[Using Sakai] Music Notation Display & Entry for Tutoring and Assessment

[John Diehl]

Chuck,

Yes, we are well aware of this product.  While it is an excellent music
composition tool, supports LTI, and even allows students and faculty to
work collaboratively on a composition, it is not a teaching or assessment
system for basic notation skills.  Students need a solid foundation in the
basics of music notation before they can really understand how to use such
a powerful tool.  Other products such as Sibelius and LenMus are available,
but are also composition focused.  I have, in fact, proposed an initiative
at U-M to use NoteFlight as the basis for a project involving team
compositions.  But, that's another discussion...

What we are looking for is an application that can be used primarily for
the following:

   - Perform a complete entry placement exam assessment of incoming
   Freshmen competency in basic music notation
   - Provide tutorial and practice for students lacking proficiency in
   these basic skills, focusing on individual needs

The skills to be covered are:

   - Reading/Writing notes on staff
   - Key Signatures
   - Rhythm and Meters
   - Scales
   - Intervals
   - Chords

As for third party products: The school currently recommends students use
Teoria (http://www.teoria.com/exercises/index.php), which provides
*some*tutorial for the basics, but: requires the student to organize
her own
lessons, and provides no assessment the faculty can use for placement.
 Music Theory Skill Builder, from Oxford University Press, is great on
assessment, but almost completely lacking in tutorial content.




On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Charles Severance <csev at umich.edu> wrote:

> John - I assume you know about NoteFlight:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpPZ4osXJO0
>
> This would plug in nicely to the new Lessons capability in Sakai 2.9 that
> powers CTools.
>
> /Chuck
>
> On Jan 17, 2014, at 11:22 AM, John Diehl <jdiehl at umich.edu> wrote:
>
> Sakai User Community,
>
> It appears clear from the responses I have received that there are no
> Sakai based music notation modules to provide these types of assessments
> and instruction.  I am confident, however, that the need for such systems
> is not unique or new to our school.  I am interested in hearing from the
> community of any other examples of Sakai being used to teach standard music
> notation skills.  I am also confident that, if we were to develop such a
> component, it would be if great value to other schools using Sakai.
>
> Is anyone aware of any Sakai based lessons and/or assessments for basic
> music notation?  If so, how were they constructed?  Would anyone be
> interested in working collaboratively on development of a Sakai module to
> provide the basic music notation functionality required to support such
> lessons and assessments?
>
>
>


-- 
John R Diehl
Business Analyst
ITS & School of Music Theater and Dance
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