Documentation:Respondus StudyMate/Uses and Benefits

Uses and Benefits

Academic Uses

• Assist students in recalling important terms for your course, such as acronyms, chemical compounds and medical ailments
• Help students improve their foreign language vocabulary using activities like the flash cards
• Potentially increase student engagement with alternative ways of presenting course content
• Open avenues for peer to peer learning with competitive games

Authoring

• Create Flash-based activities and games using an “offline” Windows interface
• Four templates let you create ten activities and games
• Insert graphics such as gif, jpeg, bmp, png, and pcx
• Embed audio files such as mp3 or wav
• Convert oversized graphics to a suitable size with one click
• Create algorithmic questions using the “Calculated” template

Preview, Publish and Settings

• Select from six language interfaces for activities (Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, and Spanish)
• Choose settings that meet your accessibility objectives
• Preview activities and games before generating the Flash object
• Select only the activities and games wanted for the final Flash object