting determines whether a puzzle is compiled each time the Preview task is selected in StudyMate Author or only if a change has been made to the StudyMate file 2
66. nd click Next 54 StudyMate Publish Wizard xs Publish to Simple HTML page linked to Flash SWF for most web and network servers 1 Title to be displayed on the HTML page for the StudyMate Activity e g StudyMate Activities Chapter 1 Optional text or directions to appear below the title 2 Choose a location and name for the SWF file Save As Save As V Launch HTML file automatically after publishing is complete lt Back Frish Cancel Hep You are now prompted to enter the title that should appear on the HTML page the title text will appear directly above the links to the Flash activities Additional text such as instructions to the student can be added below the title Finally click the Save As button and browse to a location on your hard drive to where the Flash file and HTML file should be saved Once a folder is selected click Finish to complete the export process In order to view the exported StudyMate activities you must open the HTML file that was exported not the swf file itself The browser needs the HTML code including settings contained in the HTML file in order to properly start the Flash object The final step is to upload the files to your web server You can either upload both the HTML page the SWF file and a supporting JS file to the same folder on the web server or you can add the body of the HTML file to one of your own pages and upload only the
67. ng the preview two options are available at the top right corner of the Flash object Mark for Delete and Edit this Item Mark for Delete creates a list of items to be deleted once the Flash object is closed you ll be asked to confirm the deletions at that time Edit this Item will close the Preview task immediately and display the item in the StudyMate Edit menu The previewed activities can be viewed with the Settings selections applied or without the Settings applied In most situations you ll want to see how the Settings such as question randomization affect the display of the activities but there are times when the original file order is preferred for previewing and editing purposes Select the desired option before clicking the Preview button Publish Wizard The Publish Wizard is available from the Preview amp Publish menu and will guide you through the steps of publishing or exporting the final StudyMate activities 42 7 L 3 J Select the activities to be included during the publish process A dimmed activity indicates that there arent enough items in the file to create that type of activity Fact Activities curently 35 items Fact Cards Fact Cards Plus Temn Definition Activities curently 35 items I Flash Cards M Fillin the Blank Pick a Letter Matching requires 9 items M Glossary Crosswords requires 5 items Multiple Choice Calculated Activities currently 25 items M
68. nly one topic and or difficulty level can be specified in the file In addition the first tag must appear at the top of the text file 12
69. nt Areas contained in the course 49 Publish to Blackboard 7x 9x server Standard Upload 1 Choose the course on the server you want to publish to Course Support 101 2 Navigate to the Content Area folder or subfolder you want to add the activites to EA Content Areas a a Kapea Area or Folder H Content Learning Module Launch Options H Test Folder fie Test Leaming Module f y TestArea Activity will be added to the selected content area or folder Now select a Content Area folder or sub folder where StudyMate com web link should be published For instance you might select the Course Documents folder or a sub folder contained within it Then click Next to continue x StudyMate Publish Wizard The selected activities will be published to StudyMate com with a link to it from your leaming system 1 Project Name not displayed with activities Enter the project name and description for use with StudyMate com Select Replace Project to replace an existing project on StudyMate com Project Name Replace Project 2 Title and Instructions displayed with activities Enter a title and description to be displayed with the activities The title will also appear as the link in the leaming system Title for Activities 60 characters max Description or Instructions for Activities 500 characters max lt Back Next gt Cancel Help
70. o be assigned to a Topic either an existing one or a newly created one The small buttons located to the right of the Difficulty and Topic options determine whether an entry for that item is required If the asterisk is selected it becomes a required entry field Four buttons appear at the bottom of all edit forms The Add to End of List button adds the current item to the end of the Item List located at the bottom of the screen Use Insert Into List to insert the current item to a specific position in the Item List The Clear Form button will erase all data that currently shows in the form Finally the Preview button opens a browser like window that shows how the item will appear when exported as an activity The Preview window which can be selected at any stage in the editing process includes a pull down list at top that allows a different activity or game to be previewed 15 Question List and Expanded View At the bottom of the Edit menu the Item List displays the title format topic difficulty and wording for each item in the file The first column enables you to preview an item by clicking the magnifying glass icon The context menu in the next column will display a pop up dialog with various operations that can be performed on that item 5 _ Add to End of List Insert into List Llear Form ge renew In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the The first person to reach the North
71. o describe this server e g My Server Description R 5 User name Password I Remember my User Name and Password save them on this computer If this is a shared computer un check this box 47 As instructed on the screen the first step is to open a web browser and to the appropriate login page course listings page or course page varies with LMS Be sure that you are at the actual page Copy the complete URL for this page and paste it in the field provided The easiest way to copy an URL that is displayed by a browser is to highlight it with your mouse click the right mouse button and select Copy Then go to the appropriate field in StudyMate Author click the right button again and select Paste The second step requires you extract the server information Upon clicking the Extract button StudyMate Author will then fill in the Server Name and server details needed to connect to the course Now provide a short description for the LMS server You can call the server anything you want such as My Course account If you access more than one LMS server you will want to select a name that helps distinguish the two servers Enter your User Name and Password This information should be entered exactly as you would if using a web browser to access your course If you want StudyMate Author to remember your User Name and Password for future sessions select the Remember my User Name che
72. o designate a different StudyMate activity for this purpose within the Publish Wizard StudyMate also supports the time feature which indicates how much time a student spent on each StudyMate activity However this is an optional feature in the SCORM specification and it isn t supported by many e learning systems Exporting a SWE Collection Exporting StudyMate objects to a SWF Collection_allows for the creation of individual activities that do not require an accompanying HTML page for launching purposes Exporting a SWF Collection is an advanced feature and it is important to know that the HTML SWF publish option is a better choice for most exporting purposes When exporting to a SWF Collection each activity is published as a separate Flash file such as History_flash swf Flash Cards or History_quiz swf Quiz This approach makes the overall size of the collection much larger as each file is nearly as large as the single shared SWF Print Options StudyMate Author allows you to print questions and items or save them to a file for further enhancement and printing To begin go to the Preview and Publish menu in StudyMate Author and select the Print Options tab The screen now displays the printing options available in StudyMate Author The first step is to select the Formatting options that are desired including the type and range of items to be included in the printout The second step allows you to specify the
73. out StudyMate compliance with accessibility and assistive technologies is available from the Respondus web site at http www respondus com products accessibility shtml 41 Preview amp Publish Menu Overview Preview Task Publish Wizard Publishing to a Learning Management System Publishing to StudyMate com Only Exporting as Learning Objects Print Options Overview The Preview amp Publish Menu contains two tasks Preview and Publish Wizard The Preview task is used to preview the complete activities while the Publish Wizard is used to generate and output the activities Preview The Preview task is similar to the preview option that appears in the Edit menu The primary difference here is that all items in the file can be previewed not just the item being edited Upon selecting the Preview option a browser like window will appear and will show what the activities will look like when it is published from StudyMate Author An Activity list appears at the top of the window and allows you to change the preview to a different activity Note that the Activity list only displays the activities that are available for the file currently open For example if the StudyMate file only contains Multiple Choice items the Preview task will only list the Practice Quiz and Challenge activities Likewise if the file only contains Term Definition items it will exclude the Practice Quiz and Challenge activities from the Preview task Duri
74. r Creating Server Settings The first time StudyMate Author is used to publish to a course in a supported learning management system information must be entered about the LMS server and user account After selecting the learning management system and the StudyMate Author Upload Type the next page of the Publish Wizard is where the server is selected From the pull down list of the labeled learning management system select the Add New Server option 46 Publish to 1 Choose an existing server or add new server to add settings information for a new server Blackboard add new server z 2 Press Next to connect to server For each supported learning management system the required server information may be slightly different but the steps are basically the same 1 Log into a course on the LMS 2 Copy the URL to the server settings 3 Extract the server information 4 Enter a description for the server 5 Enter a User name and password Server Settings xs To automatically set the server information for your institution OK 1 Open your browser go to the server and log in Cancel 2 In your browser go to the course list page then copy the Address line from the browser into the box below Delete 3 Press Extract Server name e g cuniv edu Base URL e g 2 Extract gt gt Server Port Oe Secure Server Yes HTTPS used on all pages 4 Enter a name t
75. re is collected by Respondus Inc during this process Instead the StudyMate Author software retrieves information from Respondus com and will display a message if an update is available You will then have the choice of upgrading to the latest version of the software To manually check for a software update select the Check for Update option from the Help pull down menu you will need a live Internet connection StudyMate Author will instantly return a message indicating whether an upgrade is available If an upgrade to StudyMate Author is available you can let it download the required file s automatically and update the software for you This is the easiest way to apply a patch or upgrade If you prefer that StudyMate Author does not periodically prompt you to check for an update go to the File menu select Preferences and unselect the appropriate checkbox under the General tab 62 Disclaimer of Warranty While Respondus Inc has tried to ensure the dependability of the software and documentation it is provided as is without warranty of any kind Agents of the supplier may have made statements about this software Any such statements do not constitute warranties and shall not be relied on by individuals in deciding to use the program Because of the diversity of conditions and hardware under which this program may be used no warranty of fitness for a particular purpose is offered Test the program thoroughly before relyin
76. riable The Minimum and Maximum define the range of values each variable can be assigned and the Scale specifies the number of decimal places each value should be allowed before the value is rounded off You can click each cell in the grid to edit the specific minimum maximum or scale value you want to change the variable names cannot be edited In general for a given variable the minimum must be less than or equal to the maximum and the scale must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 5 Calculated Answer Properties Clicking the Answer Properties button in the Formula section displays the Answer Properties dialog Here you can specify values for answer scale and acceptable tolerance as well as a unit name if required Answer scale can be specified in Decimal Places If the answer scale is specified in decimal places the value must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 5 just as with the scale values specified in the Variable Properties dialog Answer tolerance is the amount that the student s answer can deviate from the calculated answer and still be considered correct It can be specified as a numeric value or as a percentage of the answer value If you choose to require a unit name comparisons with the name entered by the student will be case insensitive and space insensitive Calculated Value Answer Sets Clicking the Value Answer Sets button below the Formula sectio
77. right corner Account Settings 58 Create New Account x Enter an email address and password to create a StudyMate com account Email address Email address again Password Password again OK The Account Settings is where one can create new accounts on StudyMate com add existing StudyMate com accounts to the local StudyMate Author modify the email address modify the password delete the account from the local StudyMate Author and permanently delete an existing StudyMate com account When entering a new email address or modifying an existing email address it is important to verify the email address before clicking OK An incorrect email address will not allow for password recovery and cannot be retrieved by Respondus Technical Support 59 Other Tools amp Features Overview Preferences Save As Copy Save As StudyMate Class Server XML Item Title Tool Check for Update Overview There are several additional tools in StudyMate Author that offer a range of functions Each of these is discussed below Preferences Preference settings which can be accessed from the File menu bar contain three tabs General Edit and Auto save General Tab StudyMate Projects folder location allows you to specify the default location of the StudyMate Projects folder If the folder is moved in Windows it s essential that the location be updated here StudyMate Publish folder location sets the fol
78. rom the Edit menu pull down the context menu next to an item in the Item List Select Edit to modify the item Delete to delete the item and Move to place the item at a different position in the Item List If you select the Edit button you will be returned to the Edit screen and the current properties for that item will be displayed in the form modify the item as you like When modifying an item notice that the two buttons at the bottom of the form now indicate Save Changes or Cancel Changes If you want to save the changes to the 37 item select the corresponding button If you don t want the changes to be implemented select Cancel Changes A Rapid Authoring Technique for Creating Items If you plan to use the same basic content across the Multiple Choice Term Definition and Fact templates the following rapid authoring technique can be employed Starting with the Multiple Choice template complete the fields as normal Before adding the item to the list click the checkbox After saving this item use it to create a Term Definition item The Multiple Choice item will be saved and StudyMate Author will automatically switch to the Term Definition template The Term Definition template will be populated with text from the previously entered Multiple Choice item but make sure the wording makes sense for the new Term Definition item being created Before adding the new Term Definition item to the item list select the che
79. rst person along with 11 PEI Yori Alexseyevich G Term Def Explorers The first human in space 1961 12 P S Nail Armstrong Term Def Explorers The first man to walk on the moon 1969 Piz Px P z o x w nN e Item Types and Activities There are four types of items in StudyMate Author Fact Term Definition Multiple Choice and Calculated Several games and activities can be generated from each type of item These are described below 1 Fact Use a Fact item to enter a fact statement or any text that doesn t have a precise answer The following fact is an example of a Fact item Albert Michelson determined the speed of light in 1879 The StudyMate Author activities that can be created with Fact items include Fact Cards and Fact Cards 17 Fact Cards Fact Cards are one sided cards that display text on them Click the Previous and Next buttons to view the contents of each card CQ PREVIOUS Art Deco is a design style popular in the 1920s and 1930s characterized by the use of geometrics chrome and black trim rounded corners plastic ornamentation and often containing images of modern machinery aircraft and skyscrapers Don t Show Card Again Hep StudyMate Click Next or Previous to scroll through the cards Shuffle will randomize the deck of cards and Reset will return you to the first card in the deck Fact Cards Fact Cards is identical to Fact Card
80. s except that it additionally sorts the cards into topics The topics are then displayed along the left side of the activity An item can be assigned to a topic during the editing or import steps FACT CARDS Select a topic at left Use Next and Previous to view the contents of each card TOPICS Q Previous Realism is an art and literature movement that began in France in the mid 19th century that Politics attempts to represent scenes of everyday life in an objective and factual manner It was in reaction to the exotic and foreign subjects of the romantics and the idealism of the classicists Dont Show Card Again Reset CSiute CER StudyMate 2 Term Definition A Term Definition item has a word phrase that is associated with another word phrase A common example is a glossary term that has an associated definition Another example is a fill in the blank question that has a specific word or phrase for the answer 18 Example Term or Answer Albert Einstein Definition or Question Developed the General Theory of Relativity The StudyMate Author activities that can be created with Term Definition items include Flash Cards Pick a Letter Fill in the Blank Matching Crosswords and Glossary Flash Cards Flash Cards are two sided cards that display the term answer on one side of the card and the definition question on the second side of the card Use F
81. s laid the groundwork for Einstein s Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi The Topic and Difficulty level of Multiple Choice questions can also be specified in a file prior to the import This is explained below in the section Importing a Topic or a Difficulty Level Format Requirements for Importing Term Definition Items The Term Definition items are formatted according to one of the two main formats supported by StudyMate Author a standard format as described next or in an Alternate glossary format A third optional format is available for glossary files exported from the Blackboard Learn LMS Standard Format for Term Definition Imports Standard Format syntax for Term Definition items is as follows lt term1 gt lt definition1 gt lt blank linel gt lt blank line 2 gt lt term2 gt lt definition2 gt This translates into the following example Albert Michelson Determined the exact speed of light Albert Einstein Developed the General Theory of Relativity 66 It s important that at least two blank lines appear after each item That s because a single blank line indicates a new paragraph for the same item not a new item altogether Also note that enhanced formatting such as bold and italics will be retained by StudyMate Author when items are imported from a rtf or docx doc file However StudyMate
82. sh modules and do not apply for activities published to StudyMate com A total of eight color templates are available in StudyMate Author The default color setting is Classic The color setting you choose will determine the look of the activities and games that are previewed or published with StudyMate Author Note that if a language setting is anything other than English that only the Classic color setting can be used Accessibility Support The color settings are only applicable when exporting activities as Adobe Flash modules and do not apply for activities published to StudyMate com Flash activities and games created with StudyMate Author allow navigation using the Tab Enter keys an important component of Section 508 United States SENDA Compliance United Kingdom and the Web Accessibility Initiative The activities exported as Adobe Flash modules will display in high contrast mode if the High contrast display setting is selected Another setting allows the creation of an HTML page that contains alternative text for screen reader applications The web page created will contain all of the underlying data from the StudyMate file and can be used with assistive technologies compatible with web browsers including input magnification and screen reader technologies If images appear in the StudyMate file they will be replaced with the alternate text entered by the content author More detailed information ab
83. t of the answer choice do not put a space between the asterisk and the answer choice Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson c Thomas Edison d Guglielmo Marconi The second option is to place a list of correct answers at the end of the file The list must begin with the word Answers and must be positioned at the end of the file Example Answers 1 A 2 C 3 B Note that only letters A J should be used to indicate a correct answer since StudyMate Author activities only support a maximum of 10 answer choices per question Also note that any text that appears after the answer list will be ignored If neither of the above methods is used to specify a correct answer StudyMate Author will automatically select the letter A as the correct answer You will be warned if a question does not have a correct answer specified for it prior to completing the import Answer Feedback can be imported with multiple choice questions by placing the feedback immediately after the question wording and beginning the line with the 65 symbol Note There must be at least one space between the symbol and the feedback text Example Title Speed of Light 3 Who determined the exact speed of light Albert Michelson was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Physics 1907 for his measurements of the speed of light His experiment
84. t surround the term and the definition 67 Here s a specific example Albert Michelson lt tab gt Determined the exact speed of light lt linefeed gt Albert Einstein lt tab gt Developed the General Theory of Relativity lt linefeed gt Format Requirements for Importing Fact Items A Fact item is essentially a fact or brief text that has Fact associated with it StudyMate Author can import Fact items from a MS Word document docx doc a rich text file rtf or a text file txt However the file must first be organized in the Standard Format which is actually quite simple lt factl gt lt blank linel gt lt blank line 2 gt lt fact2 gt This translates into the following example Albert Michelson determined the exact speed of light Albert Einstein developed the General Theory of Relativity It s important to remember that this formatting requires at least two blank lines between each item That s because a single blank line indicates a new paragraph for the same item not a new item altogether Also note that enhanced formatting such as bold and italics will be retained by StudyMate Author when items are imported from a rtf or docx doc file However StudyMate Author will prevent you from importing doc or rtf files that contain images or embedded objects If StudyMate Author warns you that the document being imported contains images or embedded objects it may be easier to export the fil
85. ted in this example where values are inserted for x and y Example If a car is traveling x miles per hour for y hours how far does it travel in miles The following StudyMate Author activities can be created with Calculated Choice items Quiz and Challenge The StudyMate editor for Calculated items requires that the following sections be completed Question Wording Formula Variable Properties Answer Properties Value Answer Sets Calculated Question Wordin In the Question Wording section enter the text of the question just as you would for any other question type However instead of using specific numerical values to define the details of the question instead use variables by specifying a name enclosed in curly brackets for each one For example How long does it take to travel x miles at a speed of y mph Variable names can only contain letters and digits the characters 0 9 a z and A Z and the _ underscore character However the first character of a variable name cannot be a number and the variable names e and pi should not be used Calculated questions are not currently supported with StudyMate com activities 27 You can use as many different variables as you need to define the question and you can use the same variable name multiple times if necessary Calculated Formula In the Formula section enter the mathematical formula associated with the question This is
86. tein b Albert Michaelson TOPICEND 70 Just remember to include a TOPICEND tag any time you don t want the topic to be attributed to subsequent questions or items A similar approach can be used to designate a 1 5 difficulty level 1 low 5 high for items being imported DIFFICULTY lt enter a number between 1 and 5 gt DIFFICULTYEND For example to assign the difficulty level of two questions to 3 the following formatting would be used DIFFICULTY 3 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson 4 Who formulated the General Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein b Albert Michaelson DIFFICULTYEND If you prefer to designate a difficulty level for each item being imported it isn t necessary to include the DIFFICULTYEND tag after each question For example the following formatting is acceptable where a different difficulty level is being assigned to both items DIFFICULTY 5 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson DIFFICULTY 3 4 Who formulated the General Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein b Albert Michaelson DIFFICULTYEND However remember to include a DIFFICULTYEND tag any time you don t want the difficulty level to be attributed to subsequent questions or items 71 One final note about the Topic and Difficulty tags If you are importing the alternate glossary file o
87. tems at once 16 Expanded View Age of Discovery rsf os as Search Advanced Search Show All Total Items 149 Close MC Explore 01 Mult Choice Explorers MC Explore 02 Mult Choice Explorers MC Explore 03 Mult Choice Explorers MC Exolore 04 Mult Choice Exolorers Who was the first European mariner credited for sailing Who is credited as being the first person to reach the Who was the first man to walk on the moon Wiin sanasa Hes Siit aaran tes anaa zl The Format Topic Difficulty Question Wording 1 P S Fact Explore 01 Fact Explorers In 1909 Robert Peary became the first person to reach 2 P S Fact Explore 02 Fact Explorers In 1926 Richard Byrd became the first person to fly 3 P El Fact Explore 04 Fact Explorers In 1953 New Zealander Edmund Hillary became the 4 P S Fact Explore 03 Fact Explorers 7 In 1911 Roald Amundsen became the first person to _5 Sl Fact Explore 05 Fact Explorers 5 In 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Alexseyevich Gagarin 6 P S Fact Explore 06 Fact Explorers In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on 7 P S Robert Peary Term Def Explorers The first person to reach the North Pole 1909 8 Sl Richard Byrd Term Def Explorers The first person to fly over the North Pole 1926 9 P S Roald Amundsen Term Def Explorers The first person to reach the South Pole 1911 10 P S Edmund Hillary Term Def Explorers This New Zealander became the fi
88. the metal detector and hydrofoil boat TYPE F Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone 69 The TOPIC and DIFFCULTY tags can also be used in the Mixed Item Type import following the same format as the import of specific items This is explained below in the section Importing a Topic or a Difficulty Level Importing a Topic or a Difficulty Level The Topic and Difficulty level of a Multiple Choice Term Definition or Fact item can be specified in a file prior to importing it To assign a topic to multiple items in a file place the following tags before and after the items respectively TOPIC lt enter topic name here gt TOPICEND For example to place the following two items into a topic called Scientists the following formatting would be used TOPIC Scientists 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson 4 Who formulated the General Theory of Relativity a Albert Einstein b Albert Michaelson TOPICEND If you prefer to designate a topic for each item being imported it isn t necessary to include the TOPICEND tag after each question For example the following formatting is acceptable where a different topic is being assigned to both items TOPIC Michelson 3 Who determined the exact speed of light a Albert Einstein b Albert Michelson TOPIC Einstein 4 Who formulated the General Theory of Relativity a Albert Eins
89. the same formula that the student will be expected to use and the same one that will be used to automatically calculate the correct answer for grading purposes The same variables specified in the question wording will be used to indicate where each value should go in the formula The formula can be typed into the edit field directly or entered by selecting options from the pull down lists provided for Variables Functions Operators and Constants Selected options will appear in the edit field at the current cursor location and will overwrite the current selection if any The Variables list provides an easy way to select a common variable name The Functions list provides the following supported mathematical functions abs x Absolute value of x abs 3 3 acos x Arc cosine of x in radians acosh x Hyperbolic arc cosine of x in radians angle x y Arc tangent of x y in radians Uses signs to determine result quadrant asin x Arc sine of x in radians asinh x Hyperbolic arc sine of x in radians atan x Arc tangent of x in radians atan2 x y Same as angle x y atanh x Hyperbolic arc tangent of x in radians ceil x Round x up to the nearest integer ceil 2 1 3 ceil 2 1 2 cos x Cosine of x in radians cosh x Hyperbolic cosine of x in radians exp x Base e Euler s constant raised to the power of x fact x Factorial of x fact 3 6 floor x Round x down to nearest integer floor 2 8 2 floor
90. u can be used to create a copy of the currently open project file After the project is saved StudyMate Author will begin using the newly named project file If you plan to move a StudyMate project to another computer and if the StudyMate project contains embedded objects such as equations or images be sure to use the zip feature that s available in Save As otherwise these objects will be missing when the file is opened on the other computer With the Save As window displayed change the Save as Type pull down list to zip archive All files associated with the StudyMate project will be stored in the zip archive Save As StudyMate Class Server XML The Save As tool located on the File pull down menu can also be used to save Fact Term Definition and multiple choice questions in StudyMate Class Server XML format The StudyMate Class Server XML format can be imported into a StudyMate Class Server instance Note that the StudyMate Class Server does not support some image file types and other media file types Items that contain these unsupported elements will not be exported in the XML file nor will Calculated questions The StudyMate Class Server XML can also be imported into Respondus 4 x although the Fact question types will not be imported since they are not supported in Respondus 4 x Item Title Tool There are situations where it is desirable to rename all the titles in the StudyMate project file to
91. u are importing an IMS QTI XML file Respondus file or StudyMate Class file skip to the instructions provided in Step 3 For MS Word docx doc Rich Text rtf or Plain Text txt file the next screen in the wizard will ask whether the text being imported is formatted for Multiple Choice Term Definition Fact items or Mixed Item Type MS Word docx only It s important to note that only one type of item can be imported at a time from MS Word doc Rich Text rtf or Text txt formats see the formatting requirements described below for each question type To import more than one type of item to a StudyMate file use the MS Word docx file or repeat the importing process for each file of one type of items When MS Word 2007 10 docx is selected a Mixed Item Types option allows the file to have a combination of the different item types Multiple Choice Term Definition and Fact items The next screen will remind you of the formatting for Mixed Type Items must follow the guidelines in the online help and as discussed later in this section StudyMate Import Wizard K Importing items from MS Word 2007 10 document See Help or the User Guide for an explanation of formatting options and requirements For the file being imported indicate the type of items contained in it Multiple Choice only C Termm Definition only Glossary etc Fact only Fact Cards etc Mixed ltem Types 10 Step 3 If MS Word
92. wer Edit button and select the Insert Table icon from the toolbar When the next pop up window appears specify the number of columns and rows that should be included in the table Click the OK button to return to the Power Edit window You can now click within the cells of the table and enter the text The width of the table cells can be adjusted by dragging the column lines To edit other aspects of the table from the Power Edit menu click within the table and select the desired action from the pull down menu labeled Table Use the Insert option to add a 36 row or column to the table Use the Delete option to delete a row or column or to delete the entire table Finally keep in mind when exporting as an Adobe Flash module that tables will eventually be turned into graphics so that they can be displayed in the Flash object So use tables sparingly since they will increase the overall size of the Flash object Spell Check The Spell Check feature which is located on the toolbar for the Edit menu will search the currently open file for spelling errors and allow corrections to be made Once the Spell Check feature is started it will search for words that do not match items stored in the dictionary If the word is not found in the dictionary you are given the option to Change the word to one that is suggested to Ignore the identified word to Change All such words in the file to one you select
93. xisting account on StudyMate com it can be added to the local list by selecting Add an Existing Account 52 Add Existing Account To add an existing StudyMate com account to the list enter the email address and password for that account Email address Password Forgot Password OK Cancel If one has forgotten the password click on the Forgot Password link to have the password resent from StudyMate com Publishing activities to StudyMate com The final step prior to the actual publishing of the StudyMate activities is to specify a Project Name a Title for Activities and a Description or Instructions for Activities The Project Title and Title for Activities are required while the description is optional In this section there is the option to replace an existing project StudyMate Publish Wizard StudyMate com Enter the project name and description for use with StudyMate com Select Replace Project to replace an existing project on StudyMate com Project Name not shown to students Replace Project Title for Activities 60 characters max eer Description or Instructions for Activities 500 characters max StudyMate Author has now gathered all the information needed to publish the StudyMate activities to StudyMate com Click Next to complete the publishing process 53 StudyMate Publish Wizard xe Publish to StudyMate com 1 The status w
94. you want the link for the embedded audio file to appear Click the Insert audio icon on the toolbar which is represented by a musical note surrounded by sound waves The following pop window will appear 33 Insert Audio x Use this feature to embed small audio files within the Flash object To create a link to an audio file that is located on a web server recommended for large audio files or audio formats not supported below use the web Link task from the toolbar instead 1 Indicate the audio format of the file being selected MP3 recommended higher quality smaller file size C WAV lower quality larger file size 2 Browse to and select the audio file Browse WAY files select compression quality and size MP3 files can t be altered C High Quality 22 KHz Medium Quality 11 KHz Low Quality 5 5 KHz 3 Enter text to display for the link for example Music sample 1 4 Audio Preview Finish Cancel First indicate the audio format of the file being selected MP3 or WAV MP3 formats are preferable as they usually maintain quality with a smaller file size Both WAV and MP3 files can be created easily on a computer with a microphone or headset using many readily available audio recording programs such as Audacity http audacity sourceforge net Many digital audio recorders also record in both WAV and MP3 format Next choose the Browse button to browse to a locat

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