Comprehensive Guide to Drill Assignment Design and Evaluation in Authorware
This tutorial focuses on the design and evaluation of drill assignments using Authorware. Participants will learn how to create five essential drills with two optional drills, emphasizing queuing for repetition, organizational principles, and motivation strategies. The course includes source code for practical application, logs for tracking progress, and grading rubrics for assessment. Example drills include intriguing activities such as "Who’s that Face?" and "The Hebrew Alphabet." Engage in meaningful learning experiences with a focus on data storage and effective drill design.
Comprehensive Guide to Drill Assignment Design and Evaluation in Authorware
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Today’s Class • Demo your tutorials • Start the drill assignments • Authorware: drill item queuing
Drill Analysis and Evaluation Assignment • Five drills • Two optional drills • Rank (rather than grade) • Source code included
Drill Design and Lesson Assignment • Emphases will be on: • Queuing for repetition • Organization principle • Motivation • Data storage • Not on initial instruction • Topics • Partners • Logs • Grading rubrics
Example Drills • Who’s that Face? • The Spanish Classroom • Bird Sounds • The Hebrew Alphabet
Main Drill Designer xcmds LOAD the external commands (just like Response Analyzer) DDDataPtr := “0” PathName := FileLocation (for program on a hard drive) or PathName := RecordsLocation (for program on a CD) DDDataPtr := DDCreateDrill(DDDataPtr,10,3,10, “R”, “RFII”, “2 7 15”) NextItemNum := DDNext(DDDataPtr) AnyVariable := DDCorrect(DDDataPtr) or AnyVariable := DDIncorrect(DDDataPtr) (and when NextItemNum is equal to zero) AnyVariable := DDDispose(DDDataPtr)
Drill Designer storage xcmds • AnyStringVariable := DDStore(DDDataPtr,PathName,StuStr,DRLstr,AUTHstr) • AnyStringVariable := DDRestore(DDDataPtr,PathName,StuStr,DRLstr) • AnyStringVariable := DDGetAuthorVariables(DDDataPtr) • AnyVariable := DDRetrieveInfo(DDDataPtr,INFOnum,param1,param2)
Data Storage Purposes Bookmark information Progress information Performance information
Other Drill Designer xcmds DDInsert DDPurge DDRequeue DDRetire DDPad DDScramble