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Top Elite Fall 2015
Group TRIBE
Parham, Kane, Spencer, and Brown
STUDYMATE: BASIC DESCRIPTION
• An easy-to-use authoring tool that
facilitates creation of learning
activities and games
• Standard Upload provides great
flexibility. Most modern desktop,
laptop, and hand-held devices
can access via web browser
(Internet Explorer, FireFox, Safari,
Google Chrome).
• language options include Dutch,
English, Finnish, French, German,
and Spanish.
• provides English Dictionaries for
American, Canadian, and British
• Choice of Automatic Selection
OR Manual Selection
• Look in “Available to Select” column
• Manual Selection option allows the items for each file to be viewed
before making a selection.
• With Automatic Selection, the available number of questions for
each type of item is 13.
• Automatic Selection and Manual
Selection options may be combined
STUDYMATE: CAPABILITIES
• About a dozen different activities can be created…
• Four types of creation templates
• 1 Facts - basic facts and statements
• 2 Terms / Definitions - flash cards, matching and crossword
• 3 Multiple Choice - quiz and challenge activities
• 4 Calculated - applying a formula using quiz and challenge activities
• Audio files, web links and images can be incorporated
• Works with leading learning systems - Blackboard, Angel, Canvas, Moodle, Desire2Learn…
• Choice of Delivery methods: Give students URL or publish items directly to course
STUDYMATE: HOW TO USE ITOPENING AND CREATING
• Open• Choose existing file
• Create• Name and setup new file
• Quick Copy (from existing StudyMate files)• Follow wizard
walkthrough
• Import items• Follow wizard
walkthrough
Publisher test bank questions can also be used
Note: One of these options must be selected before accessing the “Edit” tab
From the “Start” tab, you can:
STUDYMATE: HOW TO USE IT EDITING
• Item types include: • Fact, Term/Definition, Multiple
Choice and Calculated.
• Up to ten activities can be created from these items.
• Select the desired item type from the menu on the left. • The form on the right will
change accordingly
• The difficulty and topic can also be adjusted
New items can be added to a file or
current items can be edited HERE
STUDYMATE: HOW TO USE IT SETTINGS
• This menu allows you to tailor each activity type to your needs• Number of items
displayed
• Answer choices
• Random selection
• Crosswords, etc.
• “Other settings”• Color settings
• Accessibility
• Language
STUDYMATE: HOW TO USE IT PREVIEW & PUBLISH
• The preview wizard and publish wizard allow you to check and complete the activities created• Review all activities
• Publish or export final product• To a Learning Management
System (e.g. Blackboard)• To StudyMate.com• Export as Learning Object for
manual upload
The file should be
previewed before
publishing to
ensure a
satisfactory
product.
STUDYMATE: HOW TO USE ITSTUDYMATE.COM TAB
• Projects already uploaded to StudyMate.com can be managed here
• Account settings for StudyMate.com can be edited
• Add, delete, or modify account information
STUDYMATE: TOOLS
• Creating Server Settings
• A user account MUST be created before the first time StudyMate is used to publish into a course.
• Your specific Learning management System server information must be entered to create an account.
• Context menu offers access to Preview, Edit, or Delete.
• -EDIT
• Two optional organizing features available: Difficulty level and Topic
• Four edit buttons appear: Add to end of list, insert into list, clear form, and preview
• Overview of Settings Menu thisMenu allows you to specify settings for each activity.
• NOTE: Preview this is similar to preview option in the Edit menu (except all items in a file can be seen in Preview this).
STUDYMATE: TOOLS
• Advanced Editing: Adding Bold, Italics, Underline, and Super/Subscript
• Power Edit: (Edit menu) provides table editor and larger workspace for large text blocs
• Copy Items from another File Selected Items can be copied from another StudyMate file into the current file
• Properties: displays window that summarizes item properties
• Expanded View: (top right of Question List) Enables viewing of multiple items and displays full screen pop-up of question list.
• Adding Images: Images can be added to most text fields
• Equation Editor: The process of adding equations is similar to
adding images
• Inserting Audio: tool allows for audio to be embedded directly
into activities.
• Tables: StudyMate makes it possible
to insert and edit simple tables.
• Web Links : (on toolbar) used to
add a link to any file or website
located on another server
STUDYMATE: TOOLS
• Spell Check: located on the toolbar for the Edit menu
• Keyword Searches where the [Advanced Search] or [Keyboard Search] button appears, such as at the bottom of the Edit menu, at the top of the Expanded View and in the Quick Copy Wizard,
• Modifying, Rearranging, and Deleting Items is fairly easy and self-explanatory
• A Rapid Authoring Technique for Creating Items if you want to use the same basic content across the Multiple Choice, Term/Definition, and Fact templates.
• Move to # - question can be moved to new location in list
• Use as Basis for New Item- Open item in edit template and use for new item. Original title will be modified slightly – for example, the number “used” will be added
• Publish Wizard- available from the Preview & Publish menu and will guide you through the steps of publishing or exporting the final activities.
STUDYMATE: TIPS AND BEST PRACTICES
• Formative assessments are necessary because engaging learners actively is paramount to successful online courses
• Formative assessments: “that is, low- or no-stakes practice activities with feedback that lets students know if they are on track for summative assessments, such as final exams.”
• But creating and implementing such activities consumes so much time
An advantage of StudyMate: feedback is built into the game—
so once created, no additional time is required for facilitation.
STUDYMATE: TIPS AND BEST PRACTICES
• StudyMate games are built using one of three
types of questions:
• Single answer (term and possible definitions)
• Multiple choice
• Calculated (math problems)
• created material can become:
• flash cards for vocabulary practice
• matching exercises for concepts and
definitions
• crossword puzzles for many different purposes
• and a challenge game similar to Jeopardy! –
that could easily serve as practice for
summative assessments
StudyMate is probably best described and most appropriately used as an
asynchronous component of the eLearning environment
StudyMate can be used to create
a glossary of vocabulary terms
STUDYMATE PROS
• Mobile features are popular with students
• Supports mobile learning across multiple platforms
• Supports multiple learning and teaching styles
• Promotes collaborative learning
• Ideal for learning facts, core concepts and terminology
• Activities are easy to create
• Publishing Wizard provides easy learning –system access OR allows access thru URL to StudyMate.com
• Respondus Test Bank Network integrates with StudyMate and provides access to questions from leading publishers
• Publisher test banks integrate with StudyMate
• TCC site license
• Easy roll-out with support
CON’S OF STUDYMATE
• StudyMate Author is a Windows authoring tool - not
especially compatible with Apple
• Requires some practice to design realistically useful
materials—there is definitely a learning curve
• Does not go beyond factual knowledge OR help
promote knowledge construction of a higher order
• Licensing information changes once a year – call
the help desk!
RESOURCES
• Sources:
• http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/inspire/?tag=studymate
• https://experts.missouristate.edu/display/bb9/StudyMate+Author
• http://www.hawaii.edu/talent/downloads/StudyMate.pdf
• https://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/docs/studymate/StudyMateUserGuide2.pdf
• Official product support from respondus.com
• http://respondus.com/products/studymate/smc-training.shtml
• http://respondus.com/products/studymate/guides.shtml
• http://www.respondus.com/products/10reasons-studymate.pdf
• http://www.respondus.com/products/studymate/demos.shtml
Top Elite Fall 2015
Group TRIBE
Parham, Kane, Spencer, and Brown