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INSTRUCTIONAL SUGGESTIONS
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Our testing and use of the ICES system in the classroom has
provided some experiences which we would like to pass along in
the form of a few 'instructional suggestions'. None are them are
essential, but we are providing them for you to consider when
working with your students.
THE ICES MESSAGE SYSTEM
ICES has a very simple message system that you may wish to use.
We have found that students are sometimes difficult to reach or
locate and the message system is one device for doing that.
The ICES message system consists of nothing more than a file on
this diskette bearing the name MESSAGES.INS. It is an ordinary
text file that you can modify to suit yourself. Thus, you can
place in that file any message of any length that you wish and
the students can obtain it by choosing the 'Check Messages'
option of the ICES menu.
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GETTING YOUR MESSAGE TO THE STUDENTS
Once you have modified the MESSAGES.INS file so that it
contains the information you wish to pass along to the students,
you must then make it available to them. That is done by pulling
the student working copies of the ICES DISK from the lab any
merely copying the MESSAGES.INS file from your PROFESS DISK onto
the working copies of the ICES DISK and then putting the latter
back in the lab for the students to use.
To do that, put your PROFESS DISK in Drive A and one of the
working copies of the ICES DISK in Drive B. Then issue the
command, COPY A:MESSAGES.INS B: <cr>. Repeat this step for each
remaining working copy of the ICES DISK.
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DISPLAY LECTURE NOTES
In the main menu of this program you will see an option to
display lecture notes. Actually, you may use this option to
display the contents of virtually any file you wish. This
represents a very powerful feature of the program as a teaching
aid. Thus, you can create one or more diskettes containing a
rich variety of text files which you may then display on screen
in a classroom that is equipped with a microcomputer and one or
more large monitors.
In this manner, you can treat the computer as a form of
'overhead projector'. Moreover, your students have the same
option in their ICES program. Thus, you can make note files
available to your students and they can then study them, on
screen, in a computer lab. Their ICES program also gives them
the option of printing the note files!
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PLAY LIKE YOU ARE A STUDENT
We do rather strongly suggest that you never distribute Disk 1
to a student. Instead, keep that data diskette for your own use
and put your name on the password list to indicate that you have
kept and will use the first student data diskette.
Of course, you can use this program to change the password on
your Disk 1 so that you don't have to fiddle around with a
strange password.
Our main suggestion here is that you use the ICES system as if
you are a student in order to become thoroughly familiar with its
operation and performance. That experience will help you to
instruct your students in making the most of the system.
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USE THE SCREE TEST
The SCREE Test that that you create for use with ICES is a
simple but powerful device to help students monitor their own
performance in the course. The 'Diagnostic' test that is
available on the ICES Master Menu is identical to the SCREE Test
shown on the same menu. We suggest that you ask the students to
complete the 'Diagnostic' test as soon as they have gone through
the ICES instructions. The results will then be available to you
and they will give you a good idea of how much the students think
they know about the course material at the beginning.
*
Naturally, ICES will also present the SCREE Test scores to the
students and it will present them in graphic form so that they
can see their progress in the course. It's a neat gimmick that
is helpful to many students.
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MANAGING STUDENT COMPLAINTS
Sooner or later the students will catch on to the fact that
you, the instructor, really do have complete control over the
system. Thus, it will surely happen that one or two students
will come to you with a very sad story about one problem or
another and plead with you to enter a grade for them. You should
be absolutely relentless in refusing to do that.
The system works, it is flawless (or has been to date), and the
students can make the system do what is needed. When they fail
to follow instructions it is good learning to let them experience
the consequences -- those are never more severe than having to
repeat an exam or quiz and it is good practice.
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SEND US YOUR SUGGESTIONS
We hope the foregoing will be of some use to you in planning
your course and the work with your students. Once you've used
the ICES system to help you manage the work of your course, you
may have some ideas that could help us to improve it further.
Please feel free to send us any suggestions that we might
incorporate into the program to help you do your work. We hope
the program will be of service to you and we shall take very
seriously any suggestions that you would care to provide.
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