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UsingtheGradeCenter–GradingAssignments,Smartviews,andSchemas–ForInstructors

Fall2015

UniversityofSaskatchewan–Grading,Smartviews,andSchemas ICTTrainingServices2015

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Background:IfyouareusingtheUofSCourseToolsforthefirsttime,pleasereviewtheCourseToolsBasicdocumentbeforeusingthisdocument.IfyouareusingtheGradeCenterforthefirsttime,pleasereviewtheGradeCenterBasicsdocumentfirst.Notethatthescreenshotscontainedwithinmayvaryfromyourcourse,especiallywiththeoptionsavailable.Customizationofyourcourseallowsyouasaninstructortoaddmanyteachingtools.

STEP Action:UsingtheGradeCenter

Background TheGradeCenterinUofSCourseToolsisausefulinteractivetool,allowinginstructorstorecorddata,calculategrades,andmonitorstudentprogress.Instructorscangeneratereportstoassesscourseparticipation,aswellasdeterminewhichassignedgradestoshowtostudentsontheirMyGradespage,includingcolumnsdisplayingperformanceresults.Instructorscanalsocreategradecolumnsforanyactivitiesorrequirementstheywanttograde,suchasspecialprojects,participation,orattendance.ColumnsintheGradeCentreareautomaticallycreatedforanassignmentortestiftheinstructorhascreatedthisiteminCourseTools/Blackboard.

STEP Action:GradingAssignments

Background Whenanassignmentiscreated,acolumnisaddedautomaticallytotheGradeCenter.Anassignmentthathasbeensubmitted,butnotgraded,isindicatedintheGradeCenterwithagreenexclamationmark—the“needsgrading”icon.AssignmentsthatneedgradingcanbeaccessedfromtheGradeCenter>NeedsGradinglink.Instructorshavetheoptiontogradeassignmentsanonymously.

Action:AccessingtheNeedsGradingpage

1. Forcourseswithmanyenrolledstudentsandgradableitems,theNeedsGradingpagecanhelpyoudeterminewhichassignmentsandtestsneedgradingfirst.Forexample,youcansortbytheduedatetoensureyourfinaltestsaregradedbeforeyourschool'sdeadline.IntheControlPanel,expandtheGradeCentersection,andselectNeedsGrading.

2. ThetotalnumberofitemstogradeappearsontheNeedsGradingpage.



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STEP Action:Filterandsortattempts

1. UsetheFilterdrop-downliststonarrowthelistofitemstogradebyCategory,Item,User,andDateSubmitted.Forexample,makeselectionsinboththeCategoryandItemdrop-downliststodisplayassignmentssubmittedbyaparticularuser.

2. ClickGo.ThefiltereditemsappearontheNeedsGradingpage.

3. Clickanycolumnheadingtosorttheassignments.Forexample,sorttheassignmentsbyUserAttempt.

4. ClickGradeAllontheActionBartobegingradingtheassignmentattempts.



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5. ThefilteredassignmentattemptsappearontheGradeAssignmentpageintheordertheyweresortedandfilteredontheNeedsGradingpage.

6. IntheSubmissionsection,selecteachsubmissionparttoviewitintheleftpane.Iftherewasany

textaddedtothesubmission,itwillappearinSubmissionText.Allattachmentsappearasthefilename,andneedtobedownloadedtoview.

7. ExpandtheGradebox,andenterthegradeyouwishtogivethestudent.Providefeedbacktotheuserifnecessary.



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8. ExpandtheGradingNotes–Privatetoleaveanynotesforyourselforotherinstructorsabouttheassignment.

9. Tosavethecurrentstudent'sgradeandmoveontothenextsubmission,clickSubmit.



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STEP Action:GradingAnonymously

Background Anonymousgradingallowstheinstructororteachingassistanttogradestudents’assignmentsandprojectswithoutseeingtheirname;thisisusefulifaninstructorwantstoremaincompletelyimpartialtostudents'attemptsatassignments.

1. Toaccessthisfeature,fromundertheControlPanel,selectGradeCenter,andthenclickNeedsGrading.

2. Locatetheassignmenttobegraded,clickthechevrontoopentheContextualmenu,andthenselect

GradeAnonymously.

3. Inanonymousgrading,allidentifyinginformationishiddenandattemptsappearinrandomorder.

EachStudentisassignedanumber,suchasStudent3.IntheReviewCurrentAttemptsection,reviewthestudent'sassignmentattempt.

4. IntheGradebox,typethegradeforthestudent.Providefeedback,ifdesired.



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5. ClickAddNotestoleaveanynotesforyourselforotherinstructorsonthegrade.

6. Tosavethecurrentstudent'sgradeandfinish,clickSubmit.

Background UsingSmartViews

ASmartViewisafocusedlookattheGradeCenter.SmartViewsshowonlythedatathatmatchesasetofcriteria.SmartViewsareusefultoquicklyfinddatawhentheGradeCenterincludesagreatnumberofstudentsandcolumns.WithSmartViews,instructorscanviewtheprogressofanexistinggroup,studentperformanceforaparticularitem,aswellasindividualstudents.Instructorscanalsoperformaquerytoselectstudentsusingacombinationofattributes.DefaultandFavoriteSmartViewsappearintheGradeCentersectionoftheControlPanelasanindentedlistunderFullGradeCenter.YoucantagSmartViewsasFavoritessotheyappearinthislistandcanbeaccessedeasily.

STEP Action:CreatingSmartViewsintheGradeCenter

1. IntheGradeCenter,pointtoManageontheActionBartoaccessthedrop-downlist,andselectSmartViews.



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2. OntheSmartViewspage,clickCreateSmartViewontheActionBar.

3. OntheCreateSmartViewspage,typeaNamefortheSmartViewandaddanoptionalDescription.

SelecttheAddasFavoritecheckboxtomaketheSmartViewaFavorite.TheFavoriteSmartViewwillappearintheGradeCentersectionoftheControlPanelintheindentedlistunderFullGradeCenter.

4. SelecttheTypeofView:

• CourseGroup:Subsectionsofstudents.Coursegroupsmustbecreatedbeforetheycanbeusedasselectioncriteria.

• Performance:Studentperformanceonasingleitem,suchasamid-termexam.• User:Individualstudents.• CategoryandStatus:Basedonacategory,suchasAssignmentorTest,userorusers,and

gradestatus,suchasCompletedorNotAttempted.



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5. SelecttheappropriatecriteriatohelprefinetheTypeofViewselected.TheTypeofViewselected

determineswhatshowsintheSelectCriteriasection.UnderUserCriteria,selectthegradecolumnfromthedrop-downlist.

6. UnderCondition,selectthecriteria,suchasGreaterthanorEqualtofromthedrop-downlist.

7. IntheValuebox,selectavalue,suchasaGroupNameortypethescoreorpercentageagainst

whichthecriteriaandconditionwillbeassessed.

8. UnderUsers,selectAllUsersfromthedrop-downlisttoincluderesultsforallstudents.Choose

SelectedUsersfromthedrop-downlistandselecttheindividualstudentsneeded.HolddowntheCRTLkeytoselectmultipleusers.NOTE:ThisoptiononlyappearsifyouhaveselectedUserastheTypeofView.

9. UnderCategories,selectacategoryfromthedrop-downlist,suchasAssignmentorTest.ThisoptiononlyappearsifyouhaveselectedCategoryandStatusastheTypeofView.

10. SelecttheFilterResultsfromthedrop-downlistbyselectingthecolumnsorgradestatus,suchasCompletedorNotAttempted.AllColumnsischosenbydefault.Toselectmultiplecolumnsintheselectedcolumnsoption,holddowntheCRTLkeywhilemakingyourselections.

11. ClickSubmittofinishcreatingtheSmartView.



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12. ThenewlycreatedSmartViewnowappearsintheGradeCenterdropdownlist,alongwiththedefaultSmartViewsofAssignmentsandTests.

STEP Action:CreatingaCustomSmartViewwithmultiplecriteria

Background WhenbuildingaSmartViewusingtheCustomTypeofView,multipleusercriteriacanbeused.DetailedSmartViewscanhelpInstructorsbuildacomprehensiveorganizationofGradeCenterdata.ThatinformationcanbeusedtoimproveStudentperformance.CriteriaareaddedasANDstatements.Aseachcriterionisadded,itisassignedanumber.ThisnumberisreflectedintheFormulaEditorbox,whichappearsbelowthecriteria.Eachcriterionthatisaddedcanhaveacondition,suchasEqualto,Greaterthan,andLessthan.Eachconditionrequiresavaluetocomparewiththecondition.

1. ThefollowingexampleillustratesthecreationofCustomSmartViewswithmultiplesearchcriteria.AnInstructoristeachingacoursewithtwoitemsthataccountforthemajorproportionofthesemester’sgrade,aMid-termExam,andaFinalExam.TheInstructorisinterestedinseeingwhichStudentsscoredbelowa60(failinggrade)oneitherexam.IntheGradeCenter,pointtoManageontheActionBartoaccessthedrop-downlist,andselectSmartViews.



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2. OntheSmartViewspage,clickCreateSmartViewontheActionBar.

3. OntheCreateSmartViewspage,typeaNamefortheSmartViewandaddanoptionalDescription.SelecttheAddasFavoritecheckboxtomaketheSmartViewaFavorite.TheFavoriteSmartViewwillappearintheGradeCentersectionoftheControlPanelintheindentedlistunderFullGradeCenter.

4. SelectCustomfromtheTypeofViewlist.Thiswillcreateaqueryforselectingstudentsusingacombinationofattributes.

5. SelectUserCriteriafromthedrop-downlist.Inthisexample,theuser’sgradeontestischosen.

6. SelectaConditionfromthedrop-downlist.Inthisexample,wewillchooseLessthan,aswewanttoseetheuserswithlessthan60onthetest.

7. IntheValuebox,selectavalueforthecondition.Inthisexample,ascorebelow60denotesafailure.



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Asdataisselected,aqueryformulaisbuiltintheFormulaEditorbox.Thefirstsetofcriteriaislabeled"1."

8. Toaddasecondsetofcriteria,clickAddUserCriteria, andmakeadditionalselections.Thesecondsetofcriteriaislabeled"2."Continuetoaddmorecriteriaasneeded.

7. ClickManuallyEdittochangetheoperatorsandinsertparenthesestoedittheformula.

8. FilterResultsinordertodisplayonlytherequiredinformationandcolumns.

9. ClickSubmittosavetheSmartView.

STEP Action:WorkingwithGradingSchemas

Background Gradingschemasprovidetheabilitytodetermineanunconventionalgradingsystembasedontheconventionalscoresystem.Agradingschematakestheactualpointsscoredonagradeditemandcomparesittothetotalpointspossibleforthatitemtoderiveapercentage.Thispercentageismappedtoarangeofscoresanddisplaysagrade,suchasaletter(A,B,C)orPass/Fail.Gradingschemasalsoprovidetheabilitytoenteranunconventionalscore,suchasP,andreturnascorevalue,suchas75%.Uponcreation,agradingschemaisincludedasanoptioninthePrimaryandSecondaryDisplaydrop-downlistswhencreatingandeditingcolumnsintheGradeCenter.Defaultgradingschemasinthedrop-downlistsinclude:Score,Letter(A,B,C),andPercentage.



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Action:CreatingaGradingSchema

1. IntheControlPanel,clickonGradeCenter,thenFullGradeCenter.

2. TheGradeCentre:FullGradeCentrescreenwillappear.HighlightovertheManagemenu,thenselectGradingSchemas.

3. TheGradingSchemasscreenwillappear.SelecttheCreateGradingSchemabutton.

4. TheCreateGradingSchemascreenwillload.EnteraNamefortheschemaandaDescriptionifdesired.Inthisexample,theschemaisnamedNewSchemaandadescriptionhasbeenadded.



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5. EnterinthedesiredschemaunderSchemaMapping

Ifyouwouldliketocreateanewrow,clickthe underInsertRows.

Ifyouwouldliketoremovearow,clicktheDeleteRowbuttonbesidetheundesiredrow.

6. Oncethechangeshavebeenmadetotheschema,clickSubmittofinishcreatingthenewschema.

STEP Action:ApplyingaGradingSchematoanExistingColumn




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2. TheFullGradeCentrescreenwillappear.LocatethecolumnthattheSchemawillbeappliedto.Inthisexample,wewillapplytheschematoAssign1.Clickthechevronbesidethenameofthecolumn.

3. Fromthedropdownmenuthatappears,selectEditColumnInformation.

4. TheEditColumnscreenwillappear.UnderColumnInformation,clickonthedropdownbeside

PrimaryDisplay.

5. Fromthemenu,selectthedesiredgradingschema.Inthisexample,thedesiredgradingschemais

namedNewSchema.

6. Toapplytheschema,clickSubmit



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STEP Action:CreatingaColumnwithaGradingSchemaApplied


3. TheFullGradeCentrescreenwillappear.ClickCreateColumn.

4. TheCreateGradeColumnscreenwillappear.EnterthenameforthecolumnintheColumnNametextboxandadddescriptionunderDescription,insideoftheColumnInformationarea.Inthisexample,ourcolumnwillbenamedExampleColumn.



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5. SelectthedropdownbesidePrimaryDisplay.

6. Selectthedesiredschemafromthedropdownlist.Inthisexample,wewilluseNewSchema.

7. EnterthenumberofpointspossibleinthecolumnunderPointsPossible.Inthisexample,itispossibletoscoreupto60points.

8. Settheoptionsforthecolumn.Inthisexample,wewillusethedefaultvalues.

7. Oncetheoptionshavebeencompleted,clickSubmittogeneratethecolumn.

8. YouwillbetakenbacktotheFullGradeCentrepage,whereagreenSuccess:createdcolumnmessagewillappear.Thenewlycreatedcolumnnnowappearsinthegradecentre.



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STEP Action:ModifyinganExistingSchema


2. TheFullGradeCentrescreenwillappear.FromtheManagemenu,selectGradingSchemas.



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3. TheGradingSchemasscreenwillappear.Selectthedropdownchevronbesidetheschemayouwouldliketoedit.Inthisexample,wewilleditNewSchema.

4. SelectEditfromthedropdownmenu.

5. TheEditGradingSchemascreenwillappear.Anypartoftheschemamaybeeditedonthispage.Inthisexample,wewillrenametheschematoTestSchemaandchangetherankingunderSchemaMapping.

6. Onceeditinghasbeencompleted,clickSubmittosavethechangesmadetotheschema.

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