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Students can then register to the class as participants. Registration of
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Students can then register to the class as participants. Registration of
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participants can be done in several ways: <ul>
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participants can be done in several ways: <ul>
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 <li>The creator (supervisor) of the class declares the class `world open',
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 <li>The creator (supervisor) of the class declares the class `world open',
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 allowing anybody to registrate as participant. This mode is not advisable
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 allowing anybody to registrate as participant. This mode is not advisable
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 because the supervisor looses control to its class.
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 because the supervisor looses control to its class.
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</li><li>
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</li><li>The creator (supervisor) of the class protects the class with a password
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 The creator (supervisor) of the class protects the class with a password
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 which he keeps secret. So the supervisor is the only person who can register
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 which he keeps secret. So the supervisor is the only person who can register
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 people to the class.
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 people to the class.
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 </li><li>
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 </li><li>The supervisor of the class protects the class with a password, and
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  The supervisor of the class protects the class with a password, and
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 communicate the password to his students. People knowing the password can
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 communicate the password to his students. People knowing the password can
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 register to the class by themselves.
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 register to the class by themselves.
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</li></ul> <p>
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</li></ul><p>
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After the creation of the class, the supervisor can pick up works and assign
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After the creation of the class, the supervisor can pick up works and assign
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them to participants. A work item can be any module in the wims server:
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them to participants. A work item can be any module in the wims server:
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course, exercise, tool, game. To do so, the supervisor has only to call the
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course, exercise, tool, game. To do so, the supervisor has only to call the
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corresponding module. The latter will contain a link (which only appears for
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corresponding module. The latter will contain a link (which only appears for
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supervisor logins) allowing him to insert the module into a work sheet of
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supervisor logins) allowing him to insert the module into a work sheet of
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the class.
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the class.
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</p><p>
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</p><p>
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Assigned works of the class are grouped into work sheets. A work sheet is
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Assigned works of the class are grouped into work sheets. A work sheet is
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created by the supervisor, and may contain a certain number of work items.
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created by the supervisor, and may contain a certain number of work items.
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Once the preparation of a work sheet is finished, the supervisor activates it.
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Once the preparation of a work sheet is finished, the supervisor activates it.
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This work sheet will then appear in the participants' home page of the class,
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This work sheet will then appear in the participants' home page of the class,
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allowing them to work on the assigned works.
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allowing them to work on the assigned works.
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</p><p>
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</p><p>
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When a participant finishes an assigned exercise with success (partial or
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When a participant finishes an assigned exercise with success (partial or
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total), he will get some points. These points are gathered and analysed
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total), he will get some points. These points are gathered and analysed
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by the wims software, and the result of the analysis is accessible (in real
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by the wims software, and the result of the analysis is accessible (in real
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time) both to the participant and to the supervisor.
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time) both to the participant and to the supervisor.
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</p><p>
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</p><p>
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When assigning works, the supervisor can decide on the number of points each
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When assigning works, the supervisor can decide on the number of points each
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participant should obtain on the exercise (hence the number of times he should
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participant should obtain on the exercise (hence the number of times he should
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repeat it), and the weight of the points in the statistics.
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repeat it), and the weight of the points in the statistics.
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</p><p>
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</p><p>
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The analysis of the results is for the time being very rudimentary in the
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The analysis of the results is for the time being very rudimentary in the
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current version of wims, and will be enhanced in the future.
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current version of wims, and will be enhanced in the future.
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</p><p>
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</p><p>
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The system also allows the supervisor to distribute messages to
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The system also allows the supervisor to distribute messages to
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participants, and each participant to write to the supervisor. Planned for
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participants, and each participant to write to the supervisor. Planned for
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the future, forums for live discussions within a class will also be
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the future, forums for live discussions within a class will also be
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available.
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available.
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</p>
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</p>