The man, called Hige sensei, moves in the animation. The students' task is to describe the directions they see in the graphics. This type of exercise is much more realistic as students create sentences based on what they see and not on what they are told to say nor on pictures with arrows showing Hige sensei's movement. Also, students seem to enjoy this type of animated exercise. Interactive Automated Grading Exercise.
Students choose their answers and then have the answers checked by the server immediately.
It's possible to make exercises that are multiple-choice or that require students to type in answers. What's shown here is an example of a multiple choice exercise page. Click here to see more. A major disadvantage of Adagio is that it's impossible for the teacher and students to interact with each other in the way they would in a classroom setting. Since this is an on-line course, every student studies at a different time.