One-Day Workshop 14 November 2009 Universitas Bengkulu Creating Computer-Based Exercises Using ATM Freeware. Dr. Hananto
Registration Session 1 Lunch break Session 2 Break Session 3
NOVICE 1 ◦ About Novice 1 ◦ Installing Novice 1 ◦ Using Novice 1 ATM ◦ About ATM ◦ Installing ATM ◦ Using ATM Session 1:
Two Programs: Nov1-Ls (Listening) & Nov1- Rd (Reading). Four Levels: Level 1: The Face, People/Body Parts, Colors, Fruits Level 2: Shapes, On the farm, At the Zoo, My Family Level 3: Counting from 0 to 10, Outdoors, At School, In the Bathroom Level 4: Nature, Common Expressions, Listen and Do See the appendix.
Insert the CDROM Open the Novice 1 folder by using Windows Explorer Run the Setup.exe Specify the destination directory ◦ (e.g: c:/ or d:/) Select: Full – Install all files. Installing Novice 1
1. Run the NOV1-Ls.exe or Nov1-Rd.exe. 2. Type your name and press ENTER. 3. See the report book (if any) and click the “Continue” button. 4. Select one level from the pull-down menu. 5. Answer the qestions. Using NOVICE 1:
ATM: VIBE, SIBE, RIBE, LIBE. Since VIBE: A dissertation project: “Developing and Validating Computer-Based Vocabulary-Size Test” (2007) VIBE: Vocabulary-Item Bank of English: ◦ ± 2000 High Frequency Words (from GSL1) ◦ 570 Academic Words (from AWL) ◦ See Fun With High Frequency Words (2 nd ed.) Various objective test format: MC, T/F, Y/N, matching, cloze, Fill-in, scrambled letters. File types: text, pictures, audio, video(?). For children – adults. About ATM:
Insert the CDROM Open the ATM_UNIB folder Run the Setup.exe Specify the destination directory ◦ (i.e: c:/ or d:/) Select: Full – Install all files. Installing ATM
1. Run the ATM.EXE 2. Type your name and press ENTER 3. Click the “Continue” button 4. Select one/more topic(s), e.g.: (demo files) 5. Press ENTER to continue 6. Modify the available options or just press ENTER to continue 7. Answer the qestions. 8. To create CBT: Press Ctrl+1 9. To edit CBT: Press Ctrl+2 Using ATM
Two Approaches: Vertical and Horizontal Guidelines: ◦ 1 question = 11 lines/columns ◦ Follow the correct sequence ◦ Save as Plain Text file (xxxx.txt) VIBE: (x)x.txt (e.g. 12.txt) SIBE: 91xx.txt (e.g txt) RIBE: 82xx.txt (e.g txt) LIBE: 34xx.txt (e.g txt) ◦ Save in Besmart/Research folder Check the four guidelines above if your CB Exercises don’t work.
Vertical Approach Type the given text using Microsoft Word Save it as a Plain Text file (e.g. 99.txt) Save it in the Besmart/Research folder Run ATM to try it out.
Vertical Approach Open the ATM_Maker_Exercises.xls file. Select a test format from the available sheets Copy the text Paste it in the Notepad Save it as a Plain Text file (e.g. 99.txt) Save it in the Besmart/Research folder Run ATM to try it out.
Horizontal Approach Open the CALL.doc file Select/copy one paragraph Paste it a new word document Break it down into sentences Open the Maker.xls file. Paste the sentences into the data sheet Type the expected answers and their clues Select a test format from the available sheets Copy the text(s) Paste it in the Notepad Save it as a Plain Text file (e.g. 99.txt) Save it in the Besmart/Research folder Run ATM to try it out.