Dictation type item

A Dictation item asks the respondent to transcribe a text that she or he hears from an audio or a video file.

The respondent has a text input field to enter the response.

At the top and bottom of the page, you can see the Save button, to save the information you have entered, Cancel if you choose not to save the new information, and Preview to see how the item will appear when published. This last command allows you to see the item exactly as it will appear to the respondent.

Note that when you add an item to the library of a given project for which you have invited people to collaborate with you, this item will also be available for them to consult or modify as needed. What's more, if one of the people collaborating modifies an item, the modified version of the item will appear in all of the quizzes that use this item.

DEMO text and video for this item type

 

CONTENT OF THE DICTATION ITEM
The Content tab is used to define what makes up the item.

Item title: Enter a meaningful name that will help you to find the item in your library. The item's title will appear in the Title column in the list of items. However, it will not appear when the item is shown to the respondent, nor when we look at a preview of an item that we are preparing.

Item type: The item type is Dictation.

Text: Enter the instructions for the respondent (See Working with text input fields).

Answer for the dictation: Enter the text to be used to correct the dictation. Use texts that are fairly short in order to avoid anomalies that could prevent the correction algorithm from functioning properly. You can subdivide a long text into shorter sections and create a separate dictation item for each section. The respondent's answer must be identical to the one expected to be correct.

General feedback: Enter the text for the corresponding feedback.

 

ADD-ONS FOR DICTATION ITEMS
The Add-ons tab allows you to add complementary information to the item.

Add-ons 1 and 2: Enter the complementary information related to the question. Use the editing tools as needed. For example, you could give clues to help the respondent understand.

Media in the header: Enter a descriptive text. Use the editing tools as needed.

Use the commands Add image file, Add audio file or Add video file, in order to select the media file or files that the respondent will hear for the dictation exercise. You can use a file that is already saved in your library (see how) or you can import a new file from another source (see how).

 

PARAMETERS OF A DICTATION TYPE ITEM
The Parameters tab allows you to define the specific attributes for this item type.

  • Category: An item can belong, or not, to a category. To learn more about categories, see the page.To associate an item with an existing category, choose a category from the drop-down menu.
    To associate an item with a new category, write a name for the category in the input field Add a new category as needed. The new category will be created at the same time as the new item and will be added to the library under My categories.

  • Setting parameters for the item
    - Weighting: Indicate the number of points given to the question.
    - Automatically start media: Choose the appropriate option whether or not you want the selected media to start automatically in the Media in the header section, under the Add-ons tab. Your options are:
       - Do not start the media: In this case, the respondent must start the media.
       - Start the audio file and Start the video: The media file will start automatically as soon as the item appears to the respondent.
    - Display correct answer: Choose whether or not to show the correct answer to the respondent. It might be pedagogically desirable to show the respondent the correct answer. Viewing the correct answer does not require the respondant to put in an answer.
    - Points lost for misspelled words: Enter the percentage of a point to be lost for each spelling error. 
    You can choose the value that you want but try to adjust the weighting in relation to the length of the text so that the respondent will not have an unfairly low mark for just one error or a very high mark for a short sentence with several errors.
    - When correcting, you can take into account: 
       - Upper case and lower case letters, and
       - Punctuation
    Netquiz Web detects the following errors:
    Words with spelling mistakes
    Missing words
    Extra words
     
  • General messages in the preview language: The General messages appear when the respondent chooses to Submit the answer for correction (See). These messages are defined for all of the items of this type by the person responsible for the quiz (See My languages).

    By default, a Correct answer is marked in green, Incorrect answer is marked in red and Incomplete answer is marked in yellow. However, you can provide different messages when creating the item by clicking on Modify these values for this item only.

    In order to add an image, a video or an audio file to a message, you can use a file that is already saved in your library (see how) or you can import a new file from another source (see how).

Note: The content of this field is not visible in the published quiz. This is used to write notes to help you manage the content or for collaboration with a colleague. It can help identify an item that you wish to note (such as something to check, complete, check copyrights for, etc.).