Highlights from the 5.11 release (January 26, 2015)
Video Summary
New Features
Sending Containers to Repository in Design Mode
Designers can now send and retrieve containers of objects to and from the repository.
In design mode, you can send a container to the repository by clicking, holding down the mouse button, dragging the container to the upper part of the screen where a drop zone will appear, and then dropping the container in the repository drop zone.
Once the container is in the repository drop zone, you can add tags to the container. These tags will help you and others search for and retrieve the container in the future. You can add multiple tags separated by a comma.
Once you’ve added the container successfully, you can see it in the list alongside objects that are also in the repository. This list shows only the objects and containers that you own.
You can also search for containers in the repository. Click the Designer icon, and then click Search in the horizontal Repository list. Start typing your search term, and the search results will display based on title and tags.
To add a container to a course from the repository, simply click on the container in the list, hold the mouse button while dragging it to the course, and release the mouse button to drop it into the course. The repository container will now be in the course, and it will have a “locked” icon at the far right side.
To edit a container from the repository, you must first make a copy of it. To do this, first drag the container to the course. The container will have a “locked” icon in it. Next, start dragging the container and the “Copy and Unlock” icon and text will appear in the right margin. Drop the container onto the Copy and Unlock icon and text. This makes a copy of the container. The same container in your course will no longer have the lock icon, and you can now edit the contents of the container. When you are finished editing, you can add the container to repository
Instructor View of Assessment
Instructors can now see assessment results in both aggregated and per-student format.
As an instructor viewing an object with an assessment, you will see options for viewing the assessment.
Standard View shows you the assessment as the student would see it prior to taking the assessment. You can toggle on the Aggregate View to see how all students in the class answered each question.
When you click on “Student Attempts View,” the in-object grading tool will open at the top right. The student whose name is in the center of the list with the black background is the one whose assessment you are viewing. Here, you can easily see how the student interacted with the assessment. You can also click on the clock icons to see a time stamp that tells when the student completed each question.
Using the in-object grading tool in the Student Attempts View, you can also grade each student’s assessment manually.
Test Banks and Question Randomization in Assessment, v.1
Designers can now use the assessment tool to build questions with test banks. You can write many questions when creating the assessment, and then choose how many to give to the student.
When you select the “Test Bank” check box in an assessment, students will get a random sample of the percentage or number of questions that you choose. This example shows 50%, so if I have created 20 questions, students will see 10 of them. You can also select “Count” from the dropdown menu if you want the assessment to always contain a certain number of questions.
You can also choose whether you want students’questions to be randomized. To do this, check the “Randomize Questions” check box. If you select “Every Time” from the dropdown menu, the questions will be randomized each time a student takes the assessment.
If you select “Only Once” from the dropdown menu, students will see the same set of questions each time they take the assessment.