JEST for Dummies JEST Javascript Enabled Self Test

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JEST for DummiesJEST Javascript Enabled Self
Test
Create your own computer-based learning modules
http//biomed.usc.edu/jest

• Raymond D. Mosteller, PhD
• Keck School of Medicine
• University of Southern California

jest_at_usc.edu
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What can JEST do for you?
Create the following

• JEST Quizzes - formative assessments
• JEST Tutorials
• JEST Case Presentations
• JEST Flash Cards

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Who can use JEST?

• Faculty
• Students
• Staff
• Anyone

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Where can you run JEST?

• Your computer
• Any memory device - CD, DVD, USB flash memory
• Student computers
• The internet - web server
• Anywhere internet connection not required

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What do you need to create JEST learning modules?

• Computer - Mac, PC, Linux
• Text editor - NotePad, MS Word
• Web browser
• Internet connection

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What skills do you need?

• Typing
• Spelling
• Imagination
• No math required
• No HTML required
• No computer programming language

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Can I JESTify my old quizzes?

• YES, you simply need to convert the text of your
  old quizzes into the JEST format illustrated in
  the examples.

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Online Documentation
HOWTO Create a JEST Quiz

• Step 1 Download the JEST files
• Step 2 Create a text file
• Step 3 Run the JESTER program
• Step 4 Save your JEST quiz
• Step 5 Start your JEST quiz

Built-in Sample Quiz Examples included
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JEST Keywords

• Question
• Feedback
• Correct Answer
• Attachment
• Jump (branching)

Required
Optional
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The JEST Face Page
Welcome to JEST - Javascript Enabled Self Test v.
1.01 Representative Questions Biochemistry of
Human Metabolism   Raymond D. Mosteller,
PhD Department of Biochemistry Molecular
Biology Keck School of Medicine University of
Southern California   Getting Started Click on
the 'Next' button to start. If all else fails,
please read the complete instructions below.
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A Question
Question The major purpose of oxidative
metabolism in the human body is to   A. Provide
heat and energy for survival B. Eliminate toxic
chemicals from the bloodstream C. Stimulate
hemoglobin synthesis D. Balance the pH in the
blood E. Inhibit anaerobic processes
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Feedback Correct Answer
Feedback Correct Answer A Although you may
consider all of these things to be important and
some of them require energy. The major purpose of
oxidizing all food substances is to manufacture
heat to keep the body warm and to generate energy
(ATP) to drive all of the other energy-requiring
processes in the body (motion, transport,
biosynthesis).
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JEST Attachments
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Advanced Options

• Main Window Size
• Exit-Close Button
• Popup Mode Option
• Random, Sequential, Case Modes

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Image Attachment
Image by Prof Joel E. Schechter, PhD, USC
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QuickTime movie attachment
Movie by Prof Paul D. Larsen, MD, Univ. Nebraska
Med. Center
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Flash animation attachment
Flash by Knowledge Weavers, Univ. of Utah, Eccles
Health Sciences Library
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Surely You JEST !
http//biomed.usc.edu/jest
Questions ? Feedback ?
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JEST for DummiesJEST Javascript Enabled Self
Test
Create your own computer-based learning modules
http//biomed.usc.edu/jest

• Raymond D. Mosteller, PhD
• Keck School of Medicine
• University of Southern California

jest_at_usc.edu
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The JEST Format

• The Face Page
• Question and Alternative Answers
• Feedback and Correct Answer

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JEST Online Documentation
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JUMP Statements (Advanced)
Jump statements used for conditional and
unconditional branching, reversible and
irreversible branching.
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JEST Sample Quizzes
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The JESTER Program
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The Face Page
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A Question

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Image Attachment
Image by Joel E. Schechter, PhD, USC
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QuickTime movie attachment
Movie by Paul D. Larsen, MD, Univ. Nebraska Med.
Center
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Flash animation attachment
Flash by Andrew R. La Barbera, PhD, et al. Univ.
of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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Flash animation attachment
Flash by Knowledge Weavers, Univ. of Utah, Eccles
Health Sciences Library
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Flash animation attachment
HyperHeart tutorial by Donald K. Blumenthal, PhD,
Knowledge Weavers, Univ. of Utah Health
Sciences Center
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JEST Attachments
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JEST Attachments (cont.)
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Advanced JESTER Options
The instructor may specify the following

• Main Window Size
• Exit-Close Button
• Popup Mode Option
• Random, Sequential, Case Modes