Robert Libby,
Cornell University Patricia A. Libby,
Ithaca College Daniel G. Short,
Miami University George Kanaan,
Concordia University Maureen Gowing,
University of Windsor
ISBN: 0070980969 Copyright year: 2008
Lyryx
LyryxAssessment products focus exclusively on the assessment component. The strength of Lyryx' technology is the ability to analyze answers and provide students with extensive feedback on their work. This goes far beyond the rigid multiple choice format, and greatly promotes the learning experience.
Beside standard testing like quizzes, midterms, and even final exams, the assessment contains "labs", which students can try as many times as they wish. Like all our assessment, new labs are randomly generated each time, and after they submit a lab for marking, they receive extensive feedback on their work, thus promoting their learning experience. Each time a lab is completed, only a better mark is recorded, thus encouraging students to try again until full mastery of the content has been achieved. Key features for students include:
Personalized feedback on answers promoting learning
Point and click intuitive functionality
Low end-user requirements
The goal of the LyryxAssessment products is for instructors to use it for course marks instead of creating and marking their own, saving them and teaching assistants valuable time to instead help students directly. After registering their course with us, an instructor can create assessment of their choice by selecting problems from our test bank, and set a start and due date. Instructors have access to all their students' marks and can view their marked assessment. The content, marking and feedback of the problems is developed and implemented with the help of experienced instructors in each area. Key features for instructors include:
Extensive problem bank to choose from
Ability to set start and due dates, and even maximum time.
Saves marking time that can be used instead to help students directly
All maintenance and support done by Lyryx
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2008 McGraw-Hill Higher Education