Saturday, January 31, 2009
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Anybody out there?
Hey gang! I hope all is well. We've finished our first week here -- filled with advertures in MyPsychLab and student response system (clicker) software. I can say that things on my end with MyPsychLab Pegasus are under control (BIG thanks to Paul!). Teresa, Mary Ellen, have you set up your course in Pegasus? How did it go?
I'm starting to wonder if you've all been kidnapped by Bucky Christmas.
I'm starting to wonder if you've all been kidnapped by Bucky Christmas.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Newbie Observations at the end of the day
Well, I must say that on the whole, setting up MyPsychLab in Pegasus was pretty easy. We'll see how good I did once students actually starting working with it (which starts later this week). I cutsomized the Study Plan for each chapter and assigned them using the calendar.
Most of my frustrations centered on all the left-overs from Ciccarelli 1e that are still in the 2e template. For a few examples:
The full ebook listed at the bottom of the My Course in Course Content is still the first edition. I couldn't figure out how to open the ebook chapters in chapter folders -- so not sure about that one. Many of my students use the ebook exclusively, so I need to get that resolved.
The Pre Test and Post Test questions still have the old chapter numbers (which do not match the 2e). They use old headings and skip headings -- makes customizing more time consuming because I needed to check the questions to be sure of the topics.
For the record - Pre and Post Test items for Chapter 7 are still marked as chapter 8.
Pre and Post Test items for Chapter 8 are still marked as chapter 7.
Pre and Post Test items for chapter 12 are still marked as chapter 13.
Pre and Post Test items for chapter 13 are still marked as chapter 12.
Finally, I was very disappointed to find that many of the Post Tests covered only a small portion of the chapter. The Pre Tests did a much better job covering the entire chapter (with some of the 1e leftovers as exceptions). The Post Tests in some cases covered maybe three sections out of ten. Certainly that will help students, but their score really doesn't reflect what they've learned across the whole chapter.
So, that's it for now. My regional tech specialist has been a great help today. I'm sure we'll get all this straightened out soon.
ADVICE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Peace to all,
Marion
Most of my frustrations centered on all the left-overs from Ciccarelli 1e that are still in the 2e template. For a few examples:
The full ebook listed at the bottom of the My Course in Course Content is still the first edition. I couldn't figure out how to open the ebook chapters in chapter folders -- so not sure about that one. Many of my students use the ebook exclusively, so I need to get that resolved.
The Pre Test and Post Test questions still have the old chapter numbers (which do not match the 2e). They use old headings and skip headings -- makes customizing more time consuming because I needed to check the questions to be sure of the topics.
For the record - Pre and Post Test items for Chapter 7 are still marked as chapter 8.
Pre and Post Test items for Chapter 8 are still marked as chapter 7.
Pre and Post Test items for chapter 12 are still marked as chapter 13.
Pre and Post Test items for chapter 13 are still marked as chapter 12.
Finally, I was very disappointed to find that many of the Post Tests covered only a small portion of the chapter. The Pre Tests did a much better job covering the entire chapter (with some of the 1e leftovers as exceptions). The Post Tests in some cases covered maybe three sections out of ten. Certainly that will help students, but their score really doesn't reflect what they've learned across the whole chapter.
So, that's it for now. My regional tech specialist has been a great help today. I'm sure we'll get all this straightened out soon.
ADVICE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Peace to all,
Marion
Help - Newbie Questions
Hey gang -- Today is "customize MyPsychLab" day at the Mason household. I'm sure I'll have questions as I go along. I'm also keeping a list of misspellings. Anyway, I'd like to customize the pre-test and post-test questions. Is the Post-Test the same thing as the Chapter Exam?
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Take and Edit Screenshots with FastStone Capture
A review of a FREE program from a favorite technology blog, Lifehacker.
Too often students e-mail with technology related questions/problems I often ask them to send a screen shot to show me what is giving them heartburn or I will send to them one to resolve the issue. There are two things I really like about this tool: 1) I can add a caption easily with instructions within the image and 2) the program is FREE. It is also very easy to use and did I mention it was F R E E!
Select the link below to read more about this F R E E program. (Sorry Noland, this F R E E program appears to be Windows based program
FastStone Capture
(Did I mention it was free?)
Too often students e-mail with technology related questions/problems I often ask them to send a screen shot to show me what is giving them heartburn or I will send to them one to resolve the issue. There are two things I really like about this tool: 1) I can add a caption easily with instructions within the image and 2) the program is FREE. It is also very easy to use and did I mention it was F R E E!
Select the link below to read more about this F R E E program. (Sorry Noland, this F R E E program appears to be Windows based program
FastStone Capture
(Did I mention it was free?)
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