Kyocera Teaching Assistant

hi I'm Randy Tucker senior instructor for Kyocera mita America most educators spend a lot of time testing and grading students conventional methods are not only time-consuming but can also be costly oftentimes school administrators order expensive pre-printed test sheets for their teachers or even more often teachers must manually grade students tests using the classic red pen markings these techniques are neither efficient nor cost effective Kyocera has a solution teaching assistant is an application that automatically grades multiple-choice tests using popular bubble sheet forms to simplify the process and allow teachers to focus on more important aspects like curriculum and class activities teaching assistant simplifies the task of printing grading collecting and analyzing test results while ensuring accuracy and reducing the amount of time and money spent on grading these important documents and for security purposes once you leave the application all files are cleared from the device also the software automatically generates comprehensive reports allowing instructors to tell at a glance how the students fared how hard the test was and which questions were missed or answered incorrectly by the most students since teaching assistant is a device based app there is no need to purchase a back-end server or enlist extensive IT support even teachers using non-network two standalone devices in the classroom have immediate access to test sheets and fast turnaround on test results let me show you how teaching assistant works on any Kyocera high pass enabled multifunctional device open teaching assistant by pressing the application key on the control panel there's no need to order costly pre-printed forms with teaching assistant you can print all the tests that you need by simply pressing the print test icon next enter the number of questions that will appear on the test for this example we'll use 50 the number of answer choices for each question let's use five and the number of students taking the test so you can print the right amount of test sheets in this case we'll choose 10 selection options also include print answer key which is required for grading and print student ID bubbles used if students will be required to fill in their IDs and their answer sheets now just touch the print key or the green star button to generate the blank test sheets along with the teachers answer key page to grade the completed tests open teaching assistant by pressing the application key on the panel and now select a great test button now arrange all the test sheets face-up in the same direction along with the answer key place the documents in the document processor that select the scan button once scanning is complete press the finished button the tests are now being graded and the results are analyzed teaching assistant evaluates the test and prepares a series of comprehensive statistics and graphical reports for instance the test scores table will list each student's score in points percentage and percentile after the grading process is done the instructor can either print email or save the results in PDF format exported reports can be sent directly to an email address as an attachment or save to a USB flash drive this allows for immediate access to test results the feedback can then be taken directly back to the classroom the entire process takes only minutes saving teachers valuable time and tries to clear adduced in their paperwork burden and with current spinning and budget cuts and school systems teaching assistant allows schools to eliminate the cause of pre-printed forms and expensive grading technology teaching assistant is another example of Kyocera commitment to developing innovative products and solutions that streamline workflow in increased productivity Kyocera high pass enabled mfps offering low total cost of ownership combined with the teaching assistant business applica provide the perfect total solution ideal for today's educators

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Keywords: Kyocera, Teaching Assistant, HYPAS

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Length: 4min 32sec (272 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 04 2011