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1. o 3 Cult Online CEF based assessment of oral proficiency for intercultural professional communication Grant agreement number 2009 4349 001 001 Project number 505246 LLP 1 2009 1 BE KA2 KA2MP Document title User Manual CEFcult platform English Date of issue October 2011 Version v1 Author s John Osborne Universit de Savoie Contributors to the document incl quality review all partners Number of pages 29 al CEFcult tool by CEFcult project is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike 3 0 Unported License ey Education and Culture OG Lifelong Learning Programme The CEFcult project has been funded with support from the European Commission Education Audiovisual amp Culture Executive Agency under KA2 Multilateral Projects of the Lifelong Learning Programme USER MANUAL CEFCULT PLATFORM This user manual is in two parts A Quick Guide which gives step by step instructions for using the basic functions of CEFcult how to register follow a scenario assess a user and view your assessments A Descriptive Guide which gives a more complete description of all the functions of CEFcult including how to create your own scenarios and customized assessment scheme Quick Guide 1 Register and log in Step 1 When you use CEF cult for the first time you will need to register before you can log in This operation is simple and automatic Go to http cefcult eu t
2. pie ponse type for this assignment m 3 Srs Text nment 2 of screening interview diction scenario Res pedal type for this assignment 4 Closing Text Assignment 3 of the screening interview production scenario Response type for this assignment i eai type for this assignme 00 07 4 The boxes on the right allow you to select which assignment you want to assess first When an assignment is selected the user s answer to that assignment appears on the left usually in the form of a video player but it may be a text box if the assignment required a written response You can click on Assignment above the video player to see a copy of the assignment that you are about to assess click Assignment again to close it Similarly you can click on Response to open and close the user s response Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to see the assessment box Assess the speaker s competences for Task 1 Finding information Select the appropriate level INCA for Assessors Knowledge Discovery Motivate your assessment B Z U X Bai i i Il Z i Font family Font size Save assessment Done assessing In the upper part of the assessment box you will see the list of assessment scales used According to the assigment there will be one or more CEFR scales to use and or one or more INCA scales Click on a scale to expand it Assessment compete
3. If there are still assignments to complete you can click on continue to re open the scenario if all the assignments have been completed this option will be deactivated Go through steps 4 6 for the unfinished scenarios Step 8 When you have submitted your responses click Done with this scenario E on Done with this scenario Step 9 P Welcome John Osborne Now that you have finished with the scenario click on My p A overview in the top right hand corner of the CEFcult page J and go to the second table in your Overview page headed Followed scenarios Step 10 You next need to specify who will be able to view and assess your responses Click on configure Followed scenarios Scenario title Target Completed Assessed Options language assignments assignments Comment voyez vous les Francais French 1 of 1 QOof1 configure view continue reset Step 11 Choose between the two options Configure assessment The first means that all registered users of CEFcult can see and assess want to allow everyone to assess my responses for this scenario your responses The second means want to choose who will be allowed to assess my responses only selected people can do so Step 12 If you chose the second option in step 11 you now need to add the names of the people who will be able to assess your responses Start by typing a person s first name into the text box Current configur
4. listen to what you have just recorded If you are not satisfied with your answer you can redo it by clicking once again on the Start recording button But notice that this will erase the previous recording and you will have to record your entire answer again Otherwise click on Submit recording to validate your answer If you look at the list of assigments you will see gt Task 1 Finding information Text that the box corresponding to this assignment Intercultural Competence tested now has a green check mark indicating that you ef Knowledge Knowledge discovery have completed it The pencil icon allows you to A Linguistic competence tested review your response and if necessary to Describing experience CEFR 4 4 1 delete it and start again 7 Beserbin SUSTAINED MONOLOGUE Response Webcam 1 3 Other response types Other than a webcam reponse assignments in a scenario may ask you to respond in the following ways Enter your text here i Font size E Text response Type your text into the text box How many digits can you see in the picture beside Q1 Multiple choice question a Choose the appropriate on answer by checking the O1s corresponding radio button O1g Upload a video maximum file size is 30 Megabytes Video upload Record your answer off line e g with a mobile phone camcorder or ona computer and then upload the file Assessment Select the a
5. 3 Make an assessment Step 1 Go to your Overview page and look at the Messages table This contains a list of all the CEFcult users who have invited you to assess their responses The list is in chronological order starting with the most recent Messages 2011 06 22 11 43 28 You ve been invited by John Osborne to assess their responses for the scenario Comment voyez vous les Francais 201 1 06 17 09 30 47 You ve been invited by Bas van den Hout to assess their responses for the scenario Test Nico jzebrand Dierverzorging Step 2 Choose the user whose responses you want to assess and click on the name of the scenario in that message line Step 3 On the assessment page click on Assignment to see a copy of the assignment that you are about to assess Once you have looked at it you can click on Assignment again to close the box and make more room on the screen Similarly you can click on Response to open and close the user s response Assess a user by scenario User name Scenario title Target language Description John Osborne Working in a multinational team Monologue adapted INCA English Assignment text Response webcam Step 4 Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to see the assessment box competences for Task 1 Finding information Select the appropriate level INCA for Assessors Knowleage Discovery Motivate you
6. CEF and for INCA etence s for Test assignment C CEF Oral Production toggle english CI CEF Spoken Interaction toggle english LIINCA for Assessees toggle english C INCA for Assessors toggle english a C INCA scales in Polish unauthorised toggle english LI INCA fran ais auto valuation toggle english E Save assessment for this assignment The scales available are shown opposite All the CEF scales are available in English French Dutch German Italian Polish and Finnish For the moment the INCA scales are only available in English and German Check the boxes of the scales that you want to use for the first assignment in your scenario Notice that if you check the main box for example INCA for assessors then all 7 of the INCA scales will be selected In principle it is possible to use all the CEF scales and all the INCA scales but the assessment of your assignment will then be a time consuiming process so it is usually better to be selective Choose the language you want the scales to be displayed in from the drop down boxes on the right of the screen see the screen shot on the previous page When you have chosen the scales and language for your first assignment click on the Save assessment button If your scenario contains other assignments click on the next assignment and repeat the steps As the scales are chosen for each assignment a green check mark will appear beside that ass
7. French Dutch Geman e X BR Italian Polish Finnish Description v Fontfamily Fontsize A Next you should enter a title for your scenario and a short description In order to make your scenario more easily identifiable you might like to add a thumbnail picture which you can do by clicking on the button at the bottom left and selecting the image from your hard disk the image file must be either a jog or a png file Target language Title Enter your title here Description i Fontfamily 4 14pt J A B Z U X DBADwm Z 2 2 A Use this text box to give a short description of your scenario For example e Who is it for e What is it about e What competences does it assess This description will be displayed when users first open your scenario from the Follow a scenario page see section 1 Thumbnail 5 2 2 Choose the type of assignment You are now ready to add assignments to your scenario To add the first assignment choose from the list of assignment types shown on the right of the screen Your assignments in order Select assignment type Add an assignment by choosing a type from the list on the right Video Audio Image Text Multiple choice Guidelines Video audio or image assignments are created by uploading a file often accompanied by a written instruction or question asking the user to respond in some way to the recording or picture which is d
8. them available for assessment Messages lists messages informing you that users of CEFcult including yourself have made reponses available for you to view and assess Created scenarios Scenario title Target language Options Travailler dans une equipe internationale French view edit delete publish retract Comment vivez vous en France French view edit delete publish retract Comment voyez vous les Francais French view edit delete publish retract Followed scenarios Scenario title Target language Completed assignment ed assignments Options 4 Comment voyez vous les Francais French 1 of 1 0 of 1 configure view continue reset Messages 201 1 06 22 11 43 28 You ve been invited by John Osborne to assess their responses for the scenario Comment voyez vous les Francais 201 1 06 17 09 30 47 You ve been invited by Bas van den Hout to assess their responses for the scenario Test Nico lJzebrand Dierverzorging Each of these three sections is decribed in more detail below 4 1 Created scenarios From this table you can manage any scenarios that you have created The options available will vary according to the current state of your scenario Created scenarios Scenario title Target language Options Travailler dans une equipe internationale French view edit delete publish retract Comment vivez vous en France French view edit delete publish retract Comment voyez vous les Francais
9. upload for reponses recorded off line on a computer camcorder or mobile phone 1 2 Recording your reponse webcam Below the instructions or question for the task there will be a webcam video recorder for you to record your response First you will probably need to authorise the application to access your webcam and microphone Check also that your microphone is plugged in and close any other applications you might be using such as Skype One you have authorised access to your webcam and microphone the webcam recorder will become active and your image will appear in the recording window Adjust the webcam and or your own position so that your image is centred in the window Try to avoid sitting where there is a light behind you shining into the camera Before you start you can Webcam video recorder ajust the settings for your Controls camera and microphone using the yellow buttons to the right These buttons open a control panel so that you can for example set the volume level for your microphone The Toggle video button allows you to switch between a built in webcam and an external device When you are ready to answer click on the green Start recording control and the recording will begin You need to record all of your answer in one go you can t stop and restart the recording When you have finished talking click on Stop recording You can now use the Play back control to
10. French view edit delete publish retract Demo scenario English view edit delete publish retract In this example table the last scenario Demo scenario has recently been created and has not yet been published Only the scenario creator can see it and can do any of the following four things View this allows you to check that the scenario contains no mistakes and to view it as the final user will see it Edit use this option to correct mistakes or to carry out other modifications to your scenario If you choose this option you can then edit your assignments change response types or add new assignments in much the same way as when you originally created the scenario If you don t have time to create an entire scenario in one go you can create the first assignment s quit CEFcult and then return to complete your scenario using this edit option Delete this allows you to delete a scenario completely if you decide you have no use for it or if Are you sure you want to remove this scenario This action can not be undone you want to start again from scratch If you choose this option you will be asked to confirm your choice Publish if you are satisfied Are You sure You want to publish this scenario with your scenario and want to After publishing further c Kan ges to this scenario will require retracting it which in make it available to other turn will delete all associated user data users you can now publ
11. ation Add person John John Osborne John Osborne univ savoie fr The box will start to display the list of all CEFcult users whose name begins with the same letter or sequence of letters As soon as you see the name that you want in the list select it and click on Add Then repeat the process for any other users that you want to add Remember to add your own name if you want to do a self assessment You have now finished your responses for this scenario are ready and available for assessment Deleting a completed scenario If you decide at any point that you want to remove your responses to a scenario either because you want to do them over again or because you are finished with them and don t want to leave them on the server you can do this by going to your Overview page for that scenario and selecting reset Followed scenarios Scenario thle Target language Completed assignments Assessed assignments Options 1 of 16 configure Warning this is a radical option It will delete all your responses to the scenario and all the assessments that may have been made If you choose this option you will be asked to confirm that you want to continue Are you sure you want to reset this scenario All your responses and associated assessments will be permanently removed This cannot be undone If you answer OK all your responses and assessments for the scenario will be erased for good
12. by other users 1 Follow a scenario For most users of CEFcult the first thing you will want to do is follow a scenario to practise and assess your intercultural communication skills A scenario consists of one or more tasks in which you will be presented with a situation or a question and will then give an oral or occasionally written response 1 1 Choose your scenario To choose a scenario first click on Follow a scenario in the Follow a scenario main menu to display the scenarios available From the drop down box I want to learn you can choose a particular language as shown below or choose any language to display all the existing scenarios for all languages Follow a scenario want to practise French w for a f e i r epl Travailler dans une equipe internationale Comment voyez vous les Francais Comment vivez vous en France Click on the box corresponding to the scenario that you want to follow You will then see a brief description of the scenario Comment voyez vous les Francais Back to overview Description Dans ce sc nario nous vous demanderons de r agir des remarques qui refl tent la fa on dont la France et les Fran ais sont vus par des personnes dans diff rents pays et de dire si cela correspond 4 votre propre vision des Fran ais Click on the Start scenario button to begin the scenario Otherwise use the back button on your browser or Alt bac
13. cene for its linguistic and or intercultural characteristics This can be a way for users to practise their own capacity to discern aspects of intercultural communicative competence If you select this option you will then be asked to indicate which of the CEF and or INCA scales you want to be used in the assessment The procedure for selecting the scales is identical to that discussed in the section below Choose the assessment scales Multiple choice This option allows you to create an assignment consisting of a video audio or picture to which the user reponds by answering a multiple choice question It is thus slightly different from creating a Multiple choice assignment which consists only of a multiple choice question If you choose this type of response the procedure for creating the question and adding the possible answers is identical to that described above for Multiple choice assignments Please select the type of response required for this assignment When you have finished defining your response type click on Save response Assignment title Text assignment to close the window and return to the si Ala alli main scenario building window The details of your assignment will now appear in the box entitled Your assignments in order Response type Webcam p Description The student records a response using his or her webcam Your assignments in order Select assignment type 1 Assignment 1 Text V
14. e made their responses available for you to view and assess Messages 201 1 06 22 11 43 28 You ve been invited by John Osborne to assess their responses for the scenario Comment voyez vous les Francais 201 1 06 17 09 30 47 You ve been invited by Bas van den Hout to assess their responses for the scenario Test Nico jzebrand Dierverzorging Note if a user has made a scenario available for assessment and later decided to delete it the message of invitation will remain So if you follow an invitation and find that you cannot open the person s responses it is not a disfunction in the system but probably because the user has subsequently deleted his her responses or modified the list of people with access to them Choose the user whose responses you want to assess and click on the name of the scenario in that message line At the top of the screen you will now see a summary of the user and scenario You can click on the information icon to obtain a description of the scenario User name Scenario title Target language Description Lutgart Dusar EUMIND 2 Preparing EU students for exchange English Underneath this summary table you will see something like this Assignment text Introduction Text Detailed description of the oe interview production scenario a type for this assignment Response webcam 2 Exploration Text F A cose eae of screening interview uction scenario
15. he made to motivate the assesment Intermediate Has recourse to some information sources in anticipation of everyday encounters with the other cultures and modifies and builds on information so acquired in the light of actual ex perience is motivated by curiosity to develop his knowledge of his own culture as perceived by others Annotation think this response indicates an Intermediate level of Knowledge Discovery because it shows curiosity but not really a deep and systematic knowledge of other cultures Descriptive Guide The main menu Home Welcome John Osborne My overview Bl cut Follow a scenario Build a scenario Create assessment scheme Follow a scenario see section 1 allows you to choose a scenario to view the assignments and to record your responses which you can then make available for assessment Build a scenario see section 2 allows teachers assessors and other users to create their own scenarios by defining one or more assignments for users to do Create assessment scheme see section 3 allows scenario builders to create their own custom descriptors to accompany the INCA assessment scheme Overview see section 4 allows you asa scenario creator to see any scenarios that you have created and to edit them if necessary asa learner to see the list of scenarios that you have followed asa learner or assessor to see messages inviting you to assess responses made
16. iate level of Knowledge discovery because it shows curiosity but not really deep and systematic knowledge of other cultures Z i Font family Font size A Step 7 Save your assessment Step 8 If there are other assignments in the scenario select the next assignment from the list on the right of the screen and repeat steps 3 7 When you have assessed all the assignments click on Done assessing 4 View an assessment Step 1 Go to your Overview page and look at the table of Followed scenarios In the Assessed assignments column you will see how many of your assignments for each scenario have been assessed Followed scenarios Scenario title Target Completed Options Flats E ts assignments assignments Comment voyez vous les Francais French 1 of 1 Oof1 configure view continue reset Comment vivez vous en France French 1 of 7 lof configure view continue reset Working in a multinational team Monologue English 1of4 1of4 configure view continue reset adapted INCA Step 2 To see the assessments for a particular scenario click on view verview Working in a multinational team Monologue adapted INCA Step3 Scroll to the bottom of the screen to see the assessment box and choose an assessor from the drop down list Choose an assessor John Osborne mpetence S Step 4 You can now see the assessment made by that person and any comments that s
17. ideo Description of the assignment Audio Response type for this assignment Webcam Image Text Multiple choice Guidelines If your scenario is to contain only one assignment you can now move on to the next step Otherwise choose another assignment which can be of the same type as the first or of a different type and repeat the steps described above Remember that you have to create your assignments in the order in which you want them to be displayed to the user It is not possible to create assignments in random order and then shuffle them When you have added all the assignments click on Go to next step Go to next step At this point you may geta dialogue box asking you to confirm that you want to leave the page Answer yes Are you sure P This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave data you have entered may not be saved 2 4 Choose the assessment scales The final stage in building a scenario is to choose the assessment scale s that you want to use for each assignment At the top of your page you will see a summary of the assignments in your scenario Build a scenario Configure assessment 1 Test assignment Text Text of the assignment here More info here Description en Response Webcam More info here Below this at the botttom of the screen you will see the available scales that you can choose from The toggle button allows you to see the full list of scales for
18. ignment in the summary table Once you have chosen the assessment scales for all of your assignments click on Done Done 3 Create an assessment scheme CEF Oral Production C CEF Spoken Interaction INCA for Assessees C INCA for Assessors toggle C Overall C Range ClAccuracy C Fluency ClCoherence toggle ClOverall Spoken Interaction Cl Range ClAccuracy C Fluency interaction Coherence toggle Cl Overall Tolerance Of Ambiguity Respect For Otherness 1 Knowledge Discovery ClEmpathy Communicative Awareness _ Behavioural Flexibility toggle Cl Overall Tolerance Of Ambiguity _ Respect For Otherness _ Knowledge Discovery J Empathy J Communicative Awareness _ Behavioural Flexibility You will now be automatically directed to your Overview page where you can manage the scenario This is described in the last section section 4 Overview For assessing intercultural competencies it is possible to customize the INCA scales This may be useful for example if you want to rephrase the INCA descriptors or complement them with specific criteria or examples that are appropriate to a particular scenario or assignment This can also be used to create versions of the INCA scales in another language by replacing the English descriptors by a translated text Go to the CEFcult Home page and select Create an assessment scheme Create as
19. ish it e Once you have confirmed that you want to publish your scenario it will be displayed on the Follow a scenario page of CEFcult and any registered user of CEFcult will be able to follow it It is not possible to restrict acces to a scenario to a specific group of users Retract When a scenario has been published the edit delete and publish options are deactivated like for the first three scenarios in the table above If you subsequently decide that you need to edit your scenario or if you want to delete it you will first have to retract it There is usually no problem retracting a scenario soon after you published it and before anyone has followed it Are YOU sure you want to retract this scenario This action will remove all associated user data and cannot be uni However if there are users who have already followed your scenario then by retracting it you will at the same time delete all of their responses and all the assessments that may have been made of those responses So this is an option that should be used with caution 4 2 Followed scenarios The example below shows a user who has so far followed two different scenarios Followed scenarios Scenario title Target language Completed assignments Assessed assignments Comment voyez vous les Francais French 1 of 1 O of configure view contin reset Comment vivez vous en France French 1 of 7 0of7 configure view continue rese
20. isplayed More specifically when you select one of these assignment types you will be asked to do the following Video assignment Create a video assignment Title Instructions optional Sez we Say j rus XaaG l a i Font family Font size i gt ll More info optional Upload a video maximum file size is 30 Megabytes Select file start upload It is necessary first to give your video assignment a title The other two fields Instructions and More info are optional For example if the instructions and or questions intended for the user are recorded in the video then you may choose to leave these fields blank If you do use these fields then in the completed scenario they will appear to the user in the following way Demo 1 Your Title appears here ideo The text in the More info field is displayed here gt Your video file will play in this window 00 00 4 structions The text you typed into the mstructions field appears here F J FF Description The text in the More info field is displayed here Audio and image assignments Audio and image assignments are similar to video assignments The main difference is that in addition to the Title there is just one other field to complete More info which is obligatory Create an audio assignment Create an image assignment Title Title More info More info Upload a
21. k arrow to return to the previous screen and choose another scenario When you start the scenario you will see on the right of your screen one or more boxes listing the assignments that compose the scenario What should Cubans be aware of when traveling abroad Back to overview A T RASKE Text The person you are addressing is working at the international office of your host Te Br or your JOUER and the university and takes care of your stay He she might also be the secretary of your future department Response webcam Response Webcam 2 Task 2 How did you prepare yourself Description Text Please introduce yourself and the purpose of your visit Heli AGONY YOU PERATIA EE EANG Webcam video recorder Response Webcam Each box indicates the the kind of response required e g Webcam means that your answer is given orally and recorded via a webcam You don t need to do the assignments in order Notice though that some scenarios will be structured in such a way that it is difficult to do an assignment if you haven t done the previous ones The first assignment is selected automatically when you enter the page The question and or instructions for the assignment are displayed on the left side of your screen Immediately below the instructions you will see the box for your response This will generally be a webcam video recorder but it can also be a text box for written responses or a multiple choice question or a file
22. l start to display the list of all CEFcult users whose name begins with the same letter or sequence of letters As soon as you see the name that you want in the list you can select it and click on Add Then repeat the process for any other users that you want to add You can add more names at any time by returning to the configure option It is also possible to delete names if you have made a mistake or if you want to remove one or more people from the list Current configuration Add person John John Osborne John Osborne univ sayvoie fr View This option allows you to review both the scenario and your reponses to it and most importantly to see any assessments that have been made of your reponses You can see in the overview table whether any of your responses have been assessed Scenario title Target langu age Completed assignments Assessed assignments Options Comment voyez vous les Francais French 1 of 1 0 of 1 configure view continue reset Comment vivez vous en France French Lor 1 of 7 configure view continue reset In this example there are no assessments available yet for the first scenario but for the second scenario one of the seven assignments has been completed and has also been assesed Clicking on view will therefore allow the user to see the assessment that has been made 7 Ne lt Yr Fa g s Fen i e e a A Fay POF n ih eee ee be j When you open the view
23. ment voyez vous les Francais Description Step 4 Read the description and instructions for the first assignment Working in a multinational team Monologue adapted INCA The first part of your work assignment will involve spending 3 4 weeks in one of the partner counties imagine you have just amived in the country and you are telling a local colleague what you ve done to prepare for the stay When you are ready record yourself talking te your colleague in English for 2 or 3 minutes about the following points 7 What kind of information you looked for before your departure 2 How you obtained that information 3 What kind of potential difficulties you thought you might find in your new work environment 4 Any other comments Description Oral production speaking activities ndependent Speaking Task time 2 3 minutes Intercultural competence tested Knowledge Knowledge discovery Step 5 Comment vivez vous en France Back to overview Dans ce sc nario nous vous demanderons de r agir des remarques qui refl tent la fa on dont la France et les Francais sont vus par des personnes dans diff rents pays et de dire si cela correspond a votre propre vision des Fran ais Back to overview amp LiL When you are ready record your response Webcam video recorder Depending on the assignment the response will be one of several types webcam you record an oral response directly ont
24. n audio file maximum file size is 10 Megabytes Upload an image maximum file size is 1 Megabyte Start upload Start upload Save assignment Save assignment For these three types of assignment the files for upload may be of the following types video mp4 file maximum size 30 megabytes audio mp3 or acc file maximum size 10 megabytes image jpg or png file maximum size 1 megabyte An assignment can only consist of a single file but you can create as many assignments as you wish So If you want to use several different video and or audio or image files you should break your scenario down into successive assignments Text assignment Complete the Title and More info fields both obligatory and then type or copy and paste the text of your assignment into the text box Multiple choice assignment A Multiple Choice assignment does not require a title Simply type your question into the Question field You can add further information or instructions in the field underneath but this is optional You can then add as many aswer options as you want Remember to check the appropriate radio button to indicate which answer is to be accepted as correct Create a multiple choice assignment Question erent assignment types are there More info optional Add multiple choice options use the radio button to mark the right answer O T p 4 B 6 in O 16 save assignme
25. nce s for Exploration Select the appropriate scale INCA for Assessors Knowledge Discovery Communicative Awareness When you expand the scale you will see the full text with descriptors for each level If it is a CEFR scale there will typically be 6 descriptors from A1 to C2 if it is an INCA scale there will be 3 from Basic to Full Read the descriptors and decide which one best describes the user s answer Then check the corresponding radio button INCA for Assessors Basic Draws on random general knowledge and minimal factual research about other cultures Learns by discovery and is willing to modify perceptions but not vet systematic Intermediate Has recourse to some Information sources in anticipation of everyday encounters with the other cultures and modifies and builds on information so acquired in the light of actual experience is motivated by curiosity to develop his knowledge of his own culture as perceived by others Full Has a deep knowledge of other cultures Develops his knowledge through systematic researchlike activities and direct questioning and can where this is sought offer advice and support to others inwork situations You can also add text explaining or justifying your assessment The procedure for this is described below Annotations Once you have made your assessment for that scale you can either save your assessment if it is the last or the only scale
26. nt Guideline assignment This option is not strictly an assignment in that it does not require any response from the user It is a useful way of providing the user with background information or instructions usually at the beginning of a scenario but it could also be used for example as a transition in the middle of a complex scenario or as a summary at the end When you have completed the appropriate fields for your assignment and uploaded any necessary file click on Save assignment You will then be asked to choose the type of response that you want for your assignment 2 3 Choose a response type Please select the type of response required for this assignment Assignment title assignment 1 Assignment type Text Response type Choose v Description Webcam onse type Text Assessment Multiple choice Save response Video Response The different response types are as follows Webcam the user records a response using his or her webcam Text the user answers the question by typing a text Assessment the user makes an assessment using a defined scale see below Multiple choice the user chooses from a list of answers see below Video Response the user records a video off line as a response and then uploads it Assessment You can use this option if you want to present the users with some kind of situation typically a scene recorded on video and then ask them to assess the s
27. o the server using a webcam and microphone text you type a written answer into a text box multiple choice you choose the best answer from a list video upload you record your answer off line e g on a mobile phoneand then upload the file You will find a more detailed description of the different response types in section 1 of the Controls Stop recording Play back Settings descriptive guide Step 6 When you have finished your response click the Submit Les Francais vus par les autres Video button A green check mark will appear next to that e assignment indicating that you have completed it The i e pencil icon allows you to review your response and if necessary to delete it and start again Response Webcam Step 7 If the scenario contains other assignments repeat steps 4 6 for the remaining assignments If you don t have time to do all the assignments in one go you can quit CEFcult after completing an assignment and return to do the other assignments later The box below describes how to do this Continuing an unfinished scenario Click on My overview in the top right hand corner of the CEFcult page Goto the Followed scenarios table Followed scenarios Target language Competed assignments Assessed assignments Ve Yous n France r t 1of7 Oof configur ew continue reset The third column indicates how many of the assignments you have done
28. on window per assignment so if the assignment has more than one assesment scale it is important to indicate in your text which scale your annotations refer to If there are other assignments in the scenario select the next assignment from the list on the right of the screen and assess the user s responses in the same way When you have assessed all the assignments click on Done assessing Done assessing
29. ool Please log in E mail Password Register Step 2 Click on Register and complete the form that is displayed Enter your first name last name and e mail address in the corresponding fields First name Choose your mother tongue from the drop AINE O down list If your language is not included in the list choose Other and then type the name of your language in the new line Specify Mother tongue language that will appear Password Po Type ina password You can make up your own Senna meses O password just make sure that you can remember it Type the password again to confirm it Register Step 3 Click on Submit Your registration is now complete For all further uses of CEFcult you can log in directly Step 4 You can now type the e mail address and password into the log in box to enter CEFcult 2 Follow a scenario Step 1 On the CEFcult main page click on Follow a scenario Step 2 Choose the scenario that you want to follow by clicking on the corresponding box You can filter the Follow a scenario list of scenarios by language or see all of the available scenarios in all languages Follow a scenario want to practise for a FP bwe ponds I Coat fot ce geile aa fare Travailler dans une equipe internationale Comment voyez vous les Francais Step 3 Read the description of the scenario and then click on Start scenario C om
30. option you will be able to see the assignments for that scenario and your responses Assignments that have been assessed will be indicated by the notepad icon The corresponding assessments will be displayed at the bottom of the screen In order to view an assessment you must first choose an assessor from the names in the drop down list Once you have selected a name even if there is only one name in the list then the CEF and or INCA levels determined by that assessor will be displayed along with the corresponding descriptors and any comments or explanations that the assessor added in the annotation box These annotations can give useful information on why the assesor perceived your response in the way s he did A une bonne maitrise d une grande gamme de discours parmi lesquels il peut choisir fa formulation lui permettant de sex primer clairement et dans le registre convenable sur une grande vari t de sujets d ordre g n ral ducationnel professionnel ou de loisirs sans devoir restreindre ce qu il elle veut dire cl ren a une pr sentation ou une description d un sujet complexe en int grant des arguments secondaires et en d veloppant des points particuliers pour parveniy a une conclusion appropri e Annotation Une r ponse assez br ve mais formul e clairement et dans un registre convenable Continue Your responses to a scenario are saved on the CEFcult server as you go along so if a scenario contains seve
31. ppropriate scale Use the scale s provided to make an assesment of the recording in the question INCA francais auto evaluation Overall If the scenario contains other assignments choose the next assignment to do and repeat the process just described When you have finished all the asignments click on the Done with this scenario button on the right of the screen just under the list of assignments Done with this scenario The scenario will now appear in your overview page where you can review your response and make it available for you or for other users to assess For instructions on how to do this go to section 4 Overview 2 Build a scenario You can build your own scenarios by specifying the assignments that compose your scenario the type of task for each assignment the type of reponse for each task the CEFR and or INCA scales to be used for assessing each assignment To start building a scenario go to the CEFcult Home page and click on Build Scenario 2 1 Create assignments Before you can start to create assignments you need to select the target language for your scenario The other parts of the scenario builder will not become active until you have done this Select your language from the drop down menu and click Confirm Build a scenario Create assignments Ma dase English Confirm Start by selecting and confirming your scenario s target language
32. r assessment ny Ic 3 lt i ie lar fee m ili i I iZ v i Fontfamily Font size A gt Save assessment Done assessing Step 5 Click on the name of the assessment scale to open the list of levels and choose the one that you think best describes the user s response In this example only one assessment scale is used INCA Knowledge Discovery For some assignments there may be more than one INCA for Assessors vray edge DMiernyory KY Wile SLAG Discover ye Basic Draws on random general knowledge and minimal factual research about other cultures Learns by discovery and is willing to modify perceptions but not yet systematic Intermediate Has recourse to some information sources in anticipation of everyday encounters with the other cultures and modifies and builds on information so acquired in the light of actual experience Is motivated by curiosity to develop his knowleage of his own culture as perceived by others O Full Has a deep knowledge of other cultures Develops his knowledge through systematic research like activities and direct questioning and can where this is sought offer advice and support to others in work situations Step 6 Use the text box to type comments explanations or examples which will help the user understand why you rated his her response at that level Motivate your assessment B 7 U X BaGm gt I think this reponse shows an Intermed
33. ral assignments you can do some of the assignments and then return to the scenario later to complete the remaining assignments The continue option is therefore only active so long as you still have assignments left to complete When you select continue the scenario will re open where you left it and you will be able to record reponses to all the assignments that are still unchecked like Question 2 in the example on the right Any assignments that you have already completed will EE ee ee appear with a green tick like Question 1 in this example Question 2 you will be able to view your reponse to these completed T assigments but not to modify them if you want to modify responses you will need to use the reset option Response Reset This is a radical option to be used with caution because it will delete not only all the reponses you have already given to the assignments in a scenario but also any assessments that may have been made If you choose this option you will see a message asking if you want to continue Are you sure you want to reset this scenario All your responses and associated assessments will be permanently removed This cannot be undone If you choose OK then you will in effect wipe off all your work on that scenario so that you can start again 4 3 Messages This table shows all the messages starting with the most recent informing you that other CEFcult users hav
34. sessment scheme First give your scheme a name that will make it easily identifiable when scenario builders come to choose an appropriate assessment scale form the list of those available The rest of the page for creating your new assessment scheme lists the INCA scales for Basic Intermediate and Full levels Create custom assessment scheme based on the INCA assessment scheme Scheme name Competence Scale Custom descriptor Overall Basic Basic The candidate at this level is on the ladder of progression They will be disposed to deal positively with the situation Their responses to it will be piecemeal and improvised rather than principled even Enoupa mostly successful in avoiding short term difficulties These will be based on fragmentary information intermediate Intermediate The candidate at this level has begun to induce simple principles to apply to the situation rather than improvise reactively in response to isolated features of it There will be evidence of a basic strategy and some coherent knowledge for dealing with situations Full Full The candidate at this level will combine a strategic and principled approach to a situation to take the role of a mediator seeking to bring about the most favourable outcome Knowledge of their own culture and that of others including work parameters will be both coherent and sophisticated On the left are
35. t The first scenario listed consists of just one assignment which the user has completed while the second scenario contains seven assignments altogether of which the user has completed one The options available will therefore vary slightly according to how much of the scenario has been completed Configure Nobody can view or assess your responses unless you have invited them The configure option therefore allows you to protect your privacy and to specify who you want to have access to your responses When you click on configure you will see a box like the one below If you choose the first option want everyone to assess my responses for this scenario then all registered user Scenario details of CEFcult will be able to view and aoe eee vor Poe Comment voyez vous les Francais French Configure assessment for a scenario If you choose the second option then you will be asked to specify out of Configure assessment the list of registered users which want to allow everyone to assess my responses for this scenario people including yourself you want to choose who will be allowed to assess my responses want to have access to your responses Choosing who can assess your responses If you select the second option a new box will appear in which you can type the names of the people who you want to invite to assess your responses Start by typing the person s first name The box wil
36. the standard INCA descriptors assessor version in English to the right of these are blank text fields in which you can type or copy and paste your own customized scales either translations into another language or adapted versions of the descriptors in English or any other language Whatever you enter in these boxes will replace the standard INCA descriptors when your customized assessment scheme is displayed So if you just want to add something to the standard descriptors you need to copy the standard text and your additions into the text box When you have entered all of your new descriptors click on Save scheme Save scheme Your new scheme will now appear in the list of available scales which scenario builders can choose from see sction 2 4 above Choose the assessment scales Notice that once you have saved your new scheme it is not possible to edit or remove it So check carefully that there are no errors before you save your scheme 4 Overview My overview Your overview can be accessed at any time by clicking on My overview in the top right hand corner of the CEFcult screen The overview page contains three tables Created scenarios shows the state of any scenarios that you have created and allows you to view the scenarios and edit them if necessary Followed scenarios lists the scenarios that you have followed and allows you to view your responses modify them if necessary and to make
37. used for that assignment or you can expand the next scale and repeat the process just described when you have finished with a scale you can reduce it again by clicking on its name Once you have finished with all the scales click on Save assessment at the bottom of the page A green check mark will now appear in the box for that 1 Task 1 Finding information Text assignment indicating that you have assessed it Oral production speaking activities vi Independent Speaking Task time You can click on the notepad icon to reopen your 2 3 minutes Intercultural _ competence tested Knowledge Knowledge discovery Response Webcam assessment and edit it if necessary Annotations Underneath the list of assessment scales there is a text box which can be used to annotate your assessment This is a way to explain or justify your assessment or to provide additional comments or suggestions for the user It is often more helpful for the user or other assessors to know the reasons for your assessment than just to know which level you have chosen Motivate your assessment B Z7 U X BA DHE I think this reponse shows an Intermediate level of Knowledge discovery because it shows curiosity but not really deep and systematic knowledge of other cultures Z i Fontfamily Font size A Just type your text into the annotation window which can be edited like any text box There is only one annotati

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