From: rkingdon Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:18:32 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Addition of index.html; a new help file on regrading student assessments; X-Git-Url: http://git.mjollnir.org/gw?a=commitdiff_plain;h=02d73b025e45bca0b6fd6aedd2c4b69715ac137a;p=moodle.git Addition of index.html; a new help file on regrading student assessments; minor clean-ups. --- diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html index cd9ef73173..cd3dab9bfb 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -

Administration

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Administration Page

This page allows the teacher to see the one or more descriptions for the Exercise, the student assessments and the student submissions. These items diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/comparisonofassessments.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/comparisonofassessments.html index 7adf35950e..46c215db5b 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/comparisonofassessments.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/comparisonofassessments.html @@ -57,4 +57,12 @@ matter of trial and error with the best starting point being the "Fair" option.

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During the course of the exercise the teacher may feel that the grades given + to the student assessments are either too high or too low. These grades are + shown on the exercise's Administration Page. In this case, the teacher can + change the setting of this option and re-calculate the student assessment + grades (the "Grading Grades"). The re-calculation is done by + clicking the "Re-grade Student Assessments" link found on the + administration page of the exercise. This can be safely performed at any + time in the exercise.

diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/elements.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/elements.html index 364b953bb6..95ed8dacdf 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/elements.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/elements.html @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ -

Assignment Elements

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Assessment Elements

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For ease of grading, a Workshop Assignment should have a reasonable +

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. -

The type of elements dependent of the assignment's grading strategy. +

The type of elements dependent on the assignment's grading strategy.

Not Graded. 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 @@ -39,35 +39,33 @@ other.

  • 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.

    Error Banded Grading. 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. -

    Criterion Grading. 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.

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    Criterion Grading. 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.

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    Rubric Grading. 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. +

    Rubric Grading. 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.

    diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/gradingstrategy.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/gradingstrategy.html index dc9cfc7b17..b563d99b96 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/gradingstrategy.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/gradingstrategy.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@

    Grading Strategy

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    A workshop assignment is quite flexible in the type of grading scheme used. This can be: +

    An Exercise assignment is quite flexible in the type of grading scheme used. This can be:

    1. No grading: In this type of assignment the teacher is not diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/index.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..ded7c42d1b --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +

      Exercises

      + diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html index 591cb0e3aa..4f12a880f8 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html @@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ asks the students to do a piece of practical work. It could be writing an essay or a report, preparing a presentation, or setting out a spreadsheet, etc. When the student has done the task they must first self-assess their - work before submitting it to the teacher. Once submitted the teacher can - assess both the student's assessment and the piece of work itself. The + work before submitting it to the teacher. Once submitted the teacher + assesses the student's piece of work using the same assessment form. The teacher can give feedback to the student and ask the student to improve the work and re-submit it or not as the case may be. The final grade is based on how well the student assessed their own work and the work itself.

      diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/regrading.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/regrading.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..405b9af144 --- /dev/null +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/regrading.html @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +

      Re-grading Student Assessments

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      This link re-calculates the "Grading grades" of all the student + assessments. Normally it is not 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.

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      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.

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      If a change to the Grading grades is required the steps are: +

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      1. Update the Exercise with the new value of the Comparison of Assessments + option;
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      2. Go to to the Exercise's Administration page and click on the + "Re-grade Student Assessments" link.
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      + The new grades will be displayed. These process can be safely repeated.

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