aclJohn's eAssessment Finds

An increasing number of learning providers are...

• using video and audio to collect evidence; and

• using Xerte to produce accessible learning resources - including audio and video clips;

In both cases transcriptions may be required and/or, in the case of accessible resources, is essential to widen access.

Scribie...

• is a company specialized in audio transcription services;

• enables users to submit audio recordings...
  • Interviews,
  • meetings,
  • podcasts,
  • webinars...

If you are one of the many practitioners who want to make it easier for your learners to carry out learning activities that involve drawing on images, then you should check this service out.

Drawtivity (developed by Webducate funded by the Talis Incubator) is an e-learning tool for creating on-line activities that involve both drawing and feedback. As an Open Education Resource authoring tool, Drawtivity facilitates the sharing, reuse and adaptation of these activities.

Take a loo...

Create Video Questionnaires

Intervue.me...

• is a new website I have been evaluating recently;

• is another website that is based around the use of webcams;

• enables users to create questionnaires and then get the recipients of the questionnaire to leave video recorded answers.
  

The site is very easy to use...

• Register;
• go to 'My Dashboard';
• click on 'Create New' to start a questionnaire;
• click on 'Edit title' so that you can give your questionnaire a name;
• decide o...

Multiple choice quizzes are still used by practitioners for a variety of purposes. If you use multiple choice quizzes for any purpose, using Google Docs and grading it with Flubaroo could save a lot of time that individuals can put to better use on other tasks.

Flubaroo...

• is a free script that practitioners can use to grade the quizzes that they administer through Google Docs;

• provides step-by-step directions for using the script.
  

To use Flubaroo...

• create a multiple choice...

If you show videos as part of your teaching/training etc., and/or use video evidence, SnipSnip.it could be useful for skipping over the parts of a video you don't need learners/assessors/verifiers... to watch.

Another benefit of SnipSnip.it is that when the videos playback they are displayed on a blank canvas devoid of the distracting and sometimes inappropriate "related videos" that appear on YouTube.

To use SnipSnip.it...

• copy the link (URL) of a YouTube video;

• paste it into S...

I feel this fits in more with the needs of HE and ePDP Portfolios (online (e) Personal Development & Planning)

The Googlios website is intended to be "a collection of resources for those interested in using ePortfolios in Education".

The video clip below provides a 2 minute intrduction; it can also be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCdm2rTe17s...

Googlios may well provide an ideal Personal Learning Environm...

An increasing number of people make audio recordings...

• lectures;
• presentations;
• speeches;
• radio broadcasts;
• vidcasts;
• forums;
• video conferences;
• skype calls;
• assessments;
• interviews; and so on.

VoiceBase is a web service that lets audio producers perform this task with greater ease.

VoiceBas...

Dr. Mark Wagner's video screencast, embedded below, has directions for creating formulas that will result in assessment quizzes, created in Google Docs forms, being self-graded - this will save may hours of work for marking online assessments...

Grading assessments, as I'm sure most of you are aware, can be a tedious task if you have many learners.

Creating and administering assessments with Google Documents forms can save you time and paper at the same time. By saving time on the grad...

I know that there are a number of learning providers who don't have a VLE for their learners to upload their (e)Portfolio Evidence, coursework, projects, etc. I'm also aware that some are using Google Docs or Microsoft Apps and other options. Well here is another possible solution, that wont fill up your email account with attachments...

Send to Dropbox is a new service that allows users to upload files to a Dropbox account via email from any computer.

A major advantage of using Send t...