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Assessments-InstructorGuide

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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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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.



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.



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



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.



Set re lease cond i t ions fo r an ass ignment submiss ion fo lder

ReleaseconditionsallowyoutoassociateanassignmentsubmissionfolderwithotheritemsinBrightspaceLearningEnvironment.Forexample,youcanrequirethatusersmeetsomecriteria,suchasreadingasetoflecturenotesinContent,beforetheycansubmittheirworktoanassignmentsubmissionfolder.Youcanalsomakesubmissiontotheassignmentsubmissionfolderacriterionforaccessinganotheritem,suchasaquiz.


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.


2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromthecontextmenuofthefolderyouwanttoaddspecialaccess

to,click EditSubmissionFolder.

3. IntheRestrictionstab,intheSpecialAccessarea,selectoneofthefollowingoptions:

• Allowuserswithspecialaccesstosubmitfilesoutsidethenormalavailabilitydatesforthisfolder

• Allowonlyuserswithspecialaccesstoseethisfolder

4. ClickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.

5. OntheSpecialAccesspage,dothefollowing:

• InthePropertiesarea,settheDateAvailabilityforwhenyouwanttheuserstohavespecialaccesstothefolder.

• IntheUsersarea,selecttheusersyouwanttogivespecialaccessto.

6. ClickSave.




Reorder , ed i t , and de le te ass ignment submiss ion ca tegor ies and fo lders

Ifyoudeleteacategorythatcontainsassignmentsubmissionsfolders,theassignmentsubmissionsfolderswillappearintheNoCategorysectionoftheFolderlist.


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.


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


2. OntheAssignmentSubmissionFolderspage,fromthecontextmenuofthefolderyouwanttosetavailabilityand

duedatesfor,click EditSubmissionFolder.

3. IntheRestrictionstab,selecttheHasStartDate,HasDueDate,andHasEndDatecheckboxes.Usetheprovidedfieldstosetyourdates.


AssessingassignmentsubmissionsAbout assess ing ass ignment submiss ions

Thereareseveralwaysyoucanassessassignmentsubmissions:

• Downloadusersubmissionsandleavefeedbackwithinthefiles,thenuploadthembackintotheappropriateassignmentsubmissionfolderssotheyappearasattachmentstoeachuser'ssubmissionevaluation.



• 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.



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.


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.



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.


About Turn i t in -enab led ass ignment submiss ion fo lders

ConsiderthefollowingwhencreatingoreditingyourTurnitin-enabledassignmentsubmissionfolder:

• Whencreatinganewassignmentsubmissionfolder,thenameofthefolderinTurnitintruncatesafter99characters,eventhoughtheNamefieldaccepts128characters.



• 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®.



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)



• 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.



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.



• SelectMakethisawardavailabletootherawardcreatorsandtheircoursesifyouwanttosharetheawardwithothers.Youcanfurtherrestricttheawardtothecourseinwhichitiscreatedanditschildorgunits.

4. Savetheaward.

HideanawardfromtheAvailableAwardspageInsomecases,youmightwanttohideanawardfromalearneruntiltheyhaveearnedit.HidingawardsmeansthattheawarddoesnotappearontheAvailableAwardspage.Afterthelearnerearnstheaward,itappearsintheAvailableAwardsandMyAwardspage.

1. Withinthecourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.

2. ClickEditPropertiesontheaward.

3. SelecttheAwardhiddenuntilearnedcheckbox.

AddreleaseconditionstoanawardYoucanaddreleaseconditionstoanawardandreleaseothercontentoranotherawardtolearnerswhentheyachievetheawardrequirementthatyoudefine.


2. ClickEditPropertiesontheaward.

3. ClickCreate.

4. FromtheConditionTypedrop-downlist,selectthereleasecondition.

5. CompletetheassociatedConditionDetails.

6. ClickCreate.

7. ClickSave.

AddanexistingawardtoacourseWhencertificatesandbadgesareavailabletoacourse,theyarevisibleontheAddanAwardpage.YoucanclicktheBadges,CertificatesorAllbuttonstofilterthelistofavailableawards.Ifyouaresearchingforaspecificaward,usetheSearchawardsfunction.



3. Ifyouwanttofilterthelisttoyourownawards,clickShowonlyAwardsICreated.

4. Selecttheawardsyouwanttoaddfromthelist.




ViewawardsforaclasslistYoucanviewtheawardsthatyou'vegrantedforallstudentsintheclasslistforacourse.

1. Fromwithinacourse,clickAwardsonthenavbar.

2. ClickClasslistAwards.

3. ClickAll,Badges,orCertificatestofiltertheawardsthatappearinthelist.

4. Selectthesortorder.

5. ReviewtheClasslistandassociatedCourseAwards.

ManuallygrantanawardForscenariossuchaswhenalearnerissuccessfulatapracticaltest,youcanmanuallygrantawards.



3. SelectoneormorelearnersintheClasslist.

4. ClickAward.

5. Selectanawardfromthedrop-downlist.

6. EnterareasonforgrantingtheawardintheAwardCriteriafield.

7. ClickAward.

RevokeanawardInsomecases,youmaywanttorevokeapreviouslygrantedaward.YoucanusetheSearchclasslistfunctiontosearchforaspecificlearner.



3. SelectoneormorelearnersintheClasslist.

4. ClickRevoke.

5. Selectanawardfromthedrop-downlist.

6. EnterareasonforrevokingtheawardintheRevokeReasonfield.

7. ClickRevoke.

Troubleshooting:CertificatetextistoolongDependingonthetemplatethatyouuseforyourcertificates,youmayfindthatthetextyouintendtouseextendsbeyondthetextboxborders.Someofthetextinthecertificatesisgatheredautomaticallyfromuserandcourse



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



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.



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



About nested competency s t ruc tures

Youcannestcompetenciesandlearningobjectivesbyaddingaparent-childassociationbetweencompetenciesorbetweenlearningobjectives.

Ifyouhaveonelearningobjectivethatisverybroadinscope,dividingitintosimplerlearningobjectivesandnestingthembeneathitallowsuserstocompletethelearningobjectiveinsmallerparts.Thismightalsoprovideamoredetailedviewoftheexperiencesinvolvedtoachievetheoveralllearningobjective.

Nestedcompetenciesareidealifcompetenciesareprerequisitesforachievinganoverarchingcompetency.Forexample,ifyouwanttodistinguishmultiplelevelsofproficiency,ausermightcompleteabasiclevelproficiencycompetencybyachievingtwolearningobjectives,thencompleteanintermediatelevelproficiencycompetencybycompletingtwomorelearningobjectives.

Ifuserscanviewcompetencies,nestedcompetenciesaredisplayedindividuallyandalsowithintheirparent-childassociations.

Figure2:Anexampleofnestedcompetenciesinacompetencystructure



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.



3. IntheOrgUnitSettingssection,selectthecheckboxesbesideeachtypeofelementyouwantcourseparticipantstosee.

Whycan ' t I see my learn ing ob jec t ives?

Learningobjectivesareonlyvisibleiftheyareattachedtoacompetencythatcourseparticipantscansee.YoumustattachlearningobjectivestocompetencieswiththeMakecompetencyanditschildrenvisibletouserscheckboxselectedinorderforuserstoseethem.



Al lowusers to add competenc ies to the i r B r ightspace ePort fo l io

YoucanallowuserstoaddcompetenciestotheirBrightspaceePortfolioasartifacts.



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).



Al lowautomat ic competency eva luat ion a f te r a user ach ieves a competency

Afterauserachievesacompetency,theyarenotautomaticallyreevaluatedforthecompetencyunlessyousetevaluationsettingstodoso.


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.


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.



2. Ifthelistisnotupdatedautomatically,clickRefresh.

EvaluatingactivitiesEva luate ass ignment submiss ion fo lder ac t iv i t ies


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.


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickacompetencyorlearningobjective.

3. Click Structure.

4. IntheStructureSummarytab,clickthe ViewResultsiconforthemanualassessmentactivityyouwanttoevaluate.



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.


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.



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.



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




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


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickthecompetencythatyouwanttomodify.

3. FromtheStatuslist,changetheselectionfromApprovedtoDraftorInReview.

4. ClickSave.Userswhoareworkingonthecompetencycannolongerseeit.

5. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickthecompetencyagain.

6. Makeyourchanges.

7. FromtheStatuslist,changetheselectiontoApproved.

Copy a competency

Copiedelementsaresavedinthesameorgunitastheoriginalelement.Ifyouwantachildorgunittohavethesamecompetencyorcompetencystructure,youcanshareit.


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Copy.

3. ClickCompetency.

4. SelectyourCompetencytoCopyfromthedrop-downlist.

5. EnteraNewCompetencyName.

6. SelectaNewCompetencyStatus.

7. Chooseyourcopyoptions.

8. ClickContinueandmakeyourchangesintheNewNamecolumn.

9. ClickFinish.



Delete a competency

Youcannotdeletedisabledcompetencies,includingcompetencieswithapprovedorarchivedstatusesandcompetenciessharedtoyoufromanotherorgunit.

Deletingacompetencyelementdoesnotdeletetheentirecompetencystructure.Butdeletingacompetencyelementwilldeleteusers'resultsforthecompetency.Ifyouwanttokeepusers'results,considerarchivingyourcompetencyinstead.


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,fromtheMoreActionsbutton,click Delete.

3. Selectthecheckboxesbesidethecompetenciesyouwanttodelete.

4. ClickDeleteSelected.

Create a learn ing ob jec t ive


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


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



status.Thisisbecauseanelementisonlyconsideredcompleteifallofitschildrenarecomplete;elementsthathavenochildrencannotbecompleted.


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.



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.


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.


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.


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clicktheelementwithassociationsthatyouwanttoremove.

3. Click Structure.

4. IntheEditStructuretab,selectthecheckboxesbesidetheassociation(s)thatyouwanttoremove.

5. Clickthe RemoveAssociationsfromSelectedicon.



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.



• 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.


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickacompetencyorlearningobjectivethatyouwanttoviewresultsfor.

3. Click Structure.

4. IntheStructureSummarytab,clickthe ViewResultsiconbesidethecompetency,learningobjective,oractivitythatyouwanttoview.Alistofusersandelementcompletionresultsdisplays.Ifyoudonotseethis,enterablanksearchintheSearchForfield.

5. Clickauser'snametoviewallcompetencystructureresultsforthatindividual.

Sharedcompetencystructureresultsareonlyavailableintheorgunitwherethecompetencystructurewascreated.



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.


2. OntheCompetencyHomepage,clickonacompetencyorlearningobjectivewithresultsyouwanttooverride.

3. Click Results.

4. OntheResultspage,selectthecheckboxbesidetheuserswithresultsyouwanttooverride.


• 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.


2. Click Settings.

3. InthePersonalSettingsarea,selectAdvancedView.ClickSave.

4. IntheAdvancedViewnavigationpane,click IndependentLearningObjectivesor IndependentActivities.

5. Clickthe AddParenticonbesidetheelementyouwanttoassociatewithaparent.

6. Browseandselectthecheckboxesbesidethecompetenciesorlearningobjectivesyouwant.

7. ClickAddSelected.



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.



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


2. OntheSchemespage,clickNewScheme.

3. IntheGeneralarea,entertheschemeName.

4. IntheRangesarea,enteryourschemedetails.IfyoudonotassignavalueintheAssignedValue%field,theStart%isusedasthedefault.

5. Toaddmorelevelstoyourscheme,click AddRanges.




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%.



Formula Usetheformulasystemwhenyouwanttocalculatefinalgradesusingacustomformulathatallowsforconditions.Theformulasystemisbasedonthepointssystem,butallowsyoutosetconditionsaroundgradeitemstodeterminethefinalgrade.Forexample,youcouldrequirethatusersreceiveatleast50%ontheirmidtermandfinalexamtopassacourse.

Theformulasystemmightnotbeavailableatyourorganization.Ifyoudonothavethisoption,youcanreleasetheadjustedfinalgradeandcalculateyourcustomformulamanually,oryoucancontactyoursiteadministrationaboutgettingaccesstothisfunctionality.

Set up your g rade book

IntheGradestool,ifagradebookisnotsetuporimportedforyourcourse,youwillseetheGradesSetupWizardpagewhenyoufirstnavigatetothetool.


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.


• Tomakechangestoyourgradebooksetup,clickGoBack.

• ClickFinish.

CreatinggradeitemsCreate ca lcu la ted g rade i tems

Youcanuseacalculatedgradeitemtodisplayauser'scumulativeachievementacrossmultiplegradeitems.Calculatedgradeitemscannotbelongtoacategoryandtheycannotcontributetothecalculatedfinalgrade.Notethatyoucannot



associatecalculatedgradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.


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.


Create fo rmula g rade i tems

Useformulagradeitemstoautomaticallygradeusersusingacustomformulabasedonachievementsinothergradeitems.

Thefollowinglimitationsapplytoformulagradeitems:

• Formulagradeitemscannotbelongtoacategory.

• Youmustcreateallofthegradeitemsyouwanttoincludeintheformulagradeitembeforeyoucreatetheformulaitem.

• Formulagradeitemsdonotcontributetothecalculatedfinalgradeinapoints-basedorweighted-basedgradebook.YoucanonlycalculatethefinalgradewithformulagradeitemsusingtheFormulagradingsystem.

Notethatyoucannotassociateformulagradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andAssignmentsubmissionfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.


2. OntheManageGradespage,fromtheNewbutton,clickItem>Formula.




4. IntheGradingarea,entertheMaximumPointsforthegradeitem.Then,doanyofthefollowing:

• Todefinetheformulaforyourgradeitem,clicktheEditUsingtheFormulaEditorlink.IntheFormulaEditorwindow,enteryourformulaandclickInsert.





6. Toassociatealearningobjectivewiththegradeitem,clicktheObjectivestab,andthenAssociateLearningObjectives.




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



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(}).



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.





3. ClickText.


5. Toattacharubrictothegradeitem,intheGradingarea,clickAddRubric.

6. IntheDisplayOptionsarea,selecthowyouwanttheManagingViewforthegradeitemtoappear.


Create se lec tbox g rade i tems

Gradeusersbyassigningagradeschemelevelthatisequivalenttoapercentagegraderange.Youcannotcreateselectboxgradeitemsifyoudonothaveatleastonegradeschemeforthecourse.Notethatyoucannotassociatecalculatedgradeitemswitcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.



3. ClickSelectbox.


5. IntheGradingarea,enterthemaximumpointsandweightforthegradeitem.


• Ifyouwantthegradeitemtobeabonus,selecttheBonuscheckbox.





Create pass/ fa i l g rade i tems

Youcangradeusersusingasimplepass/failgradescheme.Notethatyoucannotassociatecalculatedgradeitemswithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andassignmentsubmissionsfolders.Onlynumericgradeitemscanbeassociatedwithcourseobjects.



3. ClickPass/Fail.




5. IntheGradingarea,entertheMaximumPointsandWeightforthegradeitem.







Create numer ic g rade i tems

Gradeusersbyassigningavalueoutofaspecifiedtotalnumberofpoints.Numericgradeitemsaretheonlytypeofgradeitemthatyoucanassociatewithcourseobjectssuchasdiscussions,quizzes,andAssignmentsfolders.



3. ClickNumeric.


5. IntheGradingarea,enterthemaximumpointsandweightforthegradeitem.








ManaginggradesandgradeitemsManua l l y ass ign g rades


2. OntheEnterGradespage,dooneofthefollowing:

• Tomanuallyentergradesforanindividualuser,clickontheirname.



• Tomanuallyentergradesforagradeitem,fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitem,click GradeAll.

• Tomanuallyentergradesforacategory,fromthecontextmenuofthegradeitem,click GradeAll.

3. Enteryourgrades.


Re lease f ina l g rades


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.


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


2. Click Settings.



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.


2. OntheManageGradespage,clickonthegradeitemyouwanttosetreleaseconditionsfor.

3. IntheRestrictionstab,intheReleaseConditionsarea,dooneofthefollowing:

• ClickAttachExisting,thenselectthecheckboxforanyconditionyouwanttoattach.ClickAttach.

• ClickCreateandAttach,thenselectaConditionTypefromthedrop-downlist.CompleteanyadditionalConditionDetailsthatappearandclickCreate.

4. Fromthedrop-downlist,selectifAllconditionsmustbemetorAnyconditionmustbemettoaccessthegradeitemorcategory.


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.



• Therearegradeitemsthatyoustillneedtoentergradesfor.

• YouareusingformulagradeitemsinaPoints-basedgradingsystem.Formulagradeitemsdonotcontributetothefinalgradeinapoints-basedorweighted-basedgradebook.

Manua l ly reca lcu la te the f ina l g rade

IfyouhavenotselectedtheAutomaticallykeepfinalgradesupdatedoption,youmayhavetomanuallyrecalculatefinalgradesatsomepointduringyourcourse.



• 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


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


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.



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



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



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.



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


SeethenoteforLab1.

Discussions =8/10*10

=8%towardsthefinalgrade

Moderator =3/5*5

=3%ontopofthefinalgrade

Note:Bonusitemsareaddedtothefinalgradeafterothercalculations.Donotincludeabonusitem’sweightinyourtotalwhenbalancingyourgradebook.

Exam =71/100*40


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



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:


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.



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.



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.



Import quest ions in to Quest ion L ib rary f roma CSV f i le

YoucancreatequestionsofflineusingaCSVformattedtextfile.Ifyouwanttodownloadatextfiletemplatetousewhencreatingyourquestions,clicktheCSVSampleFilelink.


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


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)



• 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.




• EnterachoiceineachValuefieldandtheweightyouwanttoassigntheanswer(youcansetdifferentweightsifsomesolutionsaremorecorrectthanothers).

• Toincludeadditionalanswers,click AddOption.

4. Toverifyyourquestion,clickPreview.



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.




• Selectyourgradingmethod.

• EnterachoiceineachValuefield.SelecttheCorrectcheckboxforeveryrightanswer.


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).



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.


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.


• IntheInputboxesfield,enterthenumberofrequiredanswerfieldsyouwantyourquestiontohave.Youcanassignthenumberofrowsandcolumnsforeachanswerfield.

• IntheAnswerfields,enterthecorrectanswersforyourquestion,theweightforeachanswer(youcansetdifferentweightsifsomesolutionsaremorecorrectthanothers),andhowyouwanttheanswerstobeevaluated.



• 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.


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.



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.


Create order ing quest ions

Ordering(ORD)questionsrequirerespondentstoarrangeaseriesofitemsintoacorrectsequenceororder.

1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickOrderingQuestion(ORD).

2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourorderingquestiondetails.


• Selectyourgradingmethod.

• IneachValuefield,enterachoice.Toaddmorevalues,click AddItem.

• FromtheCorrectOrderdrop-downlistforeachvalue,settheorderofthevalues.Thefirstvalueinthecorrectordershouldbe"1".


Unders tand ing g rad ing opt ions fo r match ing and order ing quest ions

Therearethreepossiblegradingoptionsformatchingandorderingquestions:

• Equallyweighted-Thetotalpointvalueisdividedequallyamongallpossiblecorrectmatches.Usersreceiveequallyweightedpointsforeachcorrectanswer.

• Allornothing-Usersreceivefullpointsforthequestioniftheyselectallofthecorrectanswersandnoneoftheincorrectanswers.Usersreceivezeropointsiftheymissanycorrectanswersorselectanyincorrectanswers.



• 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.


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.



• Tosetthesystem'sincrementingstepsasitgeneratesnumbersfromtherangesetbytheMinandMaxfields,enteranumberintheStepfield.


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.



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)



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.




Create tex t in format ion

Youcancreatetextinformationifyouwanttoprovidesupplementaryinformationthatrelatestoseveralquestions.Itisusefultocreatetextinformationifyouhaveseveralquestionsthatneedtoreferencethesamepassageandyouwanttoavoidrepeatedlywritingthesametextforeachquestion.

Forexample,youmayhaveacasestudythatyouwanttouseasthebasisforseveralquestions.Insteadofinsertingthecasestudyintoeachquestion,youcancreateatextinformationitemandhaverelatedquestionsappeardirectlyunderneathit.

1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickTextInformation(TXT).

2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourtextinformationdetails.


Create image in format ion

Createimageinformation(IMG)ifyouwanttoprovidesupplementaryinformationthatrelatestomorethanonequestion.Itisusefultohaveanimageinformationitemifyouhaveseveralquestionsthatneedtoreferencethesamefigureordiagram,andyouwanttoavoidrepeatedlyuploadingthesameimagefileforeachquestion.

1. IntheQuestionLibrary,fromtheNewbutton,clickImageInformation(IMG).

2. IntheGeneralarea,enteryourimageinformationquestiondetails.

3. Touploadyourimage,clickInsertanImage.




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




Whenthischaracterimmediatelyfollowsanyoftheotherquantifiers(*,+,?,{n},{n,},{n,m}),thematchingpatternisnon-greedy.Anon-greedypatternmatchesaslittleofthesearchedstringaspossible,whereasthedefaultgreedypatternmatchesasmuchofthesearchedstringaspossible.

Inthestringoooo,o+?matchesasingleo,whileo+matchesallos.




() 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




(?=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

[âbc]matchesthepinplain

[a-z] Arangeofcharacters.Matchesanycharacterinthespecifiedrange.

[1-9]matchesanysingledigitexcept0

[a-z]matchesanylowercasealphabeticcharacterintherangeathroughz

[â-z] Anegativerangeofcharacters.

Matchesanycharacternotinthespecifiedrange.

[â-z]matchesanycharacternotintherangeathroughz

\b Matchesawordboundary:thepositionbetweenawordandaspace.

er\bmatchestheerinneverbutnottheerinverb




\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_]'




\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).




\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).


• InQuestionLibrary,fromthecontextmenuofthequestionyouwanttopreview,click Preview.



• 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.


• 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.



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


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




2. OntheManageQuizzespage,clickNewQuiz.

3. IntheGeneralarea,fillinyourquizdetails.

4. IntheQuizQuestionsarea,clickAdd/EditQuestions.


• 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


2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddrestrictionsto,click Edit.

3. IntheRestrictionstab,doanyofthefollowing:

• IntheDatesandRestrictionsarea,updatetheStatusdrop-downlist,Datessection,andtheAdditionalReleaseConditionssectionforthequiz.

• IntheOptionalAdvancedRestrictionsarea,updatethePasswordfield.

• IntheOptionalAdvancedRestrictionsarea,updatetheIPRestrictionfield.YoucanaddmultipleIPaddressrangestoensurethatuserscanonlyaccessaquizfromIPaddressesinthespecifiedIPaddressranges.

• IntheTimingarea,setyourtimingoptionsforthequiz.

• IntheSpecialAccessarea,selectyourTypeofAccessandclickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.




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


4. OntheAddSpecialAccesstoQuizpage,underLockDownBrowser,selectNotrequiredtotakethisquiz.

5. SelectthelearnersthatyouwanttoexemptfromusingtheLockDownBrowserforthisquizandclickAddSpecialAccess.

ThelearnersyouhavegrantedthisspecialaccessappearbelowtheAddUserstoSpecialAccessbuttonwitha DonotrequireLockDownBrowserforthisquiziconbesidetheirnames.

NoteThespecialaccesssettingsdonotapplytoallquizzesinacourseofferingautomatically.Youmustaddspecialaccessforlearnerstoeachquizseparately.

Add assessments to a qu iz


2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddassessmentsto,click Edit.

3. IntheAssessmenttab,doanyofthefollowing:

• IntheAssessmentarea,ifyouwanttogradequizattemptsimmediately,selecttheAutomaticGradecheckbox.Youcanaddaneworexistingnumericgradeitemtothequiz,setquizresultstoautomaticallyexporttothegradebook,edithowthequizgradeappearstolearners,addarubrictothequiz,andgivelearnerstheabilitytosendtheirquizresultstotheirBrightspaceePortfolio,ifapplicable.

• IntheAssessmenttab,undertheAttemptsarea,sethowmanyattemptsalearnercanmakeonaquiz,howmultipleattemptsarecalculated,andtheminimumandmaximumpercentagescorethatalearnermustachieveonapreviousattempttoqualifyforanotherattempt.


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.



4. ClickSave.

5. IntheRestrictionstab,

• selecttheAllowselectedusersspecialaccesstoaquizcheckboxandthen

• clickAddUserstoSpecialAccess.

6. IntheUsersarea,selectthelearnerthatyouwanttograntadifferentnumberofquizattempts.

7. ClickAddSpecialAccess.

8. IntheSpecialAccessarea,alongsidethenameofthelearner,click Edit.

9. UnderAttempts,selecttheOverrideattemptsallowedcheckbox.

10. IntheAdvancedAttemptConditionsarea,updatetheMinandMaxpercentagescorethatthelearnermustachieveonapreviousattempttoqualifyforanotherattemptifrequired.



Assoc ia te learn ing ob jec t ives w i th a qu iz


2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttoaddlearningobjectivesto,click Edit.

3. IntheObjectivestab,clickAssociateLearningObjectives.

4. BrowseorSearchforthelearningobjectivesyouwanttoassociatewiththequiz.

5. SelectthecheckboxesbesidethelearningobjectivesyouwantandclickAddSelected.


Customize the submiss ion v iew for a qu iz


2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttocustomizethesubmissionviewfor,

click Edit.

3. IntheSubmissionViewstab,dooneofthefollowing:

• Toeditthedefaultview,clicktheDefaultViewlink.MakeyourchangesandclickSave.

• Tocreateanewview,clickAddAdditionalView.CustomizeyourviewandclickSave.




Create a qu iz report


2. OntheManageQuizzespage,fromthecontextmenuofthequizyouwanttocreateareportfor,click Edit.

3. IntheReportsSetuptab,clickAddReport.

4. EnteraReportName.

5. SelectyourReportType.Usingthecheckboxesprovided,customizeyourreport'soutput.

6. Selectwhenyouwanttoreleasethereport,andwhichrolesyouwanttoreleaseitto.

7. ClickSave.



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.



Give each learner a randomset o f qu iz quest ions


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


2. OntheManageQuizzespage,clickonthequizyouwanttocreatebonusquestionsfor.

3. ClickEditValues.

4. SelecttheBonuscheckboxforeveryquestionyouwanttomakebonus.




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


2. Fromthecontextmenuofthequizcontainingthequestionsyouwanttodelete,click Edit.

3. InthePropertiestab,clickAdd/EditQuestions.

4. Selectthequestionsyouwanttodelete.

5. Click Delete>Delete.



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.



• 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.


• Ifyoucreatedananalyticrubric,intheLevelsandCriteriatab,edityourcriteriaandlevels.

• Ifyoucreatedaholisticrubric,intheLevelstab,edityourlevels.

Copy a rubr ic

Copyingarubriccreatesanewrubricbasedonanexistingrubricinthesameorgunit,allowingyoutoeasilyreuseitinacourse.Thenewrubrichasthesameproperties,levelsandcriteria,andissharedwiththesameorgunitsastheoriginalrubric.


2. OntheRubricspage,fromthecontextmenuoftherubricyouwanttocopy,click Copy.

3. Clickonthenewrubrictoeditit.

Ed i t a rubr ic

Youcanonlyeditarubricintheorgunitwhereitwascreated.YoucannoteditarubricthatisbeingusedbyaCompetenciesactivityorBrightspaceePortfolioitem.

Youcaneditrubricproperties,levels,criterion,andcriteriagroups.




2. OntheRubricspage,clickontherubricyouwanttoedit.

3. Makeyourchanges.


• IfyouareinthePropertiestab,clickSave.

• IfyouareintheLevelsandCriteriatab,clickClose.Youreditssaveautomatically.

Delete a rubr ic

Youcanonlydeletearubricintheorgunitwhereitwascreated.YoucannotdeletearubricthatisbeingusedbyaCompetenciesactivityorBrightspaceePortfolioitem,orattachedtoagradeitem.


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.



• 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.





• 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.


4. Selectthecheckboxforanyselfassessmentquestionyouwanttopublish.

5. Click PublishtoLOR.

6. OnthePublishpage,fromthePickaRepositorydrop-downlist,selectwhereyouwanttopublishyourquestionsto.

7. ClickNext.

8. OntheMetadatapage,entermetadatadetailsforthequestions.

9. ClickPublishtoLOR>Done.



Surveys

SetupasurveyCreatesurveysandusethestatisticstoolstomonitorcurrentcoursetrends,seekopinions,andassessusersatisfaction.

Surveysareanexcellentwaytosolicitfeedbackfromparticipantsregardinganyaspectofacourse.Youcangatheranonymousornon-anonymousopinionsandinformationfromusers. UnlikeQuizzes,surveyquestionsdonothavetohaverightorwronganswersandLikert-styleratingquestionsarepossible.


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



• Multi-Select

• MultipleChoice

Figure5:Usingamultiplechoicequestiontoconductapolloncourseinterest

Collectinformalcourseevaluationsormid-yearreviewsYoucanuseacombinationofdifferentquestiontypesforthisthatarefoundinatypicalevaluationorreview,including:

• Likert

• LongAnswer

• Multi-ShortAnswer



Figure6:UsingLikertandshortanswerquestionsinacourseevaluation

Askaboutpeople'slearningstylesandcontentdeliverypreferencesYoucanuseavarietyofdifferentquestiontypesforlearningstyleanddeliverypreference,including:

• MultipleChoice

• Multi-Select

• LongAnswerorShortAnswer



Figure7:Usingamulti-selectquestiontodiscoverdiscussionmethodpreferences

DeterminewhichlearningresourcesweremosthelpfultoachievelearningobjectivesYoucanusethefollowingquestiontypestodeterminethemosthelpfultypeoflearningresources:

• Multi-Select

• MultipleChoice

• Ordering

• Likert



Figure8:Usinganorderingquestiontodetermineeffectivenessoflearningresources

Poseopen-endedquestionstodetermineareasofstudentconfusionYoucanuseShortandLongAnswerquestiontypesforthisscenario.

Setupa"choose-your-ownadventure"gameorquiz Youcanintroducethecourseinafunwayorreinforcecoursemessagingthroughthistypeofsurveyactivity.Youcanusesurveybranchingtodothis,usingthefollowingquestiontypes:

• MultipleChoice

• TrueorFalse



Figure9:Usingthebranchingwizardtocraftaquizthatcanleadtomanydifferentoutcomesdependingontheuser'sanswers

Setasurveytoactive1. Onthenavbar,click Surveys.

2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.

3. ClicktheRestrictionstab.

4. IntheDatesandRestrictionsarea,settheStatusdrop-downlisttoActive.



SetadaterangeforasurveyYoucanspecifyadaterangethatyoursurveybecomesavailabletousers.YoucanalsoaddSurveysassociatedwithadatetoyourcoursecalendar.


2. OntheManageSurveyspage,clickthesurvey.


4. IntheDatesandRestrictionsarea,selectHasStartDateand/orHasEndDate,andspecifythedatesandtimeswhenuserscanseethesurvey.

5. TodisplaythesurveyintheCalendartool,selectActivefromtheStatusdrop-downlistandselectDisplayinCalendar.


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.




2. OntheSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.


4. IntheUserResponsesarea,settheAttemptsAlloweddrop-downlisttooneofthefollowing:

• Unlimited-Userscananswerandsubmitasurveyasmanytimesastheywant.

• Singleattemptthatiseditable-Allowsusersasinglesurveyattempt.Theycanre-accessandeditresponsesaslongasthesurveyisstillavailable.

• Limited-Setsanumberofpermissiblesurveyattempts.

CreatespecialaccesstoasurveyYoucanassignspecificusersadifferentsetofsurveyavailabilitydates.Specialaccesspropertiesenableyoutoincreasethetimelimitforspecial-needsusersandallowdifferentstartandenddatesforindividualusers.


2. OntheSurveyspage,clickthesurveyname.



• Tosetspecialaccessforselectedusers,chooseAllowselectedusersspecialaccesstothissurvey.

• Torestrictthesurveyonlytouserswithspecialaccess,chooseAllowonlyuserswithspecialaccesstoseethissurvey.


6. Searchforusersandselectthecheckboxesbesidethenamesofusersyouwanttoassignspecialaccessto.


TracksurveyprogressandresultsBasedonhowyouhavesetupthesurveyproperties,youmightseealistofallusersorjusttheoverallsurveyresultswithanonymousresponses.


2. OntheManageSurveyspage,fromthesurvey'scontextmenu,click Statistics.

3. IntheUserstab,searchforusersandtheirlistedattempttypes.YoucanrestrictyoursearchofsurveyresultsbyattemptintheAttemptstab.

4. Toviewaspecificuser'sresults,clickonanindividualattempt.Toviewthenumberofattemptsperquestionwithinasurvey,clickViewOverallResultsatthebottomofthepage.



SetupsurveyreportsSurveyreportsgatherinformationonsurveydata.Surveyreportsaredifferentfromsurveyresults;theycollectandpresentmoretypesofinformationthanisavailablethroughresults.Chooseareporttypetodisplayquestionstatistics,questiondetails,userstatistics,attemptdetails,oruserattempts.Youcanalsoselectareleasedateandchoosewhichroleshavepermissiontovieweachreport.


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.



NotifyparticipantsofanavailablesurveyYoucannotifyparticipantsofanavailablesurveyintwoways:

• OntheEditSurveypage,clickInviteParticipantstosendasurveynotificationdirectlytoauser'sexternalemailaddress.

• IntheAnnouncementswidget,createaAnnouncementsitemthatannouncestheavailabilityofthesurveyonthecoursehomepageandlinkstothesurveyviaaquicklink.

SurveybranchingWhenbranchingisused,surveyquestionspresentoneatatime,eachonaseparatepage(inotherwords,pagebreaksareinsertedbetweeneveryquestion).Surveybranchingpresentsmultiplequestions,allowingtheinstructortochoosewhichquestioncomesupnextbasedontheuser'sresponse.


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



AccessingUserProgressdataintheBrightspaceDataPlatformWhentheBrightspaceDataPlatformandBrightspaceInsightsareincludedwiththeBrightspaceplatform,instructorscanaccessthefollowingdataintheUserProgresstool:

• Identifyiflearnersdownloadcontentatthetopic,module,ortableofcontentslevel.Forexample,instructorscanviewdownloadmetricsfromtheSummaryandContentindicatorsforaspecificcourse.

• Identifywhenlearnersaccesstheircourses.Forexample,fromtheCourseAccessindicator,instructorscanviewdetailedcourseaccessinformationsuchaswhenalearnerlastaccessedthecourseandthetotalnumberofdaystheyaccessedthecourse.Note:WhenCourseAccessisenabled,theLoginHistoryindicatornolongercontainsaLastAccessedCoursefield.Inaddition,aCourseAccesscheckboxisavailableintheUserProgressSettingsforincludingcourseaccessdataintheUserProgressreport.

• Identifytheminimumandmaximumgradealearnercanachieveinacourse,basedongradesreceivedinthecoursetodate,andtheweightoftheremainingcourseassignments.



Whencombinedwithothercontentaccessmetrics,thisdataprovidesinstructorswithamoredetailedpictureoflearnerengagement.

Note:IfyoudonothaveyoureventsstoredintheBrightspaceDataPlatformandhavenotpurchasedBrightspaceInsights,thesefeaturesareunavailable.Formoreinformation,contactyourD2LAccountManager.

Figure10:ContentProgressshowingadownloadfromTableofContents(allcoursefiles),aModuledownload(Week2),andindividualTopicdownloads



Figure11:TheCourseAccessindicatorintheUserProgresstool

UserProgressoverviewTheUserProgressinterfaceconsistsofthreemainareas:

• TheUserInformationarea.

• TheReportsListarea.(IfyouaccessedUserProgressfromMyHome,theReportsListareaalsoincludesallcoursesthatyouareactivelyenrolledin.)

• TheReportDetailsarea.



YoucanaccesstheUserProgressfromMyHomeandatthecourselevelintheClasslisttool.

Figure12:TheReportsListareaofUserProgressshowsothercoursesyoucancheckwhenyouaccessitfromMyHome.



Figure13:TheUserProgressinterfacewiththeSummaryviewofacourseselected.

ChangeUserProgresssettingsBydefault,theReportsDetailareadisplaysall9progressindicatorsintheProgressSummaryreport.Youcanremoveprogressindicatorsfromthesummaryreport.TheProgressSummaryviewcandisplayupto15gradeitemsforeachprogressindicator.Ifyourcoursehasmorethan15itemsforagivenprogressindicator,onlythe15mostrecentitemswilldisplayintheProgressSummaryview.

Youcanalsoadjustcolorindicators.Colorindicatorshelpyoutrackstudentsbycategory,suchas:OnTrack,SomeConcerns,andAtRisk.

1. Onthenavbar,click UserProgress.

2. Click Settings.

3. Makeyourchanges.



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.



2. OntheClassProgresspage,click Settings.

3. Fromthecontextmenuoftheindicatoryouwanttoreplace,select Replace.

4. OntheSelectProgressIndicatorpage,clickontheprogressindicatoryouwanttouseasareplacement.

5. Toreplacemoreprogressindicators,repeatsteps2-3.

6. Fromthecontextmenuofaprogressindicator,select MoveUpor MoveDowntorearrangetheorderinwhichitappearsinClassProgress.



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