Testimonials

End User: S. Palmer (USA)

Uses:  XCLASS Professional for their Computing Studies Class

XCLASS is so much more flexible than our old tape lab, where all the students could do was listen and repeat drilling exercises. As you can imagine, trying to keep students focused for an entire hour of drill work was next to impossible.

Now, with the new digital lab, not only can we have students do drill work, we can have them do pair work, group work, record themselves giving presentations, work with the Blackboard system and so much more.

The students love it, especially the random pairing and group work functions. Classes are much more lively, with a greater interaction between students and students and lab instructors.

Students also like that they can record themselves practicing a presentation and listen to it immediately. Also, using the instructor broadcast feature, students can present to the entire class, using PowerPoint or showing web pages.

Professors have remarked that students are actually looking forward to going to the lab, something they've never done before. We have also used it to play vhs tapes and dvds. In fact, we had a Media Studies class in the lab. The lab not only allows students more freedom, it encourages creativity amongst the faculty: we have people incorporating Blackboard in their classes more and more, knowing that their students can come here and use the lab.

It's a lot of fun to work with.