MADE IN TOKYO JAPAN

CaLabo EX
Digital Language Lab Solution
What is a CaLabo EX solution ?

Fully digitalized Language lab solution used by More than 800 Institutions in the world.
Offers ideal educational environment and digitally distributes variety of educational
materials: digital education material, sounds, video and images etc.

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 Telco”, teacher can digitize and distribute the file
without difficulty. Students can repeatedly listen/watch the files, record their speech and
submit them to the teacher.

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

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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
– is categorized by three types:
• Analog-hardware: proprietary hardware and network system using analog sound material
(cassette tape etc)
• Digital-hardware: proprietary hardware and network system using digital material without visual files
• CALL (Full Digital): software solution on generic PCs connected to LAN using multimedia materials in widely used
sound and video format. It is mainstream teaching solution in modern classroom.

• CALL (Computer Assisted Language Lab) System

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

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CaLabo EX components

Software

♢ CaLabo EX Teacher License (1 per classroom)

S300 AV
♢ CaLabo EX Student License (number of students)

Stereo Headset
Hardware

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

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

Video Capture

SW License

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KEY Technology
• High Quality Vo-IP for Language Learning
– Clear and delay less sound transmission is critical for language teaching.
– CHIeru’s VO-IP technology ensures the satisfaction of all language instructors.

Testing result: IP Phone quality level

Delay only
Class A Class B Class C
50ms – 80ms Class
(Fixed-line) (Mobile)
Faster than a
Fixed-line phone! Delay time <100ms <150ms <400ms

• Real time AV capture and encoding technology

– Teachers can capture audio/visual materials and broadcast to the students in real time.

AV Equipment S300-AV Control System Capture to the PC Digitize & Real time broadcast

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Teacher PC Interface

Seating Icons Function Panel

* CaLabo EX helps teachers manage what students do on their computers.

Dual Display will help to control CaLabo EX functions simple by moving your
mouse cursor on the display to control it.

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Main Activities

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What Teacher can control
Sending Message

File Controls

Group Work

White Board

Attendance Management

Monitoring

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MovieTeleco
Teaching / Self Learning

Resource Folder
Real Time AV Capture

This is the most dangerous time of Hogwarts

Pre-Set Activity

Audio Wave Graph

Speed / Volume Control

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Teaching Materials

2400+ talks

Business
Languages
Education
Social Sciences
Medicine
History
Lifelong Learning
Science
Mathematics
Humanities
Arts
Law
Engineering
…
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Recording and Submit to teacher

Submit to teacher

Teacher
Web camera will record student face PC
to practice pronunciation and speech.

Student Save and Repeat

PC

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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 teachers to

create and distribute multimedia materials easily.
have students practice in the class as well as by self-learning.
2) Virtual Tutorial functions enable teachers to
monitor students’ activity, conversation and screen.
have one-on-one conversation with a student.
share a student’s 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 enable teachers 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 enable 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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Teacher’s Console

Simple and Easy User Interface

Only minimal training for Users and Administrators is required.

 Interface language selection  Function Buttons:

Japanese, English, Chinese(Simplified), Major functions can be used with the
Chinese (Traditional), Korean, French, Spanish, buttons in the panel
Thai, Hungarian, Persian, Arabic, Vietnamese
(as of Nov, 2014)

 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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Teacher’s Console

Dual Monitor provides Seamless User Experience

■ PrimaryMonitor shows what to present to the students
■ Secondary Monitor shows the status of each student in the seating layout

Seating Layout Status Student Icon

Seat Number

Student Name
(can be retrieved by
Turned off Turned On Turned On the directory server)
but and
Logged Off Logged On
Class Area

Class area view settings

List view Thumbnail view

Seating layout view

Primary Monitor Secondary Monitor

(Teacher Console)
One mouse and keyboard shared with dual screen
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2) Virtual Tutorial
Monitor, Intercom and Model
Browsing and listening each student’s 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
Student’s sound source can be changed Auto scan automatically changes monitoring from
during monitoring (MIC / PC) 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 student’s screen.
■ Model: A student whose screen and voice is being shared to other students.

Teacher can write on

student’s 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 pair / group’s Group members can be

each group can be 2 - 8 conversation can be recorded saved to the CSV file
The conversation
can be monitored

Teacher can join to

the conversation

The pairs / groups can

be created by drag Teachers can open and close the
and drop 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 student’s desktop within each group.

A pair / group conversation can Group work conversation

be shared with other students. can be recorded

One student’s
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)
■ Student’s name can be retrieved from Active Directory

 Click the attendance button

on the teacher’s 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  Click the “Summarize” button on
or set elapsed / clock time to stop time 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 ■ File submission by the students

 Teacher can collect back the sent files  Students can submit the files to the
from the students. 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 ■ 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 teacher’s screen.
■ Teacher’s screen ■ Student’s screen
Teacher can see the number of
Question timer received responses and
percentages during the survey
Multiple Choices

Question type: True / False

Multiple Choices, True or False, Short Answer

The answer of each student can

Response results can be be seen on the thumbnail view
Short Answer
viewed either during or
after response sessions

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 student’s Quiz viewer as a part of questions.
■ Teacher’s screen ■ Student’s screen

Multiple
Choice
Question

True/
False
Question

Short
Students can send their quizzes back by clicking the
Answer
“Submit to Teacher” button.
Question
Alternatively, teacher can collect the quizzes by
clicking “Stop” button manually or automatically by
Essay the timer.
Question

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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 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

Allow/Prohibit the use of specified

programs
Record the teacher’s desktop screen
activity for student view

Use timer to start executing certain

functions of CaLabo

Collect student responses to the Change volume for both teacher and
survey and present the results student PCs

Create, distribute, collect and mark

quizzes

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Schools with CaLabo EX

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CaLabo EX Configuration Example

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CaLabo EX creates a better language learning environment for the "Digital Native" generation.

Gakushuin Women's University

Tokyo, Japan

"Our students are now part of the "Digital Native" generation and are
really used to computer and Internet communication. Those students
can never be satisfied with traditional paper-based and teacher-
centered teaching methods. So, it is extremely important to think of
other teaching methods to match the digital lifestyle and demands.
CaLabo and CHIeru's technology gives us a chance to be prepared
for new digital teaching applications and learning environments for
our new students."

Tadayoshi Kaya, Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics,

Gakushuin Women's University

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CaLabo EX is utilized in seven language courses and increases student motivation for learning.

Tenri University
Tenri city, Nara, Japan

"I really recognized that students have more interest in

learning about Germany and German culture by using digital
resources.
Arousing student motivation to learn is an important task for
teachers. CaLabo EX brought us a great solution for that."

Satoshi Morimoto, Associate Professor,

International Culture Studies Center for Language
Education and Research

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CaLabo EX is installed in over 30 digital language labs campus wide.
It makes language learning courses more interactive than ever.

Aoyama Gakuin University

Tokyo, Japan

"Before CaLabo EX was installed, my lesson was teacher centered.

I showed prepared video content and had question & answer
sessions or discussions about the movie. With CaLabo EX, my
lessons transformed into student centered and task based. Not only
can I use some authentic materials from YouTube or from various
Podcasts, students can also search for those types of content by
themselves to work on their tasks. This is a huge change. My class
is really interactive now."

Joseph Dias, Associate Professor,

English Literature Department

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CaLabo EX cuts maintenance and support costs and increases teacher and student productivity.
Sophia University
Tokyo, Japan

"We had been planning on rebuilding our language teaching

environment from the old tape / book based system to a digital
system for quite a long time. We finally decided to transform all of
our materials and teaching methods in 2008 with CHIeru's great
help and support. Now we are teaching in s 100% digital
environment. Teachers and students can access lesson content
from anywhere and at anytime."

Media Center, Sophia University

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We changes the way of teaching by using ICT technology

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CHIeru Co., Ltd

Tennozu Central Tower 3F, 2-2-24, Higashi-shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 140-0002 Japan

Phone: +81-3-6712-9721
Fax: +81-3-6712-9461
Email: overseas@chieru.co.jp

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