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2701 | bpr | 1 | These exercises are OEF exercises and therefore have to be used in an OEF module. |
2 | They have two main parts |
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2544 | bpr | 3 | <ul> |
2701 | bpr | 4 | <li>the source file, which is created automatically |
5 | using the parameters entered in the Quicktool menu</li> |
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6 | <li>the data file which contains the language items (i.e. questions or other resources) |
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7 | of your exercise and which has to be formatted according to the requirements for |
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8 | each exercise type. The data file is created by the user. |
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9 | The data file contains one or more "sets" of language items which we will call |
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10 | "data" from now on (i.e. questions, pieces of text with gaps, words to be matched, etc.). |
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11 | If there are several data sets in an exercise, these must be separated |
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12 | by a punctuation sign : written at the beginning of each "data set". |
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4067 | bpr | 14 | <pre> |
2701 | bpr | 15 | :beginning of the first data set |
16 | data |
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17 | data |
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18 | data |
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19 | end of the first data set |
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2544 | bpr | 20 | |
2701 | bpr | 21 | :beginning of the second data set |
22 | data |
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23 | data |
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24 | data |
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25 | end of the first second set |
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2544 | bpr | 26 | |
2701 | bpr | 27 | |
28 | :beginning of the third data set |
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29 | data |
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30 | data |
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31 | data |
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32 | end of the third data set |
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2544 | bpr | 33 | </pre> |
34 | </li> |
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35 | </ul> |
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3023 | bpr | 36 | A text file (<tt>.txt</tt>) and other files (audio (<tt>.mp3</tt>) and picture (<tt>.jpg</tt> or <tt>.gif</tt>)) |
2701 | bpr | 37 | can be added to an exercise (for example to provide a reading text or an audio recording |
38 | to be listened to...). These files can either be integrated into the exercise via the |
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39 | Quicktool menu or can be deposited directly into the user's Modtool account. |
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40 | The names of these files must be specified in the Quicktool menu when the source file |
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41 | is being created. You will be asked to indicate the name of the module you wish to |
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42 | transfer them to in your Modtool account. |
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43 | Videos can also be embedded in your exercise by providing the URL of the video in the |
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44 | Quicktool menu. |
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45 | If you wish to include a different piece of text, audio recording or a picture in each |
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46 | data set (i.e. have several of these in within a whole exercise) the format of |
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47 | the data file changes slightly. See the "Preferences for a data set" section in the help |
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48 | files for each exercise type for the format to follow. |
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4067 | bpr | 49 | <p class="emptyline"></p> |
2701 | bpr | 50 | WIMS will randomly select a data set from all the data sets provided when the |
51 | learner clicks on the "renew" button, therefore each exercise suggested will |
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52 | be slighlty different from the previous one. |
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53 | When using this random function it is recommended to create as many data sets |
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54 | as possible in a data file so as to make the exercise interesting and challenging |
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55 | for the learner. |
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4067 | bpr | 56 | <p class="emptyline"></p> |
2701 | bpr | 57 | In most exercise types several independent data sets can be used to create a series |
58 | of exercises presented in a certain number of steps which is specified by the maker |
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59 | of the exercise in the Quicktool menu. |
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4067 | bpr | 60 | <p class="emptyline"></p> |
2701 | bpr | 61 | In this case, the data sets are selected randomly from all the data sets in the data file. |
62 | You have to make sure that you have provided a sufficient number of data sets |
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63 | for the exercise to be interesting. |
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64 | When configuring the number of steps in an exercise, it is best not to include |
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65 | too many data sets in each step, as the learner may become tired and demotivated |
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66 | if the exercise is too long. Because of the random function in WIMS the learner |
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67 | will probably encounter most, if not all the data sets in an exercise. |
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68 | <h3 style="color:black; |
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69 | background-color: #CCCC99; |
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2544 | bpr | 70 | text-align:left;"> |
2701 | bpr | 71 | Explanations concerning the interface</h3> |
2544 | bpr | 72 | <ul> |
2701 | bpr | 73 | <li><b>name_of_data_file</b>: the name you wish to give to the file containing |
74 | the data of the </li> |
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75 | <li><b>instruction for the learner on how to do the exrcise</b>: this instruction |
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76 | must be at the beginning of the exercise. |
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77 | If you wish to create a hyperlink to another webpage: |
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2544 | bpr | 78 | <tt><a target="wims_external" href="http=_adresse_url">nom</a></tt> |
79 | </li> |
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2701 | bpr | 80 | <li><b>name_of_the_file</b>: help-text that explains to the learner how |
81 | to answer in a separate window |
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4067 | bpr | 82 | Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include a piece of text. |
2544 | bpr | 83 | </li> |
2701 | bpr | 84 | <li><b>name_of_audio_file</b>: name of the audio recording the learner is |
85 | expected to listen to. |
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4067 | bpr | 86 | Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include an audio recording. |
2544 | bpr | 87 | </li> |
2701 | bpr | 88 | <li><b>name_of video_file</b>: URL of video file you wish to include. |
4067 | bpr | 89 | Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include a video. |
2544 | bpr | 90 | </li> |
2701 | bpr | 91 | <li><b>name_of_picture_file</b>: name of the picture the learner is expected |
92 | to see in order to be able to do the exercise. |
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4067 | bpr | 93 | Tick <tt class="wims_code_words">no</tt> if you do not want to include a picture. |
94 | </li> |
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2701 | bpr | 95 | <li><b>size</b>: Sometimes you may be required to fill in the size (for example |
96 | the number of letters in a gap, the size of a picture, "width x height" in drag |
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97 | and drop exercises or "height x left width x right width" in matching exercises. |
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98 | </li> |
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2544 | bpr | 99 | </ul> |
2701 | bpr | 100 | File names must be written without leaving a space between the words in the name |
101 | (you can for example separate words with _ to write name_of_file). Special characters |
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102 | or letters with an accent are not allowed in the name of files either and the file |
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103 | extension must be indicated (for example <tt>.mp3</tt> or <tt>.jpg</tt>). |
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4067 | bpr | 104 | <p class="emptyline"></p> |
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2701 | bpr | 106 | Certain pieces of information can be added at the beginning of the file (before the |
107 | beginning of the data set which starts with the colon :) |
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4067 | bpr | 108 | <pre> |
2544 | bpr | 109 | instruction= |
110 | reading_file1=no |
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111 | audio_file1=no |
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112 | video_file1=no |
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113 | image_file1=no |
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114 | size= |
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2701 | bpr | 116 | :first data set |
2544 | bpr | 117 | |
2701 | bpr | 118 | :second data set |
2544 | bpr | 119 | </pre> |
2701 | bpr | 120 | If you do not want to add a text, audio, picture file or video to the exercise |
121 | you are making, tick the corresponding <tt style='color:red;'>non</tt>. |
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2544 | bpr | 122 | <p> |
2701 | bpr | 123 | The information you enter in the interface will have priority over others. |
124 | In general, avoid using the semicolon and use its html code instead, this is &#59; |
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