2. Questions Students Ask About
Assessments
“Is this graded?”
“What grade did I get on my quiz?”
3. Questions Instructors Ask About
Assessments
“What do I do if a student says she is having
trouble taking a quiz?”
“How do students know what their grade is?”
“Why isn‟t the grade I entered showing up in the
course gradebook?”
4. Learning Objectives
By the end of this presentation, you should be
able…
To use a Discussion Forum scoring rubric
To identify the significance of key Assessment settings
To navigate the Gradebook with grace and aplomb
13. “What do you mean by „Assessment‟?”
Drop Box? NO Quiz, test, or exam? YES
14. “How do I check the settings of an
Assessment item?”
15. “What is the standard configuration of
Assessments?”
Start and end
dates/times not
specified
One attempt only
No time limit
Medium security –
students prevented
from copying, saving,
or printing test
16. “What might I want to customize about
Assessments?”
Start and End Dates/Times - Do you want to specify a date
and time when the test will automatically start and stop
being available?
Makeup – If the availability of the test is time sensitive, do you
want to be able to make a test available later to students
requiring makeup?
Time Limits - Do you want to specify time limits for
completing an assessment?
Number of Attempts – Do you want to allow students to
take the assessment multiple times?
Feedback – What type of automatic feedback do you want
to provide to students upon completion of the assessment?
17. “How do I reset a student‟s test attempt
if it‟s aborted prior to completion?”
Answer: Try the tools in
the Utilities menu.
18. “How do I get a summary of students‟
responses to items?”
19. “How do I override scores
automatically assigned by ANGEL?”
Answer: Use
the Enter
Grades by
Assignment
tool in
Gradebook
20. “How do I score all the responses to
one test item at a time?”
Step 1 Step 2
21. “How do I set the points for an
Assessment question?”
25. How to Grade Discussion Forums
Use a scoring rubric to
provide an automatic
grade calculation
But remember, people
first, technology
second – don‟t let the
scoring rubric
algorithm usurp your
professional judgment
