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StudyMate Comparison Chart
The StudyMate product line includes StudyMate Author and StudyMate Class. Each application has unique features and capabilities, enabling instructors to choose the technology and approach that works best for them.
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StudyMate Class |
StudyMate Author |
| Learning Activities |
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| Three authoring templates make content creation easy
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| 12 learning activities (including flash cards, self-quizzes, crosswords, and more) support a range of learning styles |
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| The free Respondus Test Bank Network lets instructors quickly create activities from publisher content |
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| Technology & LMS Integrations |
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| Client-based Windows application allows working offline |
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| Web-based application resides entirely within the LMS (available for Blackboard, ANGEL, Desire2Learn & Moodle) |
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| Learning activities can be created for any learning system (Blackboard, ANGEL, Desire2Learn, Instructure, Moodle, Sakai, and more) |
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| Mobile Learning |
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| Activities and games are viewable on smartphones and tablets |
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| Free apps for the iPad/iPhone, Android or Kindle — sync with courses, work offline |
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| Student Participation & Grading |
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| Students can add items to a StudyMate project and edit those created by classmates (instructor-enabled feature) |
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| Track student usage of activities and games, including edit history |
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| Grade student participation, with scores appearing in the learning system gradebook |
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| "MyStudyMate" lets students create projects that are available to only themselves and the instructor. Can be monitored and graded. |
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| Importing & Exporting |
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| Items can be imported from other StudyMate projects and other applications, such as Respondus 4 |
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| Content can be imported directly from Word docs or text files |
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| Multiple choice questions can be copied directly to the learning system's native assessment tool |
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| Language Support |
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| Multiple languages can be selected for the learning activities (English, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, French, & German) |
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| Multiple languages are available throughout the entire application (English, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, French, & German) |
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| Piloting & Licensing |
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| Free Pilot or Trial |
3-month,
campus-wide pilot |
30-day trial,
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