Upgrade: iOBE Software v3.1

Download the software modules and their associated input files:

1. iOBE Calculator v3.1 (updated 2/3/2016)
2. iOBE Aggregator v3.1 (updated 2/3/2016)
3. Users need to download the Matlab Compiler (MCR v8.15); read further here.

Upgrades in v3.0:

1. Both modules were produced using Matlab 2015 (with better visual quality of the graphics); the previous versions use Matlab 2011.
2. More information have been added as outputs from the software.

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Sample graphical outputs with the new upgrades from both modules are shown below:

iOBE Calculator v3.0 (analysis for a single course):
Figures 1, 2 & 3: Outcomes data for collective groups of students in the course.

Figures 4 & 5: Outcomes data for a student in the course.

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iOBE Aggregator v3.0 (analysis for multiple courses):
Figures 1 & 2: Outcomes data for collective groups of students, aggregated from multiple courses.

Figure 3: Outcomes data for a student, aggregated from multiple courses.

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Upgrade: iOBE Aggregator v2.4

Download software & sample input files: iOBE Aggregator v2.4 (updated 1/2/2016)

The upgrades in iOBE Aggegator v2.4 are:

1. Students' individual marks and outcomes bands, as aggregated from all their enrolled courses, have been added into the output graphs and the corresponding text files.
2. The axes of the output graphs are now properly labelled (in the previous versions, the labels were not shown due to the limited space in the output windows).

There are now 5 output graphs for the aggregated analysis of a group of courses, as shown below. (The input files of this sample case are included in the downloadable files above.)

The analysis of a student, as aggregated from the courses that he/she has enrolled in, are shown in 3 graphs:

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Upgrade: iOBE Calculator v2.4

Download software and sample input files: iOBE Calculator v2.4 (updated 1/2/2016).

The upgrades in iOBE Calculator v2.4 are:

1. Students' individual marks and outcomes bands have been added into the output graphs and the corresponding text files.
2. The axes of the output graphs are now properly labelled (in the previous versions, the labels were not shown due to the limited space in the output windows).

There are now 7 output graphs for the overall analysis of a course, as shown below. (The input files of this sample case are included in the downloadable files above.)

As for the analysis of individual students in the course, there are 5 output graphs, as shown below.

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Upgrade: iOBE Calculator v2.1

The upgrades in iOBE Calculator v2.1 are:

1. The size of the main window panel of this software has been resized into a smaller input console. The console only contains the push-buttons to initiate computations and tabs to input/display text. In the previous versions, the main window is a fixed-size input/output panel containing these buttons, tabs, and six output graphs; these made the window size too large to be displayed in laptops with small screens.
2. The software is able to compute data for all class sizes, including small classes of 2 to 5 students (except for a class with 1 student). Previously, the software were not able to compute data for small class of 5 students or less.

The input console is shown below, with the same buttons and tabs as in the previous versions:

The outputs are displayed as graphs in two separate windows (as shown below) and as text files to display their numerical values. The graph-windows are now resizable (compared to the windows of the previous vesions, which had fixed sizes). Users can easily change the window size according to their needs.

iOBE Calculator v2.1 can be downloaded here. The manual and the compiler can be downloaded here.

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Upgrade: iOBE Software v2.0

iOBE Calculator and iOBE Aggregator have been upgraded to version 2.0. This upgrade covers the whole range of computations done by the software: collective/individual student outcomes in single/multiple courses, based on students' marks and percentages of students' population attaining specific outcomes levels.

With this upgrade, the software is able to:

1. Compute outcomes attainment on Learning Domains (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor, as well as the six cognitive levels defined by the Bloom's Taxonomy).
2. Detect and inform users if there are errors in input data. The previous versions couldn't detect errors; their computation simply hanged if the input data were invalid.

The upgrade in v2.0 requires additional information in the input files (namely the matrix for the mapping of Learning Domains). Therefore, the input files for v1.x cannot be used with iOBE Software v2.0 and above.

The manual and the compiler can be downloaded here. To download the software, click the buttons below:

1. iOBE Calculator v2.0
2. iOBE Aggregator v2.0 (LIMITED version: up to 5 courses only. Please contact the developer for a CUSTOMIZED version for your academic program.)

Note:
The software operation is designed to be very easy, with only a few buttons to click. The software takes about 3-5 seconds, on a standard desktop computer, to compute data for a course. For aggregated data, the computation time increases linearly with the number of courses. Input files for the software can be prepared relatively quickly (within 5 to 10 minutes), once end-of-semester assessment data are available.

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