Mediabase The project's mediabase provides a storage area for large numbers of multimedia-based language materials. Included will be items in textual, graphic, audio, and video formats. A more technical description of the mediabase and Digital Language Assessment system is also available. The project will provide instructors with the ability to create, store, and modify these types of assignments. The project's Web interface will provide students with electronic access to the tests and study sets created by their instructors.
Students can complete assignments online, taking advantage of materials stored in the mediabase.
The project's test and study set mechanism will provide faculty members with an easy way of evaluating student performance on exams and assignments. It will also aggregate performance data to provide broad indicators of language learning at Stanford. The project will store completed student assignments for future retrieval. The ability to assemble a student's work completed over an extended period of time will be used to create portable student portfolios. A fifth application of the mediabase, instructor usage within the classroom environment, is discussed at length in the Enhanced Instruction section.