Disk No  649
Program Title: WALMYR PROGRAMS (Disk 2 of 2)
PC-SIG version 1.1

The WALMYR TEACHING ASSISTANT is for teachers, designed to automate test
taking and grading, and thus reduce the amount of time it takes to prepare
a course. It can prepare random quizzes from a pool of questions,
administer quizzes, and grade each quiz for each student. You only need
write the quiz once, and after that the program takes over. You can specify
the number of times the students may retake a quiz. The program can prepare
final grade reports, let students check their grades, and print graphs of
test scores. It can also display and print text files, such as lecture
notes, course syllabuses, notices, etc. The teacher has a master disk from
which the course format is designed, while each student's record is kept on
his own individual disk. Grades are collected by having the students turn
in their disk after a number of exams or quizzes are completed. The master
disk takes all data and updates the teacher's records. All records are
password-protected, so a student's records can only be examined by the
teacher and that student.

The WALMYR INDEX OF TEACHING ABILITY analyzes a group of students'
evaluations of the teacher's performance, based upon a questionnaire that
comes with the program. It produces both an actual and adjusted report. The
adjusted report is produced after the program eliminates students who
scored lower or higher than the class average, both on an item as well as
on a total-score basis. The program provides a report that shows the mean,
range, and standard deviation, a count of students who graded higher or
lower than normal, a count of total students who rated the course, and an
estimate of how consistent the data is.

Usage: Teaching Aids.

System Requirements: 256K memory.

How to Start: Type README (press enter).

Suggested Registration: $139.95 for TEACHING ASSISTANT, $94.95 for INDEX of
TEACHING ABILITY.

File Descriptions:

README   EXE  Program to display README
README        How to get started
WTA     <DIR> Directory containing all files for Teaching Assistant
ITA     <DIR> Directory containing all files for Index of Teaching Ability

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