Assessing Computer Science is a very different challenge from assessing ICT, so a different approach is needed. With ICT, there is standard content that we can expect all students to have covered. Computer Science is far more varied. For example, we can expect every student to have studied at least one programming language – but which one? For this reason, there is no possibility of a (more…)
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I am sure you have already noticed the “write a feedback statement” pages that we salt through quizzes now. We ask students to write feedback statements and then vote for the best ones. Until now, you have only been able to see the few statements that I have published here in the blog. Now, you get a complete log.
Access the log via More -> Feedback statement log
It is really interesting to (more…)
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On Monday evening, Yacapaca was unavailable from 21:01 to 23:40 UK time due to a problem at our data centre. This is the longest unplanned outage we have had for several years, I’m relieved to say, but no less nerve racking for that. I requested, and got, a full explanation from Jon Roberts, the MD of Rackserv who manage the servers for us. It is quoted in full below. (more…)
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How useful would it be to know what time your students really sit down to do their homework, and how long they actually spend on it? Well, now you can, because we have updated the Homework and Revision logs.
Click to expand Here’s what the (more…)
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If you use Yacapaca on your iPad, iPhone or Android device, I am greatly relieved to tell you that at long last we’ve got Quiz Preview working on it. Sorry it’s taken so long.
It is based on the full mobile version that students are already using. Here are some screenshots:
In the app, the swipe panel at the bottom to move between the three screens of each question. You will find it (more…)
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