INNOVATIVE TEACHING SEMINAR SERIES

2015A collaboration between the

Higher Education Faculties

and the Office of Learning and

Teaching

A C D U S T U D E N T R E T E N T I O N P R O J E C T I N I T I AT I V E

Do you control the Grade Centre in Learnline or does it control you?

Session Outcomes…

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multiple and optional assessments

Before Semesterhiding/deleting columns green tick

downloading

End of Semester links with Callista

weighted columns

Calculated columns formulas rounding

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In this session:BEFORE SEMESTER: • Aligning Grade Centre to the

Assessment Outline [Activity]• Grade Centre Best Practice• Calculated Columns [Activity]• The Green Tick [Activity]• Decimal Points and Rounding• Multiple Assessment items

[Activity]• Ongoing Multiple Assessments • Smart Views [Activity]• Colour Coding [Activity]• Grading Schemas

END OF SEMESTER• Downloading Grade Centre

Results [Activity]

Each Activity will be strictly timed to a maximum of 10 minutes due to time restraints

There will be time for questions following the presentation

Learnline Staff SupportLearnline Development & TrainingOFFICE OF LEARNING AND TEACHINGT.(08) 8946 6198A.H. 1800559347learnlinestaff@cdu.edu.au

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WelcomeFor the following activities you will need to:• Work in pairs or threes• Log into the workshop Learnline Unit using a

generic account• Unit title: Do you control the Grade Centre in

Learnline or does it control you?

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Before Semester

For this session all assessments have been created in the unit and that any submission points created in Learnline are auto-populated in the Grade Centre and any other assessment tasks have manual columns added

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But does the Grade Centre match the Assessment Outline???

ASSESSMENT   DUE DATE TOTAL MARK PERCENTAGE

Assessment 1 Celebrity Quiz 14/04/2015 70 10%Assessment 2 Paparazzi Assignment

Safe Assign16/04/2015 83 25%

Assessment 3 Case StudyStudents answer THREE (3) of THREE (3) Case Studies and receive best TWO (2) marks for Assessment 6 mark

25/05/2015 130 25%

Assessment 4 Question Types in Blackboard Quiz

01/06/2015 160 10%

Assessment 5 Prac ReportsStudent complete prac reports and submit after Prac lesson

31/05/2015 240 30%

                     TOTAL 683 100%

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Activity [10min]

For this activity: • Go through your Grade Centre as a pair

and align columns to Assessment Outline• You will need to consider the order of

columns, deleting unnecessary columns and who needs to see which columns (lecturer or student or both?)

• You will also need to consider what the student will see and how this will impact their interpretation of their results.

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Best Practice

• Due dates

• Titling of columns

• Should I delete or hide unnecessary columns?

• Grade format (Primary Display)

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Calculated ColumnsFor this activity consider: • What are calculated columns?• What is the difference between Totals and

Weighted?• When would you use them?• How can you create one?• Running totals

Activity [10min]Go through and create a weighted column based off the assessment outline and delete any unnecessary columns if applicable. For the purpose of this activity only use two case study columns at 12.5% each and weight each Prac Report as 5%

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What is the Green Tick?

• Where is the green tick?• What is the green tick?• What does it do?• Where should it be?• How can it be moved?Activity [5min]

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Decimal Points and Rounding

Grade Centre now has a new facility which allows marks to be entered to two decimal places.

Things to remember if using decimals:• Keep to hundredth• If using to third or fourth decimal

Grade Centre will round to the nearest two decimal places

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Multiple Assessments (best 2 out of 3)

At the moment our Case Study Assessments for Assessment 6 is confusing and not totalling correctly because

• The three scores are in different formats, and• The total is averaging all three case studies

instead of the two highest scores

The percentage shown is the average from all

three case study results whereas it should be the average from the

best two scores (81.48%)

Activity [5min] : What can we do?

Assessment 3 Case StudyStudents choose ONE (1) of three (3) case studies to base assignment on

25/05/2015 130 25%

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Ongoing Multiple Assessments

Another option for a multiple assessment is an ongoing assessment like the Assessment 5: Prac Reports

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Ongoing Multiple Assessments continued

To remember:• The title of your weighted column makes sense

in context and for students (if it is available to them)

• Is the total included in the Grade Centre calculations?

• If the calculated column is included in Grade Centre calculations or have you removed the individual assessments from the Grade Centre calculations?

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Smart Views

What are Smart Views???https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkT0hXRDWPc&list=PLontYaReEU1tzu1T5gfiX-JQA5nBc3isN&index=48

http://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/120_Grade_Center/010_Customize_Grade_Center/050_Smart_Views

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Smart ViewsUsing the example of Assessment 5 and the six required Prac Reports

Activity [10min]: Create your own smart view. Consider why using a smart view may help your organisation.

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Non assessed activities??

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Colour Coding

https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/120_Grade_Center/010_Customize_Grade_Center/070_Color_Code_the_Grade_Center

Activity [5min]: Colour code your test Grade Centre

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Grading Schemahttps://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/120_Grade_Center/010_Customize_Grade_Center/030_Grading_Schemas

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End of Semester

• Downloading Grade Centre results for your records

• Why is Grade Centre different from Callista?

Activity [5min]:Download the results from your test unit

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Final thoughts on grades…

“But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret” (Ronald Reagan)

“Good grades, enough sleep, a social life… you can only pick two.” (Anonymous)

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” (Albert Einstein)

Learnline Staff SupportLearnline Development & Training OFFICE OF LEARNING AND

TEACHINGT. (08) 8946 6198 A.H. 1800559347learnlinestaff@cdu.edu.au