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The role of expressive full-body avatars and earcons and auditory icons in e-assessment interfaces
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rigas, Dimitrios Algahtani, Amirah |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | This paper investigates the role and effectiveness of multimodal metaphors in e-assessment interfaces. It evaluates usability of specific combinations of multimodal metaphors on their own or in combination with other. The parameters of the evaluated usability included efficiency, effectiveness and user satisfaction. The empirical research described in this study consisted of three experiments of 30 participants each to evaluate the effect of visual text, avatars and images individually, avatars, visual text and recorded speech in combination with images. The use of full body expressive avatars with earcons and auditory icons were evaluated with 30 users. This investigation assessed the role of an avatar as a tutor in e-assessment interfaces. The results demonstrated encouraging usability results. The effectiveness and applicability of avatars in e-assessment interfaces were observed and discussed. Keywords—e-assessment, multimodality, avatars, earcons, auditory icons. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://inase.org/library/2014/athens/bypaper/ELECT/ELECT-10.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.europment.org/library/2014/athens/bypaper/ELECT/ELECT-10.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
