-<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Assignment Elements</B></P>
+<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Assessment Elements</B></P>
-<P>For ease of grading, a Workshop Assignment should have a reasonable
+<P>For ease of grading, a Exercise Assessment should have a reasonable
number of "Assessment Elements". Each element should cover
- a particular aspect of the assignment. Typically an assignment will have
+ a particular aspect of the assessment. Typically an assessment will have
something between 5 to 15 elements for comments and grading, the
actual number depending on the size and complexity of the assignment. A peer
assignment with only one element is allowed and has a similar assessment
strategy to the standard Moodle Assignment.
-<P>The type of elements dependent of the assignment's grading strategy.
+<P>The type of elements dependent on the assignment's grading strategy.
<P><B>Not Graded.</B> The elements are descriptions of aspects of the assignment.
The assessor is asked to comment on each of these aspects. As with all the grading
other.</p>
<LI>The WEIGHT of the assessment element. By default the elements are given the same
- importance when calculating the overall grade of the assignment. This can be
- changed by giving the more importance elements a weight greater than one, and
- the less important elements a weight below one. Changing the weights does NOT
- effect the maximum grade, that value is fixed by the Maximum Grade parameter
- of the peer assignment. Weights can be assigned negative values, this is an
- experimental feature.
+ importance when calculating the overall grade of the assignment. Weights can
+ be assigned negative values, this is an experimental feature.
</OL>
<P><B>Error Banded Grading.</B> The elements will normally describe certain items
- or aspects which must be present in the assignment. The assessment is made on the
- present or absence of these items or aspects. The teacher must all set of grade table which
- give the suggested grades when all the items are present, when one is absent, when two are
- absent, etc. If certain items are more important than others then those items can be given
- a weighting greater than one. Minor items can be given a weighting less than one. The
- overall "error count" is a weighted sum of the missing items. The assessor
+ or aspects which must be present in the assignment. The assessment is made on
+ the present or absence of these items or aspects. The teacher must all set of
+ grade table which give the suggested grades when all the items are present,
+ when one is absent, when two are absent, etc. If certain items are more
+ important than others then those items can be given a weighting greater than
+ one. Minor items can be given a weighting less than one. The overall
+ "error count" is a weighted sum of the missing items. The assessor
can always make a minor adjustment to these suggested grades.
-<P><B>Criterion Grading.</B> The elements will give a set of "level" statements
-which can be used to rank the assignment. The statements may be cumulative or they may
-each be self contained. The assessor must decide which statement best fits each piece of
-work. The teacher must also relate each criterion statement with a suggested grade. These
-should normally be in order. The assessor can make a minor adjustment to these
-suggested grades.</P>
+<P><B>Criterion Grading.</B> The elements will give a set of "level"
+ statements which can be used to rank the assignment. The statements may be
+ cumulative or they may each be self contained. The assessor must decide which
+ statement best fits each piece of work. The teacher must also relate each
+ criterion statement with a suggested grade. These should normally be in order.
+ The assessor can make a minor adjustment to these suggested grades.</P>
-<P><B>Rubric Grading.</B> This is similar to Criterion Grading but there is more than
-one criteria. The number of criteria is given in the assignment parameters. Within each
-criterion there can be up to five "level" statements. In a given assignment
-the number of levels can vary from criterion to criterion. When setting up a criterion a
-blank level statement signals the end of the level statements. Thus some criteria may have
-two levels, others have three, up to five levels. The criteria can be weighted. The levels
-are scored 0, 1, 2, up to 4. The grade for the assessment is a weighted sum of these
-scores.
+<P><B>Rubric Grading.</B> This is similar to Criterion Grading but there is more
+ than one criteria. The number of criteria is given in the assignment
+ parameters. Within each criterion there can be up to five "level"
+ statements. In a given assignment the number of levels can vary from criterion
+ to criterion. When setting up a criterion a blank level statement signals the
+ end of the level statements. Thus some criteria may have two levels, others
+ have three, up to five levels. The criteria can be weighted. The levels are
+ scored 0, 1, 2, up to 4. The grade for the assessment is a weighted sum of
+ these scores.
</P>
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+<p>Exercises</p>\r
+<ul>\r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=administration.html">Administration Page</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=elements.html">Assessment Elements</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=comparisonofassessments.html">Comparison of Assessments</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=finalgrades.html">Final Grades</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=grade.html">Grade for a Submission</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=gradinggrade.html">Grade for an Assessemnt</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=grading.html">Grading</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=gradingstrategy.html">Grading Stategy</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=leaguetable.html">League Table of Submissions</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=leaguetablenames.html">League Table Names</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=managing.html">Managing an Exercise</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=moreinfo.html">More Information</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=nelements.html">Number of Elements in the Assessemnt</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=regrading.html">Re-grading Student Assessments</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=specimen.html">Specimen Assessment Form</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=submissionofdescriptions.html">Submission of Exercise Descriptions</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=takeownership.html">Take Ownership of an Exercise</a> \r
+ <li><a href="help.php?module=exercise&file=usemax.html">Use Maximum Grades</a> \r
+</ul>\r
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+<p align=center><b>Re-grading Student Assessments</b></p>
+
+<p>This link re-calculates the "Grading grades" of all the student
+ assessments. Normally it is <b>not</b> necessary to action this
+ re-calculation. New student assessments are automatically graded after the
+ teacher has assessed the relavant piece of work from the student.</p>
+
+<p>If, however, the Grading grades are felt to be too high or too low the
+ teacher may wish to change the "Comparison of Assessments" option
+ (by Updating the Exercise). The default value of this option is
+ "Fair". If the grading grades are too high then setting the
+ option to either "Strict" or "Very Strict" will reduce
+ the grades. Or alternatively if the grades are too low, setting the option
+ to " Lax" or "Very Lax" will increase the grades.</p>
+
+<p>If a change to the Grading grades is required the steps are:
+ <ol>
+ <li>Update the Exercise with the new value of the Comparison of Assessments
+ option;</li>
+ <li>Go to to the Exercise's Administration page and click on the
+ "Re-grade Student Assessments" link.</li>
+ </ol>
+ The new grades will be displayed. These process can be safely repeated.</p>
+
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