Sunday, May 2, 2010
Welcome to Taleval's Blog!
A great suggestion was made during our first TalEval group webinar on Thursday to create a blog where TalEval users can post comments, concerns and share their experiences using TalEval. Both Cindy Leisica and Connie Harper will moderate the blog and agree to monitor the blog daily. We hope this tool will be a valuable asset to you. Enjoy your blogging!
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ReplyDeleteI think this will be a great tool for brainstorming and questions on TalEval. If you think there is somethin broken with your system, please contact Connie for software repair. Let's use this blog for questions, solutions and ideas. With all the upgrades that will take place since our group webinar, we will have much to talk about. If you want to download documents or find out when and where the free 4 hour workshops are held, go to the DH Methods of Education website www.DHmethEd.com
Cindy
We have begun to implement the updates you requested. We will roll them out over the next few weeks. Please keep the suggestions coming! Thanks for all your input.
ReplyDeleteWe are in the process of adding the ability to track your pre-clinic competencies in TalEval. You may notice a couple of new setup items on the menu. Setup Pre-clinic Comp Types and setup pre-clinic comps. These are not ready for production yet so for now, don't enter any data there. The pre-clinic comp data entry form should be ready by 11/15.
ReplyDeleteHi I started using TalEval last summer and think that the concept is really great. Are there any plans to update the software? How can we offer feedback on components of the software where we feel there are some bumps? I noticed that the last blog entry was 2010 does that mean this site is no longer active?
ReplyDeleteI have some questions about taleval and how suggests can be made. I use other cloud based educational formats that allow suggests to made right from the site. I like the idea of the blog but get a sense that having it outside of the program does not serve the purpose of getting user feedback. I think that this is a great program but could even be made better.
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear your suggestions Michael. We are always trying to make TalEval better.
DeletePlease email me your suggestions and comments to admin@americassoftware.com
DeleteI thinking of adding our instructor clinic/student evaluations to Taleval. Was wondering if the results were anonymous or not? Using our school program of D2L is not and this concerns students and skews what they write.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diane Osso
CCD- Dental Hygiene Program
The results can be anonmyous, depending on how you set them up. Under SETUP SURVEY pick MANAGE NAME. Pick the survey you want to make anonmyous and click the anonmyous check box. If the survey is anonymous the subject of the survey will not see who completed the surveys.
ReplyDeleteNew hands-on TalEval Training the Trainers Workshop on August 12, 2013 at Summer Camp Amelia Island 2013.
ReplyDeleteFor more information and to register click here: http://www.dhmethed.com/category/TALEVAL.html
If we are using taleval and splitting our 14 week clinics into spring I for 7 weeks and spring II for 7 weeks but we need to post a semester grade for clinic, what are our options? Do we average spring I and II for the final clinic grade? What is the general practice for calculating a semester grade when two clinics are being used?
ReplyDeleteYes, if you have two 7 week sessions as Spring I and Spring II. The grade from Spring I is the midterm grade and the grade from Spring II is the last 7 weeks of clinic. So you take the average from Spring I and II grades and that is the final TalEval grade for the semester. You can print 2 individual student grades to see all the detail and then print a grade report and pick both clinics and the report will combine the grade from the two clinics.
ReplyDeleteThank you, that is exactly what I thought we should do. I have another question. When you want to enter a point loss value for a critical error, do you need to do this manually via the header each time you enter a patient grade? If so, can you enter a negative value and will this automatically be calculated when identifying the student's individual formative grade? Hope this makes sense.
ReplyDeleteNo, you don't have to ener critical errors manually. Go to SETUP competency sub-categories and you will see there is a field to enter the points you want to be automatically deducted when an error is marked in this category. Setting the competency up as a critical competency will also make the competency turn red in grade entry so you can easily identify it. You can enter any value you want in the critical error field in the header. Critical error points you enter in the critical error field in the header get subtraced from the student's grade therefore reducing their grade. So if you enter 2.00 in the critical error field for one grade record and -2.00 in the critical error field in another grade record then no points will be deducted from the student's grade since 2.00 + -2.00 = 0.00. I hope this helps.
ReplyDeleteYes it does. Thank you again for the clarification. I'm sure you'll hear from me again sometime.
DeleteWe have a wonderful "TalEval Train the Trainers Workshop" planned for Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 at Summer Camp Amelia Island 2013. We will be able to answer all your questions about the features of TalEval and how to use reports as exhibits for self-study documents. You may go to our website at www.DHmethEd.com or contact me personally at Cindy@DHmethED.com
ReplyDeleteHope to hear from you,
Cindy Biron Leiseca
I am SO excited to have been invited. I can't wait to go back to the beautiful Amelia Island! Your camps are always filled with dental professionals eager to learn and everyone loves your education style and southern hospitality!
ReplyDeleteWe always love having you, Connie. Guess you saw the roster on the camp. Great faculty members from all over the country coming to camp. I am excited, too. Working on a list of all great restaurants and shops in walking distance from the hotel. Bring an extra suit case. More shops than last year!
ReplyDeletePlease help us solve a dilemma we have: Clinic I and Clinic IV faculty are interpreting the "# Surfaces Before Scaling" differently. One group is counting every area of calculus present in the quad (sub and supra separately)and using that "line" for areas remaining, then finding percentages for checks or X's. The other group finds actual number of teeth in the quad and multiplies by 4 to find the line to be used. They then use the 1 thru 10 to record surfaces of calc remaining and find the grade. Please let me know which is correct!
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