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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>¼ÓÒ»¸öÆÀÂÛ</B></P>

<P>Comments can be added to an assessment to:

<OL>
<LI>Add additional explaination or clarification to the assessment (by
the student who assessed the piece of work);
<LI>Query the statements made in the assessment (by the student whose
piece of work is being assessed;
<LI>Try to resolve difficulties which may have arisen during the discussion
on the assessment (by the teacher);
</OL>
<P>The aim of the comments is to try either reach agreement on the
current assessment or persuade the assessor to revise their assessment.
This discussion should be undertaken in a reasonable way.

<P>If the work is reassessed then the old comments are discarded and
are no longer shown with the new assessment.

</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Agreement of Assessments</B></P>

<P>A workshop assignment can have either of these characteristics:

<OL>
<LI>In the submission and assessment phase when the students see the
assessments made by other students there is no feedback
from the students who submitted the work to the students who made
the assessment. There may be feedback from the teacher if the teacher
choses to grade the student assessments and then the teacher's grades and
comments will be available to both the student whose work it is and
to the student who made the assessment. There will be, however,
be only one way feedback between peers on any one piece of work.

<LI>In the submission and assessment phase the students see the
assessments made by other students and they are allowed to comment
on these assessments. They may agree or disagree with the (peer) assessment.
If they agree with the assessment then the assessment stands and is
used in the final calculations when determining the peer grade given to
the particular piece of work. If, however, they do not agree with an
assessment the student who made the assessment is given an
opportunity to revise it. The revise/disagree loop can continue until
either agreement is reached or the deadline is reached. An assessment
which is still in &quot;dispute&quot; when the deadline is reached
is not used in the final calculations. This gives two way feedback
between peers on each piece of work.
</OL>
<P>If the second method of working is chosen there is the option of switching off the display
of grades. That is, if this &quot;hide grades&quot; option is exercised, only the comments
in the assessment are shown to the student who work is being assessed.
The grades are shown only after agreement has been reached (on the
comments alone). Note that this option only effective when agreement on
assessments is required.

</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Anonymous Grading</B></P>

<P>A peer graded assignment can be graded anonymously. In this
case the names (and any photos) of the students doing the grading
are not shown. Only the (file) names of the submissions are used to identify
the peices of work being graded.

<P>When the peer graded assignment is not graded anonymously, the
pieces of work are shown with the names (and any photos) of the
students who submitted the work. This may lead to bias in the gradings.

<P>Note that if the teacher's grades are shown to the students these are
never shown anonymously.
</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Peer Graded Assignment Type</B></P>

<P>A peer graded assignment can have one of two types:

<OL>
<LI>Only feedback on the assessment elements and the general comment
is entered. The grading of assessment elements is not seen in the
grading pages. Assignments themselves are not given an overall grade.
However, the grading performance of the students is measured and
this, and only this measure contributes towards the final grades given
to the students.

<LI>Here the teacher and peers are asked to provide both feedback and
grades. The assignments are given an overall quantative grade as well
as the qualative data. The final grade for a student will be calculated
from the (weighted) contributions of the teacher's grade, the mean
peers' grade and the student's grading performance.

</OL>

</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>The Breakdown of the Final Grade</B></P>

<P>The table on this screen shows your final grade and how it was calculated.
The final grade is made up from three possible components.

<OL>
<LI>The teacher's grade for your submitted work.
<LI>The average of the peer grades for your submitted work.
<LI>A grade for your performance in the peer grading phase. This
performance was based by (a) whether your grades were too high or too low
when compared with the average grade of the other students (this is called bias),
(b) whether your grades follow, again on average, the grades given by
the other students (this is called reliability)
and (c) on the quality of your comments on the other pieces of work you graded.
This was graded by the teacher. These three performance grades were weighted
by the factors 1:2:3 respectively to give an overall &quot;grading&quot;
grade. In other words the teacher's grading of the comments is given the
same weight as the Bias and Reliability factors combined.
</OL>

<P>These three components can be weighted as deemed appropriate for the
assignment. These weights are shown in the smaller table.
</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>The Calculation of the Final Grade</B></P>

<P>The table on this screen shows how the the final grades for the students
are calculated. The final grades are a weighted sum of up to five components.

<OL>
<LI>The teacher's grade for their submitted work. This is optional and will be
used if the teacher actually assesses the student's work. If the student submits
more than one peice of work the &quot;best&quot; grade is used. Here, best
means the piece of work with the highest weighted combination of teacher's
grade and peer grade...
<LI>The average of the peer grades for their submitted work. Again if the student
submits more than one peice of work the &quot;best&quot; grade is used. The
peer grade can optionally
include the teacher's grade. This grade would be included if the number of
peer gradings is very low or it is thought that the peer gradings are suspect
either because of bias (usually on the high side) or for not being reliable.
If included the teacher's grade is treated in the same way as a peer grade in
the calculation of the average.
<LI>The student's bias in grading peer work. This is measure of whether the
student grades work either too high or too low. It is not an absolute measure
as it is based on the difference between the student's grade and the peer
averages for each of the submissions they assessed. In general this component
should NOT be given a high weighting.
<LI>The student's reliability in grading peer work. This is a measure on how well
a students grades follow the peer average for the peices of work they
assessed. The measure discounts the student bias and averages the absolute
differences between their grades and the peer average grades. In theory if
the students gives high marks for good peices of work and low marks for poor
pieces of work their reliability will be high. If it is suspected that the students in
general are poor assessors then the teacher's grades should be included into
the ppeer averages, this should make the reliability values more meaningful.
<LI>The average grade given by the teacher for the student's assessments.
This includes both the preliminary assessments made by the student on the
example pieces of work and any grading the teacher makes on the asessments
produced during the peer assessement phase of the assignment. In general this
component is probably more important than both the Bias and Reliability
components and thus, if available, should be weighted higher.
</OL>

<P>These five components can be weighted as deemed appropriate for the
assignment. For example the teacher's grade might be weighted strongly
if the peer grading part of the assignment is only considered a minor part
of the assignment as a whole. Alternatively, if the teacher only grades a few
of the submissions these grades can be ignored by giving them a zero weighting.
If the assignment is all about the students as judges and the providing of feedback
then first two components may be set to zero (or low) and the students'
grading abilities will determine the final grades.

<P>Note that this screen is used iteratively and the final grades are not normally
made available to the students until the final phase of the assignment. Once the
the teacher is happy with the final grades and their weightings then they can
be made available to the students.
</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Editing a Comment</B></P>

<P>As with other items there is a short period of time allowed when
the text of comments can be amended. The comment is not shown
on the assessment until this period has elapsed.
</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Assignment Elements</B></P>

<P>For ease of grading, a Workshop Assignment should have a reasonable
number of &quot;Assessment Elements&quot;. Each element should cover
a particular aspect of the assignment. Typically an assignment will have
something between 5 to 15 elements for comments and grading, the
actual number depending on the size and complexity of the assignment. A peer
assignment with only one element is allowed and has a similar assessment
strategy to the standard Moodle Assignment.

<P>The type of elements dependent of the assignment's grading strategy.

<P><B>Not Graded.</B> The elements are descriptions of aspects of the assignment.
The assessor is asked to comment on each of these aspects. As with all the grading
strategies, there is also an area for general comments.


<P><B>Accumulative Grading.</B> The elements have the following three features:
<OL>
<LI>The DESCRIPTION of the assessment element. This should clearly state what
aspect of the assignment is being assessed. If the assessment is qualatative
it is helpful to give details of what is considered excellent, average
and poor.

<LI>The SCALE of the assessment element. There are a number of prefined
scales. These range from simple Yes/No scales, through multipoint scales to
a full percentage scale. Each element has its own scale which should be choosen
to fit the number of possible variations for that element. Note that the scale
does NOT determine the element's importance when calculating the overall
grade, a two point scale has the same &quot;influence&quot; as a 100 point
scale if the respective elements have the same weight...

<LI>The WEIGHT of the assessment element. By default the elements are given the same
importance when calculating the overall grade of the assignment. This can be
changed by giving the more importance elements a weight greater than one, and
the less important elements a weight below one. Changing the weights does NOT
effect the maximum grade, that value is fixed by the Maximum Grade parameter
of the peer assignment. Weights can be assigned negative values, this is an
experimental feature.
</OL>
<P><B>Error Banded Grading.</B> The elements will normally describe certain items
or aspects which must be present in the assignment. The assessment is made on the
present or absence of these items or aspects. The teacher must all set of grade table which
give the suggested grades when all the items are present, when one is absent, when two are
absent, etc. If certain items are more important than others then those items can be given
a weighting greater than one. Minor items can be given a weighting less than one. The
overall &quot;error count&quot; is a weighted sum of the missing items. The assessor
can always make a minor adjustment to these suggested grades.

<P><B>Criteria Grading.</B> The elements will give a set of &quot;level&quot; statements
which can be used to rank the assignment. The statements may be cumulative or they may
each be self contained. The assessor must decide which statement best fits each piece of
work. The teacher must also relate each criterion statement with a suggested grade. These
should normally be in order. The assessor can make a minor adjustment to these
suggested grades.
</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>The Final Grades</B></P>

<P>The table on this screen lists the final grades and their breakdown as shown to
the students. If there are missing values in the table then it is possible to &quot;go back&quot;
and add these. In fact, there are two adjustments which can be made to the Final Grades.

<OL>
<LI>If a teacher's grade needs to be added then the piece of work can be
graded by going
to the teacher's Management screen for assignment and clicking on the link &quot;Student
Submissions for Assessment&quot;. Any otherstanding submissions can be graded. Once this has
been done then move the assignment back to Phase 3 and re-calculate the Final grades. In a
similar way any assessments which have not been graded can be graded from the Management
screen.
<LI>If it is desired to use a different weighting scheme then the assignment should be moved
back to Phase 3 and link &quot;Calculate Final Grades&quot; can be clicked and the new
weights entered. After the grades have been re-calcualted the assignment should be moved
to Phase 4 to make the new grades available.
</OL>

</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>A Graded Peer Assignment</B></P>

<P>This shows the grades and comments made on the submitted piece of
work. You can if you wish reply to this assessment and choose not to
accept it (at this stage). If that is the case, please enter your reply in the
box at the foot of the page giving the reason why you are not happy with
the assessment. Then click on the button at the foot of the page and
choose NO when asked whether you are happy with this assessment.

<P>If, on the other hand. you are happy with the assessment simply
click on the button at the foot of the page and then click on YES when
asked whether you are happy with this assessment.

</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Grading of Peer Assignments</B></P>

<P>For ease of grading a Peer Assignment is divided into a number of
assessment &quot;elements&quot;. Each element covers
a particular aspect of the assignment. Depending on the type of assessment,
for each element you should
<OL>
<LI>Enter a Grade by clicking in the appropriate button or selecting an appropriate
number from the drop down menu.

<LI>Enter an explaination of why you gave that grade in the Feedback box. If
you feel that the reason is obvious then leave the box empty. Note, however,
that the teacher may look at your assessment and may well query a grade
if there is no explaination.
</OL>

<P>In other type of asessments, you are asked to determine if various items
are present or absent, in others you are asked to choose which statement best
fits the peice of work. In both of these assignments you can adjust the grade
somewhat as you see fit.

<P>The last box on this form allows you to make a general comment on the
work. This should justify your assessment. It should be polite and as far as
possible constructive. Your assessment will be shown to the student who
produced the piece of work.

<P>You have a limited period of time, typically half an hour, in which to
change your mind and alter your grades or comments. Once that period
is over the person whose work you are assessing is notified about the assessment.
At that stage you can view your assessment but you cannot change it.

</P>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><B>Grading the Student Assessments</B></P>

<P>This screen is used to enter the teacher's grade for the assessment made
by the student during the submission and assessment phase of the assignment. A relatively
simple grading is used, the score out of 20. The treacher can decide what is
being graded and the relative scores from the instructions given to the students
before the assignment started. For example, at a higher level the students may be
required to give critical comments, at an intermediate level the students may be
required to point out strengths and weaknesses, and at a lower level the students
may be simply pointing out errors and inaccuracies.

<P>If available the Teacher's own assessment is shown before that of the
student so an easy comparison can be made. The teacher's own
comments can act as a kind of benchmark.

<P>The grades of assessment is
saved by clicking on the apprpriate button at the foot of the page. There is a
chance to repeat the grading within the &quot;editing&quot; period. Once that
time has elapsed the grade is made available to the student.
</P>
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