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Product Proposal of Language Lab System

CaLabo EX

CHIeru Co.,Ltd
December 2014
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Proposal summary

We proudly propose CaLabo EX, CHIerus full digital language lab system which covers all
the functions required in the RFP and brings state of the art environment on language
teaching with following features:
Cost and space effective: CaLabo EX runs on generic PCs with LAN and there is no need
for proprietary hardware and specific network.
Feature effective: CaLabo EX enables multimedia language learning experience which is
required in modern language learning
Time effective: CaLabo EX can be used not only at language classes but other STEM
classes to increase the class management productivity

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What are Language Lab and CALL System?

A Language Lab
is a teacher-controlled audio-visual installation used as an aid in modern language teaching
is widely used in K12 schools, universities and professional institutions all over the world
is categorized by three types:
Analog-hardware: proprietary hardware and network system using analog sound materials (cassette tapes etc)
Digital-hardware: proprietary hardware and network system using digital material without visual files
CALL System (Full Digital): software solution on generic PCs connected to LAN (Local Area Network)
It is mainstream teaching solution in the modern classroom where variety of multimedia materials are used.

CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) System

is a language lab solution installed in the generic PCs on the LAN in the classroom.
enables a teacher to use audio and video files and let the students record their speeches.
increases productivity of language class; a teacher can interactively teach (usually) 20 to 80
students at the same time in the class.

Summary
CALL System is a part of modern language teaching environment and used globally.
Using CALL system, teacher can improve the quality and productivity of the class with upto-date multimedia materials and many other functions of the system.

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CaLabo EX overview
Best Selling CALL System solution in Japan

Full digital CALL System solution used by more than 800 institutions in the world

Offers ideal educational environment by distributing variety of digital educational materials

including video and sound files as well as URLs of the websites.

Enables teachers to organize pair/group lessons and provide individual instruction by

monitoring PC screen and the voice of each student.

With digital recording application Movie Teleco, teacher can digitize and distribute the
analogly recorded sources without difficulty. Students can repeatedly listen/watch the files,
record their speeches and submit them to the teacher.

Variety of class management functions are available with user friendly interface: screen
monitoring, application control, power control and sending/collecting files etc.

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CaLabo EX components
CHIerus offering

Software

CaLabo EX Teacher License (1 per classroom)

CaLabo EX Student License (number of students)

Hardware

USB Sound Unit (2 per class room + number of students)

Stereo Headset (1per class room + number of students)
S300AV controller (1per class room)
Video capture card

Products to be purchased separately from other venders

Pre-requisites*

PCs and Peripherals (PC, Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse and Cables etc.)
Dual monitor setting is recommended for the teacher PC
Network environment (Router, Switch, Hub, Cable etc)

Optional Peripherals

Blu-Ray / DVD / VHS player

Visualiser
Projector and Screen
Sound System (Amplifier, Speaker and MIC etc)
*Please refer to the system requirement for details

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CaLabo EX Configuration Example

Ethernet Cable

Sound Units x2
Headset x1

Preview
Monitor

Network
Switch

Sound
Unit

Headset

Teacher PC
Student PC

Student PC

S300AV

Student PC

Student PC

Student PC

Student PC

DVD Player

Visualizer
Projector

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CaLabo EX Configuration Example

CHIerus offering

Ethernet Cable

Sound Units x2
Headset x1

Preview
Monitor

Network
Switch

Sound
Unit

Headset

Teacher PC
Student PC

Student PC

S300AV

Student PC

Student PC

Student PC

Student PC

DVD Player

Visualizer
Projector

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Setup example

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Function details

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CaLabo EX functions overview

With simple and easy user Interface, CaLabo EX enables teachers to do many things in the class.

1) Multimedia Learning with Movie Teleco enables to

create and distribute multimedia materials easily.
have students practice in the class as well as by self-learning.
2) Virtual Tutorial functions enables to
monitor students activity, conversation and screen.
have one-on-one conversation with a student.
share a students screen/speech within the class as a model presenter.
conduct pair/group conversations of the students.
assign groupwork and promote collaboration within the group.
3) Class Management functions enables to
take attendance and summarize the attendance data.
distribute, collect and redistribute any files to the class.
have students submit file to the teacher.
start application programs on the students desktop.
restrict the use of PC and Internet at any time.
4) Assessment functions enables teachers to
conduct surveys and summarize the result with Response Analyzer.
create, distribute, collect and mark Quizzes and summarize the result.

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Simple and Easy User Interface

Only minimal training for Users and Administrators is required.

Interface language selection

Japanese, English, Chinese(Simplified),
Chinese (Traditional), Korean, French, Spanish,
Thai, Hungarian, Persian, Arabic, Vietnamese
(as of Nov, 2014)

Function Buttons
Major functions can be used with the
buttons in the panel

Messaging panel

Class control

Audio/Video Control Panel

All call / Messaging

Lock / Blackout / Stop Internet

Select what to show/ make them listen to

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Dual Monitor provides Seamless User Experience

Primary

Monitor shows what to present to the students

Secondary Monitor shows the status of each student in the seating layout
Student Icon
Seat Number

Seating Layout Status

Student Name
(can be retrieved by the
directory server)
Turned off

Turned On
but
Logged Off

Turned On
and
Logged On

Class Area

Class area view settings

List view
Thumbnail view
Seating layout view

Secondary Monitor
(Teacher Console)

Primary Monitor
One mouse and keyboard shared with dual screen
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1) Multimedia Learning

Movie Teleco (Digital Recorder / Player)

Capturing: Any part of audio/video can be captured and saved as a file.
Presenting: The digitized audio / video files can be presented to all at once.
Self-learning: Students can practice, record and submit the files.

Teaching / Self Learning

Mode selection
Capture / record
Media file can be played just by drag and
drop to the player.

Text caption can be added both by teachers

and students.
Audio graph of the learning material

Save / collect / submit the

recorded file
Save / collect / submit the
recorded file

Audio graph of students voice recorded

Player control panel

Repetition / consecutive interpretation practice for students can be conducted by using model media files.
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2) Virtual Tutorial

Monitor, Intercom and Model

Browsing and listening each students activity, teacher can provide virtual tutorial
to the students without leaving the desk.
Monitor: Teacher can select one or more student(s) and start remote
controlling them from the teacher computer
Students sound source can be changed
during monitoring (MIC / PC)

Auto scan automatically changes monitoring from

one student to the next after a set period of time.

Intercom: Intercom allows the teacher and student to have a private

conversation and to share the students screen.
Model: A student whose screen and voice is being shared to other students.

Teacher can write on

students screen with ePen.
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2) Virtual Tutorial

Conversation (Pair / Group)

Students can practice conversational skills by pair / group discussion.
Teacher can assign group members manually or let the system choose randomly.

Number of members in
each group can be 2 - 8

Each pair / groups

conversation can be recorded

Group members can be

saved to the CSV file

The conversation
can be monitored
Teacher can join to
the conversation

The pairs / groups can

be created by drag
and drop

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Teachers can open and close the

Chat function for the students
during pair /group discussions

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2) Virtual Tutorial

Groupwork
Teacher

can easily assign student groups from teacher console.

Each group can share one students desktop within each group.

A pair / group conversation can

be shared with other students.

Group work conversation

can be recorded
One students
desktop can
be shared in
each group

Student can be added to the

group by drag and drop
onto the group tab to

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3) Class Management

Attendance management
Quick and easy way to take attendance regardless of the enrollment si
Attendance result will be saved in the Attendance Report (csv format)
Students name can be retrieved from Active Directory

Click the attendance button

on the teachers PC

The attendance data will be summarized.

The attendance dialog will show up

on the students PCs.

Teacher can stop to taking the attendance at any time

or set elapsed / clock time to stop time
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Click the Summarize button on

the Attendance Manager

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3) Class Management

File Control
Teachers

can distribute, collect and redistribute files to students.

Students can submit the file to the teacher.
File distribution from the teacher to students

Just drag and drop a file or a folder

to the class area.

File collection by the teacher

Teacher can collect back the sent files

from the students.

File submission by the students

Students can submit the files to the

teacher by drag and drop.

The student's sign in name and computer number will be added to the collected files name.
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3) Class Management

Starting a program on the students desktop remotely

1. Select any or all students.
2. Drag a file /program shortcut/ URL favicon to anywhere on the white background.
3. The dropped program will open up on the student PCs.
Files

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Program shortcut

URL

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4) Assessment

Response Analyzer
The surveys or formative assessment can be conducted during the class.
The result of collected responses from students can be seen in real time on the teachers screen.
Teachers screen

Teacher can see the number of

received responses and
percentages during the survey

Question timer

Question type:
Multiple Choices, True or False, Short Answer

Response results can be

viewed either during or
after response sessions

The answer of each student can

be seen on the thumbnail view

Students screen

Multiple Choices

True / False

Short Answer

Easy interface for the

students to answer

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4) Assessment

Quiz
Teacher can create, distribute, collect and mark Quizzes during the class.
Website URL can be presented in the students Quiz viewer as a part of questions.
Teachers screen

Students screen

Multiple
Choice
Question

True/
False
Question

Short
Answer
Question
Essay
Question

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Students can send their quizzes back by clicking the

Submit to Teacher button.
Alternatively, teacher can collect the quizzes by
clicking Stop button manually or automatically by
the timer.

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4) Assessment

Viewing Quiz result

After marking the quiz, a results summary appears in the preview window and
saved in html format.
Summary of results

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Result by student

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Other Functions (Applications)

Teacher can control use of the internet or application and is enables to :
- to restrict the student(s) to access specific website(s)
- to open specific URLs on students desktop
- to start application on students desktop by just drag and drop the shortcut
- to prohibit start / restrict application

Start a program on the student PCs

Open specific websites on student
PCs
Write notes and pictures on the
virtual white board
Allow/Prohibit specified websites

Record the teachers desktop screen

activity for student view

Allow/Prohibit the use of specified

programs

Use timer to start executing certain

functions of CaLabo
Collect student responses to the
survey and present the results

Change volume for both teacher and

student PCs

Create, distribute, collect and mark

quizzes
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System Requirements

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System Requirements
Control Computer (Teacher's computer)
OS

Windows 8 Pro, 7 Professional SP1, Vista Business SP2 (32bit)

CPU

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or higher

(Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz or higher is recommended)

Memory

2GB or higher

Other

USB 2.0 port x 2, PCI slot (half size) x 1, Serial Port x1

Dual monitor video card for dual monitor setup

Student Computers
OS
CPU

Windows 8 Pro, 7 Professional SP1, Vista Business SP2 (32bit)

Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz or higher
(Intel Core 2 Duo 2.1GHz or higher is recommended)

Memory

2GB or higher

Other

USB2.0 port x1

OS

The architecture of the operating Systems have to be same (32bit or 64bit).

Network

Fast Ethernet (Gigabit Ethernet is recommended)

Flow control capable NIC
Switching Hub with IGMP functions

Display

1024768/1280768/1152864/1440900/12801024/14001050 16bit / 32bit color

Other

Windows Media Player 12 / 11

Internet Explorer 11 (Windows 8.1) / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7

In the event administrator uses remote power management, Wake on LAN function has to be set up at each client PC.
Not all the operations are guaranteed on all PCs with recommended specifications.

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Layout plan

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Proposal on the language lab layout

The benefit of CALL System exists in its interactivity between a teacher and students
in the class room.
To maximize and leverage the benefit, we would like to propose the language lab
room would be where
teachers desk is in front of the students where eye-contacts can be made during the class.
the projection screen is beside the teachers desk where students can naturally gaze at.
Although carrel desks are good for self-study, using open desks without high sides can be an
option to assure interactive visibility.

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Proposed layout of the classroom (24 students)

Positioning the teacher's desk in front of the students desk is recommended.

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Contacts

Masanobu Kimura
Manager, International Sales
CHIeru Co.,Ltd
URL http://www.chieru.com E-Mail kimura@chieru.co.jp
TEL 81-(0)3-6712-9721 FAX +81-(0)3-6712-9461

Tennozu Central Tower 3F, 2-2-24, Higashi-shinagawa,

Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-0002, Japan

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