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Category: Yacapaca

  • How to author a course

    In Yacapaca, a course is basically a way to collate quizzes into a logical structure. It enables you to provide teachers’ notes and downloadable files such as lesson plans or worksheets. A course also has its own markbook, enabling teachers to see results grouped separately from other assignments should they wish to. What it’s not: a Yacapaca…

  • Managed analytics for your quizzes instantly improve lesson planning

    Managed analytics for your quizzes instantly improve lesson planning

    A pre-test serves two functions, to provide a baseline from which to demonstrate progression, and as a planning tool to help you focus on the most-needed areas. We have just launched a really significant improvement on this latter function, that has the potential to make a real difference to the efficiency of your (and your colleagues’)…

  • Could we automatically analyse your students through their writing?

    I have been experimenting this morning running Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) over students’ peer feedback responses. So far, all I’ve done is analyse the last 50,000 responses in aggregate, and only on a few dimensions. Here is what I found: The ‘personal’ and ‘formal’ columns are comparison averages generated by the system. I assume…

  • Beginners’ guide to multiple-choice questions

    These are the absolute basic basics of how a “choose-one” type multiple choice question works, for new authors. Here is a typical question: The components are: the STEM (question); typically 4 OPTIONS (aka FOILS), comprising the KEY (the right answer) and 3 DISTRACTORS (the wrong answers). The stem (question). Make sure you

  • Upgraded Gradebook: two dimensions of enhanced information

    Today we launched a redesigned Gradebook that gives you a lot more information at a glance. Columns are colour-coded for assignment type. In the example above, you can