Christine Doherty, Stanford University
Lydia Li, Stanford University
Lynn Ward, Indiana University
June 10-15, 2012
Growing Community;
Growing Possibilities
Redesign of Main Assessments Page
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Import function hard
to find on page
- Confusion about meaning of Pending vs. Published
- Confusion about meaning of Active vs. Inactive
- Page can get unwieldy with a lot of assessments,
easy to get lost and make mistakes
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Create from Scratch and Import
functions more clearly
distinguished
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- Working Copies (formerly Pending
Assessments) separated from
Published Copies with tabs
- Meaning of each list made more clear
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Meaning of Active and Inactive made more clear
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Ability to filter list by Status,
displaying only Active assessments…
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… or only Inactive assessments
* Contributed by Longsight
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Add Assessment Due Date to Schedule
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- Option to add due date to
Schedule appears on Publish
Assessment page
- Selected by default, but can
be turned off
- Does not appear if Schedule
tool not turned on in site
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- Appears as Deadline event in
site’s Schedule tool
- Also appears on each site
member’s synoptic calendar
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Schedule description displays
important settings and direct
link to assessment
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Respondus LockDown Browser
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Images borrowed from Respondus quick start guide for Sakai. Full guide at
http://www.respondus.com/downloads/RLDB-QSG-Instructor-Sakai.pdf
* Contributed by Respondus
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LockDown Browser option found
in High Security settings
Images borrowed from Respondus quick start guide for Sakai. Full guide at
http://www.respondus.com/downloads/RLDB-QSG-Instructor-Sakai.pdf
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New Question Type:
Survey - Matrix of Choices
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- Only predefined answer choices
- No way to rate multiple items against
same scale in same question
- A lot more work to make a separate
question for each item to be rated
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Ability to rate items against same
set of answers in a matrix
Ability to create custom-defined
Row Choices and Column Choices
- Option to force ranking (unique
answer per item)
- Option to add comment field
- Ability to customize width of
columns in matrix
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Student view of survey matrix question type
* Contributed by Rutgers
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Numeric Response Improvements
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Scientific and complex number
notation support
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Validation allows only numbers
and accepted characters within
correct answer brackets
Accepted Characters
described in both
instructor view and
student view
Example: $ is not accepted
character within answer brackets
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Validation allows only numbers
and accepted characters within
responses
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Fill in the Blank Improvements
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Improved readability in Defining
Answers section
Definition and example added to
Case Sensitive option for clarity
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Short Answer/Essay Improvements
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- Explanation that html tags
count in character limit
- Count Characters button
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Validation message made more clear
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- Automatic Submission now runs after Retract
Date instead of Due Date to avoid Data
Discrepancy errors and student data loss
- Selecting Automatic Submission will require
setting Retract Date
- If no late submissions allowed, Retract Date set
to same value as Due Date
* Contributed by Longsight
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- “Student identities can be seen by
graders” is now default setting
- Setting can be change to
anonymous grading, if desired
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Score, Adjustment, and Final Score
columns now display dashes instead
of zeros for No Submission records
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Adjustment can be added to change
Final Score
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- If Adjustment added to No Submission record,
score will count toward Course Grade calculation
- If left as dash, score will not count toward Course
Grade calculation
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- Option to set Final Score for all
students with No Submission to
zero or other score
- These scores will be reflected in
Course Grade calculations in the
gradebook
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This will also override any
Adjustment added previously
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Grader’s Comments added to export
of student scores and responses
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Red X indicates incorrect answer
* Contributed by Longsight
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Styling changes to better call out
Answer Key, Feedback and Comments
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New styling for warning, error and validation
messages for improved readability
Reset selection and validation/error messages
redraw page at current question, not top of page
Attached images render and Part Description
displays in Print view
Question ordering option within part now editable
in published assessments
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