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"I am a member of the technical support staff at Washburn University. We have been making use of Respondus and find it an excellent tool... Thank you for developing such an excellent product."

Uriah J. Mach
Washburn University

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StudyMate Class Server

Overview of Features:

A collaborative learning environment where students and/or teachers create study materials that can be shared and enhanced by others

Seamless integration with the Blackboard Learning System through the use of a Building Block or PowerLink¹

Three templates for entering content, such as facts (from a lecture), glossary terms (from a textbook), or multiple choice questions

Multiple activities parallel each template, ranging from flash cards to quizzes to full-featured game shows

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 3.5

Items can be exported for use in other StudyMate Class Server projects, or with StudyMate Author and Respondus 3.5

Multiple languages can be selected for the user interface including English and Spanish (Dutch, Finnish, French, and German will be available soon)

The Quick Start Guide includes "teaching scenarios" that help faculty implement the system effectively

Mouse-over instructions are available throughout the application

StudyMate Class Server "Lite"
A free Lite version contains much of the core functionality of StudyMate Class Server.²

"Lite" Version Standard Version

Pricing for academic institutions Free Tiered pricing

Building Block for Blackboard Enterprise 6.3+ Yes Yes

PowerLink for Blackboard Vista 4.0+ and CE 6.0+ Yes Yes

Students and/or instructors can create new items and questions Yes Yes

Editing rights can be set by the instructor Yes Yes

Number of editing templates for creating new items Two Three

Number of questions/items allowed per course 500 Unlimited

Includes "Flash Cards" and "Quiz" activities Yes Yes

Includes Fact Cards, Fact Cards Plus, Pick a Letter, Fill in the Blank, Glossary, and Challenge activities No Yes

Non-English language settings (Spanish, German, French, Dutch, Finnish) No Yes

Multiple choice questions can be copied to Blackboard's native assessment tool No Yes

Course copies will retain project data No Yes

Import Multiple Choice and True/False questions from Respondus 3.5 or StudyMate Author³ No Yes

Import questions and items from other StudyMate Class Server projects No Yes

Export items for use in other StudyMate Class Server projects No Yes

Grade students on participation and/or contributions (grades appear in Bb gradebook) No Yes

Ticket-based technical support Yes Yes

1. StudyMate Class Server 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.

2. Features subject to change.

3. Questions containing media files and certain types of HTML will be excluded.

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