Instructional Tool Set
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These tools are the result of collaboration among many members of the Internet
community. Thanks to all who have contributed to the body of freely available
knowledge and resources on the Web. These iterations have been developed by
Daniel Anderson in the Studio for Instructional
Technology and English Studies at the University of North Carolina. They may
be used and adapted for non profit purposes providing that adapters
contact Daniel Anderson with notification of
any significant revisions and modifications and that all significant revisions
and modifications be made freely available for non profit use.
The tools come with no guarantees or support. Some set up information is provided with each tool, but you will likely need to have someone who is experienced with unix-based Web servers and cgi scripts available to assist with the implementation of the tools. Check the file called "readme.html".
Finally, most of these tools have been designed to work with recent Web browsers. In general you can rely on them working with versions 3 or greater of Netscape's Web browsers and with versions 4 or greater of Internet Explorer browsers.
Available Tools
Frame-Based Discussion Forum
This tool creates a discussion forum module that uses frames to index various topics
of discussion and to display messages and topic indices simultaneously. It also provides a snippet
of javascript that can be used to implement the forum as a pop-up module on an
existing Web page.
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Peer Review Module
This tool creates a peer review module that allows instructors to select prompts to be associated
with papers being reviewed. Students use the module to submit papers which are archived. Reviewers
compose responses to the papers based on instructors' prompts.
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Freewriting Assignment
The freewriting assignment uses instructors' prompts to generate spontaneous
writing. Students use the module to compose responses to freewriting questions which are then
archived for later reference and sharing.
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