NanoGong is a simple audio recorder and player that can be used to complete speaking activities with students online. This process can be set up to be like a conversation, but it is a conversation that can be engaged in over a long period of time. You are able to score the NanoGong activity and comment using it.
The first thing you will need to do is have your site admin get NanoGong set up for use in your course, or you can set up your own Moodle installation and use it there. Once you have access to NanoGong, the actual setup is fairly easy.
You are also able to insert NanoGong into Forums. Placing NanoGong activities in Forums allows for running commentary as well as tracking the conversation through text. A Forum-based NanoGong could test both listening or reading and speaking skills. The listening skills could be assessed by forcing the students to listen to your comments or another students' comments and transcribe them or respond to them. Once this is done, you can have...