1. 1 DMAS System Demo of Improved DMAS System TSIM and New Features Saleh Al-shomrani Department of Computer Science Kent State University 03/03/2008

2. 2 DMAS System Structure Distributing exam codes electronically using (TSIM) Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM) Improved Authoring Tool Improved Test Taking Interface Improved Grading Administration System DMAS System and MathEdit Conclusions and plans/Future Work Outline 03/03/2008

3. 3 DMAD SMAD i TMAD Database SMAD k TMAD School Site i Organization Site p Organization Site q School Site k DMAS System Structure Student Others (Parent) Teacher/ Administrator Student Teacher/ Administrator Others (Parent) Database Interface Resources Interface Resources 03/03/2008

4. 4 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM) 10/08/2007 Teacher Student DMAD Database Distribute Test Codes Request TSIM Live Interface Using Ajax XMLHttpRequest calls Web Server Teacher Interface Student Interface Send help message Request Send help message Send Instruction/help message Request Send Instruction/help message Distribute Test Codes

5. 5 Teacher can dynamically and electronically distribute codes to students using TSIM mechanism,:  students can go to the test login page directed by the teacher waiting for test codes.  teacher can dynamically, through TSIM teacher-interface, distribute exam codes to student to take a test just by clicking one button: ‘ Distribute Test Codes ’.  then every student can see her code inside a box of her login page to be entered to start the exam.  the teacher has the control over publishing/hiding test codes at any time. Distributing exam codes electronically using TSIM 03/03/2008

6. 6 Distributing exam codes electronically using TSIM

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8. 8 Through TSIM ‘teacher-interface’, the teacher can use the ‘message window’ interface to:  send instruction/help messages to his/her students.  watch/monitor incoming help messages from students.  send general messages to all students or private to one or small group of students.  support general messages such as instructions for test or specific regarding a question. The teacher has two ways of sending instruction/help messages to students:  Through ‘message window’ to send general or private messages.  Live grading administration interface to send immediate message to student for clarification, etc. Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM) 03/03/2008

9. 9 Through TSIM ‘student interface’, a student can:  ask for help from the teacher privately without raising hand.  just click a ‘help button’ beside each question, and her message will be sent.  no text-messaging for students: wasting exam’s time!  just one click and student will be helped. Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM) 03/03/2008

10. 10 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

11. 11 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

12. 12 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

13. 13 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

14. 14 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

15. 15 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

16. 16 Teacher-Student Interaction Mechanism (TSIM)

17. 17 Old way:  teacher has to distribute test codes manually in class to her students.  support only one display type: display test questions using random questions and non-random options..  using infix only to enter formulas/equations. New way:  Through ‘message window’ to send general or private messages.  teacher now can distribute test codes electronically in class to her students using TSIM: saving time and effort.  support three types of display test questions using: by given order only. all random: random questions/random options.. random questions/non-random options.  introduce use of MathEdit to enter and edit formulas/equations. Improved Authoring Tool 03/03/2008

18. 18 Improved Authoring Tool

19. 19 Improved Authoring Tool

20. 20 Improved Test Taking Interface Two student views: (all questions vs. one question per page)

21. 21 Old way:  primitive text-messaging feature.  no real electronic system for interactions between teacher and students.  no printing (no hard copy) of student results. New way:  introduce a capable system (TSIM system) to reliably support live interactions and communications between teacher and students (message-window).  adding more live features.  adding printing capability of student test results in two ways: results listed by student name. results l isted by question. 03/03/2008 Improved Grading Administration System

22. 22 Improved Grading Administration System Print test results by student

23. 23 Improved Grading Administration System Print test results by question

24. 24 Old way:  using infix only to enter formulas/equations.  no Math editor involved. New way:  introducing use of MathEdit to enter and edit formulas/equations.  will use MathEdit in two modes: teacher mode. student mode.  call MathEdit APIs to author, edit, or get Math expressions.  DMAS gets different MathML strings returned by MathEdit and: Infix code. Presentation Mode. Content mode.  DMAS stores MathML strings returned by MathEdit in the database for future display, editing, or computation (e.g. answer-checking): 03/03/2008 DMAS System and MathEdit

25. 25 DMAS System and MathEdit

26. 26  Take a look.. Demo and Plans/Future Work http://wme.cs.kent.edu/kimpton/assessment/ http://wme.cs.kent.edu/dmad/milestones.html 03/03/2008