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BrightspaceLearningEnvironment10.6+Contents
ContentsBRIGHTSPACELEARNINGENVIRONMENT10.6+..............................................................................................1
DOCUMENTCHANGEHISTORY......................................................................................................................10
ASSIGNMENTS...............................................................................................................................................12
Assignmentsbasics............................................................................................................................................12
WhatisAssignments?...................................................................................................................................12
WhatfiletypesaresupportedinAssignments?............................................................................................12
Addcategoriestomanageassignmentsubmissionfolders..........................................................................13
Createanassignmentsubmissionfolder.......................................................................................................13
Setreleaseconditionsforanassignmentsubmissionfolder.........................................................................14
Addspecialaccesstoanassignmentsubmissionfolder................................................................................14
Reorder,edit,anddeleteassignmentsubmissioncategoriesandfolders....................................................15
Restoredeletedassignmentsubmissionfolders............................................................................................15
Setavailabilityandduedatesforanassignmentsubmissionfolder.............................................................15
Assessingassignmentsubmissions...................................................................................................................15
Aboutassessingassignmentsubmissions.....................................................................................................15
ViewtheFileSubmissionslog........................................................................................................................16
Restoreadeletedsubmission........................................................................................................................16
Addfeedbackandevaluationstoassignmentsubmissions..........................................................................17
AssignmentsandTurnitin..................................................................................................................................18
AboutTurnitin...............................................................................................................................................18
EnableTurnitinforanassignmentsubmissionfolder...................................................................................18
AboutTurnitin-enabledassignmentsubmissionfolders...............................................................................18
AboutTurnitin-enabledgroupassignmentsubmissionfolders.....................................................................19
ExemptindividualusersfromTurnitin...........................................................................................................19
ViewingOriginalityCheckreports..................................................................................................................20
WhatfiletypesaresupportedinOriginalityCheck?......................................................................................20
Troubleshooting:Iseeanassignmentsubmissionshowinganiconthatsays,"Anoriginalityreportcouldnotbegeneratedforthisfile"..................................................................................................................................21
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AWARDS.......................................................................................................................................................21
AboutAwards....................................................................................................................................................21
Createanewaward..........................................................................................................................................21
Shareawardswithothercourses..................................................................................................................22
HideanawardfromtheAvailableAwardspage...............................................................................................23
Addreleaseconditionstoanaward..................................................................................................................23
Addanexistingawardtoacourse....................................................................................................................23
Viewawardsforaclasslist................................................................................................................................24
Manuallygrantanaward..................................................................................................................................24
Revokeanaward...............................................................................................................................................24
Troubleshooting:Certificatetextistoolong.....................................................................................................24
COMPETENCIES.............................................................................................................................................25
Aboutcompetencies.........................................................................................................................................25
Reasonstousecompetencies........................................................................................................................25
Understandingcompetencystructures.........................................................................................................25
Aboutparent-childrelationshipsbetweencompetencystructureelements.................................................27
Aboutnestedcompetencystructures............................................................................................................28
Aboutoverlappingcompetencystructures....................................................................................................29
Switchyourviewincompetencies.................................................................................................................29
Settingvisibilityforcompetencystructureelements.....................................................................................29
Whycan'tIseemylearningobjectives?........................................................................................................29
AllowuserstoaddcompetenciestotheirBrightspaceePortfolio.................................................................30
Usingautomaticevaluation..............................................................................................................................30
Understandingautomaticevaluation...........................................................................................................30
Howanautomaticevaluationisinitiated.....................................................................................................30
Allowautomaticcompetencyevaluationafterauserachievesacompetency.............................................31
Turnoffautomaticcompetencyevaluation..................................................................................................31
Manuallyinitiateanevaluation....................................................................................................................31
Monitorthere-evaluationservice.................................................................................................................31
Evaluatingactivities...........................................................................................................................................32
Evaluateassignmentsubmissionfolderactivities.........................................................................................32
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Evaluatesurveyactivities..............................................................................................................................32
Evaluatediscussiontopicactivities...............................................................................................................32
Evaluatemanualassessmentactivities.........................................................................................................32
Enablelearningobjectivecompletionusingquizorgradeitemactivitieswithautomaticassessment........33
Evaluatequizactivitymanually.....................................................................................................................33
Evaluategradeitemactivitymanually..........................................................................................................34
Creatingandeditingcompetencies,learningobjectives,andactivities...........................................................35
Understandingcompetencystatussettings..................................................................................................35
Createacompetency.....................................................................................................................................35
Modifyanapprovedcompetency..................................................................................................................36
Copyacompetency.......................................................................................................................................36
Deleteacompetency.....................................................................................................................................37
Createalearningobjective............................................................................................................................37
Copyalearningobjective..............................................................................................................................37
Deletealearningobjective............................................................................................................................37
Associatingactivities.....................................................................................................................................38
Typesofactivities..........................................................................................................................................38
Understandingcompetencystructuresandassociations.................................................................................39
Associateacompetencystructureelementwithanotherexistingelement..................................................39
Associatealearningobjectivewithanactivity.............................................................................................39
Removeanassociationbetweencompetencystructureelements................................................................39
Removeassociationsbetweenalearningobjectiveandanactivityfromanothertoolarea........................40
Whathappenswhenyousharecompetencystructures................................................................................40
Shareacompetencystructure.......................................................................................................................40
Aboutcompetencyversions...........................................................................................................................41
Viewcompetencystructureresults...............................................................................................................41
Overrideauser'sresult..................................................................................................................................42
Associateanindependentlearningobjectiveoractivitytoaparentelement..............................................42
GRADES.........................................................................................................................................................43
Gradebookbasics.............................................................................................................................................43
Gradingconcepts...........................................................................................................................................43
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Gradingschemes...........................................................................................................................................44
Createagradescheme..................................................................................................................................44
Gradingsystems............................................................................................................................................45
Setupyourgradebook.................................................................................................................................46
Creatinggradeitems.........................................................................................................................................46
Createcalculatedgradeitems.......................................................................................................................46
Createformulagradeitems..........................................................................................................................47
Aboutformulagradeitems...........................................................................................................................49
FormulaEditorvalidationerrors...................................................................................................................51
Createtextgradeitems.................................................................................................................................51
Createselectboxgradeitems........................................................................................................................52
Createpass/failgradeitems.........................................................................................................................52
Createnumericgradeitems..........................................................................................................................53
Managinggradesandgradeitems....................................................................................................................53
Manuallyassigngrades.................................................................................................................................53
Releasefinalgrades......................................................................................................................................54
Exportgrades................................................................................................................................................54
Setgradevisibilityoptionsforstudents........................................................................................................54
Setreleaseconditionsforgrades..................................................................................................................55
Aboutbonusgradeitems..............................................................................................................................55
Inaccuratefinalgrades..................................................................................................................................55
Manuallyrecalculatethefinalgrade............................................................................................................56
Enteranadjustedfinalgrade........................................................................................................................56
Calculatefinalgradesforasingleuser.........................................................................................................56
Restoreadeletedgradeitem........................................................................................................................56
Scenario:FinalcalculatedgradeusingPointssystem...................................................................................57
Scenario:FinalcalculatedgradeusingWeightedsystem.............................................................................58
Aboutautomatictransferofoverallscoretoalearner'sgrade....................................................................60
Automaticallytransferoverallscoretolearner'sgrade................................................................................61
Bestpracticesforenteringgrades.................................................................................................................61
Managingeventlogsinagradebook...............................................................................................................62
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Abouteventlogs............................................................................................................................................62
Accesstheeventlogforauser......................................................................................................................62
Accesstheeventlogforanindividualgradeitem.........................................................................................62
Accesstheeventlogforausers’finalgrades................................................................................................62
Accesstheeventlogforchangestoagradeitem'spropertiesorrestrictions..............................................63
Accesstheeventlogforrestoringgradeitems.............................................................................................63
QUESTIONLIBRARY.......................................................................................................................................63
ImportingquestionsintoQuestionLibrary.......................................................................................................63
AboutimportingquestionsintoQuestionLibrary.........................................................................................63
AccessQuestionLibrary.................................................................................................................................63
ImportquestionsintoQuestionLibraryfromanexistingcollection..............................................................63
ImportquestionsintoQuestionLibraryfromaCSVfile................................................................................64
ImportquestionsintoQuestionLibraryfromalearningobjectrepository...................................................64
CreatingQuestionLibraryquestions.................................................................................................................64
Typesofquestions.........................................................................................................................................64
Createtrueorfalsequestions.......................................................................................................................65
Createmultiplechoicequestions...................................................................................................................65
Createmulti-selectquestions........................................................................................................................66
Understandinggradingoptionsformulti-selectquestions...........................................................................66
Createlonganswerquestions.......................................................................................................................66
Createshortanswerquestions......................................................................................................................67
Createmulti-shortanswerquestions............................................................................................................67
Createfillintheblanksquestions..................................................................................................................68
Understandinggradingoptionsforshortanswer,multi-shortanswer,andfillintheblanksquestions.......68
Creatematchingquestions............................................................................................................................69
Createorderingquestions.............................................................................................................................69
Understandinggradingoptionsformatchingandorderingquestions.........................................................69
Createarithmeticquestions..........................................................................................................................70
Createsignificantfiguresquestions..............................................................................................................70
Understandingarithmeticandsignificantfiguresquestioncomponents......................................................71
TypesofsupportedenumerationsintheFormulafield.................................................................................72
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UnderstandingBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentroundingrules...............................................................73
CreateLikertquestions..................................................................................................................................73
Createtextinformation.................................................................................................................................74
Createimageinformation.............................................................................................................................74
Understandingregularexpressions...............................................................................................................75
ManagingquestionsinQuestionLibrary...........................................................................................................81
CreatesectionsinQuestionLibrary...............................................................................................................81
CreatesectionsoutsideQuestionLibrary......................................................................................................81
EditaquestionorsectioninQuestionLibrary...............................................................................................81
PreviewquestionsinQuestionLibrary..........................................................................................................81
ReorderquestionsorsectionsinQuestionLibrary........................................................................................82
Publishquestionsandsectionstoalearningrepository...............................................................................82
QUIZZES........................................................................................................................................................83
Quizzesbasics....................................................................................................................................................83
Exporttheeventlogofallquizattempts......................................................................................................83
Resetquizattemptsforlearners...................................................................................................................83
Preventcheatinginquizzes...........................................................................................................................83
Viewtheeventlogofasinglequizattempt..................................................................................................83
Creatingquizzes................................................................................................................................................83
Createaquiz..................................................................................................................................................83
Addrestrictionstoaquiz...............................................................................................................................84
AddspecialaccesstoaquizthatrequiresRespondusLockDownBrowser...................................................85
Addassessmentstoaquiz.............................................................................................................................85
Setadifferentnumberofquizattemptsforanindividuallearner................................................................85
Associatelearningobjectiveswithaquiz......................................................................................................86
Customizethesubmissionviewforaquiz.....................................................................................................86
Createaquizreport.......................................................................................................................................87
Aboutquizreports.........................................................................................................................................88
Giveeachlearnerarandomsetofquizquestions.........................................................................................89
Aboutrandomsections.................................................................................................................................89
Createbonusquizquestions..........................................................................................................................89
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QuizzesandQuestionLibrary............................................................................................................................90
ConsiderationsaroundquizzeswithassociationstoQuestionLibrary..........................................................90
DeleteaquestionpulledfromQuestionLibraryinaquiz..............................................................................90
CopyaquizwithQuestionLibraryassociationstoanotherorgunit.............................................................91
RUBRICS........................................................................................................................................................91
Rubricsbasics....................................................................................................................................................91
Wherecanyouusearubric?.........................................................................................................................91
Typesofrubrics.............................................................................................................................................91
Managingrubrics...............................................................................................................................................92
Createarubricforacourse...........................................................................................................................92
Copyarubric.................................................................................................................................................92
Editarubric...................................................................................................................................................92
Deletearubric...............................................................................................................................................93
Sharearubric................................................................................................................................................93
SELFASSESSMENTS.......................................................................................................................................93
Reasonstouseselfassessments.......................................................................................................................93
Bestpracticesforcreatingandusingselfassessments.....................................................................................94
Evaluatingselfassessments..............................................................................................................................94
Createaselfassessment...................................................................................................................................94
Deleteaselfassessment...................................................................................................................................95
Shareselfassessmentquestionswithotherinstructors...................................................................................95
SURVEYS.......................................................................................................................................................96
Setupasurvey..................................................................................................................................................96
Surveyexamples................................................................................................................................................96
Setasurveytoactive......................................................................................................................................101
Setadaterangeforasurvey..........................................................................................................................102
Anonymousparticipationinasurvey..............................................................................................................102
Ensureanonymoussurveyparticipation.........................................................................................................102
Settingsurveyrestrictions...............................................................................................................................102
Controluserresponsesinasurvey.................................................................................................................102
Createspecialaccesstoasurvey....................................................................................................................103
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Tracksurveyprogressandresults...................................................................................................................103
Setupsurveyreports......................................................................................................................................104
Viewasurveyreport.......................................................................................................................................104
Notifyparticipantsofanavailablesurvey.......................................................................................................105
Surveybranching.............................................................................................................................................105
USERPROGRESS..........................................................................................................................................105
ReasonstousetheUserProgresstool............................................................................................................105
AccessingUserProgressdataintheBrightspaceDataPlatform....................................................................106
UserProgressoverview...................................................................................................................................108
ChangeUserProgresssettings........................................................................................................................110
ClassProgressoverview..................................................................................................................................111
ChangeClassProgresssettings.......................................................................................................................111
ABOUTD2L..................................................................................................................................................113
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DocumentChangeHistoryThisversionofthedocumentreplacesallpreviousversions.Thefollowingtabledescribesthemostrecentchangestothisdocument.
RevisionDate SummaryofChanges
October6,2016 • AddedShareawardswithothercoursestopic.
• AddedRestoreadeletedgradeitemtopic.
• AddedManagingeventlogsinagradebooksection.
• UpdatedWhatfiletypesaresupportedinAssignments?topicwithupdatedfiletypes.
September1,2016 • UpdatedtheAboutquizreportstopictoincludeMicrosoftExcelasanexportformat.
July7,2016 • AddedaBestpracticesforenteringgradestopic.
June2,2016 • Addedtopics:Aboutautomatictransferofoverallscoretoalearner'sgrade,Automaticallytransferoverallscoretolearner'sgrade.
May5,2016 • AddedSetadifferentnumberofquizattemptsforanindividuallearnertopic.
• UpdatedInaccuratefinalgradesandCreateformulagradeitemstopicstospecifylimitstocalculatingfinalgradeswithformulagradeitems.
• UpdatedAboutTurnitintopictoincludeinformationaboutusingTurnitinwithspecialaccesspermissions.
April7,2016 • UpdatedReasonstouseUserProgresstopictoincludetheabilitytotrackwhenusersaccessordownloadcontent.
• UpdatedQuestionLibrarysectiontopicCreatelonganswerquestions.
• UpdatedQuizzestopics:SetgradevisibilityoptionsforstudentsandAboutbonusgradeitems.
March3,2016 • UpdatedtheAddreleaseconditionstoanawardtopictospecifythatyoucanreleaseothercontenttolearnerswhentheyachieveadefinedawardrequirement.
• Changesto<tools_quizzes>section.Newtopic:Exporttheeventlogofallquizattempts.
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February4,2016 • AddedViewtheeventlogofasinglequizattempttopic.
• UpdatedCreatinggradeitemstopicstospecifytheuseofnumericgradeitemsinassociationwithcourseobjects.
December3,2015 • ChangestoAssignmentsandTurnitinsection.Newtopics:ExemptindividualusersfromTurnitin,Troubleshooting:Iseeasubmittedassignmentshowing…;Updatedtopics:AboutTurnitin,AboutTurnitin-enabledassignmentsubmissionsfolders
• ChangestoAwardssection.Newtopic:HideanawardfromtheAvailableAwardspage;UpdatedCreateanewawardtopictoincludenewAwardsaccesspoint.
October1,2015 • AddedAccessingUserProgressdataintheBrightspaceDataPlatformtopictoreflectnewdataavailablefromtheUserProgresstool
• RemovedAddnewiconstotheAwardIconLibraryandAddnewCertificateTemplatestopics.
September3,2015 • AddednewsectionoftopicsforAwardstool.
August6,2015 • AddedRestoreadeletedsubmissiontopictocontentforAssignments.
• UpdatedAddrestrictionstoaquiztopictoreflectnewIPaddressrangeoption.
• AddedAboutTurnitin-enabledassignmentsubmissionsfolderstopictodescribeenhancementstotheLTIintegration.
• AddedAboutTurnitin-enabledgroupassignmentsubmissionsfolderstopictodescribeenhancementstotheLTIintegration.
July2,2015 • AddedAddspecialaccesstoaquizthatrequiresRespondusLockDownBrowsertopic.
• ChangedtitleofAssignmentsandTurnitintopic,updatedtitleandcontentinAboutTurnitin,andupdatedEnableTurnitinforanassignmentsubmissionsfolder.
June4,2015 • AddedmissingCreateanassignmentsubmissionsfoldertopic,addedsteptolinkgradeitemswithlearningobjectives.
May7,2015 • Initialrelease.
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ThecontentinthisguideisapplicabletothemostrecentversionofBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentunlessotherwisenoted.
Assignments
AssignmentsbasicsWhat i s Ass ignments?
LearnersusetheAssignmentstooltouploadandsubmitassignmentsubmissionstoassignmentsubmissionfoldersinBrightspaceLearningEnvironment,eliminatingtheneedtomail,fax,oremailtheirworktoinstructors.
InstructorsusetheAssignmentstooltoseeusers’submissiontimes,downloadassignmentsubmissionfolderstotheircomputer,viewsubmissionsontheEvaluateSubmissionpage,associateassignmentsubmissionfolderstorubricsandcompetencies,andreturnsubmissionswithgradesandfeedback.
IntheFolderSubmissionsarea,instructorscanviewusers'submissionsandsubmissiondates,eliminatingtheneedtocollectassignmentsandmakingiteasytotrackwhenfilesweresubmitted.
Instructorscancreatecategoriestogroupandorganizeassignmentsubmissionfolders.Theycanalsorestrictaccesstoassignmentsubmissionfoldersbydateandtime,groupmembership,orspecialaccesspermissions.
What f i le types a re supported in Ass ignments?
ThefollowingfileformatsarecompatiblewiththeAssignmentsdocumentviewer:
Extension FileType Notes
HTM,HTML,MHT,MHTML Webdocument BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentstripsthe<title>tagandtextwithinthetagfromusercreatedwebdocuments
RTF,PPT,PPS,PDF,DOC,DOCX,PPTX,XML,XLS,TXT,WPD
Textdocument
JPG,JPEG,PNG,GIF,BMP,TIF,TIFF Image
SWF,MPG,MPEG,RM,MP3,MP4,M4V,M4A,AVI,WAV,RAM,ASF,MOV,RA
Media TheextensionsMP4,M4V,andM4Aallowuserstodragentirealbums,videopodcasts,andmoviesfromiTunes
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Add categor ies to manage ass ignment submiss ion fo lders
Organizeyourassignmentsubmissionfoldersintocategoriestomakeiteasierforuserstonavigatetotheappropriatefolder.Forexample,youcancreateseparatecategoriesforcourseunits,summativeprojects,bonusassignments,andindividualsubmissions.YournewcategorywillappearontheAssignmentsubmissionfolderspageonlyifthereareassignmentsubmissionfoldersassociatedwithit.
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,clickNewSubmissionFolder.
3. IntheFolderPropertiesarea,clicktheNewCategorylink.
4. Enteranameforyourcategory.
5. ClickSave.
Create an ass ignment submiss ion fo lder
1. Onthenavbar,clickAssignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,clickNewSubmissionFolder.
3. EnteraName.
4. SelectaFolderType.Groupsubmissionfolderenablesyoutohaveonesubmissionpergroup,butyoumustassociatethefolderwithaGroupCategory.Anygroupmembercansubmitandviewfilesforagroupassignmentsubmissionfolder.
5. Doanyofthefollowing:
• Toassociatetheassignmentsubmissionfolderwithacategory,selectaCategoryorclickNewCategory.
• Toassociatetheassignmentsubmissionfolderwithagradeiteminyourgradebook,selectaGradeItem,orclickNewGradeItem.Notethatonlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithassignmentsubmissionfolders.
• Toassignascore,enteravalueintheOutOffield.Ifthere'salsoanassociatedgradeitem,maintainconsistencybymatchingthevalueoftheOutOffieldtothegradeitem'sMax.Pointsvalue.
• Tochangethedisplaysettingsforthefolder'sgradeitem,clicktheStudentViewPreviewcontextmenu,thenEditDisplaySettings.
• Toassociatearubrictothefolder,clickAddRubric,orCreateRubricinNewWindow.
• Toprovideinstructionstousers,intheInstructionsrichtextfield,enteryourinstructions.
• ToallowlearnerstoaddthefoldertotheirePortfolioasartifacts,selectAllowuserstoaddthisfoldertotheirePortfolio.
• Toaddattachments,intheAttachedFilesarea,clickanyofthebuttons.
• Tochangesubmissionoptions,expandShowSubmissionOptionsandselecttheappropriatesettings.
6. ClickSave.
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Set re lease cond i t ions fo r an ass ignment submiss ion fo lder
ReleaseconditionsallowyoutoassociateanassignmentsubmissionfolderwithotheritemsinBrightspaceLearningEnvironment.Forexample,youcanrequirethatusersmeetsomecriteria,suchasreadingasetoflecturenotesinContent,beforetheycansubmittheirworktoanassignmentsubmissionfolder.Youcanalsomakesubmissiontotheassignmentsubmissionfolderacriterionforaccessinganotheritem,suchasaquiz.
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromthecontextmenuoftheassignmentsubmissionfolderyou
wanttosetreleaseconditionsfor,click EditSubmissionFolder.
3. IntheRestrictionstab,intheReleaseConditionsarea,dooneofthefollowing:
• ClickAttachExisting,thenselectthecheckboxforanyconditionyouwanttoattach.ClickAttach.
• ClickCreateandAttach,thenselectaConditionTypefromthedrop-downlist.CompleteanyadditionalConditionDetailsthatappearandclickCreate.
4. Tosethowaccessingthegradeitemorcategoryiscontrolled,fromthedrop-downlist,selectifAllconditionsmustbemetorAnyconditionmustbemet.
5. ClickSaveandClose.
Add spec ia l access to an ass ignment submiss ion fo lder
Specialaccesspermissionsallowyoutosetdifferentavailabilitydatesandtimesforspecificusers.Forexample,youcouldextendthedeadlineforuserswhorequireremedialhelporwhoaresubmittingworkbeyondtheoriginalscopeoftheassignment.Youcanalsoaddspecialaccessafteranassignmentsubmissionsfolder’senddatehaspassedforuserswhohavealegitimateexcuseformissingthedeadlineorforusersyouwanttosubmitadditionalmaterial,suchasplanningnotesorabibliography.
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromthecontextmenuofthefolderyouwanttoaddspecialaccess
to,click EditSubmissionFolder.
3. IntheRestrictionstab,intheSpecialAccessarea,selectoneofthefollowingoptions:
• Allowuserswithspecialaccesstosubmitfilesoutsidethenormalavailabilitydatesforthisfolder
• Allowonlyuserswithspecialaccesstoseethisfolder
4. ClickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.
5. OntheSpecialAccesspage,dothefollowing:
• InthePropertiesarea,settheDateAvailabilityforwhenyouwanttheuserstohavespecialaccesstothefolder.
• IntheUsersarea,selecttheusersyouwanttogivespecialaccessto.
6. ClickSave.
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7. ClickSaveandClose.
Reorder , ed i t , and de le te ass ignment submiss ion ca tegor ies and fo lders
Ifyoudeleteacategorythatcontainsassignmentsubmissionsfolders,theassignmentsubmissionsfolderswillappearintheNoCategorysectionoftheFolderlist.
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,dooneofthefollowing:
• Toreordercategoriesandfolders,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Reorder.UsetheSortOrderdrop-downliststochangetheorderinwhichyourcategoriesandfoldersdisplay.ClickSave.
• Toeditacategory,clickits Editicon.MakeyourchangesandclickSave.
• Toeditafolder,fromitscontextmenu,click EditSubmissionFolder.MakeyourchangesandclickSaveandClose.
• Todeleteacategory,clickits Deleteicon.ClickDelete.
• Todeleteafolder,fromitscontextmenu,click DeleteFolder.ClickDelete.
Restore de le ted ass ignment submiss ion fo lders
Ifyourassignmentsubmissionfolderhasavailabilitydatesassociatedwithit,whenyourestorethefolder,youalsorestoreitsdatesintheCalendartool.
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click EventLog.
3. Foreveryfolderyouwanttorestore,clicktheRestorebutton.
Set ava i lab i l i t y and due dates fo r an ass ignment submiss ion fo lder
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromthecontextmenuofthefolderyouwanttosetavailabilityand
duedatesfor,click EditSubmissionFolder.
3. IntheRestrictionstab,selecttheHasStartDate,HasDueDate,andHasEndDatecheckboxes.Usetheprovidedfieldstosetyourdates.
4. ClickSaveandClose.
AssessingassignmentsubmissionsAbout assess ing ass ignment submiss ions
Thereareseveralwaysyoucanassessassignmentsubmissions:
• Downloadusersubmissionsandleavefeedbackwithinthefiles,thenuploadthembackintotheappropriateassignmentsubmissionfolderssotheyappearasattachmentstoeachuser'ssubmissionevaluation.
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• EvaluatesubmissionsandleavefeedbackdirectlyontheEvaluateSubmissionpage.
• Evaluateexternalsubmissionsandleavefeedbackinanassignmentsubmissionfolder.
• IfOriginalityCheckisenabledatyourorganization,youcanusetheGradeMarkfunctionalitytoaddcomments,insertinlinetext,andhighlightsectionsinfilesubmissionsdirectlyinAssignments.
View the F i le Submiss ions log
YoumusthaveSeeandManageAssignmentsandViewSubmittedFilespermissionstoviewtheSubmissionsLog.
TheFileSubmissionsareaofAssignmentshasalogthatcanbefilteredtodetermineifandwhenalearnersubmittedafile,andwhetherthelearnerorinstructordeletedthesubmission.
Toviewthelog:
1. Toaccessthelog,dooneofthefollowing:
• Inthecontextmenuforacourse,clickSubmissionsLog.
• OntheFolderSubmissionspageforacourse,clickSubmissionsLog.
2. Filterthelogasapplicable,bySubmitted(showsallsubmissions),Deleted,Restored,orStarted.
3. Sortbydate.
Restore a de le ted submiss ion
YoumusthaveSeeandManageAssignmentsandViewSubmittedFilespermissionstoviewtheSubmissionsLog.
Ifasubmissionwasaccidentallydeleted,youcanrestoreitfromtheSubmissionLog.
Torestoreadeletedsubmission:
1. Toaccessthelog,dooneofthefollowing:
• Inthecontextmenuforacourse,clickSubmissionsLog.
• OntheFolderSubmissionspageforacourse,clickSubmissionsLog.
2. ClickRestoreintheentryforthedeletedsubmission.
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Add feedback and eva luat ions to ass ignment submiss ions
TheEvaluateSubmissionpageenablesyoutoevaluateandleavefeedbackforusersubmissions.Itcontainstwomainsections:theSubmissionsListpanelandtheEvaluationpanel.UsetheEvaluationpaneltogradeandprovidecommentsonsubmissions.
IfyoumakeevaluationsdirectlyontheEvaluateSubmissionpage,youcanpublishfeedbackimmediatelyorsaveyourfeedbackasadraftandreleaseitatalatertime.Thisenablesyoutoreviseandreviewevaluations,andpublishyourfeedbacktomultipleusersatthesametime.Youalsohavetheoptiontoretractpublishedfeedbackifyouwanttoprovideanupdatetopastevaluationsbutonlywantlearnerstoaccessyourmostrecentfeedback.Youcanalsoannotateusers'webandplaintextfilesubmissionswiththeHTMLEditorandattachthoseannotationsaspartoffeedback.
Ifyouuserubricstoassesssubmissions,youcanappendtheoverallrubricfeedbacktotheSubmissionFeedbackfield.Iftherubricusespoints,youcanalsoscaleandtransfertheoverallrubricscoretotheSubmissionScorefield.BothofthesefieldstransfertoGradesiftheassignmentsubmissionfolderisassociatedwithagradeitem.
Ifyoudownloadusersubmissionsandleavefeedbackwithinthefiles,youcanuploadthembacktotheappropriateassignmentsubmissionfoldersotheyappearasattachmentstoeachuser'ssubmissionevaluation.Toensuresuccessfulfeedbackuploadanddistributionbacktostudents,donotrenamethedownloadedfiles'namesafteryouenterfeedbackandsavechanges.
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromthecontextmenuofthefolderyouwanttoevaluate,click ViewSubmissions.
3. OntheSubmissionspage,dooneofthefollowing:
• Ifyouwanttoreturnfeedbackonmultipledownloadedsubmissionsatonce,clickAddFeedbackFiles.Uploadyourcompressed.zipfileusingthesameformatthatitwasdownloadedwith,thenclickAdd.
• Ifyouwanttoevaluateanindividualuser,clickthe Evaluatelinkfortheirsubmission.Toaddevaluationsusinganattachedrubric,ontheEvaluateSubmissionpage,intheEvaluationpanel,clickthe
AssessAllRubricsicon.AddaScoreforthesubmission,andanyadditionalFeedback,includingtext,audio,orvideofiles.
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AssignmentsandTurnitinAbout Turn i t in
Turnitinisacloud-basedsolutionwithcapabilitiesinoriginalitycheckingandonlinegradingthroughtheuseoftheirOriginalityCheckandGradeMarktools.Turnitinsavesinstructorstimeandfacilitatespersonalizedfeedbackforlearners.
OriginalityCheckenablesyoutomonitorAssignmentsubmissionsandidentifypotentialcasesofplagiarismbyautomaticallycomparingsubmissionstoanonlinedatabaseoforiginalcontent.YoucanthenviewOriginalityReportswhichhighlightkeyareas,showabreakdownofmatchingsources,andprovidedirectlinkstothematchingcontent.
YoucanalsotakeadvantageoftheintegratedGradeMarkwhichenablesyoutoaddcomments,inlinetext,andhighlightsectionsinfilesubmissions,directlyfromtheAssignmentstool.
OriginalityCheckandGradeMarkfeaturesareenabledthroughintegrationwithTurnitinfromiParadigms,LLC.Formoreinformationaboutthesefeatures,seeTurnitinIntegrationonBrightspaceAppFinder(https://appfinder.brightspace.com/).
Note:TheuseofTurnitincombinedwiththespecialaccessfeaturesintheAssignmentstoolisnotsupported.IfyousetaduedateforauserwithspecialaccessthatisdifferentthantheduedatesetontheTurnitintab,theTurnitinduedatedoesnotchange.
Enab le Turn i t in fo r an ass ignment submiss ion fo lder
InordertoenableTurnitinforanassignmentsubmissionfolder,makesureyouradministratorhasdonethefollowingfirst:
• ActivateTurnitinOriginalityCheckforyourorgunitbyconfiguringthevariablesind2l.3rdParty.Turnitin.LTIinConfigVariableBrowser.
• MapIMSrolesforusersinIMSConfiguration.
Then,dothefollowing:
1. Onthenavbar,clickAssignments.
2. OntheNewFolderorEditFolderpage,intheTurnitinIntegrationarea,selectEnableTurnitinforthisfolder.
3. Tosetmoreadvancedoptions,clickMoreOptionsinTurnitin.ThisopenstheTurnitinAssignmentwindow.
4. ConfigurethedesiredsettingsintheOriginalityCheckarea,andtheGradeMarkareaifGradeMarkisactivatedforyourorgunit.
5. ClickSaveandClose.
About Turn i t in -enab led ass ignment submiss ion fo lders
ConsiderthefollowingwhencreatingoreditingyourTurnitin-enabledassignmentsubmissionfolder:
• Whencreatinganewassignmentsubmissionfolder,thenameofthefolderinTurnitintruncatesafter99characters,eventhoughtheNamefieldaccepts128characters.
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• Whenyoucopycoursecomponentsfromonecoursetoanother,confirmthatallsettingsareconfigured(see"EnableTurnitinforanassignmentsubmissionfolder"onpage18)fortheTurnitin-enabledassignmentsubmissionfoldersinthenewcourse.
• IfyouwantlearnerstoseeinstructionsontheSubmitFilespage,youmustenterthemintotheInstructionsrichtextfieldinthePropertiestab.TheseinstructionsareautomaticallytransferredintoTurnitin.AnyinstructionsyouenterinthePropertiestaboverwriteinstructionsenteredintoTurnitin.
• IfGradeMarkisactivatedforyourorgunit,intheTurnitintab,theGradeMarkAvailabletoLearnersdatedefaultstothecurrentdateandtime,plus7days.IntheRestrictionstab,ifyouselectHasEndDate,theGradeMarkAvailabletoLearnersdateautomaticallysetstotheenddate,plus1day.Youcanchangeeitherofthesedatesifneeded.
• IfyouwantlearnerstoseetheOriginalityScorelinktoTurnitin:
• YouradministratormustmaptheirroletotheStudentIMSrole.
• InthePropertiestab,ensureAllowlearnerstoseeTurnitinsimilarityscoresintheirassignmentsubmissionsfolderisselected.Thisoptionisselectedbydefault.
• InTurnitin,underOptionalSettings,ensureAllowstudentstoviewOriginalityReports?issettoYes.ThisoptionissettoYesbydefault.
• InthePropertiestab,ifyouselectAllowlearnerstoseeTurnitinsimilarityscoresintheirassignmentsubmissionsfolder,theequivalentoptioninTurnitincalledAllowstudentstoviewOriginalityReports?isautomaticallysettoYes.
• InTurnitin,underOptionalSettings,Allowlatesubmissions?defaultstoYes.Thismeansyoudon'tneedtochangeenddatestoallowlearnerstosubmitlateassignments.
About Turn i t in -enab led g roup ass ignment submiss ion fo lders
ConsiderthefollowingwhencreatingoreditingyourTurnitin-enabledgroupassignmentsubmissionfolder:
• D2LrecommendsthatyouhidetheOriginalityScoresincegroupmemberscannotfollowthelinktoviewtheOriginalityReport.
• InTurnitin,underOptionalSettings,Allowlatesubmissions?defaultstoYes.Thismeansyoudon'tneedtochangeenddatestoallowlearnerstosubmitlateassignments.
• InTurnitin,underOptionalSettings,theStudentpaperrepositoryoptionisdisabledbydefault.ThisissothatTurnitindoesn'tthinksubmissionsfrommembersofthesamegroupareplagiarized.
Exempt ind iv idua l users f romTurn i t in
ToexemptindividualusersfromTurnitin,youradministratormustenableTurnitinfortheAssignmentstoolforyourorganizationoryourcourse.Turnitinexemptionsapplytoallassignmentsubmissionfolderswithinacourse.
1. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromtheMoreActionscontextmenu,selectManagePreferenceforTurnitin®.
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2. TheManagePreferenceforTurnitin®pagedisplayswhereyoucanselectindividualuserstobeexemptfromTurnitinusingthetoggles.AnXonthetogglemeansthatthelearner'ssubmissionsareexemptedfromTurnitin.Acheckmarkonthetogglemeansthatthelearner'ssubmissionswillbecheckedbyTurnitin.
Viewing Or ig ina l i tyCheck reports
YoucanviewOriginalityReportsfromtheFolderSubmissionspage.Whenareportisavailable,thestatuschangesfromIn-Progresstoapercentagerating,whichindicatesthelevelofmatchingcontent.
Figure1:Viewingafilesubmissionsummary
Alowerpercentageratingindicatesthatthecontentislikelyoriginalandhasnotbeencopied;ahigherpercentageratingindicatesthecontentislikelynotoriginalandhasbeencopiedfromanothersource.
Thepercentagerangesareassociatedwithcolors:
• Blue>=0and<20%
• Green>=20and<40%
• Yellow>=40and<60%
• Orange>=60and<80%
• Red>=80and<=100%
ClickthecoloredsectionbesidethepercentageratingtoviewtheassociatedOriginalityReport.TheOriginalityReportiscomprisedoftwopanes.Therightpanelistsallofthematchingsources,includingthepercentageoftextthatmatchesandalinktotheonlinecontent.Theleftpanedisplaysthesubmissiontextusingcoloredhighlightstodrawattentiontothematchingcontent.
What f i le types a re supported in Or ig ina l i tyCheck?
ThefollowingfiletypesarecompatiblewithOriginalityCheck:
• MicrosoftWord(DOC,DOCX)
• CorelWordPerfect(WPD)
• AdobePostScript(EPS)
• AdobeAcrobatPDF
• HTML(HTM,HTML)
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• Richtext(RTF)
• Plaintext(TXT)
Troub leshoot ing : I see an ass ignment submiss ion showing an i con that says , "An or ig ina l i ty report
cou ld not be generated fo r th i s f i le " .
Iftherearenootherdetailsintheicon'smessagetext,suchasthefileisnotasupportedtypeordoesnotincludeenoughtext,thegenericerrorindicatesanissuetransferringthefiletotheTurnitinserver.Forassistancewithtroubleshooting,contactD2LSupport.
Awards
AboutAwardsTheAwardstoolenablesinstructorstoprovidemerit-basedawardstostudents.Therearetwotypesofawards:Badges,andCertificates.
Badgesareawardedbasedonanycriteriadeterminedbytheinstructor.Theyaremeanttoprovidedigitalmarkersthatrepresentaccomplishmentthroughoutacourseorprogram.Badgesdonotcontributetoachievingapassinggrade;however,badgesareawardedforachievementsthatalsocancontributetothetypeofworkethicthatresultsinapassinggrade.Forexample,aninstructormightcreateabadgethatisbasedonposting15discussionpostsinthefirstmonthofacourse,oronperfectattendance,oronacademicexcellence.Theseitemsarethetypesoftrendsthatcanhelpalearnertosucceedinacourseorprogram.
Certificatesarealsoawardedbasedoncriteriadeterminedbytheinstructor.CertificatesaresimilartoBadges,however,theyincludeaPDFthatuserscanprint.Certificatestypicallyindicateanofficialstatementofcertificationorawardattheendofaprogram,butcanbeawardedduringthecourseforothercriteriaaswell.Certificatescanbeawardedbasedonachievingamilestonethatalearnercanuseforfurtheracademicorcareersuccess,suchaspassingapracticalexam.Certificatesalsodonotcontributetoachievingapassinggrade.
BadgesandCertificatescanbeautomaticallyawardedbasedonreleaseconditioncriteria,orcanbemanuallyawarded.
CreateanewawardYoucancreateawardsthatcanbesharedwithotherusersinothercourses,orrestrictedtothecourseanditschildorgunits.Ifyourestricttheaward,itcanonlybeaddedtothecourseofferinginwhichyoucreatetheaward,andanychildofferingsofthatcourse.
1. Withinthecourse,dooneofthefollowing:
• ClickAwardsonthenavbar.
• ClickCourseAdmin,andfromtheAssessmentsarea,selectAwards.
2. ClickAddAwardtoCourse.
3. ClickCreateAward.
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4. Enteranameanddescriptionforthenewaward.
5. Selectanawardtypefromthedrop-downlist.
6. Selecttheappropriatecheckboxestoindicateifyouwanttheawardtobeavailabletootherawardmanagers,andwhereitisavailablewithintheorgstructure.
7. Selecttheexpiryoptions:
• Iftheawardwillnotexpire,selectNever.Examplesofawardsthatneverexpirearecertificatesofmeritforpassingacourse,orbadgesforperfectattendance.
• Iftheawardwillexpireonaspecificdate,selectFixeddate.Examplesofawardsthatwillexpireonaspecificdatearecertificationsforaskillthatmustberenewed,suchasfirstaidtraining.
• Iftheawardwillexpireonadayrelativetothedaytheawardwasgranted,selectRelativeDayoftheMonth.ExamplesofawardsthatexpireonarelativedatearebadgesforStudentoftheWeekorforhavingachieved100%onatestorassignment.
8. Ifyouwanttonotifytheawardrecipientbeforeanawardexpires,selectthecheckboxandindicatethenumberofdaysofleadtime,ifnecessary.
9. IntheChooseAwardImagearea,dooneofthefollowing:
• Iftheimagealreadyexistsintheimagelibrary,clickFromExistingLibrary.
• Ifyouwanttoaddanewicontotheimagelibrary,clickUploadNewIcon.
• TolaunchtheOpenBadgeswebsite,clickCreateyourownawardimage.OpenBadgesisafreewebsitethatallowsyoutocreatecustomicons.
10. Ifyouarecreatinganewcertificate,intheChooseCertificateTemplatearea,dooneofthefollowing:
• IfthePDFtemplatealreadyexistsintheimagelibrary,clickFromExistingLibrary.
• Ifyouwanttoaddanewtemplatetotheimagelibrary,clickUploadNewTemplate.
11. VerifythattheIssuerInformationiscorrect.
12. EnsurethattheAssociatethisawardtothe<currentcourse>oncreationcheckboxiscorrectlyset.
13. ClickSave.
Share awards w i th o ther courses
Whenyoucreateanaward,youcanchoosetoshareitwithothercoursesyouteach.Bydefault,newawardsareavailabletoallyourcourses,butyoucanalsosharewithotherawardcreatorsinyourhomeorgunit,orallorgunits.
1. ClickEditorCreate.
2. Ifyouarecreatinganewaward,completethecreationfields.
3. UnderAvailability,dooneofthefollowing:
• SelectMakethisawardavailabletoallofmycoursesifyouonlywanttosharewithinyourowncourses.
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• SelectMakethisawardavailabletootherawardcreatorsandtheircoursesifyouwanttosharetheawardwithothers.Youcanfurtherrestricttheawardtothecourseinwhichitiscreatedanditschildorgunits.
4. Savetheaward.
HideanawardfromtheAvailableAwardspageInsomecases,youmightwanttohideanawardfromalearneruntiltheyhaveearnedit.HidingawardsmeansthattheawarddoesnotappearontheAvailableAwardspage.Afterthelearnerearnstheaward,itappearsintheAvailableAwardsandMyAwardspage.
1. Withinthecourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.
2. ClickEditPropertiesontheaward.
3. SelecttheAwardhiddenuntilearnedcheckbox.
AddreleaseconditionstoanawardYoucanaddreleaseconditionstoanawardandreleaseothercontentoranotherawardtolearnerswhentheyachievetheawardrequirementthatyoudefine.
1. Withinthecourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.
2. ClickEditPropertiesontheaward.
3. ClickCreate.
4. FromtheConditionTypedrop-downlist,selectthereleasecondition.
5. CompletetheassociatedConditionDetails.
6. ClickCreate.
7. ClickSave.
AddanexistingawardtoacourseWhencertificatesandbadgesareavailabletoacourse,theyarevisibleontheAddanAwardpage.YoucanclicktheBadges,CertificatesorAllbuttonstofilterthelistofavailableawards.Ifyouaresearchingforaspecificaward,usetheSearchawardsfunction.
1. Withinthecourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.
2. ClickAddAwardtoCourse.
3. Ifyouwanttofilterthelisttoyourownawards,clickShowonlyAwardsICreated.
4. Selecttheawardsyouwanttoaddfromthelist.
5. ClickAddAwardtoCourse.
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ViewawardsforaclasslistYoucanviewtheawardsthatyou'vegrantedforallstudentsintheclasslistforacourse.
1. Fromwithinacourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.
2. ClickClasslistAwards.
3. ClickAll,Badges,orCertificatestofiltertheawardsthatappearinthelist.
4. Selectthesortorder.
5. ReviewtheClasslistandassociatedCourseAwards.
ManuallygrantanawardForscenariossuchaswhenalearnerissuccessfulatapracticaltest,youcanmanuallygrantawards.
1. Fromwithinacourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.
2. ClickClasslistAwards.
3. SelectoneormorelearnersintheClasslist.
4. ClickAward.
5. Selectanawardfromthedrop-downlist.
6. EnterareasonforgrantingtheawardintheAwardCriteriafield.
7. ClickAward.
RevokeanawardInsomecases,youmaywanttorevokeapreviouslygrantedaward.YoucanusetheSearchclasslistfunctiontosearchforaspecificlearner.
1. Fromwithinacourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.
2. ClickClasslistAwards.
3. SelectoneormorelearnersintheClasslist.
4. ClickRevoke.
5. Selectanawardfromthedrop-downlist.
6. EnterareasonforrevokingtheawardintheRevokeReasonfield.
7. ClickRevoke.
Troubleshooting:CertificatetextistoolongDependingonthetemplatethatyouuseforyourcertificates,youmayfindthatthetextyouintendtouseextendsbeyondthetextboxborders.Someofthetextinthecertificatesisgatheredautomaticallyfromuserandcourse
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attributes,andyoumayneedtoadjustthetemplatetofityourrequirements.Tryoneormoreofthefollowingsuggestions:
• Changethefieldlengthinthetemplate
• Changethesizeofthefont
• Addword-wraptothetextfield
• Makethetextboxlarger
NoteAnychangesyoumaketothecertificatetemplateaffectothercertificatesthathavebeengrantedusingthattemplate.
Competencies
AboutcompetenciesReasons to use competenc ies
Competencieshelptrackinformationabouttheknowledge,skills,andabilitieslearnersacquireastheyparticipateincoursesorotherlearningexperiences.Competenciesareaninventoryofskillsandknowledgeratherthanmeasuresofhowgoodlearnersareatsomething.Othervocabularyusedtodescribecompetenciescanincludeproficiencies,learningoutcomes,standards,objectives,andskills.Examplesofcompetenciescaninclude:
• Certificationtooperateaforklift
• Expertiseonhowtotroubleshootanetwork
• Essentialteachingskillsacquiredfromateachereducationcurriculum
• Licensetooperateamotorboataftersuccessfulcompletionofaboatingsafetycourse
Thetypesofcompetenciesyoucreateandtrackdependonyourorganizationandwhatyouultimatelywanttodowiththeinformation.
UsetheCompetenciestooltocreatecompetencystructurestohelpyouassessusers'learningoutcomesanddetermineiftheyhaveacquiredtheintendedknowledge,skills,andabilitiesfromalearningexperience.Thetransparencyandaccountabilityofcompetencystructureshaveanadvantageovertraditionalgradingmechanisms,becausetheydonotmaskgapsinlearningwithoverallgradeaverages.
Unders tand ing competency s t ructures
Acompetencystructureisahierarchycomposedofthreebasicelements:
• Competencies
• Learningobjectives
• Activities
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Althoughyoucancreatemultipleactivities,learningobjectives,andcompetencieswithinacompetencystructure,themostfundamentalstructuremustcontainatleastonecompetency,onelearningobjective,andoneactivity.
Ifyoushareacompetencystructurewithachildorgunit,thechildorgunitmustbeassociatedwithitsownactivitiessinceactivitiescannotbesharedbetweenorgunits.
Element Description
Competencystructuresinsideandbeyondyourcourse
Ifyoucreateacompetencystructureaspartofacourseoffering,itisaccessibleonlywithinthatcourseoffering.Forexample,youcancreateacompetencytorepresenttheentirecourse,learningobjectivestorepresentspecificunits,andassociateactivitiestoeachunit.
Youcancreatecompetencystructuresinsideorgunitssuchasdepartments,semesters,ortheorganizationtotrackusers’achievementsbeyondacourseoffering.Youcanalsosharethesecompetencystructureswithmultiplecourseofferingsandevaluatethecompetenciesandlearningobjectiveswithinspecificchildorgunits.Thisenablesuserstocompletethecompetencyinstagesovertime,workingondifferentlearningobjectiveswithindifferentcourses.Ifacompetencystructureislargeandcomplex,acquiringalltheknowledgeandskillsassociatedwithitmightinvolvemanylearningexperiencesacrossseveralcourses.
Learningobjectives Learningobjectivesaretheskills,abilities,orknowledgeapersonmustacquiretobecomecompetentinagivendomain.Createlearningobjectivestatementsthataredirectlymeasurablethroughrelatedactivities.Othervocabularyusedtodescribelearningobjectivescanincludeindicators,criteria,requirements,andlearningoutcomes.
Activities Activitiesaretheonlyelementsthatcanbegradedinacompetencystructure.YoucanuseexistingtoolsinBrightspaceLearningEnvironmenttocreateactivities,andyoucancreateexternalmanualassessmentactivitiessuchasaconcertperformanceoranoralpresentation.
Youcanassociateactivitieswithrelevantlearningobjectives,andhaveuserscompletethemsoyoucanevaluatetheirlearningobjectiveachievements.Activitiesincludequizzes,surveys,assignmentsubmissionsfolders,discussiontopics,gradeitems,manualassessments,andcontent.
Youcanaddmeasurablecriteriatotheactivityandsettheassessmentmethodasarequirementtocompletingthelearningobjective.Ifauser'sactivityassessmentmeetstheminimumrequiredthresholdsetforthatactivity(forexample,minimumrubriclevelscore,minimumnumericscore),thentheuserachievesorisonthepathtoachievingtheassociatedlearningobjective.
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About parent -ch i ld re la t ionsh ips between competency s t ructure e lements
Whenyoucreateacompletecompetencystructureyoumustfirstcreatetheelementsthatmakeupthestructureandassociatethoseelementstogether.Associatedelementshaveaparent-childrelationship.Forexample,ifanactivityisassociatedwithalearningobjective,theactivityisthechildandthelearningobjectiveistheparent.
Ifyouwanttocreatemorecomplexstructures(forexample,alearningobjectiveassociatedwithtwocompetenciesindifferentlevelsofanestedstructure),considercreatingallofyourelementsfirstbeforeaddingparent-childrelationships.
Youcancreatethefollowingelementassociations:
Element Parents Children
Competency Othercompetencies • Learningobjectives
• Othercompetencies
LearningObjective • Competencies
• Otherlearningobjectives
• Activities
• Otherlearningobjectives
Activity Learningobjectives
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About nested competency s t ruc tures
Youcannestcompetenciesandlearningobjectivesbyaddingaparent-childassociationbetweencompetenciesorbetweenlearningobjectives.
Ifyouhaveonelearningobjectivethatisverybroadinscope,dividingitintosimplerlearningobjectivesandnestingthembeneathitallowsuserstocompletethelearningobjectiveinsmallerparts.Thismightalsoprovideamoredetailedviewoftheexperiencesinvolvedtoachievetheoveralllearningobjective.
Nestedcompetenciesareidealifcompetenciesareprerequisitesforachievinganoverarchingcompetency.Forexample,ifyouwanttodistinguishmultiplelevelsofproficiency,ausermightcompleteabasiclevelproficiencycompetencybyachievingtwolearningobjectives,thencompleteanintermediatelevelproficiencycompetencybycompletingtwomorelearningobjectives.
Ifuserscanviewcompetencies,nestedcompetenciesaredisplayedindividuallyandalsowithintheirparent-childassociations.
Figure2:Anexampleofnestedcompetenciesinacompetencystructure
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About over lapp ing competency s t ruc tures
Separatecompetencystructuresinthesameorgunitoverlapiftheycontainthesamecompetencies,learningobjectives,oractivities.Thisisidealforelementsthatarerelevanttocompletingmultiplecompetencystructures.
Figure3:Anexampleofoverlappingcompetencystructures
Swi tch your v iew in competenc ies
TheCompetenciesinterfacehastwodifferentviews:standardandadvanced.
Theadvancedviewcontainsanavigationpanethatenablesyoutoviewcompetencystructures,aswellasindependentlearningobjectivesandactivityassessmentsthatarecurrentlynotassociatedwithacompetency.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,click Settings.
3. Selectyourview.
Set t ing v i s ib i l i t y fo r competency s t ructure e lements
Youcanchoosewhichelementsarevisibletocourseparticipants.Forexample,youcansetcompetenciestoonlydisplayactivitiestousersifyouwanttoprovidealistofactivitiesforthemtoviewwithoutseeingthelearningobjectivesandcompetenciestheymightbeassociatedwith.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,click Settings.
3. IntheOrgUnitSettingssection,selectthecheckboxesbesideeachtypeofelementyouwantcourseparticipantstosee.
Whycan ' t I see my learn ing ob jec t ives?
Learningobjectivesareonlyvisibleiftheyareattachedtoacompetencythatcourseparticipantscansee.YoumustattachlearningobjectivestocompetencieswiththeMakecompetencyanditschildrenvisibletouserscheckboxselectedinorderforuserstoseethem.
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Al lowusers to add competenc ies to the i r B r ightspace ePort fo l io
YoucanallowuserstoaddcompetenciestotheirBrightspaceePortfolioasartifacts.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,click Settings.
3. IntheOrgUnitSettingssection,selecttheAllowuserstoaddtheircompetenciestotheirBrightspaceePortfoliocheckbox.
UsingautomaticevaluationUnders tand ing automat ic eva luat ion
Thecompetency,learningobjective,andactivityevaluationsystemautomaticallyevaluatesusersastheyworkthroughcompetencystructures.Ifyoumodifycompetencystructuresthatusersarecurrentlyworkingon,theevaluationsystemcanalsoautomaticallyre-evaluateeachuser'sprogresstodetermineiftheymeetthenewrequirementsandupdatetheirresultsaccordingly.
Howan automat ic eva luat ion i s in i t ia ted
AutomaticevaluationcanbeinitiatedforapprovedcompetenciesandlearningobjectivesthataresettoReadyforevaluation.IfyourorganizationenabledtheStatussettingsoption,onlyapprovedcompetencies(includingapprovedcompetenciesthatyoueditindraftmodeandre-approve)canbere-evaluated.IfyourorganizationdisabledtheStatussettingsoption,anycompetencychangesyoumakecanalsoinitiatere-evaluation.
Thefollowingactionscaninitiateanautomaticevaluationforanapprovedcompetency:
• Completingachildcompetencyorlearningobjective.
• Addingparentsorchildrentoanassociatedlearningobjective.
• Removingparentsorchildrenfromanassociatedlearningobjective.
• Changingorremovinganactivity’sachievementthreshold.
• Changinganactivity'sassessmentmethod(thiserasesthepreviousrubricornumericassessmentforthatactivity).
• Sharingorunsharingcompetencieswithachildorgunit.
ThefollowingactionscaninitiateanautomaticevaluationforalearningobjectivethatissettoReadyforevaluation:
• Completingachildlearningobjectiveoractivity.
• Addingorremovingachildlearningobjectiveoractivity.
• Changingorremovinganactivity'sachievementthreshold.
• Changinganactivity'sassessmentmethod(thiserasesthepreviousrubricornumericassessmentforthatactivity).
• Sharingorunsharinglearningobjectiveswithachildorgunit(learningobjectivesareautomaticallysharedifyoushareitsassociatedparentcompetencies).
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Al lowautomat ic competency eva luat ion a f te r a user ach ieves a competency
Afterauserachievesacompetency,theyarenotautomaticallyreevaluatedforthecompetencyunlessyousetevaluationsettingstodoso.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickthecompetencythatyouwanttochangeevaluationsettingsfor.
3. IntheEvaluatingSettingssection,selecttheAllowre-evaluationofuserswhohaveachievedthiscompetencycheckbox.
Turn o f f automat ic competency eva luat ion
Youcandisableautomaticevaluationsforusers(eveniftheyhavenotachievedacompetency)byclearingtheCanbeEvaluatedrolepermission.Yourorganization'sadministratorcandisabletheautomaticevaluationbyturningofftheconfigurationvariabled2l.Tools.Competencies.Settings.AutomaticReeval.Ifautomaticevaluationisdisabled,usersneedtomanuallyinitiateevaluationforeachelement.
Manua l ly in i t ia te an eva luat ion
Ifyourorganizationusesmanualevaluation,anoticeaboutanoutdatedcompetencyorlearningobjectiveappearsontheResultspageofeveryelementaffectedbythechange.Forexample,ifanactivity’sAchievementthresholdchanges,thenoticeappearsontheResultspageoftheactivityanditsparents,allthewayupthestructuretothecompetency.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,dooneofthefollowing:
• Tore-evaluateacompetencyorlearningobjective,clickthecompetencyorlearningobjectivethatyouwanttore-evaluate.Click Results>Re-evaluate.
• Tore-evaluateanactivity,ontheEditLearningObjectivepage,click Structure.Clicktheactivitythatyouwanttore-evaluate.
Reevaluationrequestsareplacedinaqueueandprocessedinsequence.Dependingonthenumberofrequestsalreadyinthequeue,theremightbeadelaybetweenthetimeofyourrequestandwhenusersarereevaluated.
Monitor the re -eva luat ion serv ice
Whenacompetencystructurechangeinitiatesevaluation,theelementsaffectedareaddedtoatableinthere-evaluationdatabaseandprocessedbythere-evaluationservicethenexttimeitruns.TheCompetencyServiceJobspageliststheelementsinthedatabasetable.
Ifautomaticre-evaluationisdisabled,elementsarestilladdedtothedatabasetablebuttheyareflaggedtobeignoredbythere-evaluationserviceuntilausermanuallyrequestsre-evaluation.Onceyoumanuallyinitiatere-evaluation,youcancheckandseeiftheelementisprocessedfromtheCompetencyServiceJobspage.There-evaluationservicenormallyrunsatfive-minuteintervals.
UsersrequiretherolepermissionSeeCompetencyServiceJobstoaccesstheCompetencyServiceJobspage.
1. Fromthe AdminToolsmenu,clickCompetencyServiceJobs.
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2. Ifthelistisnotupdatedautomatically,clickRefresh.
EvaluatingactivitiesEva luate ass ignment submiss ion fo lder ac t iv i t ies
1. Onthenavbar,click Assignments.
2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,clickthefolderthatyouwanttoview.
3. ClicktheEvaluatelinkfortheuserthatyouwanttoevaluate.Ifyouhavealreadyleftfeedback,clickFeedbackLefttorevieworrevisepreviousfeedback.
4. IntheEvaluationsectionontheEvaluationpanel,clicktherubricassociatedwiththelearningobjectivethatyouwanttoassess.
5. Fillintherubricassessment.
Eva luate survey ac t iv i t ies
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. Fromthecontextmenuofthesurveyyouwanttoevaluate,click Statistics.
3. ClicktheOverallResultslinkfortheuseryouwanttoevaluate.
4. IntheObjective-basedAssessmentsection,fillintherubricassessmentforeachassociatedlearningobjective.
Eva luate d i scuss ion top ic ac t iv i t ies
1. Onthenavbar,click Discussions.
2. OntheDiscussionsListpage,fromthecontextmenuofthetopicyouwanttoevaluate,click AssessTopic.
3. ClicktheTopicScorelinkbeneaththenameoftheuseryouwanttoassess.Thiswillbringupalloftheirpostsforthetopic,whichyoucanthenassigneitherindividualscoresoranoveralltopicscorefor.
4. Toassessindividualposts,intheAssessmenttaboftheEditTopicpage,selecttheAllowassessmentofindividualpostscheckbox.Clearthecheckboxtoassessthetopicasawhole.
Eva luate manua l assessment ac t iv i t ies
EnterevaluationsformanualassessmentactivitiesontheActivityResultspage.Manualassessmentactivitiesare
labeledwiththe ManualRubricAssessmenticon.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickacompetencyorlearningobjective.
3. Click Structure.
4. IntheStructureSummarytab,clickthe ViewResultsiconforthemanualassessmentactivityyouwanttoevaluate.
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5. OntheResultspage,clicktheAssesslinkfortheuseryouwanttoevaluate.
6. Fillintherubric.
7. ClickSave.
Enab le learn ing ob jec t ive complet ion us ing qu iz o r g rade i temact iv i t ies w i th automat ic assessment
Youcanconfigureautomaticevaluationforquizandgradeitemactivitiessothatusers'activityachievementisdeterminedautomaticallybasedontheirquizscoreorgradeitemscore.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickonthelearningobjectiveyouwanttoaddaquizorgradeitemactivitytoforautomaticassessment.
3. Click Structure.
4. IntheEditStructuretab,clickIncorporateActivities.
5. Clickontheactivityyouwanttoaddtothelearningobjective.
6. SelecttheAssessObjectivecheckbox.
7. FromtheAssessmentTypedrop-downlist,selectNumeric.
8. SelecttheTheactivityisrequiredtocompletelearningobjectivecheckbox,andthenentertheOverallThresholdinformation.
9. ClickAdd.
Youcanalsoconfigurequizandgradeitemactivitiestoautomaticallyevaluatebyattachingaholisticrubrictotheitem.IfyouattachaholisticrubricforaquizorgradeitemactivitythatusesPercentagesasthescoringmethod,theuser'squizorgradepercentageisautomaticallymappedtotheappropriateachievementlevel.
Eva luate qu iz ac t iv i ty manua l l y
Ifyouselectananalyticrubricwithmultiplecriteria,youmustscoreitmanually.Thistypeofassessmentcanbeusefulifyouneedtomakeaninformedjudgmentwhengradingsubmissionssuchaslonganswersandessayquestions.WhenyouincorporateanactivitywithalearningobjectiveintheCompetenciestool,settheassessmenttypetoRubricandselectananalyticrubricitemtoconfigureaquizactivityorgradeitemactivityformanualevaluation.
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoevaluate,click Grade.
3. ClicktheOverallGradelinkfortheuseryouwanttoevaluate.
4. IntheObjective-basedAssessmentsectionoftheGradeAttemptpage,fillintheassociatedrubric.
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Eva luate g rade i temact iv i ty manua l l y
Ifyouselectananalyticrubricwithmultiplecriteria,youmustscoreitmanually.Thistypeofassessmentcanbeusefulifyouneedtomakeaninformedjudgmentwhengradingsubmissionssuchaslonganswersandessayquestions.WhenyouincorporateanactivitywithalearningobjectiveintheCompetenciestool,settheassessmenttypetoRubricandselectananalyticrubricitemtoconfigureaquizactivityorgradeitemactivityformanualevaluation.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheEnterGradespage,fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitemyouwanttoassess,click GradeAll.
3. Clickthe Objective-basedAssessmenticonfortheuseryouwanttoevaluate.
4. Fillintheassociatedrubric.
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Creatingandeditingcompetencies,learningobjectives,andactivitiesUnders tand ing competency s ta tus se t t ings
Whenyoucreateacompetency,eachstatussettingyoucanselectcontainsdifferentrestrictionsonwhatcanbedonewiththecompetencyonceitiscreated.
Thecompetency Draft InReview Approved Archived NotReady*
isvisibletocourseparticipants? No No Yes No No
canbecompleted? No No Yes No No
descriptioncanbechanged? Yes Yes No No Yes
visibilitycanbechanged? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
allowsyoutoaddparent-childassociationstoit?
Yes Yes No No Yes
allowsyoutoremoveparent-childassociationsfromit?
Yes Yes No No Yes
allowsyoutoeditassociatedlearningobjectives'descriptions?
Yes Yes No No Yes
allowsyoutoassociateactivitieswithlearningobjectiveswithinitsstructure?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
statuscanbechanged? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
*IftheCompetenciesstatussettingsoptionisdisabledbyyoursystemadministrator,existingcompetenciesthathaveaDraft,InReview,orArchivedstatuswillappearwitha NotReadystatus.
Competencieswithanotreadystatusarehiddenfromcourseparticipants.Theycannotbecompletedorevaluatedevenifusersattemptassociatedlearningobjectivesandactivities.Youcanclearanotreadystatusbygoingtothecompetency'sEditCompetencypageandclickingSave.
Youcannotrevertanapprovedcompetencybacktonotready.
Create a competency
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
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2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheNewbutton,click Competency.
3. EnteryourNewCompetencydetails.
4. IntheEvaluationSettingssection,selecttheMakecompetencyanditschildrenvisibletouserscheckboxtosharethecompetencywithusers.
5. Ifyouarecreatingacompetencyinanorgunitabovethecourseofferinglevel,youcanclickAddOrgUnitstosharethecompetencywithorgunitsbeneathit.
6. IntheAchievementCriteriasection,selecthowuserscanachieveacompetency.
Youcanalsocreatecompetenciesfromanelement'sStructurearea.IntheEditStructuretab,expandtheAddParentorAddChildoptionandclickNewCompetency.
Modi fy an approved competency
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickthecompetencythatyouwanttomodify.
3. FromtheStatuslist,changetheselectionfromApprovedtoDraftorInReview.
4. ClickSave.Userswhoareworkingonthecompetencycannolongerseeit.
5. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickthecompetencyagain.
6. Makeyourchanges.
7. FromtheStatuslist,changetheselectiontoApproved.
Copy a competency
Copiedelementsaresavedinthesameorgunitastheoriginalelement.Ifyouwantachildorgunittohavethesamecompetencyorcompetencystructure,youcanshareit.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Copy.
3. ClickCompetency.
4. SelectyourCompetencytoCopyfromthedrop-downlist.
5. EnteraNewCompetencyName.
6. SelectaNewCompetencyStatus.
7. Chooseyourcopyoptions.
8. ClickContinueandmakeyourchangesintheNewNamecolumn.
9. ClickFinish.
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Delete a competency
Youcannotdeletedisabledcompetencies,includingcompetencieswithapprovedorarchivedstatusesandcompetenciessharedtoyoufromanotherorgunit.
Deletingacompetencyelementdoesnotdeletetheentirecompetencystructure.Butdeletingacompetencyelementwilldeleteusers'resultsforthecompetency.Ifyouwanttokeepusers'results,considerarchivingyourcompetencyinstead.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Delete.
3. Selectthecheckboxesbesidethecompetenciesyouwanttodelete.
4. ClickDeleteSelected.
Create a learn ing ob jec t ive
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheNewbutton,click LearningObjective.
3. Enteryournewlearningobjectivedetails.
4. Ifyouarereadytoallowusersaccesstothelearningobjective,intheReadyforevaluationsection,selectYes.
Youcanalsocreatealearningobjectivefromanelement'sStructurearea.IntheEditStructuretab,expandtheAdd
ParentorAddChildoptionandclick NewLearningObjective.
Copy a learn ing ob jec t ive
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Copy>LearningObjective.
3. FromtheLearningObjectivetoCopydrop-downlist,choosealearningobjective.
4. IntheNewLearningObjectiveNamefield,enteraname.
5. IntheCopyChildrensection,chooseanoption.
6. ClickContinue>Finish.
Delete a learn ing ob jec t ive
Youcannotdeletedisabledlearningobjectivetypes,includinglearningobjectivesattachedtoanapprovedorarchivedcompetency(deletionwouldchangethecompetency’sdefinition)andlearningobjectivessharedtoyoufromanotherorgunit.
Deletingelementsthatarepartofacompetencystructurecancausere-evaluations.Ifyoudeletealllearningobjectivesassociatedwithacompetency,userswhocompletedthecompetencywillhavetheirresultschangedtotheIncomplete
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status.Thisisbecauseanelementisonlyconsideredcompleteifallofitschildrenarecomplete;elementsthathavenochildrencannotbecompleted.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Delete.
3. Selectthecheckboxesbesidethelearningobjectivesyouwanttodelete.
4. ClickDeleteSelected.
Assoc ia t ing ac t iv i t ies
Activitiesarecreatedinsideacourseofferingandaretheonlycompetencystructureelementsthatcanbeassessed.Youcansetupflexiblecompetencystructuresandassociatemultiplelearningobjectiveswithanactivityorassociatemultipleactivitiestoalearningobjective.
Thefollowingarewaysyoucanassociateactivitiestolearningobjectives:
• Associationonly(noassessment)-Youcanassignthistypeofassociationtoactivitiesthatarepartofalearningobjective'scoverage,butdonotrequireanyformalassessment.Thisassociationtypehasnoimpactoncompetencystructurecompletionanddoesnotaffectcompetencyorlearningobjectiveevaluations.
• Associationwithrubricassessment-Youcanassignthistypeofassociationtoactivitiesifyouwanttoassessusers,butyoudonotwantassessmenttoaffectcompetencyorlearningobjectiveevaluationswithinacompetencystructure.Thisisusefulifyouarecreatingdiagnosticorformativeassessments.
• Associationwithrubricassessmentandthresholdcriterion-Youcanassignthistypeofassociationtoactivitiesifyouwanttoassessusersandmaketheassessmentarequirementforcompetencystructurecompletion.Thethresholdistheminimumrequiredrubriclevelorpercentagescoreausermustachieveintheassessmenttocompletetheassociatedlearningobjective.
Types o f ac t iv i t ies
• Quizactivity-Quizactivitiesareassessedbyauser’squizscore,thescoreofspecificquizquestions,orarubric.
• Surveyactivity-Surveyactivitiesareassessedbyarubric.Youcannotassociateanonymoussurveyactivitieswithlearningobjectives.
• Assignmentsactivity-Assignmentsactivitiesareassessedbyarubric.
• Discussionactivity-Discussionactivitiesareassessedbyarubric.
• GradeItemactivity-Gradeitemactivitiesareassessedbyanumericscoreorarubric.
• Contentactivity-YoucanassociatemodulesandtopicsintheContenttoolwithlearningobjectives,butyoucannotassessthemwithanumericscoreorrubric.
• ManualAssessmentactivity-ManualassessmentactivitiesarenotcreatedwithBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentcoursetools.Theycanbeactivitiessuchasalivepresentation,amusicalrecital,communityservicehours,andextracurricularactivities.ManualAssessmentactivitiesareassessedbyarubric.
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UnderstandingcompetencystructuresandassociationsAssoc ia te a competency s t ruc ture e lement w i th another ex i s t ing e lement
Themostfundamentalstructuremustcontainatleastonecompetency,onelearningobjective,andoneactivity.Addassociationsbetweentheseelementstocreateyourcompetencystructure.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clicktheelementthatyouwanttoassociatewithexistingelements.
3. Click Structure.
4. IntheEditStructuretab,dooneofthefollowing:
• ClickAddParent.
• ClickAddChild.
5. Clicktheelementtypethatyouwanttoassociatewithyourcompetencystructure.
6. SelectthecheckboxbesideeachelementthatyouwanttoassociateandclickAddSelected.
Assoc ia te a learn ing ob jec t ive w i th an ac t iv i ty
Themostfundamentalstructuremustcontainatleastonecompetency,onelearningobjective,andoneactivity.Addassociationsbetweentheseelementstocreateyourcompetencystructure.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickthelearningobjectivethatyouwanttoassociatewithanactivity.
3. Click Structure.
4. IntheEditStructuretab,clickAddChild.
5. ClickIncorporateActivities.
6. Clicktheactivitytypethatyouwanttoaddandentertherequireddetails.
7. ClickAdd.
Remove an assoc ia t ion between competency s t ructure e lements
Youcanremoveassociationsbetweenelementswithoutdeletingeitherelement.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clicktheelementwithassociationsthatyouwanttoremove.
3. Click Structure.
4. IntheEditStructuretab,selectthecheckboxesbesidetheassociation(s)thatyouwanttoremove.
5. Clickthe RemoveAssociationsfromSelectedicon.
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Remove assoc ia t ions between a learn ing ob jec t ive and an ac t iv i ty f romanother too l a rea
Youcanremoveassociationsbetweenelementswithoutdeletingeitherelement.
1. Navigatetothetoolthatcorrespondswiththeactivitythatyouwanttoremoveassociationsfrom.
2. Dooneofthefollowing:
• OntheAssignmentsubmissionfolderspage,fromthecontextmenuofthefolderwithassociationsthat
youwanttoremove,click EditFolder.
• OntheManageQuizzespage,clickthequizwithassociationsthatyouwanttoremove.
• OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurveywithassociationsthatyouwanttoremove.
• OntheManageGradespage,clickthegradeitemwithassociationsthatyouwanttoremove.
• OntheDiscussionsListpage,fromthecontextmenuofthetopicwithassociationsthatyouwantto
remove,click EditTopic.
3. IntheObjectivestab,fromthecontextmenuoftheassociatedlearningobjectivethatyouwanttoremove,click RemoveLearningObjective.
What happens when you share competency s t ruc tures
Youcancreatecompetencystructuresinanorgunitandsharethemtochildorgunitsbeneathit.Achildorgunit's
Competenciestooldisplaysthe SharedCompetencyiconbesideeachsharedcompetency,andthe SharedLearningObjectiveiconbesideeachlearningobjectivenestedinasharedcompetency.Inachildorgunityoucanassociateitslearningobjectivesandactivitieswithsharedcompetencystructures.Youcannotshareactivityelementsbetweenorgunits.
TheonlyelementssharedtoyoubytheparentorgunitthatyoucanmodifyareMakecompetencyanditschildrenvisibletouserspropertyandlearningobjectives'Readyforevaluationproperty.Ifyouhavenevermodifiedthesepropertieswithinachildorgunit,theywillalwayscontainthesamesettingsastheoriginalelementsintheparentorgunit.Ifyouchangethesepropertiesinachildorgunit,thepropertysettinginthesharedelementbecomesindependentofthepropertysettingssetintheparentorgunit.
Share a competency s t ructure
1. OntheMyHomepage,onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheorglevelCompetencyHomepage,clickthecompetencyorcompetencystructurethatyouwanttoshare.
3. IntheMakeCompetencyAvailableTosection,clickAddOrgUnits.
4. Foreachorgunitthatyouwanttoshareacompetencywith,followthesesteps:
1. Selectthecheckboxbesidetheorgunit.
2. ChooseoneofthefollowingsharingoptionsfromtheOptionscolumn.Thisstepdoesnotapplytoanyselectedcourseofferings,whichhavenodescendantstosharewith.
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• Tosharethecompetencyorcompetencystructurewiththeselectedorgunitonly,selecttheThisorgunitcheckbox.
• Tosharethecompetencyorcompetencystructurewiththeselectedorgunitandallchildorgunitsbeneathit,selecttheAlldescendantscheckbox.
• Tosharethecompetencyorcompetencystructurewiththeselectedorgunitandspecificchildorgunitsbeneathit,selecttheAlldescendantsoftypecheckbox.Selectthedescendanttypefromtheappropriatelist.
5. ClickInsert.
6. IntheAchievementCriteriasection,fromthelist,selectacriterion.
7. ClickSave.
About competency vers ions
Dependingonyoursettings,competencyelementsmayhaveaReadyforVersioningpropertyyoucanenabletoletthesystemtrackapreviousdefinitionofacompetencyeachtimeyousaveyourchanges.Versionnumbersincrementby1(beginningwithversion1).Competencyversioninformationcanshoweveryelementinthecompetencystructureexceptactivities.
Currentlyyoucannoteditpreviouscompetencyversions,however,yourorganizationmightwanttotrackcompetencyversionstoreviewpastchangestoacompetencystructure'sdefinition.
IfyoudonotseetheReadyforVersioningcheckbox,askyourorganization'sadministratortoenabletheconfigurationvariabled2l.Tools.Competencies.Settings.ShowVersionNumber.
Viewcompetency s t ructure resu l t s
TheResultspagedisplaysanoverviewofthecompetencies,learningobjectives,andactivitiesthatuserscancomplete.Completedresultsaremarkedwithan Achievedicon.Competencyelementsthatarenotvisibletocourseparticipantswillnotbedisplayed.
Youcanclickthe ExpandActivityiconbesideauser'sachievementtoviewmoreinformationabouthowtheactivitywascompleted.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickacompetencyorlearningobjectivethatyouwanttoviewresultsfor.
3. Click Structure.
4. IntheStructureSummarytab,clickthe ViewResultsiconbesidethecompetency,learningobjective,oractivitythatyouwanttoview.Alistofusersandelementcompletionresultsdisplays.Ifyoudonotseethis,enterablanksearchintheSearchForfield.
5. Clickauser'snametoviewallcompetencystructureresultsforthatindividual.
Sharedcompetencystructureresultsareonlyavailableintheorgunitwherethecompetencystructurewascreated.
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Overr ide a user ' s resu l t
Youcanoverrideauser’sresultforanycompetency,learningobjective,oractivity,andmanuallysetittocompleteorincomplete.Anoverridealwaystakesprecedenceoverauser’sactualresult;ifyouoverrideanactivity,thesystemignorestheuser’sactualassessment;ifyouoverridealearningobjectiveoracompetency,itignoresthenumberofchildassociationstheuserhasachieved.Overrideresultsdisplaywitharedasterisk( ).Ifyouwanttochangeresults
foranactivity,ontheEditCompetencyorEditLearningObjectivepage,click Structure,thenclickonthenameoftheactivityyouwanttooverride.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickonacompetencyorlearningobjectivewithresultsyouwanttooverride.
3. Click Results.
4. OntheResultspage,selectthecheckboxbesidetheuserswithresultsyouwanttooverride.
5. Dooneofthefollowing:
• Clickthe Manuallyoverrideselectedusers'achievementtoCompleteicon.
• Clickthe Manuallyoverrideselectedusers'achievementtoIncompleteicon.
Toclearyourmanualoverrides,clickthe ClearOverrideicon.
Assoc ia te an independent learn ing ob jec t ive or ac t iv i ty to a parent e lement
Independentlearningobjectivesandindependentactivitiesarecompetencystructureelementsthatwereonceassociatedwithparentelementsthathavebeendeleted.Independentelementsarealsoknownasorphans.Activitiesassociatedwithindependentlearningobjectivesarenotorphansunlessyoudeletethelearningobjectives.YoumustbeusingAdvancedViewinordertoaccomplishthistask.
1. Onthenavbar,click Competencies.
2. Click Settings.
3. InthePersonalSettingsarea,selectAdvancedView.ClickSave.
4. IntheAdvancedViewnavigationpane,click IndependentLearningObjectivesor IndependentActivities.
5. Clickthe AddParenticonbesidetheelementyouwanttoassociatewithaparent.
6. Browseandselectthecheckboxesbesidethecompetenciesorlearningobjectivesyouwant.
7. ClickAddSelected.
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Grades
GradebookbasicsGrad ing concepts
Concept Description
Gradebook Agradebookcontainsyourgradingsystem,gradecalculations,gradescheme,gradeitems,andviewanddisplayoptions.Gradeitemsinyourgradebookrepresentalltheworkthatyouwanttoevaluateusersoninacourse.Youcanevaluatespecifictaskssuchasassignments,tests,andparticipation,andyoucanalsocreategradeitemsandassociatethemwithcourseobjectssuchasassignmentsubmissionsfoldersandquizzes.
YoumustsetupagradebookbeforeyoucanusetheGradestool.Asyouplanyourgradebook,consider:
• Whatgradeitemsyouplantoevaluate.
• Whichgradingsystemismostappropriateforyourcourse.
• Howyouwillallocatepointsorweightsacrossgradeitems.
• Whichgradeitemsyouwanttoassociatewithcourseobjects.Notethatonlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.
• Ifyouwanttoincludeamilestonegradeatleastonceduringthecourse.
• Howyouwanttocalculatefinalgrades.
Makingchangestoagradebook'ssettingsandcalculationoptionsafteryoubegintrackingusers'gradescansignificantlyaffectexistingdata.
Gradingsystem Thegradingsystemdetermineshowthegradeitemsinyourgradebookcontributetousers’finalgrades.Therearethreeoptions:
• Gradeitemscancountasapercentageofafinalgradeworth100%.
• Gradeitemscanbeworthacertainamountofpointsthataretotaledforafinalgrade.
• Youcandefineacustomformulaforhowgradeitemscontributetoafinalgrade.
Gradeitems Gradeitemsinyourgradebookrepresentalltheworkthatyouwanttoevaluateusersoninacourse.Gradeitemscanexistindependentlyinyourgradebook,oryoucanassociatenumericgradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Eachgradeitemhasanentryinthegradebook,whichyouassignagradetoforeachuser.Dependingonthegradeitemtypeyouwanttocreate,gradeitemscanbegradednumericallyorbasedonagradescheme.
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Calculatedfinalgrade Thefinalgradecalculatedbythegradebook.Youcannotadjustthefinalgradewithoutadjustinggradeitemscores.
Adjustedfinalgrade Youcanmanuallychangethefinalgradecalculationwithoutaffectinggradeitemscores.
Grad ing schemes
Agradeschemeenablesyoutoorganizeusers’performancesongradeitemsintolevelsofachievement.Agradeschemecanincludeanynumberofachievementlevels.Eachachievementlevelhasitsownrangeofacceptablegradesandasymbol,suchasanumericvalue,letter,ortextdescription,torepresentit.Youcancreateyourowngradeschemesoruseschemessetupbyyourorganization.
Gradescheme Example
Letter F,D,C,B,A,A+
Numeric 2.0,2.5,3.0,3.5,4.0
Text BelowExpectations,MeetsExpectations,ExceedsExpectations
Create a g rade scheme
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheSchemespage,clickNewScheme.
3. IntheGeneralarea,entertheschemeName.
4. IntheRangesarea,enteryourschemedetails.IfyoudonotassignavalueintheAssignedValue%field,theStart%isusedasthedefault.
5. Toaddmorelevelstoyourscheme,click AddRanges.
6. ClickSaveandClose.
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Grad ing sys tems
Selectingagradingsystemisthefirststepinsettingupyourgradebook.
System Description
Weighted Theweightedsystemcalculatesgradeitemsasapercentageofafinalgradeworth100%.Themaximumpointsyouassigntoindividualgradeitemscanbeanyvalue,buttheircontributiontowardsthecategorytheybelongtoandthefinalgradeisthepercentagevalue(weight)assignedtothem.
Gradeitemsinacategorycountasapercentageofthatcategory,notofthefinalgrade.Therefore,gradeitemsinacategoryshouldcombinetoaweightof100%.
Forexample,ifyouhaveacategoryworth10%ofthefinalgradewithtwoequallyweightedgradeitems,theweightofeachgradeitemis50%,(itscontributiontothecategory),not5%(itscontributiontothefinalgrade).
Sinceit'sacategory’sweightandnotanindividualgradeitem’sweightthatcountstowardthefinalgrade,thefinalgradeisinaccurateuntilalltheitemsinthecategoryaregraded.Releasingcalculatedfinalgradestousersbeforetheendofthecoursemightbemisleading.
Ifyourgradeitemsdonotaddupto100%,youwillreceiveawarningmessage.Youcanignorethismessageifyouchoose;abalancedgradebookisnotrequired.Iftheweightsassignedtogradeitemsdonotsumto100%,thetooladjuststheweightofeachitem.Forexample,ifyouhavethreegradeitemswithaweightof25%each,eachitemisactuallycalculatedas33%.Thisistrueforcategoriesandthefinalgrade.
Points Usethepointssystemwhenyouwantthemaximumpointsassignedtoagradeitemtobeequaltoitscontributiontothefinalgrade.Finalgradesarecalculatedbyaddingauser’sscoreonallgradeitemstogetheranddividingbythesumofthemaximumpointsvalues.Thesumofthemaximumpointsvaluesforallgradeitemsdoesnotneedtoequal100.
Withthepointssystemyoudonotspecifyacategory’sweightortotalpoints.Itisthemaximumpointsassignedtoanindividualgradeitemthatcountstowardthefinalgrade.
Makesurethemaximumpointsassignedtogradeitemsreflecthowmuchyouwantthemtobeworth.Forexample,don’tgradeeachofyour20homeworkassignmentsoutof50pointsandthenyourfinalexamoutof80points.
Anotheroptioninthepointsystemistoexcludeanitemfromthefinalgradecalculation.Thisenablesyoutoevaluateagradecategory,numericgradeitem,selectboxgradeitem,orpass/failgradeitemwithoutincludingthegradeinusers’calculatedoradjustedfinalgrades.TheNew/EditItempageandtheNew/EditCategorypagebothincludeanExcludefromFinalGradeCalculationcheckbox.
Youcanachievesimilarfunctionalityintheweightedsystembysettingthegradeitemorcategory’sweightto0%.
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Formula Usetheformulasystemwhenyouwanttocalculatefinalgradesusingacustomformulathatallowsforconditions.Theformulasystemisbasedonthepointssystem,butallowsyoutosetconditionsaroundgradeitemstodeterminethefinalgrade.Forexample,youcouldrequirethatusersreceiveatleast50%ontheirmidtermandfinalexamtopassacourse.
Theformulasystemmightnotbeavailableatyourorganization.Ifyoudonothavethisoption,youcanreleasetheadjustedfinalgradeandcalculateyourcustomformulamanually,oryoucancontactyoursiteadministrationaboutgettingaccesstothisfunctionality.
Set up your g rade book
IntheGradestool,ifagradebookisnotsetuporimportedforyourcourse,youwillseetheGradesSetupWizardpagewhenyoufirstnavigatetothetool.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheGradesSetupWizardpage,clickStart.
3. Chooseyourgradingsystem,thenclickContinue.
4. Choosehowyouwantfinalgradestobereleased,thenclickContinue.
5. Choosehowyouwanttotreatungradeditems.Ifyouwantfinalgradestoautomaticallyadjustafterchangingagradeitemorcalculationoption,selectAutomaticallykeepfinalgradeupdated.
6. ClickContinue.
7. ChooseyourdefaultgradeschemeandthenclickContinue.
8. IntheNumberofdecimalplacestodisplayfield,enterthenumberofdecimalplacestodisplaytouserswhoentergradesusingthegradebook.
9. ClickContinue.
10. SelectyourstudentviewdisplayoptionsandthenclickContinue.
11. OntheGradesSetupSummarypage,reviewyourselections.
12. Dooneofthefollowing:
• Tomakechangestoyourgradebooksetup,clickGoBack.
• ClickFinish.
CreatinggradeitemsCreate ca lcu la ted g rade i tems
Youcanuseacalculatedgradeitemtodisplayauser'scumulativeachievementacrossmultiplegradeitems.Calculatedgradeitemscannotbelongtoacategoryandtheycannotcontributetothecalculatedfinalgrade.Notethatyoucannot
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associatecalculatedgradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem.
3. ClickCalculated.
4. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourgradeitemdetails.
5. IntheGradingarea,doanyofthefollowing:
• Ifyouwantusers'gradestobeabletoexceedthemaximumpointsspecifiedfortheitem,selecttheCanExceedcheckbox.
• FromtheGradeSchemedrop-downlist,selectagradingschemeforyourgradeitem.
• IntheGradeItemtoIncludelist,selectanygradeitemsyouwanttoincludeinthecalculatedgradeitem.
• Selectyourcalculationmethod(notavailablewhenusingaPointsgradingsystem).
• Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,clickAddRubric.
6. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheStudentViewandManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.
7. Toassociatealearningobjectivewiththegradeitem,clicktheObjectivestab,andthenAssociateLearningObjectives.
8. ClickSaveandClose.
Create fo rmula g rade i tems
Useformulagradeitemstoautomaticallygradeusersusingacustomformulabasedonachievementsinothergradeitems.
Thefollowinglimitationsapplytoformulagradeitems:
• Formulagradeitemscannotbelongtoacategory.
• Youmustcreateallofthegradeitemsyouwanttoincludeintheformulagradeitembeforeyoucreatetheformulaitem.
• Formulagradeitemsdonotcontributetothecalculatedfinalgradeinapoints-basedorweighted-basedgradebook.YoucanonlycalculatethefinalgradewithformulagradeitemsusingtheFormulagradingsystem.
Notethatyoucannotassociateformulagradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andAssignmentsubmissionfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem>Formula.
3. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourgradeitemdetails.
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4. IntheGradingarea,entertheMaximumPointsforthegradeitem.Then,doanyofthefollowing:
• Todefinetheformulaforyourgradeitem,clicktheEditUsingtheFormulaEditorlink.IntheFormulaEditorwindow,enteryourformulaandclickInsert.
• Ifyouwantusers'gradestobeabletoexceedthemaximumpointsspecifiedfortheitem,selecttheCanExceedcheckbox.
• FromtheGradeSchemedrop-downlist,selectagradingschemeforyourgradeitem.
• Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,clickAddRubric.
5. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheStudentViewandManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.
6. Toassociatealearningobjectivewiththegradeitem,clicktheObjectivestab,andthenAssociateLearningObjectives.
7. ClickSaveandClose.
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About fo rmula g rade i tems
UsetheFormulaEditortodefineaformulathatcalculatesagradeitem’svaluebasedonothergradeitems.Whenyoucreateaformula,youspecifywhichgradeitemsyouwantincludedintheformulaandtherelationshipsbetweenthem.Anexampleofasimpleformulaisonethatcalculatesthesumofanumberofgradeitems.Amorecomplicatedformulaisonethatdropstheminimumormaximumvaluefromasetofgradeitems.
Figure4:FormulaEditor
Component Description
Formulaarea Theformulaareaiswheretheformulatextdisplays.Theequalssign(=)atthestartoftheformulacannotbedeleted.Acursorshowsyourpositionintheformula.
Cursorplacement Usethecursorplacementiconstomovethecursorforwardsandbackwardsintheformula.Youcanalsomovethecursorbyclickingonthenewlocationwithyourmouse.Therearefouroptions:
• <<-Movecursortostartofformula
• <-Movecursorbackoneelement
• >-Movecursorforwardoneelement
• >>-Movecursortoendofformula
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Gradeitemparameters Toviewwhatgradeitemsyoucaninsertasaparameterinyourformula,usetheGradeItemdrop-downlist.YoucaninsertNumeric,Pass/Fail,Selectbox,andFormulatypegradeitems.Youcannotreferencetheformulagradeitemyouaredefiningorafinalgrade.
Toviewthevaluesassociatedwiththegradeitemyouwanttouseintheformula,usetheGradeItemValuedrop-downlist.Therearethreeoptions:
• PointsReceived-Thegradetheuserachieved.Forexample,7(outof10points).
• MaxPoints-Themaximumpointsavailableforthegradeitem.Forexample,10points.
• Percent-Thepercentgradetheuserachieved.Forexample,70%.
Whenusingtheweightedsystem,categoryandgradeitemweightsareignoredinformulacalculations.
Droppedgradeitemsandbonusgradeitemsarecalculatedthesameasothergradeitems.
Functions TheFunctiondrop-downlistcontainsalistoffunctionsthatyoucanuseinyourcalculationformula:
• MAX-Calculatesthemaximum(largest)valueinasetofvalues.
• MIN-Calculatestheminimum(smallest)valueinasetofvalues.
• SUM-Calculatesthesum(total)ofasetofvalues.
• AVG-Calculatestheaverageforasetofvaluesbyaddingallthevaluesanddividingbythetotalnumberofvalues.
• IF-OperatesasaBooleanstatementthatreturnseitherthevaluesetastrueorasfalse.Youmustdefinethecondition(Booleanstatement),true(then)value,andfalse(else)value.
• NOT-OperatesasaBooleanstatementthatreturnsthevaluesetastrueiftheconditionisfalseandasfalseiftheconditionistrue.
Youcanembedfunctionswithinfunctions.
TheStart,NextTerm,andEndoptionsareusedtodefineelementsofafunction:
• Start-StartsthefunctionselectedintheFunctiondrop-downlistwithanopeningbracket({).
• NextTerm-InsertsacommatoseparategradeitemsorpartsofaBooleanstatement.
• End-Endsthefunctionwithaclosingbracket(}).
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Operators Operatorsareusuallyusedinconjunctionwithatleastonegradeitem.
Formula Ed i tor va l idat ion er rors
ThefollowingareerrorsyoumightencounterwhileusingtheFormulaEditor.
Error Description Examples
Unexpected[token_type]
Forexample,Unexpectedoperator
Theformulacontainsafunctioncomponentinanunexpectedlocation
=5=/1
=(5+1)2
Unbalancedparentheses Theformulacontainsanopeningorclosingbracketwithoutacorrespondingbracket
=5+1)
Missingendoffunction Theformulacontainsanunclosedfunction =SUM{[Item1.Points],[Item2.Points]
Unexpectedfunctionend Theformulacontainsaclosingbracketforafunctionthatdoesnotrelatetoafunction
=[Item1.Points]/2}
Invalidnumberofoperatorparameters
Theformulacontainsaninvalidnumberofoperatorparameters
=[Item1.Points]+
Invalidnumberoffunctionparameters
Theformulacontainsaninvalidnumberoffunctionparameters
=SUM{}
=IF{[Item1.Points]<2,5}
Numericvalueexpected ABooleanstatementoroperatorwasenteredinplaceofanumericvalue
=IF{5<2,1OR1,4}
=SUM{1=2,3,4}
Booleanvalueexpected ABooleanstatementwasnotenteredforacondition
=IF{MIN{4,5},100,0}
=NOT{4}
Invalidterminal Theformulacontainsanincorrectlyusedterminal =[Item1.Points]+3.2.5
Create tex t g rade i tems
Usetextgradeitemstoprovidecommentsthatarenotcountedtowardsusers’finalgrades.Textgradeitemscannotbelongtoacategoryandtheydonotcontributetothecalculatedfinalgrade.Notethatyoucannotassociatetextgradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
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2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem.
3. ClickText.
4. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourgradeitemdetails.
5. Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,intheGradingarea,clickAddRubric.
6. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.
7. ClickSaveandClose.
Create se lec tbox g rade i tems
Gradeusersbyassigningagradeschemelevelthatisequivalenttoapercentagegraderange.Youcannotcreateselectboxgradeitemsifyoudonothaveatleastonegradeschemeforthecourse.Notethatyoucannotassociatecalculatedgradeitemswitcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem.
3. ClickSelectbox.
4. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourgradeitemdetails.
5. IntheGradingarea,enterthemaximumpointsandweightforthegradeitem.
6. Doanyofthefollowing:
• Ifyouwantthegradeitemtobeabonus,selecttheBonuscheckbox.
• FromtheGradeSchemedrop-downlist,selectagradingschemeforyourgradeitem.
• Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,clickAddRubric.
7. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheStudentViewandManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.
8. ClickSaveandClose.
Create pass/ fa i l g rade i tems
Youcangradeusersusingasimplepass/failgradescheme.Notethatyoucannotassociatecalculatedgradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem.
3. ClickPass/Fail.
4. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourgradeitemdetails.
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5. IntheGradingarea,entertheMaximumPointsandWeightforthegradeitem.
6. Doanyofthefollowing:
• Ifyouwantthegradeitemtobeabonus,selecttheBonuscheckbox.
• FromtheGradeSchemedrop-downlist,selectagradingschemeforyourgradeitem.
• Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,clickAddRubric.
7. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheStudentViewandManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.
8. ClickSaveandClose.
Create numer ic g rade i tems
Gradeusersbyassigningavalueoutofaspecifiedtotalnumberofpoints.Numericgradeitemsaretheonlytypeofgradeitemthatyoucanassociatewithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andAssignmentsfolders.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem.
3. ClickNumeric.
4. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourgradeitemdetails.
5. IntheGradingarea,enterthemaximumpointsandweightforthegradeitem.
6. Doanyofthefollowing:
• Ifyouwantusers'gradestobeabletoexceedthemaximumpointsspecifiedfortheitem,selecttheCanExceedcheckbox.
• Ifyouwantthegradeitemtobeabonus,selecttheBonuscheckbox.
• FromtheGradeSchemedrop-downlist,selectagradingschemeforyourgradeitem.
• Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,clickAddRubric.
7. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheStudentViewandManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.
8. ClickSaveandClose.
ManaginggradesandgradeitemsManua l l y ass ign g rades
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheEnterGradespage,dooneofthefollowing:
• Tomanuallyentergradesforanindividualuser,clickontheirname.
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• Tomanuallyentergradesforagradeitem,fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitem,click GradeAll.
• Tomanuallyentergradesforacategory,fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitem,click GradeAll.
3. Enteryourgrades.
4. ClickSaveandClose.
Re lease f ina l g rades
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheEnterGradespage,fromtheFinalCalculatedGradeorFinalAdjustedGradecontextmenu,click GradeAll.
3. Toreleasegradesforallusers,fromtheFinalGradescontextmenu,click ReleaseAll.Toreleasefinalgradesforaspecificuser,dooneofthefollowing:
• Selectthecheckboxbytheusernameandclickthe Release/Unreleaselink.
• SelectthecheckboxintheReleaseFinalCalculatedGradeorReleaseAdjustedFinalGradecolumn.
4. ClickSave.
The FinalgradeisreleasedicondisplaysintheFinalCalculatedGradeorFinalAdjustedGradecolumnforanyuser
whohastheirfinalgradereleased.The FinalgradeisnotreleasedicondisplaysintheFinalCalculatedGradeorFinalAdjustedGradecolumnforanyuserwhodoesnothavetheirfinalgradereleased.
Export g rades
D2LrecommendsthatyousetupyourgradebookinBrightspaceLearningEnvironmentevenifyouwanttoentergradesinaCSVorTXTfile.YoucanthenusetheExportGradesoptiontocreateanappropriatelystructuredfile.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheEnterGradespage,clickExport.
3. IntheExportOptionsarea,dothefollowing:
• FromtheExportGradeItemsFordrop-downlist,selectwhoyouwanttoexportgradeitemsfor.
• SelecttheKeyFieldyouwanttousetoidentifyusers.
• SelecttheGradeValuesandUserDetailsyouwanttoexport.
4. IntheChooseGradestoExportarea,selectthegradeitemsyouwanttoexport.
5. ClickExporttoCSVorExporttoExcel.Apop-upwindowwillappear.Clickonthefilelinktodownloadit.
Set g rade v i s ib i l i t y opt ions fo r s tudents
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. Click Settings.
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3. IntheOrgUnitDisplayOptionstab,setyourStudentViewDisplayOptions.
4. ClickSave.
YoucanalsoeditgradevisibilityoptionsforindividualgradeitemsviatheEditItempagebysettingDisplayOptions.
Note:Bonusgradeitemsdonotdisplaytostudentswiththegradeschemeinformationlikeothergradeitems,nomatterwhatdisplayoptionsyouset.Bonusgradesarecalculateddifferentlythanothergradeitemsandonlyaddedtofinalgradesafterallothercalculations.Therefore,studentscanonlyviewthenumericpoints,andpotentiallytheweightachieved,forabonusgrade,butnoothergradeschemeinformation.
Set re lease cond i t ions fo r g rades
ReleaseconditionsallowyoutoassociategradeitemsandgradebookcategorieswithotheritemsinBrightspaceLearningEnvironment.Forexample,youcanrequirethatusersmeetsomeothercriteria,suchascompletingaquizorsubmittingtoanassignmentsubmissionsfolder,beforeaspecificgradeitemappearsintheirgradebook.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,clickonthegradeitemyouwanttosetreleaseconditionsfor.
3. IntheRestrictionstab,intheReleaseConditionsarea,dooneofthefollowing:
• ClickAttachExisting,thenselectthecheckboxforanyconditionyouwanttoattach.ClickAttach.
• ClickCreateandAttach,thenselectaConditionTypefromthedrop-downlist.CompleteanyadditionalConditionDetailsthatappearandclickCreate.
4. Fromthedrop-downlist,selectifAllconditionsmustbemetorAnyconditionmustbemettoaccessthegradeitemorcategory.
5. ClickSaveandClose.
About bonus g rade i tems
Bonusgradeitemsarenotincludedinthemaximumpointsforacategoryorfinalgrade.Theyareaddedontopofthecalculatedgrade.
Bonusgradeitemscannotmakeusers'gradesexceedthemaximumpointsspecified,unlesstheCanExceedoptionisselected.
Note:Bonusgradeitemsdonotdisplaytostudentswiththegradeschemeinformationlikeothergradeitems,nomatterwhatdisplayoptionsyouset.Becausebonusgradesareonlyaddedtofinalgradesafterallothercalculations,studentscanonlyviewthenumericpoints,andpotentiallytheweightachieved,forabonusgrade,butnoothergradeschemeinformation,astheactualweightorpointsofthebonusgradeitemmaynotbeconsistentwiththerestofthegradescheme.
Inaccurate f ina l g rades
TheFinalGradespageliststhecalculatedfinalgradeforeachuserinyourgradebook.Finalgradesmightbeinaccurateif:
• YoudidnotselecttheAutomaticallykeepfinalgradesupdatedoptionwhenyousetupyourgradebook.
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• Therearegradeitemsthatyoustillneedtoentergradesfor.
• YouareusingformulagradeitemsinaPoints-basedgradingsystem.Formulagradeitemsdonotcontributetothefinalgradeinapoints-basedorweighted-basedgradebook.
Manua l ly reca lcu la te the f ina l g rade
IfyouhavenotselectedtheAutomaticallykeepfinalgradesupdatedoption,youmayhavetomanuallyrecalculatefinalgradesatsomepointduringyourcourse.
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. Dooneofthefollowing:
• Torecalculateagrade,clickauser'sname.IntheFinalGradesection,clickthe RecalculatetheFinalCalculatedGradeicon.
• Torecalculateallgrades,fromtheFinalCalculatedGradecontextmenu,click GradeAll.OntheFinalGrades
page,fromtheFinalGradescontextmenu,select RecalculateAll.
Enter an ad jus ted f ina l g rade
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheFinalAdjustedGradecontextmenu,click EnterGrades.
3. IntheFinalAdjustedGradecolumn,enteragradeforeveryuseryouwanttogiveanadjustedgradeto.
4. Ifyouwanttoreleaseagradeforauser,selecttheirReleaseFinalAdjustedGradecheckbox.
5. ClickSave.
Ca lcu la te f ina l g rades fo r a s ing le user
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheEnterGradespage,clickonauser’sname.
3. Ifyouseethe"Outofdate!"messagedisplayingbytheFinalCalculateGrade,clickthe RecalculatetheFinalCalculatedGradeicon.ClickCalculate.
4. EnteraFinalAdjustedGradeinthefieldsprovidedorclickthe TransferFinalCalculatedGradetoFinalAdjustedGradeicon.
5. SelecttheReleasecheckbox.
6. ClickSave.
Restore a de le ted g rade i tem
1. Onthenavbar,clickGrades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,selectEventLog.
3. BesidetheappropriategradeitemselectRestore.
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Scenar io : F ina l ca lcu la ted grade us ing Po ints sys tem
Youofferanumberofonlinetrainingcoursesthatusesimilarcontent,butadjustthecoursecontentdependingonyourusers’interestsandskilllevels.Yousetupspecificcoursesbyimportingcoursecontentfromamastercourse.Youdonotwanttochangetheweightofeachgradeitemtomakeeverycoursegradebookbalance,soyouusethepointssystemandkeepeachgradeitem’smaximumpointsthesame.Yougradebasictasksoutof5,intermediatetasksoutof10,andadvancedtasksoutof15.Yougiveuserswhoreceiveatleast70%onallgradeitems10bonuspoints.Youallowuserstoexceedthemaximumpointsforagradeitem,butnotthefinalgrade.Becauseyouoftenallowsomeuserstoskipadvancedtasks,youdropungradeditemsfromthefinalgradecalculation.
Yousetupgradeitemswiththefollowingproperties:
Project1 Project2 Project3 Project4 Project5 Project6 Bonus
MaximumPoints 5 5 10 10 15 15 10
CanExceed Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Bonus No No No No No No Yes
YouassignthefollowinggradesfortheuserFrankCatcher:
Project1 Project2 Project3 Project4 Project5 Project6 Bonus
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MaximumPoints 6 8 9 8 15 -- 10
YoureleasethecalculatedfinalgradetoFrank.Itiscalculatedasfollows:
Gradeitem Calculation
Project1 =6/5*100
=120%
Project2 =8/5*100
=160%
Project3 =9/10*100
=90%
Project4 =8/10*100
=80%
Project5 =15/15*100
=100%
Project6 =Dropped
Note:Droppedgradeitemsarenotincludedincalculations;gradesarecalculatedasiftheitemdoesnotexist.
Bonus =10/10*100
=100%
Note:Bonuspointsareaddedontopofthefinalgrade.
CalculatedFinalGrade
=(6+8+9+8+15)/(5+5+10+10+15)*100+10
=46/45*100+10
=112.22%
=100%
Scenar io : F ina l ca lcu la ted grade us ing Weighted sys tem
Youareteachinganintroductorysciencecourseinwhichusersaregradedonfourlabs,theirparticipationindiscussiontopics,andafinalexamination.Youallowuserstodroptheirlowestgradeonalab.Youalsoprovidebonusgradesto
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userswhoactasmoderatorsfordiscussiontopics.Ifauserdoesnotsubmitalab,youleaveitungradedandtreatungradeditemsasagradeof0.
YousetupgradeitemsandaLabscategorywiththefollowingproperties:
Labs Lab1 Lab2 Lab3 Lab4 Discussions Moderator Exam
Category Labs Labs Labs Labs Labs None None None
Maximumpoints
n/a 10 10 10 10 10 5 100
Weight 50%(forentireLabscategory)
25% 25% 25% 25%
Bonus n/a No No No No No Yes No
Droplowest 1
YouassignthefollowinggradesfortheuserFrankCatcher:
Labs Lab1 Lab2 Lab3 Lab4 Discussions Moderator Exam
FrankCatcher n/a 0 8 0 7 8 3 71
YoureleasethecalculatedfinalgradetoFrank.Itiscalculatedasfollows:
Gradeitem Calculation
Lab1 =Dropped
Note:Droppedgradeitemsarenotincludedincalculations;gradesarecalculatedasiftheitemdoesnotexist.
Lab2 =8/10*25/(25+25+25)*100
=26.67%towardsthecategory
=26.67*.5
=13.33%towardsthefinalgrade
Note:Lab1isworth33.33%oftheLabscategoryeventhoughitisassignedaweightof25%.Thisisbecausethelowestlabgradeisdroppedandthereareonlythreelabscontributingtothecategory.
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Lab3 =0/10*25/(25+25+25)*100
=0%towardsthecategory
=0*.5
=0%towardsthefinalgrade
SeethenoteforLab1.
Lab4 =7/10*25/(25+25+25)*100
=23.33%towardsthecategory
=23.33*.5
=11.67%towardsthefinalgrade
SeethenoteforLab1.
Discussions =8/10*10
=8%towardsthefinalgrade
Moderator =3/5*5
=3%ontopofthefinalgrade
Note:Bonusitemsareaddedtothefinalgradeafterothercalculations.Donotincludeabonusitem’sweightinyourtotalwhenbalancingyourgradebook.
Exam =71/100*40
=28.4%towardsthefinalgrade
CalculatedFinalGrade =13.33+11.67+8+3+28.4
=64.4%
About automat ic t rans fer o f overa l l s core to a learner ' s g rade
Youcanautomaticallytransfertheoverallscoreofanumericrubrictoalearner'sgrade.Ascoretransfersautomaticallyonlywhentherubrichasanoverallscore.
Numericrubricsincludethefollowingtypes:
• Pointanalytic
• Custompointanalytic
• Percentageholistic
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Whenmultiplerubricsarepresentintherubricpop-upwindow,itistheoverallscoreofthefirstnumericrubricthatBrightspaceLearningEnvironmenttransfers.Ifyouwanttotransferthescoreofadifferentrubricorscoresfrommultiplerubrics,youmusthandlethesesituationsseparately.
BrightspaceLearningEnvironmenthandlesdifferenttypesofgradeitemsduringthetransferasfollows:
• Numeric:Theoverallscoreoftherubricisexpressedasapercentageandappliedtothegradeitemtoensurecorrecttranslationbetweendifferentoutofvalues.Forexample,ifthegradeitemisoutof6andtherubricisoutof10;whenyouassesstherubricandthelearnerachieves8/10,thelearner'sgradewillbe4.8upontransfer.
• Selectbox:BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentfindstherangeintheselectboxvaluesthathasthetranslatedrubricscoreandthelearnerisgiventheAssignedValue%correspondingtotherange.
• Pass/Fail:Ifyouassesstherubrictoascoreof0,upontransfer,thegradeitemwillbesettoFail;otherwise,thestudentisgivenaPass.
Automat ica l l y t rans fer overa l l s core to learner ' s g rade
Toautomaticallytransfertheoverallscoretoalearner'sgrade:
1. Onthenavbar,click Grades.
2. OntheManageGradespage,fromthegradeitemcontextmenu,click EnterGrades.
3. OntheselectedGradeItempage,click Assessmentforthelearneryouwanttoevaluate.
4. Ontherubricpop-upwindow,evaluatethelearnerandclickSaveandRecord.IfyouclickSave,theoverallscorewillnottransfertothelearner'sgrade.
Best p ract i ces fo r enter ing g rades
Whencreatingagradeitem,ensurethattheMax.Pointsfieldfortheitemisnotsettonullorzero.
TheMax.PointsfieldcanbefoundintheGradingsectionoftheCreateanewgradeitempage(ortheeditpageforexistinggradeitems)underthePropertiestab.
Whensortinggradecategoriesanditems,ensuretheyaresortedintheappropriateorder.
Thebestwaytoensuregradeitemsaresortedcorrectlyistocreatethecategoriesanditemsintheorderthattheywillbemarked.BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentautomaticallysortsthecategoriesandgradeitemsintheorderthattheyarecreated.
Ifyouwanttoseetheorderofyourgradeitems:
1. FromtheCourseHomepage,gotoGrades.
2. SelectManageGrades.
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Whencreatingagradeitem,makesurethatyouarenotcreatingduplicateentriesorblankgradeitemsinthegradebook.
Blankgradeitemsoftenoccurasaresultofagradeitemunintentionallybeingpublishedinsteadofbeingsavedasadraft.Blankgradeitemsoftendonothaveanameorareoddlynamed,andtheyusuallydonothaveanassociation.
Duplicategradeitemscanoccurforavarietyofreasons.Duplicatesareoftensimilarlytitledandeitherhavethewrongassociationornoassociation.
ManagingeventlogsinagradebookAbout event logs
EventlogsmaintainarecordofchangesmadeintheGradestool.Thelogscanbeusefulwhenauditingagradebook,managingupdatesmadebyteachingassistants,anddiscussinggradeswithlearners.
• UserGradeeventlogsrecordallofthechangesmadetoaparticularuser'sgrades.
• GradeItemeventlogsrecordchangestogradesonasinglegradeitem.
• FinalGradeeventlogsrecordchangestousers’finalgrades.
• ManageGradeseventlogsrecordchangesmadetothepropertiesorrestrictionsofaspecificgradeitem.
• RestoringGradeItemeventlogsrecordthedateandtimeagradeitemiscreatedorremoved,andtheuserwhoperformstheaction.
Access the event log fo r a user
1. OntheEnterGradespage,clickthenameoftheuseryouwanttoaccesstheeventlogfor.
2. Fromthecontextmenuoftheuser’sname,selectEventLog.
Access the event log fo r an ind iv idua l g rade i tem
1. OntheManageGradespage,fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitemyouwanttoaccesstheeventlogfor,selectEnterGrades.
2. Fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitem’sname,selectEventLog.
Access the event log fo r a users ’ f ina l g rades
1. OntheEnterGradespage,fromthecontextmenuoftheFinalCalculatedGradeorFinalAdjustedGradeitem,selectGradeAll.
2. IntheEventLogcolumnforthedesireduser,selectthe EventLogicon.
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Access the event log fo r changes to a g rade i tem's propert ies o r res t r i c t ions
1. OntheManageGradespage,fromthecontextmenuofthecategoryorgradeitemyouwanttoview,selectEventLog.
Access the event log fo r res tor ing g rade i tems
1. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheMoreActionsbuttonselectEventLog.
2. IfyouwanttorestoreNumeric,Selectbox,Pass/Fail,orTextgradeitemsthatwereremoved,besidetheitem'sname,clickRestore.
QuestionLibrary
ImportingquestionsintoQuestionLibraryAbout import ing quest ions in to Quest ion L ib rary
TheQuestionLibraryisagoodplacetostore,organize,andeasilyaccessallyourquestionswithinacourse.
ImportquestionsintoQuestionLibrarytoconsolidatequestionscreatedwiththeQuizzes,Surveys,andSelfAssessmentstools.ConsolidatingquestionswithinQuestionLibraryenablesyoutoefficientlytransferquestionstonewcoursesusingtheCopyCourseComponentsfeature.YoucanalsoimportquestionsfromaCSVfileoralearningobjectrepository.
Whenyouimportquestionsintosurveysorselfassessments,theanswersfromtheQuestionLibrary,pointvalue,anddifficultyindicatorsareautomaticallyremoved.
YoucannotimportLikertquestionstoquizzesandselfassessmentsbecausetheyareuniquetosurveys.
Access Quest ion L ib rary
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes, Surveys,or SelfAssessments.
2. Fromthetoolnavigation,clickQuestionLibrary.
Import quest ions in to Quest ion L ib rary f roman ex i s t ing co l lec t ion
1. InQuestionLibrary,clickImport.
2. FromtheImportSourcedrop-downlist,selectFromanExistingCollection.
3. FromtheSourceCollectiondrop-downlist,selectthesourcewhereexistingquestionsreside.
4. FromtheSourceSectiondrop-downlist,selectCollectionRootoraspecificsectionwhereexistingquestionsreside.
5. Selectthequestionsyouwanttoimport,thenclickSave.
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Import quest ions in to Quest ion L ib rary f roma CSV f i le
YoucancreatequestionsofflineusingaCSVformattedtextfile.Ifyouwanttodownloadatextfiletemplatetousewhencreatingyourquestions,clicktheCSVSampleFilelink.
1. InQuestionLibrary,clickImport.
2. FromtheImportSourcedrop-downlist,selectFromaD2LTextFormatFile.
3. ClickBrowseandselectthecompletedCSVquestionfileyouwanttoupload.
4. ClickOpen>Save.
Import quest ions in to Quest ion L ib rary f roma learn ing ob jec t repos i to ry
1. InQuestionLibrary,clickImport.
2. FromtheImportSourcedrop-downlist,selectLearningRepository(LOR).
3. ClickAddLearningObject.
4. WhenyoufindtheCSVfileyouwanttoimport,selecttheobjectandclickSelect.
5. ClickSave.
CreatingQuestionLibraryquestionsTypes o f quest ions
YoucancreatethefollowingquestiontypesinQuestionLibrary:
• TrueorFalse(T/F)
• MultipleChoice(M/C)
• Multi-Select(M-S)
• LongAnswer(LA)
• ShortAnswer(SA)
• Multi-ShortAnswer(MSA)
• FillintheBlanks(FIB)
• Matching(MAT)
• Ordering(ORD)
• Arithmetic(2+2)
• SignificantFigures(x10)
• Likert(LIK)
YoucancreatethefollowinginformationitemsinQuestionLibrary:
• TextInformation(TXT)
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• ImageInformation(IMG)
Create t rue or fa l se quest ions
Trueorfalse(T/F)questionspresentastatementwhichrespondentsmustdetermineiscorrectorincorrect.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickTrueorFalseQuestion(T/F).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourtrueorfalsequestiondetails.
3. IntheOptionsarea,dothefollowing:
• FromtheEnumerationdrop-downlist,selecthowyouwantyouroptionstobeenumerated.
• Selecthowyouwantyourquestiontodisplay.
• IntheWeight(%)fields,entertheweightforeachresponse.
Create mul t ip le cho ice quest ions
Multiplechoice(M/C)questionspresentastatementorquestionwithalistofpossibleanswers,inwhichrespondentsmustchoosethebestpossibleanswer.Multiplechoicequestionsdifferfrommulti-selectquestionsinthatyoucanonlyselectoneanswerforeachmultiplechoicequestion.
Ifyoucreateamultiplechoicequestionthathasmorethanonepossiblesolution,youcanweighttheansweraccordingtothecorrectnessofeachpossibleanswer.
Forexample,iftwoanswerchoicesoutoffiveoptionsareacceptedascorrect,bothcanbeweighted100%andtheotherthreeoptionscanbeweightedat0%.Ifallfiveanswerchoicesareacceptedascorrectbutsomearemorecorrectthanothers,eachcanbeweightedinascendingorderwiththemostcorrectanswersweightedmorethantheleastcorrectanswers.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickMultipleChoiceQuestion(MC).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourmultiplechoicequestiondetails.
3. IntheOptionsarea,dothefollowing:
• FromtheEnumerationdrop-downlist,selecthowyouwantyouroptionstobeenumerated.
• Selecthowyouwantyourquestiontodisplay.
• EnterachoiceineachValuefieldandtheweightyouwanttoassigntheanswer(youcansetdifferentweightsifsomesolutionsaremorecorrectthanothers).
• Toincludeadditionalanswers,click AddOption.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
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Create mul t i - se lec t quest ions
Multi-select(M-S)questionsrequirerespondentstoidentifyoneormorecorrectanswersinalistofpossibleanswers.Unlikemultiplechoice(MC)questions,multi-selectquestionsenableyoutochooseagradingformatandallowuserstoselectmorethanoneanswer.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickMulti-SelectQuestion(M-S).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourmulti-selectquestiondetails.
3. IntheOptionsarea,dothefollowing:
• FromtheEnumerationdrop-downlist,selecthowyouwantyouroptionstobeenumerated.
• Selecthowyouwantyourquestiontodisplay.
• Selectyourgradingmethod.
• EnterachoiceineachValuefield.SelecttheCorrectcheckboxforeveryrightanswer.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Unders tand ing g rad ing opt ions fo r mu l t i - se lec t quest ions
Therearethreepossiblegradingoptionsformulti-selectquestions:
• Allornothing-Usersreceivefullpointsforthequestioniftheyselectallofthecorrectanswersandnoneoftheincorrectanswers.Usersreceivezeropointsiftheymissanycorrectanswersorselectanyincorrectanswers.
• Rightminuswrong-Usersreceivepointsequaltothenumberofrightanswerstheychooseminusthenumberofincorrectanswerstheychoose.Todeterminehowmucheachanswerisworth,thesystemtakesthetotalnumberofpointsassignedtothequestionanddividesitbythetotalnumberofanswerchoices.Forexample,ifaquestionisworth10pointsandhas5answerchoices,eachcorrectanswerisworth2points,andeachincorrectanswerisworth-2points(10/5=2).Ifausergives3correctanswersand2incorrectanswers,2isthetotalnumberofpointsreceivedforthequestion[(3*2)+(2*-2)].Userscanreceiveaminimumofzeroonaquestion;theycannotreceiveanegativemark.
• Correctanswers-Usersreceivepointsforeachcorrectanswertheyselectandforeachincorrectanswertheyleaveblank.Incorrectanswersselectedandcorrectanswersleftblankareignored.Forexample,ifaquestionwithatotalofsixpotentialanswershastwocorrectanswers,thetotalpointsavailableforthequestionis4.
Create long answer quest ions
Longanswer(LA)questionsrequirerespondentstowritedetailedanswersinresponsetoopen-endedquestions.Youcanenableuserstorespondinmultiplesentences,paragraphanswers,ormathematicalexplanationsandcalculations.UserscanalsorespondinHTMLcode.
Note:HTMLcodeissometimesstrippedfromsavedlonganswerresponsesifalearnerrefreshesthepagewhiletakingthequiz.Asabestpractice,encourageuserstosaveaversionoftheirHTMLresponselocallyincasetheyneedtorefreshthepage.
Longanswerquestionsarenotauto-graded.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickLongAnswerQuestion(LA).
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2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourlonganswerquestiondetails.
3. IntheOptionsarea,customizeyourlonganswerquestionoptions.
Create shor t answer quest ions
Shortanswer(SA)questionsrequirerespondentstocreateonewordorbriefsentenceanswersinresponsetoopen-endedquestions.
Asabestpractice,D2Lrecommendsthattheweightofeachpossiblesolutionequals100%ifyourequireonlyoneanswer.Ifyourquestionrequiresmultipleanswers,andeachanswerhasseveralpossiblesolutions,werecommendthatthecombinedweightofeachanswer'smostcorrectsolutionbeequalto100%.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickShortAnswerQuestion(SA).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourshortanswerquestiondetails.
3. EnteryouranswerintheAnswerfieldandselectyourEvaluationmethod.
4. IntheWeight(%)field,setaweightforeachpossiblesolution.
5. Toaddadditionalanswers,click AddAnswer.
6. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Create mul t i - shor t answer quest ions
Multi-shortanswer(MSA)questionsrequirerespondentstoansweramulti-solutionquestionandinputtheiranswersintoindividualinputboxes.Respondent'sanswersarecheckedagainsteachpossibleanswerstoredintheanswerfields.D2Lrecommendsthattherequirednumberofanswerscorrespondswiththenumberofinputboxesprovided.
AnMSAquestion'smaximumpointvalueisreflectedbya100%weight.Asabestpractice,D2Lrecommendsthateachpossibleanswer'sweightcalculationequals100%dividedbythenumberofanswersrequiredbythequestion.
Multi-shortanswerquestionsdifferfromshortanswer(SA)questionsinthatthemulti-shortanswerquestionenablesyoutocreatemultipleanswerboxeswhichallrelatetooneanswerset;shortanswerquestionsalsosupportmultipleanswerboxes,buteachrequiresadistinctsetofpossibleanswers.Theshortanswerquestiontypeisidealifyouneedtocreateamulti-partquestionthatcannotsharethesameanswerpool.
Forexample,thequestion"Name3statecapitals"displaysthreeinputboxestousers.Eachansweruserssubmitischeckedagainst51possiblecorrectanswersstoredintheanswerfieldsandeachanswerfieldhasaweightof33.3%.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickMulti-ShortAnswerQuestion(MSA).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourmulti-shortanswerquestiondetails.
3. IntheOptionsarea,dothefollowing:
• IntheInputboxesfield,enterthenumberofrequiredanswerfieldsyouwantyourquestiontohave.Youcanassignthenumberofrowsandcolumnsforeachanswerfield.
• IntheAnswerfields,enterthecorrectanswersforyourquestion,theweightforeachanswer(youcansetdifferentweightsifsomesolutionsaremorecorrectthanothers),andhowyouwanttheanswerstobeevaluated.
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• Toassignmorepossibleanswersforthequestion,click AddAnswer.
4. Toverifyyouranswer,clickPreview.
Create f i l l in the b lanks quest ions
Fillintheblanks(FIB)questionsrequirerespondentstofillinoneormoremissingwordsforanincompletesentence,statement,phrase,list,orkeyterminology.
Asabestpractice,D2Lrecommendsthatanswersinblankfieldsbenomorethanoneortwowordstoensureauto-gradingaccuracy.Yourlistedorderofblankandtextfieldscorrespondswiththesequencedisplayedtousers.
AnFIBquestion'smaximumpointvalueisreflectedbya100%weight.Asabestpractice,thecombinedweightofyouranswersshouldequal100%.IfyourFIBquestionhasmultipleblankfieldsandeachblankfieldhasseveralpossibleanswers,D2Lrecommendsthecombinedweightofeachblankfield'smostcorrectanswerequals100%.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickFillintheBlanksQuestion(FIB).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourfillintheblanksquestiondetails.
3. IntheQuestionTextarea,dothefollowing:
• Enteryourtext.
• IntheBlank#1area,enteryourinformation,includingtheanswertothetext,theweightyouwanttoassigntheanswer(youcansetdifferentweightsifsomesolutionsaremorecorrectthanothers),andhowyouwanttoevaluatetheanswer.
• Toassignmorepossibleanswersfortheblank,click AddAnswer.
• Toaddmoreblankstothequestion,click AddBlank.
• Toaddmoretexttothequestion,click AddText.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Unders tand ing g rad ing opt ions fo r shor t answer , mu l t i - shor t answer , and f i l l in the b lanks quest ions
Therearethreepossiblegradingoptionsforshortanswer,multi-shortanswer,andfillintheblanksquestions:
• CaseInsensitive-Auto-gradingsearchesforamatchingcharacterpatternintheanswertextwithorwithoutlettercasecorrectness.
• CaseSensitive-Auto-gradingsearchesforamatchingcharacterpatternintheanswertextthatmusthavelettercasecorrectness.
• RegularExpression-Auto-gradingusesmeta-characterstosearchforoneormorematchingstringsintheanswertext'scharacterpattern.Whatyousetasmeta-characterparametershelpsdeterminelettercasesensitivity.
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Create match ing quest ions
Matching(MAT)questionsrequirerespondentstochoosefromasetofpossiblematchchoicesfromdrop-downlistsandcorrectlypairthemwithrelateditems.Thisquestiontypeenablesyoutoassessusers'recognitionofinformationanddemonstratecomprehensionofspecificrelationships.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickMatchingQuestion(MAT).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourmatchingquestiondetails.
3. IntheChoicesarea,dothefollowing:
• Selectthegradingmethodforthequestion.
• IneachValuefield,enterachoice.
• Toaddadditionalvaluesforthequestion,click AddChoice.
4. IntheMatchesarea,dothefollowing:
• IneachValuefield,enterachoice.
• Toaddadditionalmatchesforthequestion,click AddMatch.
• Fromthedrop-downlistforeachmatchingvalue,selectthecorrespondingCorrectChoice.
5. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Create order ing quest ions
Ordering(ORD)questionsrequirerespondentstoarrangeaseriesofitemsintoacorrectsequenceororder.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickOrderingQuestion(ORD).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourorderingquestiondetails.
3. IntheOptionsarea,dothefollowing:
• Selectyourgradingmethod.
• IneachValuefield,enterachoice.Toaddmorevalues,click AddItem.
• FromtheCorrectOrderdrop-downlistforeachvalue,settheorderofthevalues.Thefirstvalueinthecorrectordershouldbe"1".
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Unders tand ing g rad ing opt ions fo r match ing and order ing quest ions
Therearethreepossiblegradingoptionsformatchingandorderingquestions:
• Equallyweighted-Thetotalpointvalueisdividedequallyamongallpossiblecorrectmatches.Usersreceiveequallyweightedpointsforeachcorrectanswer.
• Allornothing-Usersreceivefullpointsforthequestioniftheyselectallofthecorrectanswersandnoneoftheincorrectanswers.Usersreceivezeropointsiftheymissanycorrectanswersorselectanyincorrectanswers.
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• Rightminuswrong-Usersreceivepointsequaltothenumberofrightanswerstheychooseminusthenumberofincorrectanswerstheychoose.Todeterminehowmucheachanswerisworth,thesystemtakesthetotalnumberofpointsassignedtothequestionanddividesitbythetotalnumberofanswerchoices.Forexample,ifaquestionisworth10pointsandhas5answerchoices,eachcorrectanswerisworth2points,andeachincorrectanswerisworth-2points(10/5=2).Ifausergives3correctanswersand2incorrectanswers,2isthetotalnumberofpointsreceivedforthequestion[(3*2)+(2*-2)].Userscanreceiveaminimumofzeroonaquestion;theycannotreceiveanegativemark.
Create a r i thmet ic quest ions
Arithmeticquestionsenableyoutoassessusers'knowledgeandcomprehensionofmathematicsandnumbertheory.Youcanensureeachrespondentreceivesauniquequestionbyincludingvariablesenclosedwithcurlybracesthatrandomlygeneratenumberswithintheproblem.Forexample,ifyousetvariablesx,y,andzwithaMin1toMax5numberrangein1-stepincrements,thequestion“Youhave{x}greenmarbles,{y}redmarbles,and{z}bluemarbles.Howmanymarblesdoyouhaveintotal?”willrandomlygeneratearationalnumber(1,2,3,4,5)for{x},{y},and{z}.
Asabestpractice,D2Lrecommendsthatyoucreatelonganswer(LA)questiontypesforarithmeticproblemsthatrequireuserstodemonstratetheircalculationsandshowtheirwork.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickArithmeticQuestion(2+2).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourarithmeticquestiondetails.Toverifyyourformulabeforesharingitwithlearners,clickTest.
3. IntheVariablesarea,dothefollowing:
• CreateanyvariablesyouwanttousewithyourquestionbygivingthevariableaName,aminimumvalueinMin,andamaximumvalueinMax.
• SetthenumberofdecimalstoprovideintheDecimalPlacesdrop-downlist.
• Tosetthesystem'sincrementingstepsasitgeneratesnumbersfromtherangesetbytheMinandMaxfields,enteranumberintheStepfield.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Create s ign i f i cant f i gures quest ions
Significantfiguresquestionsrequirerespondentstoanswerinscientificnotationandprovidesolutionsthatcontainaspecifiednumberofsignificantfigures.Mathandsciencecoursescommonlyusethisquestiontype.Youcanensureeachrespondentreceivesauniquequestionbyincludingvariablesenclosedwithcurlybracesthatrandomlygeneratescientificnotationswithintheproblem.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickSignificantFigures(x10).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryoursignificantfiguresquestiondetails.Toverifyyourformulabeforesharingitwithlearners,clickTest.
3. IntheVariablesarea,dothefollowing:
• CreateanyvariablesyouwanttousewithyourquestionbygivingthevariableaName,aminimumvalueintheMinfield,andamaximumvalueintheMaxfield.
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• Tosetthesystem'sincrementingstepsasitgeneratesnumbersfromtherangesetbytheMinandMaxfields,enteranumberintheStepfield.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Unders tand ing a r i thmet ic and s ign i f i cant f i gures quest ion components
Inarithmeticquestions,useanswerprecisiontolimitthenumberofacceptabledecimalplacesallowedinaresponse.Youcanrequirethatcorrectanswerscontainaspecificnumberofdecimalplaces.
Insignificantfigurequestions,youcanselectapercentageoftheanswer'sscoretodeductforincludingincorrectsignificantfiguresinaresponse.
Usetolerancelevelstoacceptnear-accurate,estimated,orroundedanswers.
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Types o f supported enumerat ions in the Formula f ie ld
TheFormulafieldsupportsthefollowingoperations,functions,andconstants:
Enumerations Description
+,-,*,/,\,^ Basicarithmeticoperators
% Modulo(remainder)operator
{x}^{y} xtothepowerofy
abs({n}) Absolutevalueofn
cos({n}) Cosineofn(inradians)
sin({n}) Sineofn(inradians)
sqr({n}) Squarerootofn
tan({n}) Tangentofn(inradians)
log({n}) Logbase10ofn
ln({n}) Logbaseeofn
atan({n}) Inversetangentofn
sec({n})BrightspaceLearningEnvironment Secantofn
cosec({n}) Cosecantofn
cotan({n}) Cotangentofn
Factorial({n}) Factorialofn,or(n!)
exp Thepowerofnaturallog(e)
pi pi3.14159(accurateupto50decimalplaces)
e e2.71828(accurateupto50decimalplaces)
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Unders tand ing Br ightspace Learn ing Env i ronment round ing ru les
Whenrounding,BrightspaceLearningEnvironmentautomaticallyappliestheRoundtoHalfEvenroundingrulewhenassessinganswersthatcontaindecimalplacesthatendwith"5".Currently,therearenooptionstochangeroundingrules.ApplyingtheRoundtoHalfEvenrule,answerswithdecimalplacesthatendwith"5"willrounddowninsteadofroundup.
ExampleOne:3.41*25=85.25
IfyoucreateanarithmeticquestionandsettheAnswerPrecisionto1,thecorrectanswerusingRoundtoHalfEvenis85.2.
ExampleTwo:-3.41*25=-85.25
IfyoucreateanarithmeticquestionandsettheAnswerPrecisionto1,thecorrectanswerusingRoundtoHalfEvenis-85.2.
Youcanenteraunittype(mm,cm,grams,inches,etc.)toassessifanswersincludecorrectunitsofmeasurement.Forsignificantfiguresquestions,youcanselectapercentagetoassignaweightedpointsvaluetothemeasurementunit.Ifyouuseunitsinyourquestion,youcansetthefollowingEvaluationOptions:
• CaseInsensitive-Auto-gradingsearchesforamatchingcharacterpatternintheanswertextwithorwithoutlettercasecorrectness.
• CaseSensitive-Auto-gradingsearchesforamatchingcharacterpatternintheanswertextthatmusthavelettercasecorrectness.
• RegularExpression-Auto-gradingusesmeta-characterstosearchforoneormorematchingstringsintheanswertext'scharacterpattern.Whatyousetasmeta-characterparametershelpsdeterminelettercasesensitivity.
Create L iker t quest ions
CreateLikert(LIK)questionstomeasuresubjectiveinformationsuchaspersonalopinions,knowledge,abilities,andattitudes.Likertquestionsenableyoutocreatesurveysthatevaluatetheintensityofrespondents'feelingstowardsstatementspresentedtothem.
TherearesevenmeasurementscalesavailabletoLikertquestions:OnetoFive(1to5),OnetoEight(1to8),AgreementScale(Disagree–Agree),SatisfactionScale(Dissatisfied–Satisfied),FrequencyScale(Never–Always),ImportanceScale(Unimportant–Important),andOppositionScale(Oppose–Support).
YoucanonlyaccessLikertquestionsthroughtheSurveystoolandQuestionLibrary.Similartoselfassessments,allquestiontypesyouimportintosurveysautomaticallyomitpointvalueanddifficultylevelindicators.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickLikertQuestion(LIK).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourLikertquestiondetails.
3. IntheQuestionsarea,dothefollowing:
• SelecttheScaleyouwantthequestiontouse.
• IneachValuefield,enterastatement.Toincludeadditionalstatements,click AddOption.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
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Create tex t in format ion
Youcancreatetextinformationifyouwanttoprovidesupplementaryinformationthatrelatestoseveralquestions.Itisusefultocreatetextinformationifyouhaveseveralquestionsthatneedtoreferencethesamepassageandyouwanttoavoidrepeatedlywritingthesametextforeachquestion.
Forexample,youmayhaveacasestudythatyouwanttouseasthebasisforseveralquestions.Insteadofinsertingthecasestudyintoeachquestion,youcancreateatextinformationitemandhaverelatedquestionsappeardirectlyunderneathit.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickTextInformation(TXT).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourtextinformationdetails.
3. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
Create image in format ion
Createimageinformation(IMG)ifyouwanttoprovidesupplementaryinformationthatrelatestomorethanonequestion.Itisusefultohaveanimageinformationitemifyouhaveseveralquestionsthatneedtoreferencethesamefigureordiagram,andyouwanttoavoidrepeatedlyuploadingthesameimagefileforeachquestion.
1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickImageInformation(IMG).
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourimageinformationquestiondetails.
3. Touploadyourimage,clickInsertanImage.
4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.
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Unders tand ing regu lar express ions
Regularexpressionsgiveusersgradingcertainquestiontypestheabilitytoevaluateresponsesagainstasetofacceptablevalues.Aregularexpressionusesalpha-numericandmeta-characterstocreateapatternthatdescribesoneormorestringsthatmustbeidenticallymatchedwithinabodyoftext.
Youcanuseregularexpressionsinshortanswer,multi-shortanswer,arithmetic,significantfigures,andfillintheblanksquestions.
Forexample,thefillintheblankquestion"Whatworddescribesred,blue,green,yellow,pink,etc."canuseregularexpressionsfortheanswer"colou?r*"
Character Description Example
\ Marksthenextcharacterasaspecialcharacter,aliteral,aback-reference,oranoctalescape.
Thesequence\\matches\and\(matches(
nmatchesthecharactern
\nmatchesanew-linecharacter
^ Matchesthepositionatthebeginningoftheinputstring.IftheRegExpobject’sMulti-linepropertyisset,^alsomatchesthepositionfollowing'\n'or'\r'.
^catmatchesstringsthatbeginwithcat
$ Matchesthepositionattheendoftheinputstring.IftheRegExpobject’sMulti-linepropertyisset,$alsomatchesthepositionpreceding'\n'or'\r'.
cat$matchesanystringthatendswithcat
* Matchestheprecedingcharacterorsub-expressionzeroormoretimes.
*equals{0,}
be*matchesborbeorbeeeeeeeeee
zo*matcheszandzoo
+ Matchestheprecedingcharacterorsub-expressiononeormoretimes.
+equals{1,}.
be+matchesbeorbeebutnotb
? Matchestheprecedingcharacterorsub-expressionzerooronetime.
?equals{0,1}
abc?matchesaborabc
colou?rmatchescolororcolourbutnotcolouur
do(es)?matchesthedoindoordoes
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Character Description Example
Whenthischaracterimmediatelyfollowsanyoftheotherquantifiers(*,+,?,{n},{n,},{n,m}),thematchingpatternisnon-greedy.Anon-greedypatternmatchesaslittleofthesearchedstringaspossible,whereasthedefaultgreedypatternmatchesasmuchofthesearchedstringaspossible.
Inthestringoooo,o+?matchesasingleo,whileo+matchesallos.
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Character Description Example
() Parenthesescreateasub-stringoritemthatyoucanapplymeta-charactersto.
a(bee)?tmatchesatorabeetbutnotabet
{n,} nisanon-negativeinteger.Matchesexactlyntimes. [0-9]{3,}matchesanythreedigits
o{2,}doesnotmatchtheoinBob,butmatchesthetwoosinfood
b{4,}matchesbbbb
{n} nisanon-negativeinteger.Matchesatleastntimes. [0-9]{3}matchesanythreeormoredigits
o{2}doesnotmatchtheoinBobandmatchesalltheosinfoooood
o{1}isequivalenttoo+
o{0}isequivalenttoo*
{n,m} mandnarenon-negativeintegers,wheren<=m.Matchesatleastnandatmostmtimes.
Note:Youcannotputaspacebetweenthecommaandthenumbers.
[0-9]{3,5}matchesanythree,four,orfivedigits
o{1,3}matchesthefirstthreeosinfooooood
o{0,1}isequivalenttoo?
c{2,4}matchescc,ccc,cccc
. Matchesanysinglecharacterexcept"\n".
Tomatchanycharacterincludingthe'\n',useapatternsuchas'[\s\S]'.
cat.matchescatTandcat2butnotcatty
(?!) Makestheremainderoftheregularexpressioncaseinsensitive.
ca(?i)sematchescaSEbutnotCASE
(pattern) Matchespatternandcapturesthematch.ThecapturedmatchcanberetrievedfromtheresultingMatchescollection,usingtheSubMatchescollectioninVBScriptorthe$0$9propertiesinJScript.
Tomatchparenthesescharacters(),use'\('or'\)'.
(jam){2}matchesjamjam
Firstgroupmatchesjam
(?:pattern) Matchespatternbutdoesnotcapturethematch,thatis,itisanon-capturingmatchthatisnotstoredforpossiblelateruse.
Thisisusefulforcombiningpartsofapatternwiththe"or"character(|).
industr(?:y|ies)isamoreeconomicalexpressionthanindustry|industries
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Character Description Example
(?=pattern) Positivelookaheadmatchesthesearchstringatanypointwhereastringmatchingpatternbegins.Thisisanon-capturingmatch,thatis,thematchisnotcapturedforpossiblelateruse.
Lookaheadsdonotconsumecharacters:afteramatchoccurs,thesearchforthenextmatchbeginsimmediatelyfollowingthelastmatch,notafterthecharactersthatcomprisedthelookahead.
Windows(?=95|98|NT|2000)matchesWindowsinWindows2000butnotWindowsinWindows3.1
(?!pattern) Negativelookaheadmatchesthesearchstringatanypointwhereastringnotmatchingpatternbegins.Thisisanon-capturingmatch,thatis,thematchisnotcapturedforpossiblelateruse.
Lookaheadsdonotconsumecharacters,thatis,afteramatchoccurs,thesearchforthenextmatchbeginsimmediatelyfollowingthelastmatch,notafterthecharactersthatcomprisedthelookahead.
Windows(?!95|98|NT|2000)matchesWindowsinWindows3.1butdoesnotmatchWindowsinWindows2000
x|y Matchesxory. July(first|1st|1)matchesJuly1stbutdoesnotmatchJuly2
z|foodmatcheszorfood
(z|f)oodmatcheszoodorfood
[xyz] Acharacterset.Matchesanyoneoftheenclosedcharacters.
gr[ae]ymatchesgrayorgrey
[abc]matchestheainplain
[^xyz] Anegativecharacterset.Matchesanycharacternotenclosed.
1[^02]matches13or11butnot10or12
[^abc]matchesthepinplain
[a-z] Arangeofcharacters.Matchesanycharacterinthespecifiedrange.
[1-9]matchesanysingledigitexcept0
[a-z]matchesanylowercasealphabeticcharacterintherangeathroughz
[^a-z] Anegativerangeofcharacters.
Matchesanycharacternotinthespecifiedrange.
[^a-z]matchesanycharacternotintherangeathroughz
\b Matchesawordboundary:thepositionbetweenawordandaspace.
er\bmatchestheerinneverbutnottheerinverb
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Character Description Example
\B Matchesanon-wordboundary. er\Bmatchestheerinverbbutnottheerinnever
\cx Matchesthecontrolcharacterindicatedbyx.
ThevalueofxmustbeintherangeofA-Zora-z.
Ifnot,cisassumedtobealiteral'c'character.
\cMmatchesaControl-Morcarriagereturncharacter
\d Matchesadigitcharacter.
Equivalentto[0-9]
\D Matchesanon-digitcharacter
Equivalentto[^0-9]
\f Matchesaform-feedcharacter.
Equivalentto\x0cand\cL
\n Matchesanew-linecharacter.
Equivalentto\x0aand\cJ
\r Matchesacarriagereturncharacter.
Equivalentto\x0dand\cM
\s Matchesanywhitespacecharacterincludingspace,tab,form-feed,etc.
Equivalentto[\f\n\r\t\v]
Canbecombinedinthesamewayas[\d\s],whichmatchesacharacterthatisadigitorwhitespace
\S Matchesanynon-whitespacecharacter.
Equivalentto[^\f\n\r\t\v]
\t Matchesatabcharacter.
Equivalentto\x09and\cI
\v Matchesaverticaltabcharacter.
Equivalentto\x0band\cK
\w Matchesanywordcharacterincludingunderscore.
Equivalentto'[A-Za-z0-9_]'
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Character Description Example
\W Matchesanynon-wordcharacter.
Equivalentto'[^A-Za-z0-9_]'
Youshouldonlyuse\D,\Wand\Soutsidecharacterclasses.
\Z Matchestheendofthestringtheregularexpressionisappliedto.Matchesaposition,butnevermatchesbeforelinebreaks.
.\Zmatcheskinjol\hok
\xn Matchesn,wherenisahexadecimalescapevalue.
Hexadecimalescapevaluesmustbeexactlytwodigitslong.
AllowsASCIIcodestobeusedinregularexpressions.
\x41matchesA
\x041isequivalentto\x04and1
\num Matchesnum,wherenumisapositiveinteger.
Areferencebacktocapturedmatches.
(.)\1matchestwoconsecutiveidenticalcharacters
\n Identifieseitheranoctalescapevalueoraback-reference.
If\nisprecededbyatleastncapturedsub-expressions,nisaback-reference.
Otherwise,nisanoctalescapevalueifnisanoctaldigit(0-7).
\11and\011bothmatchatabcharacter
\0011istheequivalentof1
\nm Identifieseitheranoctalescapevalueoraback-reference.
If\nmisprecededbyatleastnmcapturedsub-expressions,nmisaback-reference.
If\nmisprecededbyatleastncaptures,nisaback-referencefollowedbyliteralm.
Ifneitheroftheprecedingconditionsexists,\nmmatchesoctalescapevaluenmwhennandmareoctaldigits(0-7).
\nml Matchesoctalescapevaluenmlwhennisanoctaldigit(0-3)andmandlareoctaldigits(0-7).
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Character Description Example
\un Matchesn,wherenisaUnicodecharacterexpressedasfourhexadecimaldigits.
Forexample,\u00A9matchesthecopyrightsymbol(©)
ManagingquestionsinQuestionLibraryCreate sect ions in Quest ion L ib rary
YoucancreatesectionstoorganizeyourquestionsintofolderswhileinsideQuestionLibrary.
YoucanalsoimportsectionsfromQuestionLibrarydirectlyintoaquiz,survey,orselfassessment.ImportingsectionsfromQuestionLibrarywilltransfersectionfoldersandalloftheirassociatedproperties(sectionname,messages,images,orfeedback).
Althoughyoucancreatesubsectionswithinsections,D2Lrecommendsyoukeepquestionorganizationsimpleandintuitive.
1. InQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickSection.
2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryoursectiondetails.
3. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selectyourdisplaypreferences.
Create sect ions outs ide Quest ion L ib rary
Youcancreatesectionstoorganizeyourquestionsintofolderswhilecreatingaquiz,survey,orselfassessment.Thefoldersyoucreatewillresidedirectlywithintheassessmenttoolyoucreatethemin,notinthemainQuestionLibrary.
1. OntheEdit[Quiz/Survey/SelfAssessment]page,clickAdd/EditQuestions.
2. FromtheNewbutton,clickSection.
3. IntheGeneralarea,enteryoursectiondetails.
4. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selectyourdisplaypreferences.
Ed i t a quest ion or sec t ion in Quest ion L ib rary
1. InQuestionLibrary,fromthecontextmenuofthequestionorsectionyouwanttoedit,click Edit.
2. MakeyourchangesandclickSave.
Prev iewquest ions in Quest ion L ib rary
Usethepreviewpagetoviewtheappearanceofanindividualquestion,aswellasthecommentsandhintsincludedwiththequestion.Ifthequestionappearsinmorethanoneplace,thepreviewpageliststheotherplacesthequestionappears(forexample,intheQuizzes,Surveys,andSelfAssessmentstools).
1. Dooneofthefollowing:
• InQuestionLibrary,fromthecontextmenuofthequestionyouwanttopreview,click Preview.
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• OntheEditQuestionpageforthequestionyouwanttopreview,clickPreview.
2. ClickDone.
Reorder quest ions or sec t ions in Quest ion L ib rary
1. InQuestionLibrary,click Order.
2. OntheOrderpage,selectthecheckboxforanyquestionorsectionyouwanttomove.
3. Clickthe MoveUpor MoveDownicons.
Pub l i sh quest ions and sect ions to a learn ing repos i tory
1. InQuestionLibrary,selectthecheckboxforanyquestionorsectionyouwanttopublishtoalearningrepository,
thenclick PublishtoLOR.
2. Dooneofthefollowing:
• FromthePickaRepositorydrop-downlist,selecttherepositoryyouwanttopublishto.
• Tooverwriteexistingcontent,selectOverwriteanexistingobject.Tolocatethelearningobjectyouwanttooverwrite,clickSearch.Selectthelearningobject,thenclickSelect.
3. IntheSharingandPublishingOptionsarea,doanyofthefollowing:
• Ifyouwanttoleavethepagewhilethesystempublishes,selectPublishinthebackground.Youcancheckthepublishingjob'sstatuslater.
• Ifyoudonotwanttheobjecttobevisibleorpubliclyavailable,selectHidelearningobjectinsearchresults.Onlyuserswiththecorrectpermissionscanviewhiddenlearningobjects.
• ToassociateCreativeCommonsrightswiththelearningobject,selectCreativeCommonslicensed.CreativeCommonslicensingenablesyoutoretaincopyrightonyourworkwhileallowingdifferentdegreesofreusetootherusers.
4. IntheLearningObjectstoPublisharea,clearthecheckboxforanyquestionorsectionyoudonotwanttopublishwiththepackage.
5. ClickNext.
6. OnthePublishpage,intheMetadataarea,enteryourmetadatadetails.
7. ClickPublishtoLOR.
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Quizzes
QuizzesbasicsExport the event log o f a l l qu i z a t tempts
Youcanexportaneventlogofallquizattemptsmadebyalllearnersinyourcourse.
1. Openthequizthatyouwanttoexporttheeventlogfor.
2. OntheGradeQuizpage,clickExportEventLogs.
3. Enteranameforthefile.
4. Specifywhereyouwanttosavethefile.
5. ClickSave.
Reset qu iz a t tempts fo r learners
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizwithattemptsyouwanttoreset,click Grade.
3. Selectthecheckboxforeachattemptyouwanttoreset,thenclickthe Reseticon.
Prevent cheat ing in qu izzes
Tohelppreventcheatinginquizzes,dothefollowing:
• OntheEditQuizpage,intheOptionalAdvancedPropertiesarea,selectDisablerightclick.
• OntheEditQuizpage,intheOptionalAdvancedPropertiesarea,selectDisableInstantMessagesandalerts.
• Incorporaterandomsectionsintoyourquizzestodistributeuniquesetsofquestionstousers.
View the event log o f a s ing le qu iz a t tempt
Youcanviewaneventlogofasinglequizattemptmadebyanindividuallearner.
1. IntheQuizzestoolopenaquiz.
2. Fromthequizdrop-downmenu,selectGrade.
3. OntheGradeQuizpage,intheuserlist,clickattempt1toviewtheeventlog.
CreatingquizzesCreate a qu iz
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
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2. OntheManageQuizzespage,clickNewQuiz.
3. IntheGeneralarea,fillinyourquizdetails.
4. IntheQuizQuestionsarea,clickAdd/EditQuestions.
5. Doanyofthefollowing:
• Tocreateanewquestion,fromtheNewbutton,selectthetypeofquestionyouwanttoadd.EnterthequestiondetailsandclickSave.
• Toaddquestionsfromanothercollection,atextfile,oralearningrepository,clickImport.EnteryourimportingdetailsandclickSave.IfyouimportquestionsfromtheQuestionLibrary,yourquizwillcontainacopyofthequestions,nottheoriginalquestions.
6. Repeatstep4untilyouhaveaddedallyourquizquestions.
7. ClickDoneEditingQuestions.
8. IntheOptionalAdvancedPropertiesarea,doanyofthefollowing:
• SelecttheAllowhintscheckbox
• SelecttheDisablerightclickcheckbox
• SelecttheDisableInstantMessagesandalertscheckbox
9. ClickSave.
Onceyou'vecreatedabasicquiz,youcanfurthercustomizeitbyaddingrestrictions,addingassessments,associatinglearningobjectives,customizingthesubmissionview,andaddingreports.
Add res t r i c t ions to a qu iz
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddrestrictionsto,click Edit.
3. IntheRestrictionstab,doanyofthefollowing:
• IntheDatesandRestrictionsarea,updatetheStatusdrop-downlist,Datessection,andtheAdditionalReleaseConditionssectionforthequiz.
• IntheOptionalAdvancedRestrictionsarea,updatethePasswordfield.
• IntheOptionalAdvancedRestrictionsarea,updatetheIPRestrictionfield.YoucanaddmultipleIPaddressrangestoensurethatuserscanonlyaccessaquizfromIPaddressesinthespecifiedIPaddressranges.
• IntheTimingarea,setyourtimingoptionsforthequiz.
• IntheSpecialAccessarea,selectyourTypeofAccessandclickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.
4. ClickSaveandClose.
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Add spec ia l access to a qu iz that requ i res Respondus LockDownBrowser
IfRespondusLockDownBrowserisenabledforthecourseofferingaquizresidesin,youcanexemptindividuallearnersfromtherequirementtousetheLockDownBrowserwhentakingthatquiz.
1. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddrestrictionsto,click Edit.
2. IntheRestrictionstab,underSecurityOptions>RespondusLockDownBrowser,dooneofthefollowing:
• SelectRequiredtotakethisquiz
• SelectRequiredtoviewquizfeedbackandresults
3. ClickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.
4. OntheAddSpecialAccesstoQuizpage,underLockDownBrowser,selectNotrequiredtotakethisquiz.
5. SelectthelearnersthatyouwanttoexemptfromusingtheLockDownBrowserforthisquizandclickAddSpecialAccess.
ThelearnersyouhavegrantedthisspecialaccessappearbelowtheAddUserstoSpecialAccessbuttonwitha DonotrequireLockDownBrowserforthisquiziconbesidetheirnames.
NoteThespecialaccesssettingsdonotapplytoallquizzesinacourseofferingautomatically.Youmustaddspecialaccessforlearnerstoeachquizseparately.
Add assessments to a qu iz
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddassessmentsto,click Edit.
3. IntheAssessmenttab,doanyofthefollowing:
• IntheAssessmentarea,ifyouwanttogradequizattemptsimmediately,selecttheAutomaticGradecheckbox.Youcanaddaneworexistingnumericgradeitemtothequiz,setquizresultstoautomaticallyexporttothegradebook,edithowthequizgradeappearstolearners,addarubrictothequiz,andgivelearnerstheabilitytosendtheirquizresultstotheirBrightspaceePortfolio,ifapplicable.
• IntheAssessmenttab,undertheAttemptsarea,sethowmanyattemptsalearnercanmakeonaquiz,howmultipleattemptsarecalculated,andtheminimumandmaximumpercentagescorethatalearnermustachieveonapreviousattempttoqualifyforanotherattempt.
4. ClickSaveandClose.
Set a d i f fe rent number o f qu iz a t tempts fo r an ind iv idua l learner
1. Openthequizthatyouwanttograntanindividuallearneradifferentnumberofquizattempts.
2. ClickQuizSetup.
3. IntheAssessmenttab,undertheAttemptsarea,sethowmanyattemptsalearnercanmakeonaquiz,howmultipleattemptsarecalculated,andtheminimumandmaximumpercentagescorethatalearnermustachieveonapreviousattempttoqualifyforanotherattempt.
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4. ClickSave.
5. IntheRestrictionstab,
• selecttheAllowselectedusersspecialaccesstoaquizcheckboxandthen
• clickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.
6. IntheUsersarea,selectthelearnerthatyouwanttograntadifferentnumberofquizattempts.
7. ClickAddSpecialAccess.
8. IntheSpecialAccessarea,alongsidethenameofthelearner,click Edit.
9. UnderAttempts,selecttheOverrideattemptsallowedcheckbox.
10. IntheAdvancedAttemptConditionsarea,updatetheMinandMaxpercentagescorethatthelearnermustachieveonapreviousattempttoqualifyforanotherattemptifrequired.
11. ClickAddSpecialAccess.
12. ClickSaveandClose.
Assoc ia te learn ing ob jec t ives w i th a qu iz
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddlearningobjectivesto,click Edit.
3. IntheObjectivestab,clickAssociateLearningObjectives.
4. BrowseorSearchforthelearningobjectivesyouwanttoassociatewiththequiz.
5. SelectthecheckboxesbesidethelearningobjectivesyouwantandclickAddSelected.
6. ClickSaveandClose.
Customize the submiss ion v iew for a qu iz
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttocustomizethesubmissionviewfor,
click Edit.
3. IntheSubmissionViewstab,dooneofthefollowing:
• Toeditthedefaultview,clicktheDefaultViewlink.MakeyourchangesandclickSave.
• Tocreateanewview,clickAddAdditionalView.CustomizeyourviewandclickSave.
4. ClickSaveandClose.
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Create a qu iz report
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttocreateareportfor,click Edit.
3. IntheReportsSetuptab,clickAddReport.
4. EnteraReportName.
5. SelectyourReportType.Usingthecheckboxesprovided,customizeyourreport'soutput.
6. Selectwhenyouwanttoreleasethereport,andwhichrolesyouwanttoreleaseitto.
7. ClickSave.
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About qu iz reports
YoucanviewandexportquizreportstoaCSVorMicrosoftExcelfilefordataanalysis.Thefilecontainsallapplicableinformationfromthequizsothatyoucanquery,sort,andevaluatethedatawithoutbeingconnectedtothelearningmanagementsystem.YoumustsetupquizreportsintheReportsSetuptabfortheappropriatequizbeforeyoucanvieworexportreports.
Allstatisticsarecalculatedbasedonauser'sfirstattemptofthequiz.Ifaquestionischangedafterattemptshaveoccurred,thenonlytheattemptsonthenewestversionofthequestionareincludedinthestatisticalcalculations.
Averagegradeiscalculatedonlyforfirstattemptsofthequiz.
Forallreports,youcansetareleasedateandselectrolestoreleasethereportto.
ReportType Details
QuestionStatistics Theaveragescoreonquestionsbypointsandpercentage.
Youcanchoosetoincludeorexcludetheclassaverage,scoredistribution,bonusquestions,theOutOfvalue,standarddeviation,pointbiserial,anddiscriminationindex.
QuestionDetails Alloftheanswersprovidedforeachquizattempt,howmanyuserschoseeachpossibleanswer,thetotalnumberofresponses,andtheaveragescoreoneachquestion.
Youcanchoosetoincludeorexcludethelevelofdifficulty,textresponses,bonusquestions,privatecommentsaddedtothereport,standarddeviation,pointbiserial,anddiscriminationindex.
UserStatistics Theclassaverageandstandarddeviation,scoredistribution,andthegradeofeachuser.
Youcanchoosetoincludeorexcludetheclassaverage,scoredistribution,andOrgDefinedID.
AttemptDetails TheOrgDefinedID,username,firstname,andlastnameofeachuser.Detailedinformationabouteachquestion.Theusers’responsesforeachquestionorganizedbyattempt,includinghowlongeachattempttook.
YoucanchoosetoincludeorexcludetheOrgDefinedIDandattemptduration.
UserAttempts TheOrgDefinedID,username,firstname,andlastnameofeachuser.Theusers’scoreforeachquestioninpointsandpercentageorganizedbyattempt,includinghowlongeachattempttook.
YoucanchoosetoincludeorexcludetheOrgDefinedIDandattemptduration.
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Give each learner a randomset o f qu iz quest ions
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,clickonthequizyouwanttoaddarandomsectionofquestionsto.
3. ClickAdd/EditQuestions.
4. FromtheNewbutton,clickRandomSection.
5. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourrandomsectiondetails.
6. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwantyoursectiontoappear.
7. ClickSave.
8. Onthequizquestionpage,clickontherandomsectionyoucreated.
9. ClickImport.
10. FromtheSourceSelectiondrop-downlist,selectthesectionyouwanttoimport.
11. IntheSourceCollectionarea,selectthequestionsyouwanttoimport.ClickSave.
12. IntheQuestionsperattemptfield,enterhowmanyquestionsyouwanteachusertoseefromtherandomsectionwhentakingthequiz.
13. InthePointseachfield,enterhowmanypointsyouwanteachquestiontobeworth.Allquestionsinarandomsectionareassignedthesamepointsvalue.
14. ClickSave>DoneEditingQuestions.
About randomsect ions
Youcancreaterandomsectionsinquizzestodistributeauniquesetofquestionstoindividualusers.Randomsectionspullquestionsfromadesignatedpoolofquestionsstoredinthequestionlibrary.
Sinceyoucanonlyaccessrandomsectionswithinquizzes,youmustcreateaquizbeforeyoucancreateitsrandomsections.YoucanimportaninfinitenumberofquestionsfromQuestionLibraryintoeachrandomsection,butyoucannotcreatenewquestionswithinrandomsectionfolders.
Managingrandomsections(renaming,reordering,deleting)issimilartomanagingquizquestionsexceptyoucannotpublishrandomsections.
Create bonus qu iz quest ions
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. OntheManageQuizzespage,clickonthequizyouwanttocreatebonusquestionsfor.
3. ClickEditValues.
4. SelecttheBonuscheckboxforeveryquestionyouwanttomakebonus.
5. ClickSaveandClose.
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QuizzesandQuestionLibraryCons iderat ions a round qu izzes w i th assoc ia t ions to Quest ion L ib rary
Situation Considerations
ImportingquestionsfromQuestionLibraryintoaquiz
WhenyouimportquestionsfromQuestionLibraryintoaquiz,youcreateaduplicateversionofthequestions.OneversionofthequestionsresidesinthequizandtheoriginalversionresidesinQuestionLibrary.
DeletingquestionspulledfromQuestionLibraryinaquiz
Ifyouwanttodeleteonlyanimportedquizquestion,makethechangesdirectlyinsidethequiz.QuestionswillnotautomaticallydeletefromtheQuestionLibrarywhendeletedfromaquiz.
BeforedeletingaquestionfromtheQuestionLibrary,ensureyoudeleteitfromeveryquizinwhichitresides.YouwillnotseetheQuestioninUsepagewhendeletingquestions.
CopyingaquizwithQuestionLibraryassociationstoanotherorgunit
Whenyoucopyaquizfromoneorgunitorcourseofferingtoanother,thenewlycopiedquizwillcontaintheoriginalsetofquizquestionsandformatting.Anychangesyoumakeinsidethequiz(forexample,deletingaquestion)willonlyaffectthequiz,nottheoriginalquestionsstoredinQuestionLibrary.
D2LrecommendsthatwhencopyingaquizwithassociationstotheQuestionLibrary,youalsocopytheparticularsectionoftheQuestionLibrarythatcontainthequizquestions.Doingsoensuresthatallyourquestionsremaininthesamecourseandallowsyoutocreatenewrandomsectionsinfuturequizzeswiththesequestions.
Delete a quest ion pu l led f romQuest ion L ib rary in a qu iz
1. Onthenavbar,click Quizzes.
2. Fromthecontextmenuofthequizcontainingthequestionsyouwanttodelete,click Edit.
3. InthePropertiestab,clickAdd/EditQuestions.
4. Selectthequestionsyouwanttodelete.
5. Click Delete>Delete.
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Copy a qu iz w i th Quest ion L ib rary assoc ia t ions to another o rg un i t
1. Inthecourseofferingthatyouwanttocopythequizto,onthenavbar,clickCourseAdmin>Import/Export/CopyComponents.
2. SelectCopyComponentsfromanotherOrgUnit.
3. ClickSearchforoffering.
4. Locateandselectthecoursecontainingthequizyouwanttocopy.
5. ClickAddSelected>SelectComponents.
6. SelectQuestionLibraryandQuizzes,thendooneofthefollowing:
• Toincludeallitems,selectCopyallitems,thenclickContinue.
• Toincludeonlysomeitems,selectSelectindividualitemstocopy,thenclickContinue.OntheSelectItemstoCopypage,selecttheitemsyouwanttocopy.ClickContinue.
7. ClickContinue.
8. ClickFinish.
Rubrics
RubricsbasicsWhere can you use a rubr ic?
Youcanattacharubrictoanyofthefollowingcoursetoolsoractivities:
• Competencies
• Discussiontopics
• Assignmentsubmissionfolders
• BrightspaceePortfolio
• Gradeitems
• Quizzes
• Surveys
Types o f rubr ic s
Therearetwotypesofrubricsavailableforuse:
• HolisticRubrics-Singlecriterionrubrics(one-dimensional)usedtoassessparticipants'overallachievementonanactivityoritembasedonpredefinedachievementlevels.Holisticrubricsmayuseapercentagesortextonlyscoringmethod.
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• AnalyticRubrics-Two-dimensionalrubricswithlevelsofachievementascolumnsandassessmentcriteriaasrows.Allowsyoutoassessparticipants'achievementsbasedonmultiplecriteriausingasinglerubric.Youcanassigndifferentweights(value)todifferentcriteriaandincludeanoverallachievementbytotalingthecriteria.Withanalyticrubrics,levelsofachievementdisplayincolumnsandyourassessmentcriteriadisplayinrows.Analyticrubricsmayuseapoints,custompoints,ortextonlyscoringmethod.Pointsandcustompointsanalyticrubricsmayusebothtextandpointstoassessperformance;withcustompoints,eachcriterionmaybeworthadifferentnumberofpoints.Forbothpointsandcustompointsanoverallscoreisprovidedbasedonthetotalnumberofpointsachieved.Theoverallscoredetermineswhethertheactivityisachieved.
ManagingrubricsCreate a rubr ic fo r a course
Youcancreateholisticandanalyticrubricstouseinyourcourse.
1. Onthenavbar,click Rubrics.
2. OntheRubricspage,clickNewRubric.
3. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourrubricdetails.
4. ToassociateyourrubricwithCompetenciesorBrightspaceePortfolio,intheAdvancedAvailabilitysection,selecttheCompetenciesorBrightspaceePortfoliocheckboxes.
5. ClickSave.
6. Dooneofthefollowing:
• Ifyoucreatedananalyticrubric,intheLevelsandCriteriatab,edityourcriteriaandlevels.
• Ifyoucreatedaholisticrubric,intheLevelstab,edityourlevels.
Copy a rubr ic
Copyingarubriccreatesanewrubricbasedonanexistingrubricinthesameorgunit,allowingyoutoeasilyreuseitinacourse.Thenewrubrichasthesameproperties,levelsandcriteria,andissharedwiththesameorgunitsastheoriginalrubric.
1. Onthenavbar,click Rubrics.
2. OntheRubricspage,fromthecontextmenuoftherubricyouwanttocopy,click Copy.
3. Clickonthenewrubrictoeditit.
Ed i t a rubr ic
Youcanonlyeditarubricintheorgunitwhereitwascreated.YoucannoteditarubricthatisbeingusedbyaCompetenciesactivityorBrightspaceePortfolioitem.
Youcaneditrubricproperties,levels,criterion,andcriteriagroups.
1. Onthenavbar,click Rubrics.
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2. OntheRubricspage,clickontherubricyouwanttoedit.
3. Makeyourchanges.
4. Dooneofthefollowing:
• IfyouareinthePropertiestab,clickSave.
• IfyouareintheLevelsandCriteriatab,clickClose.Youreditssaveautomatically.
Delete a rubr ic
Youcanonlydeletearubricintheorgunitwhereitwascreated.YoucannotdeletearubricthatisbeingusedbyaCompetenciesactivityorBrightspaceePortfolioitem,orattachedtoagradeitem.
1. Onthenavbar,click Rubrics.
2. OntheRubricspage,fromthecontextmenuoftherubricyouwanttodelete,click Delete.
Share a rubr ic
Youcancreaterubricsattheorganization,department,orcourselevel.Rubricsarenotautomaticallysharedwithallchildorgunitsbelowtheorgunitwheretheywerecreated.Youmustexplicitlysharethemifyouwanttomakethemavailabletochildorgunits.Rubricscreatedatthecourselevelcannotbesharedwithothercourses,however,youcancreatearubricinacoursetemplateandreuseitincourseofferingsforthatcoursetemplate.
IfyouareusingCompetenciestoevaluateusers,werecommendyousetuprubricsbeforeyousetupyourcompetencies,learningobjectives,andactivitiessinceyoucannotcreateanactivitywithoutassociatingitwitharubricandyoucannotassesswhetherauserhascompletedacompetencyorlearningobjectivewithoutassessingtheassociatedactivitiesusingtherubric.
1. OntheMyHomepage,onthenavbar,click Rubrics.
2. Clickontherubricyouwanttosharewithanotherorgunit.
3. InthePropertiestab,intheAdvancedAvailabilityarea,clickAddOrgUnits.
4. Selecttheorgunitswhereyouwanttosharetherubric.Ifapplicable,youcanalsoselectsharingoptions,includingThisorgunit,Alldescendants,orAlldescendantsoftype.
5. ClickInsert.
6. ClickSave.
SelfAssessments
Reasonstouseselfassessments• SelfAssessmentsisaformativeassessmenttoolthatenablesyoutoprovidelearnerswithaseriesofquestionsand
giveimmediatefeedbacktotheirresponses.
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• Theomissionofnumericevaluationenableslearnerstomakereflectivelearningandcoursematerialcomprehensiontheirmainprioritiesduringaselfassessment.
• Youcanuseselfassessmentsasawayofenablinglearnerstoprovidefeedbackonhowwelltheythinktheyaredoingwithcoursematerial.
• Answeringselfassessmentquestionscanilluminatelearnerstotheirownskillsanddevelopment.
Bestpracticesforcreatingandusingselfassessments• D2LrecommendsthatyoucreateallselfassessmentquestionswithinQuestionLibrary.Thisenablesyoutoreuse
questionsinvariousquizzes,surveys,andselfassessments.AllpointvaluesareremovedwhenimportingquestionsfromQuestionLibrarytoselfassessments.
• Toallowuserstoseehintstoquestions,selecttheAllowhintscheckboxwhencreatingaselfassessment.
• Createselfassessmentsectionstoorganizeyourquestionsintofolders.Avoidcreatingsubsectionswithinsectionstokeepquestionorganizationsimpleandintuitive.
• Youcanalsocreatecategoriestoorganizeyourassessmentsbasedonsimilarorrelatedcontent.
• Createrandomsectionsinselfassessmentstodistributeauniquesetofquestionstoindividualusers.RandomsectionspullquestionsfromadesignatedpoolofquestionsstoredinQuestionLibrary.
• UsetheintegratedHTMLEditortoinsertaselfassessmentintoaContenttopic,Announcementsitem,oreventviaquicklinkifyouwanttoincludeotherinformationwiththeselfassessment.
EvaluatingselfassessmentsSinceselfassessmentsarenotgradedandhavenopointvalue,D2Lrecommendsthatyouprovidefeedbackcommentsforeachselfassessmentquestion.Youcanprovidefeedbackattheendofeveryquestion.Insomequestiontypes(likemultiplechoice),youcanalsoprovidefeedbackforeachanswerchoicewithinthequestion,includingwhatdetailsinstructorsarelookingforinanidealanswer.
Allquestiontypesallowyoutoincludefeedbackandhints.Usefeedbacktoprovideaddedinformationasabasisforimprovingcontentcomprehension.Usehintstosuggesthowtoapproachaquestion.Ifyouwantuserstoseehintstoquestions,youmustenablehintswhenyoucreatetheselfassessment.
Createaselfassessment1. Onthenavbar,click SelfAssessments.
2. OntheManageSelfAssessmentspage,clickNewSelfAssessment.
3. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourselfassessmentdetails.
4. ClickSave.
5. ClickAdd/EditQuestions.
6. Doanyofthefollowing:
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• Tocreateanewquestion,fromtheNewbutton,selectthetypeofquestionyouwanttoadd.EnterthequestiondetailsandclickSave.
• Toaddquestionsfromanothercollection,atextfile,oralearningrepository,clickImport.EnteryourimportingdetailsandclickSave.
7. Repeatstep6untilyouhaveaddedallyourquizquestions.
8. ClickDoneEditingQuestions>SaveandClose.
Deleteaselfassessment1. Onthenavbar,click SelfAssessments.
2. OntheManageSelfAssessmentspage,selectthecheckboxforanyselfassessmentyouwanttodelete.
3. FromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Delete.
ShareselfassessmentquestionswithotherinstructorsYoucanshareselfassessmentquestionswithotherinstructorsbysendingthemtoalearningobjectrepository(LOR).Thisrequiresaseparatetool,BrightspaceLearningRepository.
1. Onthenavbar,click SelfAssessments.
2. OntheManageSelfAssessmentspage,clickontheselfassessmentthatcontainsquestionsyouwanttopublish.
3. ClickAdd/EditQuestions.
4. Selectthecheckboxforanyselfassessmentquestionyouwanttopublish.
5. Click PublishtoLOR.
6. OnthePublishpage,fromthePickaRepositorydrop-downlist,selectwhereyouwanttopublishyourquestionsto.
7. ClickNext.
8. OntheMetadatapage,entermetadatadetailsforthequestions.
9. ClickPublishtoLOR>Done.
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Surveys
SetupasurveyCreatesurveysandusethestatisticstoolstomonitorcurrentcoursetrends,seekopinions,andassessusersatisfaction.
Surveysareanexcellentwaytosolicitfeedbackfromparticipantsregardinganyaspectofacourse.Youcangatheranonymousornon-anonymousopinionsandinformationfromusers. UnlikeQuizzes,surveyquestionsdonothavetohaverightorwronganswersandLikert-styleratingquestionsarepossible.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickNewSurvey.
3. EnteraNameanddefineadditionalsettingsforyoursurvey.
4. Toaddquestionstothesurvey,dooneofthefollowing:
• Toaddquestionsdirectlytothesurvey,clickAdd/EditQuestions.
• TosharequestionsbetweenSelfAssessments,Quizzes,andSurveysintheQuestionLibrary,clickSaveandClosetoexitthesurvey.OntheManageSurveyspage,clickQuestionLibraryfromthetoolnavigation.
5. IntheQuestionLibraryortheAdd/EditQuestionsareaoftheSurveystool,clickNewandselectthequestiontypeorinformationitemyouwanttocreate.
6. ToreturntotheManageSurveysorEditSurveypage,clickDoneEditingQuestions.
7. Ifyou'vecreatedquestionsforyoursurveyoutsideofthesurvey(forexample,intheQuestionLibrary),dothefollowing:
• OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.ClickAdd/EditQuestions>Import.ToimportquestionsfromtheQuestionLibrary,fromtheImportSourcedrop-downlist,selectFromanExistingCollection.FromtheSourceCollectiondrop-downlist,selectQuestionLibrary.Todisplayallquestionsavailable,selectCollectionRootfromtheSourceSectiondrop-downlist.FromtheSourceCollectionarea,selectthecheckboxesofthequestionsyouwanttoimporttoyoursurvey.
8. ClickSave.
SurveyexamplesStartoffthecoursewithaninformalpoll Aninformalpollcanaskaboutpeople'sbackgrounds,previouseducation,andinterestinthecourse.Youcanchoosetomaketheanswersanonymous,ortosharethemsothatstudentscanseetheirclassmates'responses.Youcanuseavarietyofquestiontypesforthisfunpoll,including:
• ShortAnswer
• Multi-ShortAnswer
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• Multi-Select
• MultipleChoice
Figure5:Usingamultiplechoicequestiontoconductapolloncourseinterest
Collectinformalcourseevaluationsormid-yearreviewsYoucanuseacombinationofdifferentquestiontypesforthisthatarefoundinatypicalevaluationorreview,including:
• Likert
• LongAnswer
• Multi-ShortAnswer
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Figure6:UsingLikertandshortanswerquestionsinacourseevaluation
Askaboutpeople'slearningstylesandcontentdeliverypreferencesYoucanuseavarietyofdifferentquestiontypesforlearningstyleanddeliverypreference,including:
• MultipleChoice
• Multi-Select
• LongAnswerorShortAnswer
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Figure7:Usingamulti-selectquestiontodiscoverdiscussionmethodpreferences
DeterminewhichlearningresourcesweremosthelpfultoachievelearningobjectivesYoucanusethefollowingquestiontypestodeterminethemosthelpfultypeoflearningresources:
• Multi-Select
• MultipleChoice
• Ordering
• Likert
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Figure8:Usinganorderingquestiontodetermineeffectivenessoflearningresources
Poseopen-endedquestionstodetermineareasofstudentconfusionYoucanuseShortandLongAnswerquestiontypesforthisscenario.
Setupa"choose-your-ownadventure"gameorquiz Youcanintroducethecourseinafunwayorreinforcecoursemessagingthroughthistypeofsurveyactivity.Youcanusesurveybranchingtodothis,usingthefollowingquestiontypes:
• MultipleChoice
• TrueorFalse
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Figure9:Usingthebranchingwizardtocraftaquizthatcanleadtomanydifferentoutcomesdependingontheuser'sanswers
Setasurveytoactive1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.
3. ClicktheRestrictionstab.
4. IntheDatesandRestrictionsarea,settheStatusdrop-downlisttoActive.
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SetadaterangeforasurveyYoucanspecifyadaterangethatyoursurveybecomesavailabletousers.YoucanalsoaddSurveysassociatedwithadatetoyourcoursecalendar.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurvey.
3. ClicktheRestrictionstab.
4. IntheDatesandRestrictionsarea,selectHasStartDateand/orHasEndDate,andspecifythedatesandtimeswhenuserscanseethesurvey.
5. TodisplaythesurveyintheCalendartool,selectActivefromtheStatusdrop-downlistandselectDisplayinCalendar.
6. ClickSaveandClose.
AnonymousparticipationinasurveyIfasurveyisanonymous,youruserdataishiddeninsurveyresults.Theresponsestosurveyquestionsareavailableforallusers,butthesystemdoesnotreportwhomadewhichresponse.
Note:Youcannotassociateanonymoussurveyactivitieswithlearningobjectives.
Ensureanonymoussurveyparticipation1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.
3. IntheGeneralarea,selectthemakeresultsanonymouscheckbox.
SettingsurveyrestrictionsOntheRestrictionstabofthesurvey,youcancreatenew,orattachexistingreleaseconditionsifyouwantasurveytobeavailabletousersonlyaftertheyfulfillotherspecifiedtasks.ExamplesofreleaseconditionsincludecompletingaAssignmentssubmission,scoringaspecifiedgradeinaparticularquiz,completingaSelfAssessmentssubmission,andbeingenrolledinaparticularsection.YoucanalsouseReleaseConditionstomakethesurveyavailableonlytoaparticularrole.EditandchangereleaseconditionsbyclickingtheRemoveiconorRemoveAllConditions.
Ifyoudecidetomakethesurveyavailablewithcertainreleaseconditions,youcanalsousetheIntelligentAgentstooltonotifystudentsthatthesurveyisavailableoncethey'vefulfilledtheapplicablereleaseconditions.
ControluserresponsesinasurveyYoucansetaresponsetypetospecifythenumberofsurveyattemptsusersareallowed.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
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2. OntheSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.
3. ClicktheRestrictionstab.
4. IntheUserResponsesarea,settheAttemptsAlloweddrop-downlisttooneofthefollowing:
• Unlimited-Userscananswerandsubmitasurveyasmanytimesastheywant.
• Singleattemptthatiseditable-Allowsusersasinglesurveyattempt.Theycanre-accessandeditresponsesaslongasthesurveyisstillavailable.
• Limited-Setsanumberofpermissiblesurveyattempts.
CreatespecialaccesstoasurveyYoucanassignspecificusersadifferentsetofsurveyavailabilitydates.Specialaccesspropertiesenableyoutoincreasethetimelimitforspecial-needsusersandallowdifferentstartandenddatesforindividualusers.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.
3. ClicktheRestrictionstab.
4. Dooneofthefollowing:
• Tosetspecialaccessforselectedusers,chooseAllowselectedusersspecialaccesstothissurvey.
• Torestrictthesurveyonlytouserswithspecialaccess,chooseAllowonlyuserswithspecialaccesstoseethissurvey.
5. ClickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.
6. Searchforusersandselectthecheckboxesbesidethenamesofusersyouwanttoassignspecialaccessto.
7. ClickAddSpecialAccess.
TracksurveyprogressandresultsBasedonhowyouhavesetupthesurveyproperties,youmightseealistofallusersorjusttheoverallsurveyresultswithanonymousresponses.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,fromthesurvey'scontextmenu,click Statistics.
3. IntheUserstab,searchforusersandtheirlistedattempttypes.YoucanrestrictyoursearchofsurveyresultsbyattemptintheAttemptstab.
4. Toviewaspecificuser'sresults,clickonanindividualattempt.Toviewthenumberofattemptsperquestionwithinasurvey,clickViewOverallResultsatthebottomofthepage.
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SetupsurveyreportsSurveyreportsgatherinformationonsurveydata.Surveyreportsaredifferentfromsurveyresults;theycollectandpresentmoretypesofinformationthanisavailablethroughresults.Chooseareporttypetodisplayquestionstatistics,questiondetails,userstatistics,attemptdetails,oruserattempts.Youcanalsoselectareleasedateandchoosewhichroleshavepermissiontovieweachreport.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthenameofthesurvey.
3. OntheReportsSetuptab,clickAddReport.
4. EnteraReportName.
5. ChooseaReportType:
• SummaryReport-Youcandisplayaggregatedataformultiplechoice,trueandfalse,Likert,multi-select,andmatchingquestiontypes.Youcanalsodisplaytextresponsesforlonganswer,shortanswer,andfillintheblanksquestiontypes.
• IndividualAttempts-Thisreportdisplayseachattemptindividually.Youcanchoosetohidetheuser’sfirstandlastnamewhentheIndividualAttemptsreportisviewed.
6. Youcanchoosetoimmediatelyreleaseareportafterasurveysubmission,orenteranalternatedateandtime.
7. IntheReleaseReportTosection,selectthecheckboxbesideeachroleyouwanttoreleasethereportto.
8. ClickSave.
ViewasurveyreportYoucanexportsurveystatisticsandreportstoaCSVfilefordataanalysis.TheCSVfilecontainsallpertinentinformationfromthesurveysothatyoucanquery,sort,andevaluatethedatawithoutbeingconnectedtothelearningmanagementsystem.YoumustsetupsurveyreportsfromtheReportsSetuptabfortheappropriatesurveybeforeyoucanvieworexportreports.
1. OntheManageSurveyspage,fromthecontextmenuofthesurveyyouwanttoview,click Reports.
2. Clickonthereportname.
3. Ifyouwanttorestrictyourreportwithinaspecifictimeframe,selecttheFromandTocheckboxesandenterthedaterestrictions.
4. ClickGenerateHTMLReporttoviewthereportinyourbrowser,orclickGenerateCSVReporttosavethereportasaCSVfileonyourcomputer.
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NotifyparticipantsofanavailablesurveyYoucannotifyparticipantsofanavailablesurveyintwoways:
• OntheEditSurveypage,clickInviteParticipantstosendasurveynotificationdirectlytoauser'sexternalemailaddress.
• IntheAnnouncementswidget,createaAnnouncementsitemthatannouncestheavailabilityofthesurveyonthecoursehomepageandlinkstothesurveyviaaquicklink.
SurveybranchingWhenbranchingisused,surveyquestionspresentoneatatime,eachonaseparatepage(inotherwords,pagebreaksareinsertedbetweeneveryquestion).Surveybranchingpresentsmultiplequestions,allowingtheinstructortochoosewhichquestioncomesupnextbasedontheuser'sresponse.
1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.
2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickonthesurveyyouwanttoaddbranchingto.
3. IntheSurveyQuestionsarea,clickBranchingWizard.Thewizarddisplaysalistofthequestionsinyoursurveyandtheircorrespondingtypes.AnswersareshownforMultipleChoiceandTrueorFalsequestions.YouhavetheoptiontoskipquestionsorterminatethesurveybasedontheanswertoaMultipleChoiceorTrueorFalsequestion.
4. Choosetheanswersthatyouwanttocreateabranchfromandfillinappropriatebranchinginformation.
5. ClickSave.
UserProgress
ReasonstousetheUserProgresstoolYoumaywanttousetheUserProgresstooltodoanyofthefollowing:
• Monitorprogressforanyorallusersinyourcourse
• Prepareprogressreports
• Viewuserprofiles,emailusers,orinstantmessageusers
• Trackwhenauseraccessesthecourseanddownloadscoursecontent
• Trackauser'sgrades,completionoflearningobjectives,accessofcontenttopics,participationindiscussions,Assignmentsubmissions,quizzessubmissions,checklistcompletion,surveyresponses,andloginhistory
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AccessingUserProgressdataintheBrightspaceDataPlatformWhentheBrightspaceDataPlatformandBrightspaceInsightsareincludedwiththeBrightspaceplatform,instructorscanaccessthefollowingdataintheUserProgresstool:
• Identifyiflearnersdownloadcontentatthetopic,module,ortableofcontentslevel.Forexample,instructorscanviewdownloadmetricsfromtheSummaryandContentindicatorsforaspecificcourse.
• Identifywhenlearnersaccesstheircourses.Forexample,fromtheCourseAccessindicator,instructorscanviewdetailedcourseaccessinformationsuchaswhenalearnerlastaccessedthecourseandthetotalnumberofdaystheyaccessedthecourse.Note:WhenCourseAccessisenabled,theLoginHistoryindicatornolongercontainsaLastAccessedCoursefield.Inaddition,aCourseAccesscheckboxisavailableintheUserProgressSettingsforincludingcourseaccessdataintheUserProgressreport.
• Identifytheminimumandmaximumgradealearnercanachieveinacourse,basedongradesreceivedinthecoursetodate,andtheweightoftheremainingcourseassignments.
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Whencombinedwithothercontentaccessmetrics,thisdataprovidesinstructorswithamoredetailedpictureoflearnerengagement.
Note:IfyoudonothaveyoureventsstoredintheBrightspaceDataPlatformandhavenotpurchasedBrightspaceInsights,thesefeaturesareunavailable.Formoreinformation,contactyourD2LAccountManager.
Figure10:ContentProgressshowingadownloadfromTableofContents(allcoursefiles),aModuledownload(Week2),andindividualTopicdownloads
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Figure11:TheCourseAccessindicatorintheUserProgresstool
UserProgressoverviewTheUserProgressinterfaceconsistsofthreemainareas:
• TheUserInformationarea.
• TheReportsListarea.(IfyouaccessedUserProgressfromMyHome,theReportsListareaalsoincludesallcoursesthatyouareactivelyenrolledin.)
• TheReportDetailsarea.
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YoucanaccesstheUserProgressfromMyHomeandatthecourselevelintheClasslisttool.
Figure12:TheReportsListareaofUserProgressshowsothercoursesyoucancheckwhenyouaccessitfromMyHome.
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Figure13:TheUserProgressinterfacewiththeSummaryviewofacourseselected.
ChangeUserProgresssettingsBydefault,theReportsDetailareadisplaysall9progressindicatorsintheProgressSummaryreport.Youcanremoveprogressindicatorsfromthesummaryreport.TheProgressSummaryviewcandisplayupto15gradeitemsforeachprogressindicator.Ifyourcoursehasmorethan15itemsforagivenprogressindicator,onlythe15mostrecentitemswilldisplayintheProgressSummaryview.
Youcanalsoadjustcolorindicators.Colorindicatorshelpyoutrackstudentsbycategory,suchas:OnTrack,SomeConcerns,andAtRisk.
1. Onthenavbar,click UserProgress.
2. Click Settings.
3. Makeyourchanges.
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ClassProgressoverview
Figure14:OverviewoftheClassProgresspage
1)Youcanfilterclassparticipantsbasedonmembershipingroupsorsections.
2)UsetheClassProgressnavbartosorttheorderinwhichusersappearinthechart.Bydefault,thefollowingperformanceindicatorsappearfromlefttorightinthenavbar:Content,Objectives,Logins,andGrades.Amaximumof4progressindicatorscandisplayatanytimeontheClassProgresspage.
3)Allcourseparticipantsappearinthechart.Theirname,username,andOrgDefinedIDdisplayalongsidetheirprofilepicture,ifsupplied.Theirperformanceresultsforthelistedindicatorsalsodisplayinthechart.Clickingonanyareaofthischartbringsyoutotheindividualuser'sUserProgresspage.
4)Adjustwhichperformanceindicatorsdisplaybydefaultusing Settings.Youcanalsosearchforusersinthisarea.
ChangeClassProgresssettings1. Onthenavbar,click UserProgress.
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2. OntheClassProgresspage,click Settings.
3. Fromthecontextmenuoftheindicatoryouwanttoreplace,select Replace.
4. OntheSelectProgressIndicatorpage,clickontheprogressindicatoryouwanttouseasareplacement.
5. Toreplacemoreprogressindicators,repeatsteps2-3.
6. Fromthecontextmenuofaprogressindicator,select MoveUpor MoveDowntorearrangetheorderinwhichitappearsinClassProgress.
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