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Respondus Version 3.5 Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard, WebCT, eCollege, ANGEL and other eLearning systems. Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one eLearning system to another. Whether you are a veteran of online testing or relatively new to it, Respondus will save you hours on each project.

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EBSCOhost Research Databases EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via the Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. The comprehensive databases range from general reference collections to specially designed, subject-specific databases for public, academic, medical, corporate and school libraries. EBSCO Support Site EBSCO's Support Site is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Our FAQ database, tutorials, and user guides can provide answers to your technical questions. EBSCO Customer Support Representatives are also available by phone and e-mail 24 hours a day, Monday through Friday, as well as Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (US EST). How to Use Help * When the Help icon Help Question Mark appears, you can click the icon and help for the screen you are on will display. * To obtain help for the database(s) you are searching, click the Help icon Help Question Mark to the right of the Find field and click on the Database name at the bottom of the left-hand side of the Help window. Database help is also available from the Choose Databases window. * To view the entire Help System, click the Help link at the top right-hand corner of the screen. Note: The recommended screen resolution for EBSCOhost is 1024 x 768.

Media Access Generator (MAGpie) Version 2.0.2 (OS X) and 2.0.5 (Windows) are now available Developers of Web- and CD-ROM-based multimedia need an authoring tool for making their materials accessible to persons with disabilities. The Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) has developed two such tools, version 1.0 and 2.0.2 of the Media Access Generator (MAGpie), for creating captions and audio descriptions for rich media.

Elaboration Theory (Reigeluth) Summary: Elaboration theory is an instructional design theory that argues that content to be learned should be organized from simple to complex order, while providing a meaningful context in which subsequent ideas can be integrated.

Blackboard, eCollege, WebCT Quick Start Guides Quick Start Guides are 1-4 pages in length and contain the essential information for getting started with Respondus, Respondus LockDown Browser, StudyMate Class Server, and StudyMate Author. Additional information for Respondus and StudyMate Author can be found in the online help (press the F1 key in Respondus or StudyMate Author) or in the complete user guides.

Training To request Essentials training to teach in Webcourses@UCF for the first time, please visit: Essentials The Webcourses@UCF manual is available online in PDF via the myUCF portal at myUCF under Academic Resources>Fac Webcourses@UCF Resources.

Respondus User Guides The user guides for Respondus and StudyMate Author are in MS Word format, which can also be viewed using WordPad.

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF ELABORATION THEORY

Reigeluth's Elaboration Theory The elaboration theory provides a macro prescriptive framework for selecting, sequencing, synthesizing and summarizing the content. Reigeluth (1979) indicated that the elaboration theory deals primarily with macro strategies for organizing instruction.

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"Creating and Formatting Questions with Respondus" New movie! Learn how to create and format questions with Respondus, including how to add images and equations. View Now "Publishing an Assessment to a Course Management System" New movie! See how to publish an assessment directly to your course management system using Respondus.

Course Management Effective course management planning during design and development can help the instructor to alleviate the potentially increased time spent in managing the online course.

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