Triggering the Release of Content Based on Submission

While we cannot force students to read items before completing their assignments, it is possible to set up “Actions” in ANGEL which require students to click on certain content items and/or complete certain assignments before additional units, content items, or assignments are available. This post contains directions for setting up an action which requires students to create a discussion post, submit a dropbox assignment, or complete an assessment before the next unit is available.

Optimistic vs. Pessimistic Grading, Part Two

In our previous blog, we discussed how we may view grades optimistically or pessimistically depending on whether we believe students start the semester with A’s and then lose points or start with F’s and earn points throughout the semester. If you give multiple assignments in a semester and only count a certain number of those assignments, you have the opportunity to control how students view their grades in the ANGEL gradebook.

Review Settings

In a face-to-face classroom, students take exams. You grade them, and then you return them to the students, so they may review them and see what they missed. In some cases, you may choose to recollect these exams, so students cannot keep copies of your tests. In an online environment, students still need that feedback on their exams. It’s not enough for them to see a score; many students want to know what questions they missed and why. Using the Assessment Review Settings in ANGEL allows students to review their exams for a set period of time.

Battle of the tabs: Access vs. Interaction

You create an assessment, and then you set the dates for when you think your students will be able to take it. Then the unthinkable happens. You get an email or maybe a phone call (or on a really bad day, maybe both) from a student because your assessment is unavailable. How is that possible? You set the dates. You KNOW you set the dates. Why isn’t the assessment available?

Almost every time this happens, it’s because there are 2 sets of dates you need to set when creating an assessment – the dates on the Access tab AND the dates on the Interaction tab.

Extend Test Time for Student

You may receive an Accommodations letter from Disability Support Services indicating that a student requires more time for a test. To do this, you will need to create at least two teams in your class – one for the student(s) who need more time, and one team for everyone else.

It’s All in the Details…Activity Details, That Is

Every semester, we hear from instructors who tell us that students were completing an assessment in ANGEL when a problem occurred. Verifying when students accessed assessments is as easy as viewing the Activity Detail for an item in ANGEL.

Regrade Mode

Using the Regrade mode in an ANGEL assessment, instructors can change the correct answer for the question, drop the question entirely, or give students full credit for the question.

Publish an Assessment from Respondus

Once you have created an assessment in Respondus, the next step is to publish it to ANGEL. Using the Publish Wizard in Respondus, you can publish your assessment to your ANGEL course(s).

Create a Respondus Exam

While ANGEL has the capabilities to create assessments, Respondus is the preferred exam creation tool. With Respondus, instructors can create assessments that may be printed for face-to-face class use or saved an imported into ANGEL for online assessment use.