Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning

About the RIA Initiative

What is RIA?

View sample RIA materials. See what the programs are, and what you can do with them. GO

Record Audio with your Computer:

These programs make heavy use of audio recording. You can check to see if your computer is configured properly by recording yourself here.

More information is available here.

News

QuizBreak!

Check out an early release of CLEAR's latest product - QuizBreak! A highly flexible program that allows teachers to create fun, Jeopardy©-like games for the language classroom.

CLEAR on Facebook

CLEAR is now on Facebook. Visit us and join the group!

Mashup Improvements

Thanks to suggestions from summer workshop participants, several improvements and enhancements to Mashups are now in place, including:

• Setting the background color of a mashup
• Organizing mashups into folders
• Cleaning up the editing interface
• Guidelines on the position page make it easier to plan for browser window size

Mashups 2.0

Version 2 of Mashups implements many improvements that were suggested by users, including supporting multiple audios, videos, pictures, and text clips. A new version of SMILE is also included in Mashups 2.0. Log in to your Mashups and migrate today! November 26, 2008

Folders in SMILE

You can now organize your SMILE items into folders. This will make it easier for you to keep track of your items. Of course, none of your data has been affected by this change.

Upload photos, add to Mashup

"My Pictures" allows you to upload pictures and embed them in a Mashup. When you're editing a Mashup, next to the Picture Embed Code box, click the "my pictures" link. From here you can view your uploaded pictures, upload new pictures, and get the URL for pictures to add to your Mashup.

Embed Conversations in your own web page

Conversations can now be embedded in external web pages, so you can put a conversation in your wiki, blog, or home page. Get the HTML code from the edit screen of your conversation (click the pencil icon)

Podcasting application is ready for testing

Try "Broadcasts," the latest RIA. This program creates podcasts for you. All you have to do is create a channel, record episodes, and click the "publish" button.

There may be bugs in the program. Let us know if you encounter any problems

Server name change!

May 31, 2008
The server name and IP address has changed for the RIA media server. Most users will not be affected. This matters to you ONLY if you (1) embed an Audio Dropbox using the HTML code, or (2) have opened a firewall or proxy server for CLEAR's RIA server.

The domain name of CLEAR's RIA server is fms.clear.msu.edu.

Worksheets is ready for testing

Read the documentation for more information on using the program

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Contact us
Questions? Suggestions? Problems? Send us an email: clear@msu.edu

Suggest a new RIA
Have an idea for a RIA that you would like to see us develop? Let us know what you have in mind. If we can do it, we'll create it for you! Send your suggestions to clear@msu.edu

Documentation

All RIA tools have documentation available from within the tool's website. Log in to access the documentation in PDF format.

Video Tutorials

Learn how to use the RIA tools by watching screen movies

Handouts from Workshops (PDF format)

Central States conference, March 2008

Summer 2008 workshop