An advanced assessment tool for online student training and performance evaluation.

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RoboTutor

• An advanced assessment tool for online student
  training and performance evaluation.

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What does RoboTutor do?

• Grades online quizzes and tests
• Displays instructional material
• Interactively tutors students
• Provides learning games for students to play
• Generates surveys
• Keeps displays student records
• Creates teacher/administrator reports
• Produces administrative summaries

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Who developed RoboTutor?
RoboTutor was developed by Dr. Jerry Debenham,
who has a PhD in Educational Technology and has
published numerous articles in the field. He has
also won a national and several regional awards
for innovative computer software. Assisting Dr.
Debenham in the testing and development process
has been Dr. Donald Wright and Dr. Gerald Smith.
Special thanks to Elena Bykow, without whose
advanced programming and database skills,
RoboTutor would have never been possible.
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Who uses RoboTutor?
Our clients include the following
Los Angeles County Office of Education Granite and Jordan School Districts, SLC, Utah
Kennecott Copper of Rio Tinto, Inc. United States Air Force in Colorado Fresenius Medical, Inc.Healthcare Cost Solutions, Inc.
ITT IndustriesCALAOMS Colton Joint Unified School DistrictSimplex Technology Systems
Ohio Valley LibrariesHighlands Libraries Florida Lake County School BoardShriners Hospital, Hawaii
JusticeTraining. ComDeland Associates, Inc. Dr. Own Hall at Pepperdine Univ.Western Area Power Administration
SLC Police and Fire DepartmentsE-Learning, E-Testing Anaheim Union High School DistrictDr. Stan Tatkin, Westlake Village
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What are they saying?
"Thank you!!!! Worked out GREAT, they Loved it!!!!  ...We have a ton of students using the Academic Olympics Game... The Board loved your ROBOTUTOR.  It is great!!!"  Roger Espinosa, Los Angeles County Office of Education, Espinosa_Roger_at_lacoe.edu
"We are thoroughly enjoying using the RoboTutor program! ...I can't thank you enough for your work on this. Your customer service and support of your product is incredible! Thank you again!" Bryant Akana, Shriner's Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, Bakana_at_shrinenet.org
"I really love this software. It has made such a difference in the way I do things. I even find that I'm increasing the number of quizzes this quarter because I love to use the software." Stan Tatkin, Psy.D., Westlake Village, CA, stanleyt_at_mail.skytel.com
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How is RoboTutor setup?

• Any number of students and administrators or
  teachers can log-in and use RoboTutor at the same
  time.
• Students go directly to the Student Menu where
  they can view course materials, tutorials, games,
  surveys, and tests created by their teachers.
• Users have access to all the features in the
  program where they can create tests, import
  training materials, or generate reports.

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Student Menu

• When students access RoboTutor, they go directly
  to the Student Menu screen.
• The menu options can be setup by each teacher,
  school or the district.
• Students can view their complete personal test
  records here.

Teachers can also link to RoboTutor tests, games
or surveys from other websites anywhere on their
intranet or the internet.
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Student Sub-Menu

• Each option in the Student Main Menu opens a
  sub-menu with links to content, tutorials,
  quizzes, surveys, or games.
• In this example, the Algebra link opens this
  sub-menu with 3 links to content. Students click
  the Quiz button on the right to open an
  associated RoboTutor quiz.

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Student Tests

• Teachers can supply their own questions or copy
  them from the Test Bank. They can give their
  tests almost any look they want.

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Student Tutorials
Any test can be turned into a tutorial where
questions are graded 1 at a time and tutorial
help is provided with each question.
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Instructional Student Games

• The Academic Olympics Game converts any test
  into a fun game for students to play. There are 5
  themes and up to 8 students per terminal.

The Venture Game plays like Jeopardy and
combines multiple tests. Comparisons between
classes and schools are possible.
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Records Reports

• There are 9 records and reports which users
  can access. They can view test results from their
  own test area and all areas below themselves.

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9 Records Reports Options

• Group Tracking Records Lists multiple tests
  students who took them.
• Individual Tracking Records Lists tests taken by
  an individual student.
• Question Analysis Report Lists test questions
  and how many students answered each option.
• Test Analysis Report Lists students for specific
  tests with dates, times, right, wrong scores.
• Survey Analysis Report Lists test questions and
  how many students answered each option along with
  complete student responses to essay and
  fill-in-the-blank questions.
• Group Profile Analysis Produces a summary report
  of how selective groups of students performed on
  tests in comparison to each other.
• Student Comments Lists all comments entered by
  students when taking selected tests.
• Print Tests and Answers Creates randomly
  generated tests that can be printed with answer
  sheets and headings so students can take them in
  the classroom.
• Display Test Setup Displays how a test is setup
  with a list of all questions and answers.

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Test Administration
Teachers can create or modify any number of tests
in their own test area. Tests can also be
imported from the Test Bank or from an external
Access database. Custom menus are created here
for the students.
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5 Main Test Admin Options

• List/Edit Tests Select this option if you want
  to edit or display tests you have already created
  in this Test Area.
• Create a New Test Select this option is you want
  to create a new test in this Test Area.
• Import Tests This option lets you import one or
  more tests from the Test Bank or a RoboTutor
  Access test database.
• Export Tests This option lets you export one or
  more of your tests from the SQL database to a
  RoboTutor Access test database.
• Custom Student Menus This option lets you create
  a custom student menu with both test and/or
  training materials links. It also lets you upload
  new training materials such as HTML, Word, or
  small PowerPoint documents.

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Ten Question Types

1. Multiple Choice - 1 correct
2. Multiple Choice - 2 or more correct
3. Multiple Choice Drop-down Menu
4. True False
5. Fill-in-the-blank
6. Essay
7. Identify components in a picture (max10)
8. Match up words and definitions (max10)
9. Set the sequential/logical order (max10)
10. Sliding continuum (5 options)

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Student Administration
There are 8 special features in Student
Administration that allow teachers to perform
administrative functions for their students.
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8 Student Admin Options

• Add New Student Record Add a new student and
  personal data to this Test Area.
• Edit, Delete, or Merge Records Edit, delete, or
  merge records for any student in this Test Area..
  
• Tracking Transcripts Produce a report that
  displays tests taken by a specific student.
• Certification Programs Create or edit
  Certification Programs, as well as add, edit, or
  read the student records for any Certification
  Program.
• Restrict Student Access Restrict access by
  specified students to designated tests, web
  pages, or time slots.
• Custom Score Tests Change the scores a student
  received for specific questions in any test.
• Certificates Awards Produce a custom designed
  certificate for test results in this Test Area.
• Import Student Records Import records from an
  ASCII text file or a RoboTutor Access student
  database.

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System Administration
This is where Administrators setup new Users,
navigate to lower levels, or create user access
codes in optional pay-per-test configurations.
There can be any number of Test Areas with their
own User Names and Passwords.
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System Admin Options

• Add New Primary User
• Edit Primary User Access
• System Navigation
• View/Delete Temporary Test Records Deletes
  temporary student test records.
• View/Delete Temporary Academic Olympics Game
  Records Deletes temporary Academic Game records.
  
• View/Delete Temporary Venture Game Records
  Deletes temporary Academic Game records. This is
  an optional feature that may not be installed on
  your server.
• Reset Total Tests Taken Resets the total at the
  top of the system menu back to 0.
• Show/Delete Tests from the Test Bank Remove
  tests no longer associated with any Test Area.
• Log-In Default User and Password Setup defaults
  when RoboTutor is first accessed.
• Email ALL Test Results Sends all test results to
  the email address specified.
• Create/Show/Delete Course Access Codes Create
  special access codes that go to complete courses.
  

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Installation Requirements

• RoboTutor9 Standard Edition Microsoft Windows
  98, 2000 or XP Professional edition. Requires
  installation of IIS (Internet Information
  Services) so it functions as a web server. Uses
  ASPmail or CDONTS for email. Microsoft Access
  FrontPage are very useful, but not required.
• RoboTutor10 Professional Edition Microsoft
  Windows 2000 or XP Professional edition. Requires
  installation of IIS (Internet Information
  Services) so it functions as a web server. Also
  Requires Microsoft SQL Server software. Uses
  ASPmail or CDONTS for email. Microsoft Access,
  PowerPoint FrontPage are very useful, but not
  required.
• Venture Game add-on to RoboTutor10 Requires .NET

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Support Services

• Free Services We provide telephone and email
  support with all versions for 2 years.
• Test Construction We can custom design tests and
  manage your online training.
• Web Development We can build and manage your
  website.
• Servers We can provide and manage the servers.
• Customization We can also do custom software
  changes to RoboTutor.

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Try it Yourself

• If you would like to try RoboTutor, here are some
  options
• The RoboTutor website (http//www.robotutor.com/ro
  botutor10/) lets you tryout RoboTutor 10 without
  any commitment or cost. You can create your own
  sample tutorials, games, surveys, tests.
• You can go to Dr. Don Wrights affiliated website
  http//www.skilltest.org/ to see a large variety
  of public school training materials and RoboTutor
  games and tests.
• You can go to Dr. Gerald Smiths affiliated
  website http//www.justicetraining.com/ to see
  how RoboTutor is being used for online police
  training in a pay-per-course environment.
• You can call RoboTutor and ask them to set you up
  with full access rights for a free trial.

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RoboTutor Editions

• Compare It RoboTutor is comparable in features
  to software that costs tens of thousands of
  dollars more. There is nothing remotely similar
  in the same price range.
• Standard Edition (RoboTutor 9) For small
  applications such as an individual teacher or
  professor where there is 500 or less students.
  Uses multiple Access databases. Not suitable for
  use in school labs or environments where there
  are more than 15 simultaneous users.
• Professional Edition (RoboTutor 10) For large
  applications such as schools, government
  agencies, or corporations. Uses SQL database and
  can handle thousands of students and many users.

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The End
To view the complete RoboTutor 10 manual, click
Manual button. There is also a Help screen with
every feature in RoboTutor.
Manual
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