LangLab PASSPORT has six modules, including the two Let'sT@lk modules (one for students, another for the teacher) for pair or group conversation. It is possible to purchase licenses for selected modules rather than the full suite: e.g., for the four basic modules but not the Let'sT@lk modules. In addition, there is a special utility module (PassportUtilities, not shown) used for installation and for obtaining or managing licenses. It contains a Color Chooser program that lets an institution customize colors used for parts of module screens.

Below we describe what the main modules let you do. Click on the name of a module in the list below or in the menu bars above to see its screen(s) and an explanation of its functions. You can also watch Camtasia Studio videos with audio commentary, prepared by our U.K. distributor LangLab Ltd. by its affiliated company LangLabResources, that show how easy it is to use LangLab PASSPORT modules.

The Client module (the only one students use when working individually)

• listen to an audio clip
• record either during recording pauses of an audio clip or without an initial audio clip
• read instructions, textual material, and written questions in a configurable scrolling text window (a teacher can choose fonts, colors, etc.)
• enter answers to multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blanks, and free-response questions in response boxes in the text window
• view small pictures or other images that pop up automatically when a student uses an item with one
• click a button labeled with the URL (location) of a Web page or an instructional resource of some kind in file form, and have the resource displayed or played by a browser or other appropriate tool. Resources can include video clips, other audio clips, image files, Powerpoints, .pdf documents, etc.
• do these things in a computer room or lab (or in a classroom, using a laptop and wireless networking), as well as a dorm room on a campus LAN, or elsewhere (e.g., at home), over the Internet
• store students' recordings and written responses automatically as easy-to-retrieve files.

The Teacher module

• lets teachers listen to students' recordings when they choose, even from an office or home
• shows the answers students entered in response boxes
• lets teachers record comments at exactly the right place in the file, put in new recording pauses for the student to try something again, or cut out things that were satisfactory and don't need to be redone
• shows the teacher a report indicating which lessons and items each student has completed and how much time was spent on each
• lets the teacher view a report showing all students' written work for a lesson or export it to a word processor for adding corrections and comments

The Monitor module

• monitor students and talk with them as they work
• create a virtual lab, with the teacher and students all in different locations.

The Admin (authoring) module for creating new courses and lessons

• prepare sound clips for lessons by importing/capturing and editing existing sound sources, digitizing tapes, or recording new clips
• link a picture or other image "internally" to a lesson item, so that it pops up automatically when a student comes to the item
• create text instructions for lesson items
• include longer reading material (including by copy-and-paste) in an item
• add written questions to an item
• put answer boxes in an item for entering answers to questions and other testing
• configure the appearance of the text window by choosing background color and font characteristics
• put in recording pauses of the right length or adjust existing pauses to give students enough time to respond
• link Web pages, video clips, other audio clips, documents, Powerpoints, and other "external" instructional resources to an item, so that students can simply click a button labeled with their location and bring up a browser or other tools to display or use them
• hide a lesson for later use as a test, make it accessible to students when the test begins, and hide it again afterward
• change item order and delete items or even lessons
• create or import a class roster with student passwords
• set up new courses and specify necessary information like the sound file format and where course files will be stored.

The Let'sT@lkClient module

• talk with one or more other students, record the conversation, and replay it afterward
• choose a group, join it (unless the teacher assigns groups or has the computer do so) and quit a group
• see who else is in the group one has joined
• use the tools of the regular Client module described above to listen to, view, or read materials designed to serve as a basis for discussion

The Let'sT@lkMonitor module

• join a group of student conversing in order to see how they are doing, participate in the discussion if desired, and help them
• choose the size of groups, so that a group will have 2, 3, or 4 students
• let students choose their own groups or assign students to groups—either by putting students in groups oneself or by letting the computer assign them to groups randomly
• pre-assign students to groups to save time (as when giving a test for which students will work in pairs or groups)
• save a set of group assignments and use it again later
• talk to the entire class at the same time, if desired