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We need your help. We are really keen to know whether you have been using the tutorial CAST in your school to analyse classroom data and how useful you have found this tool.
If you could take a few minutes to respond to the questionnaire it will provide us with valuable feedback and help us to respond to your needs. Click on the above link to access and complete the questionnaire
Assessment CAST
CAST stands for Computer-Assisted Statistics Teaching, a course in introductory statistics developed
for Massey University.
This module, Assessment CAST can be used as a professional development tool to improve
understanding about statistics. It assists teachers and management to summarise and display assessment data as a
graphical presentation. This could be useful for planning and reporting purposes, feedback, analysing trends or
making comparisons, and informing the next step for class or school-wide programmes.
For an overview of the contents in Assessment CAST, view the sitemap. We recommend you print this to help
you navigate through the module.
Download instructions
To install Assessment CAST
Assessment CAST is a stand alone module and must be saved to your computer. To do this, click on the link below, select <save> and choose a location on your hard drive to save the compressed ZIP file. Once downloaded, you will need to decompress the files using a tool such as Winzip. Please note you will need Winzip to successfully download CAST. The WINZIP software is available as free download on TKI.
Download CAST (ZIP, 2.5MB)
To decompress the ZIP file
PC – Windows XP
- Double click on the downloaded cast.zip file to launch the Windows XP decompression tool.
- Under Folder Tasks, select Extract all files.
- Follow the instructions of the Extraction Wizard.
PC – Windows 2000, 98, and earlier
- Double click on the downloaded cast.zip file to launch your file decompression tool.
- Select Extract and choose a location on your hard drive where you would like the files to be decompressed to.
- Select Extract again to complete the process.
- Close the decompression tool.
Mac
- Double click on the downloaded cast.zip file to launch your file decompression tool.
- The decompression tool should extract the CAST files to the directory where you saved the cast.zip file.
To run Assessment CAST
Browse the CAST directory and click on !-StartHere.html to run Assessment CAST
Browsers
Assessment CAST has been designed to work on the following web browsers:
PC
- Internet Explorer 5.0 or later
- Netscape 6.0 or later
- Mozilla
Macintosh
- Internet Explorer 5.2
- Safari
- Mozilla
Internet Explorer (IE) Information Bar and CAST
Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) includes new features such as displaying an Information Bar (just below the address bar) in Internet Explorer (IE) where you can see information about downloads, blocked pop-up windows, potential security risks, and other activities.
With IE default settings on, you will see the Information Bar when a website tries to:
- install an ActiveX control on your computer
- open a pop-up window
- download a file to your computer.
When accessing CAST by clicking the !-StartHere.html file, you may see a message in the Information Bar. Click the message to see more information or to take action.
For further details on the IE Information Bar visit the Microsoft website.
Software
Assessment CAST uses programs written in Java for the interactive diagrams. Most recent computers have built-in support for Java.
Java was developed by Sun Microsystems. It is not directly supported by Microsoft in its operating system or web browser. Since early in 2003, Windows XP does not run the Java diagrams in CAST without separate installation of Java support.
If you have a new PC with Windows XP and find that the Java diagrams do not work - there should be an error message when you start CAST - then you will need to install Java support. You can find more information about whether your browser currently supports Java.
Printing instructions
Assessment CAST has been created in frames. If you wish to print out any of the content you can either:
- Right click with the mouse over the part you want to print, then select "print"
- Click on the page you want to print and Go to file, print, options, then choose "Only the selected frame" and print
Note: If you choose the print option "As laid out on the screen" you will not get a complete view of the content on the page.
If you continue to have access problems please contact us for further assistance
at assessment@tki.org.nz
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