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Database Design

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- *** Desktop software to collect and document assessment data for faculty. The FirstAssess system includes wizards for collecting course information, an efficient Assessment import tool that will read test documents in PDF format and extract the relevant questions from the text for direct insertion into the data system, without manually retyping the questions or laborious cut and paste operations. The import tool will also read student response data from common data systems like spreadsheets and common education course management systems like Moodle, Blackboard, and WebCT.
+ *** Desktop software to collect and document assessment data for faculty. The FirstAssess system includes wizards for collecting course information, and an efficient Assessment import tool that will read test documents in PDF format and extract the relevant questions from the text for direct insertion into the data system, without retyping the questions or laborious cut and paste operations. The import tool will also read student response data from common data sources like spreadsheets and common course management systems like Moodle, Blackboard, and WebCT.
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- [systems.png] The components of the FIRST Data System are shown in Figure 1, which shows the use of the Assess tool by a faculty member to import assessment data into the FIRST database. Once a collection of assessment data are available, faculty can look at their assessment data to evaluate historical trends, analyze the effectiveness of techniques, or compare the performance of different teaching and assessment techniques. These analyses are enabled through a web-based portal that allows researchers to discover and download assessment data from their own courses as well as from those of other courses in their own university and across institutions.
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- * Block diagram or some other image of the database structure.
- * Link to Ben's work on searching the database
- * Link to Ryan's screencast and/or screenshots
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+ The components of the FIRST Data System are shown in Figure 1, which shows the use of the FirstAssess tool by a faculty member to import assessment data into the FIRST database. Once a collection of assessment data are available, faculty can look at their assessment data to evaluate historical trends, analyze the effectiveness of pedagogical techniques and strategies, or compare the performance of different teaching and assessment techniques. These analyses are enabled through a web-based portal that allows researchers to discover and download assessment data from their own courses as well as from those of other courses in their own university and across institutions.

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