From 98591c89d5c12008226bd5d15ec2b92c7013a159 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: rkingdon Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:47:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Modified help files for late submissions and reduction of the number of phases. --- lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html | 7 ++++++ lang/en/help/exercise/finalgrades.html | 6 +++-- lang/en/help/exercise/grade.html | 5 ++-- lang/en/help/exercise/managing.html | 28 +++++++++++++++-------- lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html | 20 +++++++++++----- 5 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html index d0b5c021db..8f3bc056c5 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/administration.html @@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ of any change on the grades seen in the Grades page and in the Final Grades list is immediate.

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The second table is used to set the two options for the League Table. This table + is (optionally) shown to the students at the end of the assignment. If the + number of entries is set to a number larger than zero then the table is + displayed to the student when the assignment is in its final phase. The other + option determines whether student names are shown in the table. Note the League + Table as seen by the teacher always shows studnet names regardless of this setting. +

The Administration page also lists the teacher's submissions (the decriptions of the Exercise), the students' (initial) assessment of their own work, and the students' submissions. These tables allow all these items, where appropriate, to be re-titled, diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/finalgrades.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/finalgrades.html index c796e1adb1..f37c341e06 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/finalgrades.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/finalgrades.html @@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ grade from these two grades. The final grade given for this assignment will either be the average of these overall grades or the overall grade of the best submission. -

The League table lists each student's best submission. The table is in grade order with - the best submission first.

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The League table optionally lists the best submissions. The number of entries in + the table is set on the Administration page, if that number is set to zero then + the League Table is not displayed. The table is in grade order with the best submission + first. Only a student's best submission is shown in the table.

diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/grade.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/grade.html index c956cb8b34..9160ab57f3 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/grade.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/grade.html @@ -3,5 +3,6 @@

This value determines the maximum grade which can be awarded in the exercise. The range is 0 to 100%.. This value can be changed at any time during the exercise. Any change has an immediate effect in - the Grades page and to the grades given to assessments and - submissions.

+ the Grades page, the grades given to assessments and submissions and the + display of the final finals and the League Table (if the assignment is + in that phase).

diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/managing.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/managing.html index 92fcde63ae..4f18fbd021 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/managing.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/managing.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@

Managing an Exercise Assignment

An Exercise Assignment is slightly more complex than an ordinary assignment. - It involves four steps or phases. These are + It involves three steps or phases. These are

  1. Set up Exercise The assessment of the work produced in the exercise is made easier if it is broken into a number of assessment ELEMENTS. @@ -41,24 +41,34 @@ set of submissions. This option can be changed at any time during the Exercise by updating the Exercise, it's effect is seen immediately in the Grade page.

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  2. Stop Student Assessments and Submissions After the deadline - has passed, the teacher moves the Exercise to this phase to stop further - assessments and submissions. The teacher should complete the grading - any outstanding assessments and submissions before moving the Exercise - to its final phase. +

    When the assignment's deadline is reached a student can submit or re-submit work. + The work is flagged as "late". The work appears in the list of work to + be assessed and the teacher can, if desired, assess the work in the normal way. + In the various lists of peices of work the submission date is shown as red (and + in the list of work to be be marked the period since submission is also shown in + red). If graded, the grade of late work is shown in red and in brackets. Such + grades are not used in the calculation of final grades and are not counted + in the Grades pages. The teacher can clear the late flag by going into in the + Administration page and clicking on the appropriate link. The work will then be + used in the calculation of the final grade.

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  3. Show Overall Grades and League Table In this final phase of the Exercise the students can see their "final" grades. In all phases of the Exercise (except the first phase), grades are available to the students, they are, however, only "partial" grades as they are calculated on the fly from the assessments available at the time.

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    The students (and the teacher) are also shown a "League Table" +

    In this final phase, students cannot make any further submissions. + In effect the assignment is closed and the teacher has the option of showing + the students examples of the best pieces of work submitted...

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    The students (and the teacher) can also be shown a "League Table" of the student submissions. These are listed in order of grade, the top submission is first. Here the grade given to the submission is teacher's grade. If a student submitted more than one piece of work only their best piece - of work is shown in this table.

    + of work is shown in this table. If the number of entries in the table is set to + zero then this table is not displayed.

The student's grade is a weighted combination of the teacher's grading of their diff --git a/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html b/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html index 88eb1687b0..cfbdc2b404 100644 --- a/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html +++ b/lang/en/help/exercise/moreinfo.html @@ -53,18 +53,26 @@ it or not as the case may be.

of the student revised work rather than undertaking an assessment from scratch.

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When the deadline for the exercise the teacher moves the exercise to the - next phase. This stops further submissions from the students. The assessments - and submissions which have not be graded and assessed should now be done. +

When the deadline for the exercise is reached students can continue to submit. + However, such work is flagged as "late". The teacher can, if + desired, grade the work and give feedback to the student. The grades of + late work are held back and are not used in the calculation of final + grades. If, for whatever reason, the teacher wishes to accept a piece of + late work as a normal piece of work the late flag can be cleared by going + into the Administration page, finding the submission and clicking on the + appropriate link. The grade for that work will then be used in the calculation + of a final grades.

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With all the submissions graded, the exercise is moved to the - final phase. The students can now see their final grades and the grades given to +

When all the submissions have been graded, the exercise is moved to the + final phase. Further student submissions are now not allowed. The students + can now see their final grades together with the grades given to their submissions. A student's grade for the exercise is a weighted combination of the teacher's grade for their self-assessment and the teacher's grade for that work. (The grade given by the student is not used.) For the submissions themselves the grade is teacher's assessment. The weights used for the two grades (the grading grade and the actual grade for the work) can be set and - changed at any time during the assignment.

+ changed at any time during the assignment (the weights are set on the + Administration page).

When the teacher allows students to resubmit work, the teacher should consider how to set the option which controls how the student's final grade -- 2.39.5