Drill settings

Drill settings:

You can adjust the settings of a drill in different ways. Per column or for the complete drill.

Per column For the complete drill

The settings per column affect the questions/answers in the column.

Read aloud function (Text-to-speech)

If you enable this option, the participant can have the content of the drill converted into speech in the player for drill and story content. This functionality complements the current server-side text-to-speech functionality already being offered.

After enabling this option, you can select the language you want.

The learner will get the option to click on the "ear" button, as shown in the image below. 

When doing that, they will get a sound clip of that question/answer. They can even choose whether it needs to be a female or male voice and which accent they would like. In addition, the participant can also adjust the speed of pronunciation.

Attention! You can only get this feature if you have the proper permission. Don't have this permission? Please contact [e-mail].

If you want to listen to the different voices that are available, click here.

Arbiters

The first thing you can do is set which arbiter should be used for the open questions. Do you want to learn more about arbiters? Then click here. 

Question style

You can also set here what kind of question you want to ask: open questions, multiple-choice questions, or questions the user sets themselves. For example, think of vocabulary lists that a participant has to learn.

Answer style

You can also set the answer style which, by default, is set to. If you only want to have questions for which there are multiple correct answers, you can change this setting too.

Tags

On the left side of the screen is a tag label, this opens a screen to add tags per question. You can do this for your own administration to mark the knowledge element learning element in the drill. But this can also be used later on to create keys based on tags.

When setting the settings for the drill there are 3 different tabs.

Details:

Title

Here you can change the title of your drill.

Subject

Here you can change the subject of your drill.

Description

Here you can change the description of a drill.

Icon and Cover

Here you can customize your icon and cover. Look here for the ideal size of these two types of media.

Tags

These are tags to find the drill faster in the repertoire or my content. You cannot create keys based on these tags.

Preferences

Language

The language affects the potential publication of the drill in the Drill store. By using the language that is set, a Drillster user will be able to find the drill faster. If you do not publish the drill in the Drill store, the choice of language has no influence on the drill.

Number of multiple-choice options

This shows the amount of alternatives per question. This can also be set separately per question. If you set this to 'max', Drillster will only look at the alternatives if present with this question. If you don't have any alternatives, Drillster will only show the correct answer.

If you set the drill to 4 answer options, and the question contains only 2 alternatives, Drillster randomly extracts an answer option from another question.

Practice direction

No practice restrictions

In this case the drill can be practiced productively and receptively. The user reproduces what has been learned (productively) and recognizes (receptively). Drillster shows elements from both the 'unknown column' and the 'known column'. The user then selects the correct answer from the answer column (multiple choice) or fills in the correct answer (open question).

Receptive practicing only

Recognize what you have learned. Drillster shows information from the 'unknown column' after which the user chooses the correct answer or fills in the 'known column'.

Productive practicing only

Reproduce what you've learned. Drillster shows information from the 'known column' after which the user chooses the correct answer or fills in the 'unknown column'.

Automatic question advancement

User chooses

If the user un-checkes the box, then after the answer is given the user will first have to click on 'answer' to save it and then click on 'next' to display the next question.

If the user leaves the check mark on, then it will be possible to click on 'next' immediately after the correct answer has been given.

Inactive
This means that this drill always requires clicking on the 'answer' button to submit your answer and then clicking on the 'next' button before the next question is shown.

Active
The 'next' button appears automatically as soon as the user has given the correct answer and can proceed immediately to the next question. When there is no feedback, it will then go automatically to the next question.

Add introduction

Learner decides

At 'settings' the user chooses the setting himself. This is the default setting of Drillster.

Introductions are presented

Introductions are always shown. This shows the correct answer to a question and gives a short description. The user can then see and remember the answer. This only happens when the question is shown for the first time.

Introductions are not presented

Introductions are never shown.

Attention!

Introductions are relevant when a user has never seen the lesson material before. If a user has already taken all the information in, for example a lesson, book or video, introductions can be suppressed. Drillster then immediately starts asking questions.

Time limit

This sets a limit in which the participant has to answer the question. Think, for example, of questions about the 1 to 10 times table, whereby the participant has a certain time limit.

Hot spot images

Add your hot spot pictures here for your hot spot question. Want to know more about the hot spot question? Then click here.