Sakai@UD Grading Tools

6/2/11IT-Client Support & Services

Collect and grade work◦Assignments◦Tests & Quizzes

Distribute and view grades◦Gradebook◦Post’Em

Grading Tools

Students can use this tool as an electronic dropbox to submit their work

Instructors can electronically◦ mark up students’ work◦ give overall comments◦ grade submissions◦ allow students to resubmit work

Assignment grades can be forwarded to the Gradebook

Collecting Student Work: Assignments

Instructors can◦ return comments to a student without a grade◦ attach a file to each student's grade

completed rubric marked-up copy of the student's work

◦ post a grade without an online submission◦ allow students to resubmit their work◦ can keep students' grades private until all are

graded

Students can◦ see grade and comments (if released)◦ resubmit revised work (if allowed)

Assignments: Evaluating

Questions can be of various types

Pending Assessments◦ enter questions◦ choose settings related to delivery, availability,

timing

Published Assessments◦ available to students to take

Collecting Student Work: Tests & Quizzes

Grades can be included in the Gradebook

Test grades can only be entered via Tests & Quizzes

An Adjustment can be made on the entire test or individual questions

Tests & Quizzes: Evaluating

Grades for Forums, Topics or individual Postings can be sent to existing Gradebook Items

Collecting and Grading Work: Forums

Gradebook◦ Students can only see their own grades collected

from Assignments and Tests◦ Students can see other numeric grades posted by

the instructor along with comments◦ Final grades can be translated to letter

equivalents

Post’Em◦ Students can see textual information and grades

posted by the instructor

Posting and Viewing Grades: Entire Record

Gradebook Items not added by Assignments or Tests can be imported

Results of calculations performed outside of Sakai can be imported

Review/archive◦ Can export Gradebook data to build a local copy◦ Can view entire record for individual students◦ Can see individual's record as student sees it

Can import grades from Scantron tests

Gradebook: Importing Grades

Course Grade◦

◦ Missing values are not included so Course Grade can be used to show current status blank ≠ 0 points blank items are not counted in the course grade

Gradebook: Calculations

% 100

earn to points maximum

earned points all

Grades◦ Each item has a maximum value for determining

percentage.◦ Grades can be included or not in the course grade

calculation.◦ Values can be entered as points or percentages.◦ Items can be grouped and weighted.

Planning helps!◦ How do you want to determine a final grade?◦ Would Sakai's Gradebook more or less

cumbersome?

Gradebook: Options

Weight grades for activities◦ Points for all items add up to 100◦ Maximum for each item is 100, use weighted categorie

s

Drop lowest test grade◦ Export to Excel◦ Calculate average test grade◦ Import to Excel◦ Only include average test grade in course grade

Include extra credit◦ Add extra points to existing item

Gradebook Examples

TAs must be assigned to one or more sections (even if there is only one section)

In Assignments give TA role grading permission

In Gradebook and Assignments, TAs will only see students in their sections by default

Teaching Assistants Grading

Instructors can◦ Upload textual information for all students◦ Can put multiple columns in one file◦ Can have multiple files◦ Can update individual files◦ Store information not visible to students◦ See when students have viewed their records

Students can◦ See only their own information (if released)

Post’Em

Only items entered are counted(25+20+10+9+7)

75=

(18+25+20+10+9+7)100

=

Points add up to 100

Totals 88 100

Weighted categories

Drop lowest quiz

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