What is claimed is:
1. A method for facilitating grading of a quiz on a computer system, comprising:
receiving responses to the quiz from at least one person taking the quiz;
storing the responses;
receiving a request from a grader requesting to grade the responses to the quiz;
retrieving the responses;
displaying the responses to the grader on a computer display;
receiving grading results for the responses from the grader; and
associating the grading results with the responses.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the responses to the quiz involves displaying the responses ordered by question, so that for a given question, responses to the given question are displayed together, thereby enabling the grader to grade all responses to the given question before grading another question.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the responses to the quiz are displayed so that the grader does not know the identity of a person who answered a given question.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the responses to the quiz involves displaying responses ordered by person, so that for a given person taking the quiz, responses to questions answered by the given person are displayed together, thereby enabling the grader to grade all responses for the given person before grading responses for another person.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing the grader to select between grading by question and grading by student.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising allowing the grader to assign bonus points beyond points allocated for non-bonus questions within the quiz.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving grading results from the grader involves receiving textual comments from the grader in addition to scores.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the responses to the grader involves:
sending the responses across a network to a grader computer system operated by the grader; and
displaying the responses on the computer display of the grader computer system.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising making the grading results available to the at least one person taking the quiz.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a visual indication to the grader that allows the grader to differentiate between questions that have been graded and questions that have not been graded.
11. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for facilitating grading of a quiz on a computer system, the method comprising:
receiving responses to the quiz from at least one person taking the quiz;
storing the responses;
receiving a request from a grader requesting to grade the responses to the quiz;
retrieving the responses;
displaying the responses to the grader on a computer display;
receiving grading results for the responses from the grader; and
associating the grading results with the responses.
12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein displaying the responses to the quiz involves displaying the responses ordered by question, so that for a given question, responses to the given question are displayed together, thereby enabling the grader to grade all responses to the given question before grading another question.
13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the responses to the quiz are displayed so that the grader does not know the identity of a person who answered a given question.
14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein displaying the responses to the quiz involves displaying responses ordered by person, so that for a given person taking the quiz, responses to questions answered by the given person are displayed together, thereby enabling the grader to grade all responses for the given person before grading responses for another person.
15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises allowing the grader to select between grading by question and grading by student.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises allowing the grader to assign bonus points beyond points allocated for non-bonus questions within the quiz.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein receiving grading results from the grader involves receiving textual comments from the grader in addition to scores.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein displaying the responses to the grader involves:
sending the responses across a network to a grader computer system operated by the grader; and
displaying the responses on the computer display of the grader computer system.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises making the grading results available to the at least one person taking the quiz.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises providing a visual indication to the grader that allows the grader to differentiate between questions that have been graded and questions that have not been graded.
21. An apparatus that facilitates grading of a quiz on a computer system, comprising:
a receiving mechanism that is configured to receive responses to the quiz from at least one person taking the quiz;
a data storage area for storing the responses to the quiz;
wherein the receiving mechanism is additionally configured to receive a request from a grader requesting to grade the responses to the quiz; and
a display mechanism that is configured to display the responses to the grader on a computer display;
wherein the receiving mechanism is additionally configured to receive grading results for the responses from the grader.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the display mechanism is configured to display the responses the quiz ordered by question, so that for a given question, responses to the given question are displayed together, thereby enabling the grader to grade all responses to the given question before grading another question.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the display mechanism is configured to display the responses to the quiz so that the grader does not know the identity of a person who answered a given question.
24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the display mechanism is configured to display the responses ordered by person, so that for a given person taking the quiz, responses to questions answered by the given person are displayed together, thereby enabling the grader to grade all responses for the given person before grading responses for another person.
25. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a selection mechanism that is configured to allow the grader to select between grading by question and grading by student.
26. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising a bonus point mechanism that is configured to allow the grader to assign bonus points beyond points allocated for non-bonus questions within the quiz.
27. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein in the receiving mechanism is configured to receive textual comments from the grader in addition to scores.
28. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the display mechanism is configured to:
send the responses across a network to a grader computer system operated by the grader; and to
display the responses on the computer display of the grader computer system.
29. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising an access mechanism that is configured to make the grading results available to the at least one person taking the quiz.
30. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the display mechanism includes a visual indicator that allows the grader to differentiate between questions that have been graded and questions that have not been graded.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for fabricating an integrated semiconductor configuration, which comprises the steps of:
generating a main layer at a given temperature on one of a surface of a substrate and a base layer;
doping the main layer no earlier than during the generating step;
generating an oxide layer on the main layer by thermal oxidation at temperatures above 900\xb0 C. for less than 65 seconds, and carrying out the thermal oxidation as an initial processing step after the step of generating the main layer with a temperature at least substantially equal to the given temperature; and
structuring the main layer.
2. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises the steps of:
generating the oxide layer on a totally exposed surface of the main layer; and
structuring the oxide layer prior to the structuring of the main layer.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the base layer is an oxide layer generated on the surface of the substrate.
4. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises:
performing at least one of:
exposing the substrate in regions without attacking the substrate during structuring; and
exposing the base layer in regions without attacking the base layer during structuring.
5. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises the step of:
performing at least one of:
generating a dielectric layer after the thermal oxidation and before the structuring; and
structuring the dielectric layer before the structuring of the main layer.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the dielectric layer is selected from the group consisting of a nitride layer, a silicon nitride layer and an oxinitride layer.
7. The method according to claim 5, which further comprises performing at least one of the steps of:
generating an oxide layer after the generation of the dielectric layer and before the structuring thereof; and
structuring the oxide layer before the structuring of the main layer.
8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the oxide layer contains silicon dioxide.
9. The method according to claim 7, which further comprises the steps of:
creating a depression during the structuring of the main layer; and
integrating an electrically conductive layer into the depression.
10. The method according to claim 9, which further comprises the step of:
performing at least one of:
leaving a portion of the electrically conductive layer inside the depression and leaving another portion outside the depression;
conductively connecting the two portions;
isolating the two portions from one another; and
forming a control terminal of a storage transistor with the two portions.
11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the control terminal is a split gate terminal.
12. The method according to claim 10, which further comprises at least one of the steps of:
forming the substrate from a semiconductor material;
providing the main layer as a polycrystalline silicon layer; and
providing the base layer as an oxide layer generated on the substrate by thermal oxidation.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the semiconductor material is silicon and the oxide layer is a silicon dioxide layer.
14. The method according to claim 1, which further comprises the step of:
carrying out at least one of:
performing the thermal oxidiation for less than 35 seconds;
performing the thermal oxidiation for more than 3 seconds; and
performing the thermal oxidiation for 5 seconds.
15. The method according to claim 1, wherein the temperature for performing the thermal oxidation is under 1150\xb0 C.
16. The method according to claim 1, wherein the temperature for performing the thermal oxidation is above 950\xb0 C.
17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the temperature for performing the thermal oxidation is substantially 1050\xb0 C.
18. The method according to claim 1, wherein the thermal oxidation is carried out in a rapid thermal processing (RTP) apparatus.
19. A semiconductor configuration, comprising:
a substrate;
a base layer disposed on said substrate;
a structured polycrystalline main layer disposed on said base layer at a given temperature, said polycrystalline main layer being heated to a temperature above 900\xb0 C. for less than 65 seconds in a thermal oxidation process before being structured; and the thermal oxidation being an initial step, following a depositing of said polycrystalline main layer, to be carried at a temperature at least substantially equal to the given temperature; and
an isolation layer generated by thermal oxidation and disposed on said main layer.
20. The semiconductor configuration according to claim 19, further comprising a dielectric layer selected from the group consisting of a nitride layer, a silicon nitride layer and an oxinitride layer.
21. A memory unit, comprising:
at least one semiconductor configuration including:
a substrate;
a base layer;
an isolation layer generated by thermal oxidation; and
a structured polycrystalline main layer deposited at a given temperature, said main layer being heated to a temperature above 900\xb0 C. for less than 65 seconds in a thermal oxidation process before being structured, and the thermal oxidation being an initial step following the deposition of said main layer to be carried at a temperature at least substantially equal to the temperature.