USING THE GRADE CENTRE IN STUDENTCENTRAL

Introduction

JasonBaileyJanuary2018http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/quickschoolresources/cem-resources/using-studentcentral-and-the-grade-centre/

1

USINGTHEGRADECENTREINSTUDENTCENTRALINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3

WHATISTHEGRADECENTRE.................................................................................................3HOWTOFINDTHEGRADECENTRE.......................................................................................................................3GRADECENTRECOLUMNORGANISATION..........................................................................................................3ICONSUSEDINTHEGRADECENTRE.....................................................................................................................4

HOWSTUDENTSSUBMITANASSIGNMENT.........................................................................4HOWSTUDENTSVIEWGRADESANDFEEDBACK................................................................................................4

USINGMANUALCOLUMNS........................................................................................................5HOWTOCREATEAMANUALCOLUMN..................................................................................................................5HOWTOGRADEUSINGAMANUALCOLUMN.......................................................................................................5

SHOWINGANDHIDINGCOLUMNSINSTUDENTCENTRAL................................................5HOWTOSHOWANDHIDEACOLUMNINSTUDENTCENTRAL..........................................................................5

EDITINGTHESCOREDISPLAY..................................................................................................6

CALCULATEDCOLUMNS.............................................................................................................6

USINGWEIGHTEDCOLUMNS....................................................................................................6HOWTOCREATEAWEIGHTEDCOLUMN..............................................................................................................6

VIEWGRADEDETAILS................................................................................................................6HOWTOVIEWGRADEDETAILS.............................................................................................................................6CLEARINGANATTEMPT..........................................................................................................................................7EXEMPTAGRADE......................................................................................................................................................7OVERRIDINGGRADES...............................................................................................................................................7VIEWINGGRADEHISTORY......................................................................................................................................7

RUNNINGTOTALINAWEIGHTEDCOLUMN.........................................................................8EXAMPLEOFTHERUNNINGTOTALWITHAWEIGHTEDCOLUMNS...............................................................8WeightedcolumncalculationwithrunningtotalsettoNo..........................................................8WeightedcolumncalculationwithrunningtotalsettoYes........................................................9

USINGGRADINGSCHEMAS........................................................................................................9

CREATINGAGRADINGSCHEMA..............................................................................................9

USINGCATEGORIES..................................................................................................................10CREATINGCATEGORIES........................................................................................................................................10

STUDENTCENTRALANDTURNITINSUBMISSIONPOINTS............................................10TURNITINSUBMISSIONPOINT............................................................................................................................10TroubleshootingTurnitin..........................................................................................................................11

CREATEATURNITINSUBMISSIONPOINT........................................................................................................11MARKINGANDGRADINGINTURNITIN.............................................................................................................11

Introduction


2

CREATINGASTUDENTCENTRALASSIGNMENT................................................................11

MARKING/GRADINGASTUDENTCENTRALASSIGNMENT.............................................12

STUDENTCENTRALGROUPS..................................................................................................12

SMARTVIEWS............................................................................................................................12

MANUALCOLUMNSCREATEDFORCAMSTRANSFER.....................................................12

TRANSFERRINGGRADECENTREGRADESTOCAMSSHEET..........................................13

TRANSFERGRADESFROMSTUDENTENTRALTOACAMSSHEET...............................13BREAKINGLINKSBETWEENSPREADSHEETS...................................................................................................14

EDITINGTHEMANUALCAMSCOLUMNUSINGEXCEL(WORKOFFLINE)..................14

HOWTOGETMOREHELP......................................................................................................15

Introduction


3

INTRODUCTION

ThisdocumentprovidesasummaryofthetopicscoveredintheUsingtheGradeCentreinstudentcentralsession.Videosareincludedtoprovideexamplesofthestepsrequiredtoachievethedesiredobjectiveineachsection.

ReferenceismadetotheLearningandTeachingpagesontheinformationServiceswebsiteat:https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching

TheLearningandTeachingpagesaremaintainedbytheLearningTechnologyAdvisorsattheUniversityofBrighton.

WHATISTHEGRADECENTRE

Studentcentralisavailableat:https://studentcentral.brighton.ac.uk

StudentcentralistheinstitutionalVirtualLearningEnvironment(VLE);eachmoduleinstancehasitsownGradeCentre.

TheGradeCentreprovidesyouwithanareatostoreandmanagestudentresultsdata.Typically,atBrighton,un-ratified(priortoexamboard)gradesandfeedbackforindividualpiecesofassessmentarereleasedthroughthegradecenter.Studentsviewtheirgrades,releasedviatheGradeCentre,usingtheMyGradesmenu.

TheGradeCentreisatabularviewofresultsforstudentsstudyingthemodule.Somecalculations(average,weightedandtotal)arepossiblewithintheGradeCentre.

ThedataintheGradeCentrecanbedownloadedinExcelorCSVformattoenableofflineworkingoradvancedspreadsheetmanipulation.

Ratifiedgradesformodulesareavailabletostudentsviathepersonaltabinstudentcentral.ThepersonaltabopensupanE-vision(SITS/CAMS)viewofgradesenteredviaCAMS.

HOWTOFINDTHEGRADECENTRE

YouaccesstheGradeCenterfromtheControlPanelinamoduleinstance.

ExpandtheGradeCentresectiontodisplaytheFullGradeCentre.TheGradeCentreisonlyvisibletothoseenrolledasinstructorsonamodule.

GRADECENTRECOLUMNORGANISATION

TheGradeCentrecolumns,includingname,studentIDanduserid,canbeorganizedandhiddenfromtheinstructorsviewintheGradeCentre.Somecolumns(name,studentID)arefrozenandalwaysappeartotheleftsidewhenscrolling;thosecolumnscanbechanged.

Toentercolumnorganization

• GototheGradeCentre• SelecttheManagemenu

HowstudentssubmitanAssignment


4

• SelectColumnOrganization

Tochangethelocationofacolumn

• Usethe4-wayarrowtomoveacolumntoanewlocation

Tohide(orshow)acolumn

• Selectacolumntickbox• Selecttheshow/hidebutton• SelectHidefromInstructorview

• ClickSubmitwhencompleted

ICONSUSEDINTHEGRADECENTRE

TheGradeCentreuseiconstorepresentcellsingradesinvariousstates.ThefollowingimagepresentsthecommonlyusediconsintheGradeCentre.

Thefollowingsymbolindicatethatdelegatedmarkingisinuse

HOWSTUDENTSSUBMITANASSIGNMENT

Helpandguidanceisprovidedintheassessmentcontentareaforeachmodule.Alinktohttp://libguides.brighton.ac.uk/esubmissionisprovided.StudentsmaybeconfusedorexpectacertaintypeofassignmentandsoyoushouldremindstudentsforeachassessmentwhetheryouareusingTurnitinorstudentcentralassignments(theyaredifferent).

Videoguidesareavailableforstudentsattheabovelinkandareprovidedhereforreference:

• Submittingastudentcentralassignment:https://youtu.be/221PHpBU1MQ• SubmittingaTurnitinassignment:https://youtu.be/e8mG1UUzFlc

Note:Studentscanfindthesetwoassignmenttypesconfusing;checkthattheyunderstandtowhichtypeofsubmissionyouareusing.

HOWSTUDENTSVIEWGRADESANDFEEDBACK

Usingmanualcolumns


5

Thefollowingvideoshowsstudentshowtoviewtheirgradesandfeedback:https://youtu.be/sm6CDO77HBM

Thisvideoisavailablefrom:http://libguides.brighton.ac.uk/esubmission/mygrades

USINGMANUALCOLUMNS

Manualcolumnsareusefultostoregradesandfeedbackwherenoelectronicsubmissionhasbeenmade.Asanexample,youcouldusemanualcolumnsfor

• WrittenExaminations• OralPresentation(noslides)• Aphysicaliteme.g.canvaspainting,ceramicart,electroniccircuit• Somethingthatcannotbesubmittedviastudentcentral

HOWTOCREATEAMANUALCOLUMN

ThefollowingvideodemonstratesthesetupforamanualcolumnintheGradeCentre

https://mediastream.brighton.ac.uk/Play/7579

Werecommendyouhidethecolumnfromstudentswhilemarkingandmoderating.Makingthecolumnsvisibletostudentsishowgradesandfeedbackisreleasedtothestudents.

HOWTOGRADEUSINGAMANUALCOLUMN

Thefollowingvideodemonstratesgradingandmarkingamanualcolumn

https://mediastream.brighton.ac.uk/Player/10269

SHOWINGANDHIDINGCOLUMNSINSTUDENTCENTRAL

Itisgoodpracticetohidecolumnsfromstudentstopreventgradesandfeedbackbeingreleasedbeforetheyareready.Makingacolumnvisibletostudentsreleasesthegradesandfeedbacktostudents

• Whenyouhideacolumnfromstudents;gradesandfeedbackisnotvisibletothestudents

• Whenyoumakeacolumnvisible,thegradeandfeedbackisreleasedtothestudentsviaMyGrades

• Studentswillreceiveanotificationthatanewgradeisavailable

HOWTOSHOWANDHIDEACOLUMNINSTUDENTCENTRAL

Thefollowingvideoshowsyouhowtoshowandhideacolumnmanually


Note:Turnitinisathird-partytoolwhichhasitsownfeedbacktoolcalledFeedbackstudio.Turnitinsynchronizesthegrade(score)thatyouprovideinfeedbackstudiowiththeassociatedstudentcentralgradeCentrecolumn.The“revealonpostdate”(settoYes)settinggivesTurnitintheabilitytocontrolthestudentcentralcolumnvisibilitytostudents.WrittenfeedbackinTurnitinisnot

EditingtheScoreDisplay


6

synchronizedwiththefeedbacktolearnerfieldinstudentcentralbutlinksareprovidedforstudentstoseetheirfeedback.

EDITINGTHESCOREDISPLAY

Thedisplayofscore(grade)canbeeditedasdesired.Youcanchoosetoshowarawscore,percentageorothercustomdisplayasdefinedbyaGradingSchema.Toeditthedisplay

• GototheGradeCentre• SelectthecolumnmenuandchooseEditColumn

Information• ScrolldowntoPrimaryDisplayandselectpreferredoption

CALCULATEDCOLUMNS

CalculatedcolumnsintheGradeCentreallowothercolumnstobecombinedtoproduceoveralloraggregatedgrades.Typically,calculatedcolumnscanbeaverages,totalsorweighted.Moreinformationisavailableat:

https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Grading_Tasks/Calculate_Grades

USINGWEIGHTEDCOLUMNS

Aweightedcolumnisatypeofcalculatedcolumnthatallowsagradetobegeneratedontheresultofaselectionofcolumnsandtheirrespectivepercentages(proportion).

Weightedcolumnsareusefulforcalculatingfinalcourseworkormodulescoresbasedonaselectionofothercolumns.Asanexample,afinalcourseworkscoremaybebasedontwoindividualpiecesorcomponentsofcourseworkwithequalweighting(50%).


HOWTOCREATEAWEIGHTEDCOLUMN

Thefollowingvideodemonstratescreatingaweightedcolumn:https://mediastream.brighton.ac.uk/Play/7580

VIEWGRADEDETAILS

TheViewGradeDetailsmenuallowsformanyoptionsrelatedtoastudent’sattemptforasubmission.Thisincludes:

• Add/editaGrade• ExemptaGrade• ClearanAttempt• OverrideaGrade• ViewtheGradeHistory

HOWTOVIEWGRADEDETAILS

ViewGradeDetails


7

• Forthedesiredsubmissionselectthecontextmenu(shownright)

• SelectViewGradeDetails

TheGradedetailswindowshowsastudentandcolumn(submission).Navigationarrowsallowmovementbetweenstudentswithinasubmissionpointordifferentsubmissionpointsforthecurrentstudent.

CLEARINGANATTEMPT

Wherestudentsaretakingatestorsubmittinganassignmentwhereonlyoneattemptispermittedyoumaywanttocleartheattempt.Wherestudentsaretakingatestandafirealarmisactivatedyoumaywishtoclearanexistingattemptandallowstudenttorestart.

TheClearAttemptbuttonremovesthecurrentattemptandanyassociateddata.TheGradesHistorywillrecordaclearedattempt.

EXEMPTAGRADE

ExemptingaGraderemovesthescorefromanycalculationsandkeepsarecordofthedatashouldyoudecidetoreinstateit.Thisisparticularlyusefulifyouarecombiningsubmissionpointsthatincluderegular,lateandIMYR(InModuleYearRetrieval).Inthiscasestudentswillhavemultipleattemptsinseveralsubmissionpointsandyouwillwanttoexcludeonegradefromcalculations.

OVERRIDINGGRADES

Thefollowingvideoshowshowtooverridegrades


OverridingGradesallowsaninstructortochangeanexistinggradewhilekeepingarecordofthepreviousgrade;e.g.whilemoderating.GradesthatareoverriddenarerecordedintheGradeHistory.

VIEWINGGRADEHISTORY

Thegradehistoryisausefulwaytotrackchangestogradesthatmaybeunexpected,forexample,wheremanytutorsaremarkingasingleassignment


runningtotalinaweightedcolumn


8

ToviewthecompletegradehistoryforthewholeGradeCentre

• GototheGradeCentre• ClickontheReportsmenu• SelectViewGradeHistory

ThiswilldisplayalleditstogradesforthewholegradeCentre

Toviewthegradehistoryforasinglestudent’ssubmission

• GototheGradeCentre• Selectthecontextmenunexttothestudent’sgradeof

interest• SelectViewGradeDetails• SelecttheGradeHistorytab

RUNNINGTOTALINAWEIGHTEDCOLUMN

Therunningtotal(settoyes)incalculatedcolumnsexemptscellsthatcontainnoresult.Thisisparticularlyusefulwhereanaverageorweightedcolumnisbeingused.

Examplesbelowaregivenforweightedcolumns

EXAMPLEOFTHERUNNINGTOTALWITHAWEIGHTEDCOLUMNS

Inthisexamplethreecolumns(R1,R2,R3)areweightedapproximatelyequallyintheweightedcolumn(WT_R1R2R3).

WEIGHTEDCOLUMNCALCULATIONWITHRUNNINGTOTALSETTONO

UsingGradingSchemas


9

Wheretherunningtotalisnotused,cellswithnogradeareincludedinthecalculationwithavalueofzero.Intheimage,belowthesecondrowcontainsnovalueforR2.Theweightedcolumnvalueiscalculatedasthefirstrow(5-+50+0/3)

Therunningtotalwhethersettoyesornoignoresexemptgradesfromcalculations.

WEIGHTEDCOLUMNCALCULATIONWITHRUNNINGTOTALSETTOYES

Wheretherunningtotalissetto“Yes”thencellswithnodataareignoredinthecalculations.Intheimagebelow,thesecondcolumncalculationisbasedontwocellsratherthanthree.Theweightedcolumnsvalueforthesecondrowisdifferenttothefirstrowwhere0isused.

USINGGRADINGSCHEMAS

Gradingschemascanbeusedwhenanumericgradeisnotsuitable.Gradingschemasallowinstructorstoprovideagradeinotherformats.Forexample

• Alettergradefore.g.A+forover70%• A“pass”and“fail”valueasagrade• Anindicationthatformativefeedbackiseitheravailableornotavailable

CREATINGAGRADINGSCHEMA

Thefollowingvideodemonstratesthesettingupofapass/fail-gradingschema.

• Whereanumericalscoreoflessthan50%isenteredthenstudentswillseeaFailgrade• Whereanumericalscoreofgreaterthan50%isenteredthenstudentswillseeaPass

grade

TheGradingschemaisappliedtoamanualcolumnasanexamplewherethetotalpossiblescoreis1,therefore:

• Enteringascoreof0(0%)willresultinafail(studentswillseefailnot0)• Enteringascoreof1(100%)willresultinapass• Enteringascoreof0.75(75%)willresultinapass

UsingCategories


10

USINGCATEGORIES

CategoriescanbeusedtoorganizeandmanageassignmentsinthegradeCentre.Aselectedcategoryisalsovisibletostudentsandthismayhelpthemtounderstandthetypeofassignmenttheyaresubmittingto.Categoriescanbeusedtoindicate:

• Anassignmentisformativeorsummative• Thetypeofassignmente.g.Turnitin,testorother• Thetypeoffeedbacktobeexpectedfromtheassignment

Whenusingcategories,itisgoodpracticetoensurestudentsunderstandthetypeofcategoryyouuse.

CREATINGCATEGORIES

ThefollowingvideodemonstrateshowtocreatesummativeandformativecategoriesandapplytoanassignmentcolumninthegradeCentre.

STUDENTCENTRALANDTURNITINSUBMISSIONPOINTS

Therearetwotypesofsubmissionpoints,whichafford,typically,thesubmissionofreports,essaysanddissertationsbystudents.

1. TurnitinisthemostcommonlyusedsubmissiontypeinuseatBrighton;accountingforaround60%ofallonlinesubmissions.Turnitinisprimarilyusedforitsoriginalityscoring.

2. StudentcentralassignmentsareusedatBrightonwheremoreflexiblesubmissiontypesarerequired

Studentcentralassignmentsareusefulwherethefollowingisrequired:

• GroupsAssignments• Submissionofaudioandvideo• Submissionofcode• Submissionscontainingmultiplefiles• Submissionswheremultipleattemptsaredesired

Aflowdiagramisavailable,whichoffersassistancetodeterminethebestchoiceofassignmenttype:https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching/SiteAssets/Pages/Teaching%20Practice/assessment/Assignment%20decision%20flowchart2016.pdf

Afeaturecomparisonofotherassignmenttypesisgivenat:https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching/Pages/Teaching%20practice/assessment.aspx

TURNITINSUBMISSIONPOINT

Turnitinisathird-partytoolwhichhasitsownfeedbacktoolcalledFeedbackstudio.Turnitinsynchronizesthegrade(score)thatyouprovideinfeedbackstudiowiththeassociatedstudentcentralGradeCentrecolumn.The“revealonpostdate”(settoYes)settinggivesTurnitintheabilitytocontrolthestudentcentralcolumnvisibilitytostudents.Writtenfeedbackin

Creatingastudentcentralassignment


11

Turnitinisnotsynchronizedwiththefeedbacktolearnerfieldinstudentcentralbutlinksareprovidedforstudentstoseetheirfeedback.

TROUBLESHOOTINGTURNITIN

ThefollowingisprovidedtoresolvecommonissueswithTurnitin.

• Setavaluegreaterthanzeroforthepossiblescore;typically,thisisavalueof100;assubmissionareusuallymarkedoutof100.Ifyouforgettosetapossiblescoreitwilldefaulttozeroandyoucanchangeitlater.Settingthepossiblescoretozerocancauseerroneousweightedcolumncalculations.

• Underoptionssettingsremembertosetthe“revealonpostdate”settingto“Yes”(Recommended).ThiswillgiveTurnitintheabilitytohideandshowtheassociatedgradeCentrecolumnontheselectedpostdate.If“revealonpostdate”issettoNothenthereleaseofgradesandfeedbackfromstudentcentralandTurnitinwillnotbesynchronizedandstudentsmayseegradesearlierthandesired.

• GradesinTurnitinwillbeusuallysynchronizedintheGradeCentreimmediatelybutifyouareexperiencingadelaythenusetheSyncGradesoptioninthelistTurnitinAssignmentswindow

• StudentshouldappearintheTurnitininboxbutiftheydonot;usetheRosterSyncbuttonintheTurnitininbox.StudentswillappearintheTurnitininboxiftheysubmit.RosterSyncwillensureallstudents(notsubmitted)willappearintheTurnitininbox.

CREATEATURNITINSUBMISSIONPOINT

ThefollowingvideoshowsyouhowtosetupatypicalTurnitinassignment.


• Ensureyousettheoption“RevealGradesonPostDate”to“Yes”• Remembertocheckthatthepointvalueissettoavaluegreaterthanzero(use100)

RevealGradesonPostDate”to“Yes”:WerecommendTurnitinhidesthecolumnfromstudentswhilemarkingandmoderating.Makingthecolumnsvisibletostudentsishowgradesandfeedbackisreleasedtothestudents.SettingthepostdatetoyeswillgiveTurnitincontroloftheGradeCentrecolumn;whenitishiddenandrevealedtostudents.

MARKINGANDGRADINGINTURNITIN

ThefollowingvideodemonstratesgradingwithTurnitin.Thisincludestheuseofarubricbutyoucaneditthegrademanuallytoo:


CREATINGASTUDENTCENTRALASSIGNMENT

Thisvideodemonstrateshowtocreateastudentcentralassignment:


Studentcentralassignmenttypescreateanitemwherestudentscanuploadtheirwork.AGradeCentrecolumnisalsocreatedwhichislinkedtothisassignment.

Marking/Gradingastudentcentralassignment


12

• YoumustmanuallyhidetheGradeCentrecolumnbeforeyoustartgrading• YoumustmanuallyunhidethecolumnintheGradeCentrewhenyouwanttoreleasethe

grades/feedbacktostudents


MARKING/GRADINGASTUDENTCENTRALASSIGNMENT

EnsureyouhavehiddentheGradeCentrecolumnbeforeyoustartgrading.

Thefollowingvideodemonstratesgradingastudentcentralassignment:https://mediastream.brighton.ac.uk/Player/11782

STUDENTCENTRALGROUPS

Groupscanbecreatedinstudentcentral.Youcanusegroupsforgroupsubmissions(studentcentralassignments)orformoretargetedcommunications.Thereareavarietyofwaysthatgroupscanbecreated.Whencreatinggroups,youcanoptionallyselecttocreateSmartViewsbasedongroups.ThistypeofsmartviewisusefulforpersonaltutorsordelegatedmarkerstoseetheirselectiononlyofstudentsintheGradeCentre.

Forinformationaboutgroupssee:https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching/Pages/studentcentral/Using-Groups.aspx

and:https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Interact/Course_Groups/Create_Groups

SMARTVIEWS

SmartViewsareaccessiblefromtheManagemenuintheGradeCentre.

ThefollowingpagesprovideinformationaboutSmartViews:

https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Customize_Grading_Interface/Smart_Views

MANUALCOLUMNSCREATEDFORCAMSTRANSFER

TheschoolofficehascreatedmanualcolumnsintheGradeCentre.ThesecolumnsuseanamingconventiontoallowforeasyidentificationasacolumntousefortransferringGradestoCAMS(SITS).AsanexamplethefollowingCAMScolumnmaybecreated:CAMS_#01_PORTIN

ThiscolumnwillmatchacolumninCAMS(SITS)whichrequiresamark(grade)foreachstudent.TheCAMScolumnsarebasedoninformationintheModuleSpecification(descriptor)forthemodule.Forfurtherinformationaboutthecolumn:

TransferringGradeCenTreGradestoCAMSSheet


13

• Clickthecontextmenu(downarrow)nexttothecolumnname

• SelectEditColumnInformation

• Viewthefurtherinformationunderthedescriptionincludingtheweighting

• ClickCanceltoclosethecolumninformationwindowwithoutmakinganychanges

AnotherexampleofaCAMScolumnisgiveninthefollowingscreenshot.

Inthiscase,thereisasingleCAMSscoretobetransferred.Thefinalscoreisworth100%ofthecourseworkforthismodule.Thecourseworkmaybeanaggregateofseveralpiecesofcoursework.

TRANSFERRINGGRADECENTREGRADESTOCAMSSHEET

ThestudentcentralGradeCentrecanbedownloadtoCSVorTabformat,whichcanbeopenedinExcel.ExcelcanbeusedtotransferthegradesfromtheGradesCentredownloadtotheCAMSsheetusingthevlookupandroundfunctions

TRANSFERGRADESFROMSTUDENTENTRALTOACAMSSHEET

ThefollowingformulaisusedinExceltotransfergrades

=VLOOKUP(Q8,[fakemodule_2017.xlsx]fake!$C$2:$R$8,16,FALSE)

Where:

• VLOOKUPisusedtolookupandretrievedatafromaspecificcolumninselectedrangeofcells(table).

• CellQ8isthestudentIDintheCAMSSheet;thisisusedtofindthematchingstudentIDandgradeintheGradesCentredownload

• fakemodule_2017.xlsxisthegradeCentredownload• fakeistheworksheetintheGradeCentredownloadwhichcontainsthedata• $C$2:$R$8istherangeofcellstobeusedforextrapolatinggrades.Thedollarsignsfix

therangeofcellsandpreventthemfrombeingupdatedwhenusingautofill.• 16isthecolumnnumberwhichcontainsthegradestobetransferred.Thiswillbea

columncreatedbytheschoolofficetoholdagradetobetransferredtheCAMSe.g.CAMS_#01_PORTIN

• FALSEindicatesthatinterpolationshouldnotbeusedwhereastudentIDisnotfound

EditingtheManualCAMScolumnusingExcel(Workoffline)


14

TheaboveimageshowstheGradeCentredownloadandtherangeofcells(table)tobeused.

UsingtheExcelRoundfunctionallowsfortheroundingofthegradetozerodecimalplaces.

=ROUND(VLOOKUP(Q8,[fakemodule_2017.xlsx]fake!$C$2:$R$8,16,FALSE),0)

ThefollowingvideodemonstratesthetransferofgradesusingExcel:https://mediastream.brighton.ac.uk/Player/10423

BREAKINGLINKSBETWEENSPREADSHEETS

NotethatyoushouldalsoremovelinksbetweentheGradeCentredownloadandtheCAMSsheet.TheCAMSsheetcanstillbeusedwithoutthelinkedfilebutbreakingthelinkwillremoveonepossiblesourceofconfusion.Thisvideoincludestheinformationforbreakingthelinksbetweenspreadsheets:https://mediastream.brighton.ac.uk/Play/11968

EDITINGTHEMANUALCAMSCOLUMNUSINGEXCEL(WORKOFFLINE)

TheschoolofficehascreatedmanualcolumnsusinganamingconventionforeasyidentificationwhentransferringgradestoCAMSsheets.Asanexample,thefollowingmanualcolumnhasbeencreated(seeimage).

Thenameincludesthemodulecodeandthe(CAMS)assessmentname.Thedescriptiongivestheweightingwhichwillbeusefultostudentsifyouareshowingthecolumntostudents.

Youshouldensurethatthecolumnishiddenfromstudentswhileyouaregrading(uploading).

ThefollowingvideodemonstrateshowtodownloadasingleGradeCentrecolumnincludingcommentswhichcanthenbeeditedinExcelandimportedbacktostudentcentral.


Inthevideoexampleonly1column(theCAMScolumn)isdownloaded;thisallowsfortheinclusionofthefeedbacktolearnerandgradernotescolumnstobeincluded.ItisalsopossibletodownloadthefullGradeCentrebutnofeedbackcanbeadded.

Howtogetmorehelp


15


HOWTOGETMOREHELP

Ifyouhaveanyissueswithsoftwareorhardwarewhileteachingorinyourofficethenyoushouldcontacttheservicedesk(ITSupport):

• Tel0127364(4444)• [email protected]

ForinformationandadviceaboutusingtechnologyinlearningandteachingyoushouldcontactyourLearningTechnologiesAdviser(LTA)

JasonBailey/[email protected]/0127364(1279)

WhenreportinganissuetotheservicedeskthatisrelatedtoanLTA’s(e.g.studentcentral)workasupportticketiscreatedintheLTAQueueandallLTAswillreceiveanotification;thisensuresthatsomeonewillrespondasquicklyaspossible.

Viewstudentcentralresourcesat:https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching/Pages/studentcentral/home.aspx

GradeCentrespecificresourcesat:https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/learningandteaching/Pages/studentcentral/Managing-student-grades-in-the-GradeCentre.aspx

Thisdocumentisavailablefrom:http://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/quickschoolresources/cem-resources/using-studentcentral-and-the-grade-centre/

Documents

USING THE GRADE CENTRE IN STUDENTCENTRAL