For my personal testing experience in Learning Express Library I selected the GED Social Studies Practice Exam. I received a phone call while I was testing so the Finish Later feature was very handy. I also like that it showed me exactly what was unanswered when I clicked on Continue and went back to testing. After scoring my test the first screen broke my results into sub-categories such as geography, world history, etc. This would be helpful to focus review and instruction for individual students. Also, "based on my performance" I was given several options for further preparation. I only answered the first 12 questions yet I was able to view the correct answers for all 50 questions. The explanations for each correct answer are fantastic, but from past experience once students figured this out they would write down the correct answers and try to scam the test. So, I went back and added the test to My Center and tried it again – questions were identical! Well… let's hope "real" users are more motivated.
Under the Job Search & Workplace Skills I added the Career Course: Succeeding on the Job. The course outline is listed on the left and items that will be saved once you submit them are labeled as such. Content seems to be very practical with good everyday-type advice. Where's the Finish Later option? I just closed out and when I went back in the program was right where I had stopped.
In the ebooks section I took a look at vocabulary as this is an area where many of my former students struggled. Just in Time Vocabulary looked interesting so I took a look at the table of contents. $5 words began on p. 175 and I was able to click right to it. Needed paper and pencil from that point, but it contained good, basic content that a teacher might use or direct students to for practice. I was able to save the PDF file of 222 pages. What about copyright?
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Joan, Joan, Joan, you can take these tests and courses many times, but they are the same every time. A couple of them (ACT, for 1) have 2 different tests, but the rest are the same. To answer your copyright on e-books question, apply the copyright guidelines you already know. The copyright page of the book you viewed says, "All rights reserved." Yes, you can save it to your computer, but it would be illegal to distribute it or post it on a web page. Besides, all SD citizens have access to this, so simply steer them this direction. :)Thanks for commenting and trying out the "Finish Later" feature!
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