Interactive Online Writing Assistance: a user-contributed and interactivity-enhanced website.
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User contribution creates a sense of belonging, vested interest and commitment
Instead of simply consuming web materials, users can play a pro-active role and easily contribute web contents with today’s web technologies
Enhanced interactivity creates new opportunities and instances of interaction between users
online forums, quizzes, vocabulary database, essay sharing system, reverse concordancing
Website Management
A BIG part of websites that promote user contribution and interactionA SMALL task when provided with the right tools
User Status Dependent Interfaces
Administrator provided with Administrative Tools link upon logonTeacher editors, forum moderators, regular users, guest visitors all get slightly different interfaces
Administrative Tools
User Manager for assigning administrators and teacher editors
Teacher Manager for assigning student users to teacher editors
Bulletin Board SystemFirst service offered on the siteGrows from one to over twenty public forumsAccepts private forums
Forum Application / Hosting
Any registered user can apply to host a forum on any area of interest and become a moderator
Posting a MessageOnly registered usersNo HTML requiredSimple plain textsSpell check functionSubmit button
Sample BBS Message
Message generated as soon as user clicks on the submit buttonBuilt-in icons / functions: profile, reply, edit
Browsing and Searching Vocab DB
Browse database by parts of speech or alphabetical order
Guest users: limited search function
Registered users: full search functions
Add Words
Available only to registered users Add words by simply filling in plain textsAllows check for duplicationBuilt-in quiz generator
Sample Entry
Part of speech, definition/description, optional examples and exercisesAllows picture and sound
Teacher Editors: Entry Edit and Activation
Rating entriesEditing entriesLocking entriesAdding sample questions and examples
Reverse Concordancer
Programmed to match words in the vocabulary databaseFacilitates reading of difficult passages
Reverse Concordancing Results
Words or paragraphs displayed in a new window after reverse concordancingOnMouseOver popups
Add Match Manager
Matches variant forms of vocabulary entries by registered usersProgrammed to work with reverse concondancer