1. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca OrChem – Tutorial Tool with Quizzing, Assignment and Extra Help Capabilities By: Natasha Obrecht, Michael Obrecht

2. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca Michael Obrecht obrecht@siborg.caobrecht@siborg.ca 519 888 9906

3. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca  About Siborg Systems  General layout of the OrChem interface in the teacher and student versions  Unique OrChem question design and editing capabilities  Using OrChem as an at home tutorial tool  Using OrChem in the classroom  Special teacher’s aides available in the full version of OrChem

4. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca uEstablished in February 1994 uSoftware Division  Development and Production of Software Tools u educational u engineering u scientific uHardware Division u Design, Production and Marketing of Electronics

5. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca u The unique OrChem approach u Recognizes wrong answers and gives educated responses u Allows student to keep working at a question until they’ve reached a correct response u Flexible to fit any curriculum – fully editable questions u Can be used in school or at home – studying, review, tutorial, and quizzing

6. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca OrChem comes in two versions uTeacher version u Edit Mode allows users to: – Edit all aspects of existing questions – Create brand new questions – Organize students’ marks u Question mode allows users to: – Answer questions and receive feedback – Use interactive periodic table – Identify problem areas

7. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca uStudent Version u Question mode allows users to: – Answer questions and receive feedback – Use interactive periodic table – Identify their problem areas

8. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca Question Mode Interface – Student and Teacher versions  Two toolbars  Main toolbar - contains question operating functions  Editing toolbar – used to answer questions with text, numbers, equations or structures

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10. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca Question Mode Interface uThree windows  Problem description window – displays the question  Results window – displays responses to answers given by user  Answer grid window – where the user inputs the answer to a question

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12. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca Edit Mode Interface u Three toolbars – Main toolbar – contains all main functions – Editing toolbar – used to edit questions – Nodes toolbar – contains all the nodes needed to create and edit dialogue graph u Nodes scroll list – Contains a list of all primary nodes that make up a question u Two Windows – Text editing window – Picture/structure editing window

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14. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca OrChem Question Construction Made up of primary and secondary nodes  Primary nodes – define the meaning of the secondary nodes, e.g.. Question, wrong answer, right answer etc.  Secondary nodes – contain actual information in the form of text, structures, pictures, animations or music Nodes are connected with arrows and lines creating a dialogue graph

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20. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca  OrChem assigns a negative and positive mark to every wrong and right response given by the user respectively  Common wrong answers are contained in the graph dialogue and used to give students constructive responses to help them answer the question correctly  Every students path through a question is unique and depends on the answers they give

21. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca u Question vary in complexity u Question may consist of several parts u Number and types of wrong responses are editable

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24. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca  Easier question may be used to guide students to the correct answer

25. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca  Detailed hints create a tutorial like environment giving step by step guidance through a question

26. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca u Interactive periodic table of elements u Color coded for easy identification u Lists data on every element including specific heat, melting point and electro- negativity

27. 19th BCCE 2006 July 31, 2006 www.orchem.ca u Organizes students marks from completed questions u Marks saved in an encrypted file accessible only with the full version of OrChem u Keeps track of names, student IDs, time and date question completed etc. u Information can be exported to CSV and Excel Marks Organizer