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  • Naiku Quick Tip: Importing ExamView Questions and Tests

    Did you know that you can import ExamView tests or the entire item bank into Naiku?    Quick Tip: To use questions from ExamView in Naiku, you can import the ExamView tests that you have already created or you can import the entire item bank into Naiku so that you can create the exams in Naiku. […]

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  • Naiku Quick Tip: Re-Open a Test

    Did you know that you can re-open a test after you’ve closed and scored it?    Quick Tip: After you Close and Score a test, you get those nice Class Results and Item Results reports. This also prevents students who didn’t take the test from taking it later. Well, this isn’t so great if you had […]

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  • I am Naiku: Brian Johnson

    This week, we start our “I am Naiku” series where we feature teachers across the country who are using Naiku everyday in their classrooms. This week, we focus on Brian Johnson, from Hampton, Iowa. Why I teach: I enjoy working with students and there are not many professions where you can make a positive impact in […]

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  • Naiku Quick Tip: Preview a Test

    Did you know that you can preview how a test will look for a student?   Quick Tip: After you create a test, it is often useful to see how it will look to students when they take it. You can do this by selecting Preview under Actions. This shows  you how the test will look […]

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  • Naiku Quick Tip: Archiving a Class

    Did you know that you can also restrict student access to test questions by archiving a class?   Quick Tip: Archive a class at the end of the semester or year to restrict student access to your test questions. When you archive a class, that class will no longer be shown in your class list. […]

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  • Naiku Quick Tip: Restrict Student Access to Questions

    Did you know that you can easily restrict student access to the test questions after they complete the test?   There are multiple ways to do this in Naiku. But the quickest way is to select “Restrict Student Access” under the Actions menu. This will prevent students from going into the test to see the […]

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  • New Quick Question Features

    Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Naiku releases two new features to their popular web-based student response system Quick Question. This free on-line formative assessment tool now allows teachers to 1) create questions on the fly in Quick Question and 2) save the data from the session for later viewing.   When you launch Quick Question […]

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  • Quick Key Press Release

    Naiku is pleased to announce the availability of Quick Key, a new feature within the Naiku assessment platform.  Quick Key allows for use of existing paper based tests in PDF, DOC, or similar formats within Naiku, thereby providing the benefits of immediate automated scoring, standards aligned reporting, teacher-student feedback, and more.  Download the full press […]

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  • Naiku Quick Key

    We’ve heard from many Naiku users who’ve said something along these lines: “I already have my test created in Word. Can I use that test in Naiku?” “I’ve got my tests saved as PDF files. Can I import those into Naiku?”   The answer use to be “No, you can’t import each of those questions […]

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  • Importing Examview Tests into Naiku

    As an alternative to creating an assessment in Naiku, you can import an existing assessment. If you’ve already built your test in Examview, you can import that test into Naiku. Export to Blackboard Format First, export your test out of Examview into a Blackboard file format. Go to File, select Export, and choose Blackboard 7.1-9.0… Choose a […]

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  • Data Driven Instruction with Naiku

    Premier educators such as Dr. Paul Bambrick-Santoyo (Driven By Data 2.0: A Practical Guide to Improve Instruction) and Dr. John Hattie (Visible Learning) promote the use of data in enhancing instruction and student learning. In this linked white paper, Dr. Adisack Nhouyvanisvong discusses these techniques and showcases how to implement them using Naiku.

  • Achieving Visible Learning with Naiku

    Visible Learning is an excellent resource illustrating the effectiveness of student-centered learning which Naiku wholeheartedly supports. In Visible Learning and Visible Learning for Teachers, Dr. John Hattie (2009, 2012) synthesizes research studies involving hundreds of millions of students to show the effectiveness of different approaches to improve learning. Dr. Hattie found that student-centered learning strategies have the highest […]

  • Use ACT Quick Checks for Progress Monitoring

    Naiku provides over 50 ACT Quick Checks for teachers to use for student progress monitoring in all ACT test subjects. ACT Quick Checks are short, topic-focused, formative assessments; typically 6-12 questions in length. Each Quick Check contains questions from a single topic, such as Math-Functions, so teachers can use to easily monitor progress between benchmark […]

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