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StudyMate Class Features
Overview of Features:
- An active learning environment where students practice with activities that reinforce their knowledge of core concepts and terms
- Three templates for entering content, such as facts (from a lecture), glossary terms (from a textbook), or multiple choice questions
- Several activities parallel each template, ranging from flash cards to quizzes to full-featured game shows
- Students can choose the activities that appeal to their learning style
- Items can be reviewed, edited and shared by classmates
- Students can be graded on participation or their actual contributions; scores appear
in the Blackboard gradebook
- Multiple choice questions created by students can be copied directly to Blackboard's assessment tool and used in online tests
- Items can be imported from StudyMate Author or Respondus
- Items can be exported for use in other StudyMate Class projects, or with StudyMate Author and Respondus
- Multiple languages can be selected for the user interface including English, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, French, and German
- The Quick Start Guide includes "teaching scenarios" that help faculty implement the system effectively
- Mouse-over instructions are available throughout the application
StudyMate Class "Lite"
A free Lite version contains much of the core functionality of StudyMate Class.1 At the end of the 3-month pilot period for StudyMate Class, institutions can either purchase a license for the full version of StudyMate Class or switch to the Lite version for free. To participate in a pilot program, the license administrator of your institution's Blackboard Learning System should fill out and return the StudyMate Class License Agreement.
| Feature Comparison1 |
Lite |
Standard |
| Pricing for academic institutions |
Free |
Tiered pricing |
| Three templates for creating or editing items |
Yes |
Yes |
| Instructors and/or students can create items |
Yes |
Yes |
| Maximum number of items/questions per course |
400 |
Unlimited |
| Learning activities: Fact Cards, Flash Cards and Quiz |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supports accessible and assistive technologies, including screen magnifiers, alternative input devices, and screen readers |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ticket-based technical support |
Yes |
Yes |
| Building Block or PowerLink integration for Blackboard2 |
Yes |
Yes |
| Additional learning activities: Fact Cards Plus, Pick a Letter, Fill in the Blank, Glossary, Matching, Crosswords, Challenge, and Show All |
No |
Yes |
| Images can be added to new or existing items |
No |
Yes |
| Localization for non-English languages (Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Finnish) |
No |
Yes |
| Multiple choice questions can be copied directly to Blackboard's assessment tool |
No |
Yes |
| StudyMate projects and content are retained when courses are copied |
No |
Yes |
| Questions can be imported from Respondus or StudyMate Author3 |
No |
Yes |
| Items can be exported from one StudyMate Class project and imported into another |
No |
Yes |
| Student activity can be monitored and graded (grades appear in the Blackboard gradebook) |
No |
Yes |
| Includes a free campus-wide license of StudyMate Author, a client-based version of StudyMate that lets instructors work offline |
No |
Yes |
1. Features subject to change.
2. StudyMate Class is a hosted service with data stored on the institution's Blackboard server. To enable faster interactions, a cache of the project data is stored temporarily on a Respondus server. Institutions in Canada will be hosted on a Canadian-based server.
3. Questions containing media files and HTML are excluded; only Multiple Choice and True-False questions are retained from Respondus files.
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