New technology is continuously released, resulting in increasingly more infinite and innovative ways to incorporate it into curricula. However, many instructors are prone to adding unnecessary technology into the classroom. Before adding technology to a course, instructors should carefully consider their options by using the concept of Backwards design.
Incoming Carolina students are required to attend a two-day orientation session, known as CTOPs, which traditionally had included language placement tests. In order to free more time in the busy CTOPs schedule, language departments, Academic Advising, and the CTOPs office coordinated to move the placement tests online.
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Tags: applications, emerging trends, language, online testing, orientation, placement test, privacy, testing 
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