Now DataDirector Offers The Fastest, Easiest Way to Grade Multiple Choice Assessments

Introducing GradeCam. GradeCam is an exciting technology that allows educators to use a standard web camera or document camera to quickly and easily scan and score student results. You can even use the webcam already built in to your computer. With GradeCam, you simply hold your student’s answer documents up to the camera and they are instantly scanned and scored!

With the addition of GradeCam, DataDirector now gives you more options to administer and scan assessments to students than ever before. Whether you want to use DataScanner, online testing, or now GradeCam, only DataDirector allows you to make that choice. You can mix-and-match and select the test administration mode that works best for you!

DataDirector integration of GradeCam’s technology works with any standard USB-enabled web camera connected to either Microsoft Windows® or Apple Mac®-based computers.

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Districts across the nation are preparing for the emerging era of common standards and common assessments. Online testing of students has become an increasing focus for many districts. Providing widespread access to traditional computers and laptops, necessary for district-wide online testing, is a challenge. Mobile devices, like Apple’s iPad are one alternative educators are looking to as a way to fill that gap.

Harrison School District, located in Colorado Springs, CO, has spent the last year exploring and refining best practices around deploying iPads for students to use when taking their high-stakes benchmark assessments. Riverside invited David Jarboe, Secondary Assessment Coordinator for Harrison School District, to share their experiences and lessons learned.

In this recorded webinar, Mr. Jarboe shares how they configure iPads, and how the district prepared students for this new way of taking a test. Harrison School District uses Riverside’s Edusoft platform, but the concepts and lessons they share can also be applied by DataDirector users, as well.

Harrison School District has been generous enough to share some of the key materials they’ve developed so other districts can make use of them.

Right-click (Mac Users: CTRL-click) to download the files:

April 2012 Webinar Presentation (Powerpoint file used during the April 2012 webinar)

Taking A Test on the iPad (Powerpoint file developed by Harrison School District help prepare students to take a test on an iPad)

iPad Setup and Configuration (PDF of Harrison School District’s approved configuration)

Sample Online Practice Test (PDF student practice test booklet)

Riverside’s Darrell Lee discusses how The Iowa Assessments can serve as the foundation for a research-based, legally-defensible Teacher Effectiveness program.

Prepare yourself for DataDirector 4.0 with this recorded webinar in which Riverside’s Jennifer Cooper walks users through the fundamentals of Version 4.0.

This video is a recording of one of the many free webinars Riverside has hosted to help educators learn more about the release of DataDirector 4.0.

You can download a file of this recording, saved in Windows Movie .WMV file format, by right-clicking on the link below (Mac users: CTRL-click):

DataDirector 4.0 Webinar: What To Expect in Version 4.0

Prepare yourself for DataDirector 4.0 with this recorded webinar in which Riverside’s Jennifer Cooper walks users through how to use the new foldering features that are introduced in Version 4.0.

This video is a recording of one of the many free webinars Riverside has hosted to help educators learn more about the release of DataDirector 4.0.

You can download a file of this recording, saved in Windows Movie .WMV file format, by right-clicking on the link below (Mac users: CTRL-click):

DataDirector 4.0 Webinar: Working with Folders and Filing

Prepare yourself for DataDirector 4.0 with this recorded webinar in which Riverside’s Jennifer Cooper walks users through how to create Answer Sheets and Item Bank Assessments in Version 4.0.

This video is a recording of one of the many free webinars Riverside has hosted to help educators learn more about the release of DataDirector 4.0.

You can download a file of this recording, saved in Windows Movie .WMV file format, by right-clicking on the link below (Mac users: CTRL-click):

DataDirector 4.0 Webinar: Creating Answer Sheets and Item Bank Assessments

One of the enhancements in DataDirector 4.0 is the ability to create and edit custom Performance Bands for reporting. This feature allows educators to create multiple Performance Bands, including ones that mirror the proficiency bands used by their state.

HMH/Riverside’s Darrell Lee walks viewers through how easy it is to create Performance Bands in this video.

In this video, HMH/Riverside’s Darrell Lee continues his explanation of the new folder feature in DataDirector 4.0. In Video 6, Darrell walks users through how to share folders, including how to set permissions for this new feature. Viewers might want to first watch Video 5 (which introduces folders) before watching this video.

In this video, HMH/Riverside’s Darrell Lee illustrates the different folders that are available for users in DataDirector 4.0. Darrell also walks users through a quick overview of how to create a sub-folder, which offers users an way to further organize their assessments. In Video 6, Darrell will explain how users can share folders with a user or groups of users.

As Darrell mentions, users can always toggle back to the “List View” that is familiar to existing DataDirector users. DataDirector 4.0 is all about giving you choices.