1. Using What’s On Hand: Internet-based Testing in an Introductory General Music Course Thomas Smialek Pennsylvania State University, Hazleton http://www.hn.psu.edu/Faculty/tsmialek/ tws4@psu.edu

2. 2 Test administration

3. 3 UTS log-in page

4. 4 List of available tests

5. Test Format

6. 6 Listening test questions

7. TestPilot Features

8. 8 CBT maintenance page

9. 9 Look & Feel: Headers/Footers

10. 10 Define Page Layout

11. 11 Set Editing Defaults

12. 12 Question Editor

13. 13 Media player positioning

14. 14 Question & answer display

15. 15 Choose Questions

16. 16 Choose Questions

17. 17 Listening Question Sets

18. 18 Submission Action Settings

19. 19 Time Limits

20. 20 Authorized Participants

21. 21 Authorized Workstations

22. 22 Define Custom Reports

23. 23 Custom Score Report

24. 24 Individual Students’ Responses

25. 25 Individual Question Statistics

26. Survey Results

27. 27 Preference for online testing

28. 28 “Least liked” comments

29. 29 “Best-liked” comments

30. 30 Suitability of TLRC atmosphere

31. 31 Negative effect on score

32. 32 Online vs. in-class test scores

33. 33 Layout of in-class listening tests

34. 34 Layout of online listening tests

35. Conclusions

36. 36 Requirements for success Flexible instructor Systems well-designed & tested Contingency plans

37. 37 Student expectations Easy-to-use interface Flexible scheduling Reliable systems & security Relaxed testing setting Timely feedback

38. 38 Factors to consider Cover more content Easy to assemble Immediate feedback Better pacing of test Unlimited listenings Recall & review Lower scores??? Student inconvenience Cognitive dissonance Limitations of testing software AdvantagesDisadvantages