Welcome to

AcenetACEN Education Technology

Pioneers of language labs in India.

Established in 1973

--in the profession of language labs

since 1979

Modern Language teaching requirements

Teaching material like-

Printed matter

Cassettes

CDs

Video programs on video cassettes or Cds

Infrastructure for Lab work-

Hardware- including LAN or analogue systems

System software like

Acenet 5.1

The elements of language teaching

Acenet includes facilities for all the above activities

expressions

elocution

group discussion/conversation

listening comprehension

speaking skills

grammar

pronunciation

vocabulary

Acenet 5.1 (Second Edition) simply wonderful ideas

… that make language teaching

• easy• innovative• interesting

Layout of Acenet 5.1

Acenet 5.1 Teacher console

• Most conveniently placed menu items for teacher

Audio functionsStudent’s screens

Student icons

Grouping/pairing Pgm transfer

The Acenet 5.1 Student console.

• auditext

• Data received from teacher

• WordSound

• Expressions

• Messages

The audio network

• Uses proprietary multi-core cable• Carries the audio signals from –

• Teacher to student • Student to teacher• Student to student

• Carries ‘Call’ command from student terminal to teacher.

• Powers the student terminals

Why audio network ?

• Provides analogue path for all audio signals .• Performance independent of LAN and CPU

quality.• No distortion.• No delay.• No burden on the LAN.• Can work in the background alongwith other

programs.

The VGA network

• Carries picture signals from the teacher to all the students

• Includes cabling, line loss compensation,

• Student’s VGA monitor switching

• Blocks student’s mouse and key board inputs to his pc.

Why VGA network?

• Provides direct path for VGA signals .• Jerk-free transmission of ‘live’ video to students. • Performance independent of LAN and CPU

quality.• No distortion.• No delay/jerks-smooth streaming.• No burden on the LAN.• Can work in the background alongwith other

programs.

Basic audio functions

• Intercom

• Multiple ‘Paired conversations’

• Multiple ‘Group discussions’

• Student’s response

• All call

Audio recording facility

Two recording systems-

• ACEN ‘auditext’ virtual recorder• ACEN WordSound

‘auditext’ virtual recorder

Model voice

Student recording

Text 1

Text 2

Time scale and

bookmarks

Select

ACEN ‘auditext’ virtual recorder• Provides two audio channels,

• Two text tracks.

• all four co-related by a cursor on timescale.• Bookmark and ‘loop play’• Listen and record • Watch ‘text’ in desired script-two • different scripts!• Watch instructions like phonetic spelling, etymology etc.

WordSound

Student recorder

model

Text support

Multiple pairs

Remote monitoring of students’ screens

zoom

Student groups

Remote monitoring helps in-

• Monitoring the students’ activity

• Monitoring if the students have understood the technology/procedure of using self study/interactive learning material.

• Zooming onto one student’s screen and providing him explanation.

Multiple group discussion• Custom or

random selection• Max 5 students

per group• Teacher can

listen/ participate in any group

• Teacher can record discussion

• Use ‘print screen’ for log.

Know thyself---

• Text file and camera working at the same time.

• Expressions recording.

• Compare with model.cameramodel

Text support

Distribute programs to students--

• Transfer audio lessons in analogue from – for on-line activity or recording at student end.

• Different programs to different groups at the same time.

• Any data file transfer from teacher to student through LAN.

Quick new lesson

• Teacher can quickly prepare a new lesson in his own voice ---

• Lesson can be recorded on ‘auditext’ virtual recorder or a cassette as ‘audio’ lesson.

Presentation-show on students’ monitors-

• any visual or jerk free video

• with original audio or teacher’s voice

The question bank for objective testing

Q type

argument

options

Model answer

Attach file

Student’s answer book• Student Id

Score

Model answer

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