David,
Can you be more specific on how you use them? Can your students answer by
modifying the Power Point and sending it back to you?
I use Power Points in my course too, but have not thought of how it could be
part of an exam. Remember, the idea is to try to avoid setting up lots of
apparatus and microscopes to create a practical examination.
jim
-----Original Message-----
From: Robinson, Dr. David [mailto:drobinson at bellarmine.edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 8:22 AM
To: 'jperry at uwc.edu'; plant-ed at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
Subject: RE: Web-based examinations
I routinely use Microsoft Powerpoint on botany examinations...its a great
way to get students to learn to recognize basic anatomical and morphological
structures. It sure beats the old-fashioned method of photocopying line
drawings onto the exam itself and asking "Whats this?". Plus, those line
drawings are getting harder and harder to find, now that textbooks all use
color figures and photos instead.
I mostly copy-and-paste the photos from various websites. Powerpoint is
incredibly easy to use and very powerful.
D. Robinson, Bellarmine University, Louisville, KY
-----Original Message-----
From: jperry at uwc.edu [SMTP:jperry at uwc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 5:51 PM
To: plant-ed at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk
Subject: Web-based examinations
Hi folks,
A recent article in American Biology Teacher prompts me to post this
message. The article is about "stopping your students from making drawings
in class by using a digital camera attached to a microscope." My first
reaction was to fire off a nasty letter about the authors not realizing the
value of putting a pencil to paper. But I digress and show my prejudice.
I'm wondering if there is a piece of software that would allow a
prof to place images on a web site, and have students take exams (lab
practicals?) sitting at a computer. I use Blackboard to a limited extent,
but I don't think it will do what I want. Ideally, the prof would not need
be a programmer or spend as much time figuring out how to do this as s/he
did doing a graduate degree. It seems to me that this might be a means to
give some exams without the problem of setting up a room full of apparatus
and microscopes.
Does any of the incredible expertise out there have any suggestions>
jim
James W. Perry, Ph.D.
CEO/Campus Dean
Professor of Biological Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley
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Menasha, WI 54852-1297
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