How to use outcomes at Moodle 1.9

1. OUTCOMES
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and
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2. Outcomes are : Further reading
Maybe this Link could be useful for
Competencies us ;)
Goals
Dictionary of Student Outcome Assessment
Standards Communication about assessment and student outcomes sometimes uses
multiple terms to refer to the same concept, or the same term with different
meanings. In true innocence, individuals participating in discussions about
Criteria accountability and assessment may misunderstand one another. In addition,
new concepts arise with new research and more sophisticated practice in
assessment. Thus a major step forward in communicating about student
outcomes is to clarify the definition of terms and then to use each term
consistently. To move this attempt forward, the Center for Assessment and
Research Studies has developed a vocabulary of commonly used terms related
each Outcome must have to assessing student outcomes.
an own scale to be grade
To access, please enter your term in the box below, then click on your desired
search option: by term, definition, or both terms and definitions. Each entry has
the following information: term, cross-reference or synonym, the definition, and
references, where applicable.
http://people.jmu.edu/yangsx/
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3. Outcomes are specific descriptions of what a student is expected to be
able to do or understand at the completion of an activity or course.
In simple terms an Outcome is like any other grade except that it can be
applied to multiple activities. When the activity is marked, a mark should
be given for the submission itself and for the outcome.
At Moodle docs
• An activity might have more than one outcome
• each may have a grade against it (usually on a scale).
Outcomes are newly introduced in Moodle 1.9 basically
implements a way to connect outcome statements with
Scales. Scales themselves are connected to courses and
their activities.
Example
Outcome: ‘Identity in social psychology’
Scales : {Refuser, Drifter, Searcher, Guardian, Resolver}
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4. When the activity is marked, a mark should be given for the submission itself and
for the outcome.
Outcomes may be set at site and/or course level.
Outcomes Outcomes
Name Mathematics Grade OUTCOMES
‘Identity in social
Psychology’
Student 1 10 Resolver
Student 2 7 Searcher
Student 3 9 Guardian
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5. Outcomes may be set as:
Site level (can be used wide Site)
Course level (used just for an specific Course)
Outcomes must be enabled by a Moodle system administrator for a site before
teachers can use them in their own courses. This is the way
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6. OK now let’s see how to
add
choose
use
OUTCOMES
Remember: they are allow just in
1.9
Keep near you a txt
file with some outcomes
defined for your course.
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7. A Step before add new outcome:
outcome
You must create First, all Scales for the outcomes
you are going to use. It is very important have the
respective Scales before create a new outcome
Remember, to create a new Scale, take this Path:
Administration Block ► Grades ► Edit ► Scales : Add a new Scale
Scale created for
Outcome called Identity
(both can have same
name)
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8. Two ways to get Outcomes’s place
1) 2)
The Outcomes link in the course in the Gradebook you can select Outcomes
Administration block from the view dropdown menu
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9. Adding a new Outcome
Click "Edit outcomes" tab
Click "Add a new outcome"
button
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10. Filling the form to add new
Outcome
Outcomes main fields
Fullname - the full "sentence"
describing the outcome
Shortname - some code or
abbreviated name
Scale - chosen the outcome scale we
create for it
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11. Choosing Outcome
Go to “Outcomes used in course” Tab
with the Add arrow button move it to
the left side.
Now it’s ready to be used
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12. Using Outcome
The Assignment has a
Grade and is going to
has an Outcome too
This Assignment shows
‘outcomes’ section,
where you can select
which Outcome You
want to use
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13. Grading the Activity
Look Grade at the top
And outcome bellow Grade
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14. Grader Report
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15. I invite you to use Outcomes as
part of the assessment for
students
Using Outcomes allow us to watch some
useful data on how students in the course
are performing.
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