The Extensive Reading Foundation Moodle Reader Plug-in/MReader Quick Facts

Functions

• Over 7200 quizzes available (February 2019) • Each quiz has 20-30 questions. Each student receives 10 randomized questions • Question types: Multiple choice, "Who said this?", True/False, Event ordering • Functions include: 1) Registration of students, teachers & classes via .csv files, 2) control of the reading level and frequency of

quiz-taking, 3) Individual goal setting (word count targets), 4) automatic reminders to students and teachers, 5) Ability to match book leveling to one's own system, 6) leaderboards and other game-like motivators, 7) Ability for students to post their progress to Facebook

• Access is free of charge to schools • The interface can be switched into English, Spanish or Japanese. Quizzes are available in English and in Spanish (mid 2019).

History • 2007 – Created at Kyoto Sangyo University for their English Majors. Funding from a university research grant. • 2008 – First implementation. Simultaneously released for other schools to use on their own servers. Further funding from the

Ministry of Education, Japan. • 2009 – Implemented school-wide at KSU. MoodleReader.org created for schools not having their own Moodle server. Guest

login: readerlook / password: takealook • 2010 – The quizbank adds its 1000th quiz. • 2010 (November) – Award received from Japan University Association for Computer Education • 2012 – New 'MReader' version developed for easier access and support. URL: http://mreader.org • 2012 (December) – Intellectual rights ceded to the Extensive Reading Foundation • 2013 (March) MReader site goes live. 3000th quiz installed. • 2016 (April) – Integration of MReader with Xreading.com completed. (Online graded readers.) • 2018 (November) -- Integration of quizzes for Moodle plug-in users to the MReader server.

Guest access: Teacher: TR2-teacherlook / takealook Student: TR2-studentlook Password: studentlook

For questions and to create a site. Contact: mreader@erfoundation.org

Facts • 100,000 student users and growing; access is free to schools and students • 55 Countries – Top 6: Japan, U.A.E, Oman, U.S.A., Taiwan, Vietnam, Korea, Iran • 450 Schools • 50+ using the Moodle "Reader" plug-in

Management • Overall coordination: Thomas Robb <tom@tomrobb.com> • Database management & troubleshooting: Aaron Campbell • Program & interface design: Gordon Bateson • Quiz creation and quality control: Eric Hagley • Teacher support: Thomas Robb

Graded reader series with 80% or greater quiz coverage [See http://mreader.org/viewbooks.php for full list]

Atama-Ii BlackCat – all series Building Blocks Library Cambridge Discovery Readers Cambridge English Readers Cengage Footprints Cengage Foundations Cengage Page Turners Compass Classic Readers Compass Y Learners Classics e-future School Adventures ELI Young Readers Heinle

Fast Forward Helbling Red & Blue Series IBC Ladder Series Macmillan New Wave Macmillan Readers Macm Choose Yr Adventure Oxford Bookworms Oxford Classic Tales Oxford Dominoes Oxford Factfiles Oxford Reading Tree Oxford Read & Discover

Oxford Wolf Hill Penguin/Pearson Active Readers Penguin/Pearson Readers R.I.C. Astonishing Headlines R.I.C. Fast Fiction R.I.C. Graphic Biographies R.I.C. Strange but True Scholastic Graded Readers Seed Learning World History Rdrs Seed Learning Future Jobs Rdrs Sunshine Readers Who Was…? series

Plus many "youth reader" and "leveled reader" series (Oxford Reading Tree, I Can Read, etc.) Support Benefits for Publishers l Rotating clickable ads on teacher pages, geographically targeted. Silver ($500), Gold ($1000) and Platinum

($2000+) sponsorship levels l Data on student likes, perceived difficulty level, etc. supplied upon request. l Future API so quizzes can be taken on publisher’s own site. l Provides support for the Extensive Reading Foundation’s activities including the

annual Language Learner Literature Awards. l Teachers are more apt to purchase titles if quizzes are available on the system.

Student Page Teacher’s Class Page

Quiz Search Function

Bottom of Teacher's Page

Book Search function (Students can select books with a green frame.)