Commit 8c23c17d by Sylvia Pearce

Add info about enabling open response assessments feature

parent fe43622b
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Introduction to Open Response Assessments
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.. note:: **The open response assessments feature is in limited release.** If you're at an edX consortium university and you plan to include open response assessments in a MOOC, you'll work with your edX project manager (PM) to enable the open response assessments feature and create assignments.
.. note:: **The open response assessments feature is in limited release.** If you're at an edX consortium university and you plan to include open response assessments in a MOOC, you'll work with your edX project manager (PM) to create assignments.
Open response assessments allow instructors to assign questions that may not have definite answers. Students submit a response to the question, and then that student and the student's peers compare the response to a rubric that you create.
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Create a Peer Assessment Problem
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.. warning:: Peer assessments are in limited release and are only available in a few courses. To enable the peer assessment feature in your course, contact your edX program manager. After the feature has been enabled, you can create peer assessments by following the steps below.
.. warning:: Peer assessments are in limited release and are only available in a few courses. If you want to add a peer assessment to your course, make sure to work with your edX program manager (PM).
To create a peer assessment problem, you'll edit the XML code in a Problem component, similar to creating other problems. The following image shows what a peer assessment component looks like when you edit it in Studio, as well as the way that students see that peer assessment in the courseware.
To create a peer assessment problem, you'll enable the Open Response Assessments feature by adding a policy key value in the course advanced settings. You'll then edit the XML code in a Problem component, similar to the way you create other problems. The following image shows what a peer assessment component looks like when you edit it in Studio, as well as the way that students see that peer assessment in the courseware.
.. image:: /Images/PA_XML_LMS_All.png
:alt: Image of a peer assessment in Studio and LMS views
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Creating a peer assessment is a multi-step process:
* :ref:`PA Enable ORA`
* :ref:`PA Create Component`
* :ref:`PA Specify Name and Assessment Types`
* :ref:`PA Add a Student Training Assessment`
* :ref:`PA Add Due Dates`
* :ref:`PA Add Question`
* :ref:`PA Add Rubric`
* :ref:`PA Provide Comment Options`
* :ref:`PA Test Problem`
Each of these steps is covered in detail below.
.. _PA Enable ORA:
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Step 1. Enable Open Response Assessments
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#. On the **Settings** menu for the course, click **Advanced Settings**.
#. On the **Advanced Settings** page, locate the **Manual Policy Definition** section, and then locate the **advanced_modules** policy key (this key is at the top of the list).
#. Under **Policy Value**, place your cursor between the brackets, and
then enter the following. Make sure to include the quotation marks.
``"openassessment"``
#. At the bottom of the page, click **Save Changes**.
The page refreshes automatically. At the top of the page, you see a
notification that your changes have been saved.
.. _PA Create Component:
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Step 1. Create the Component
Step 2. Create the Component
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#. In Studio, open the unit where you want to create the assessment.
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.. _PA Specify Name and Assessment Types:
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Step 2. Specify the Problem Name and Assessment Types
Step 3. Specify the Problem Name and Assessment Types
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To specify the name and assessment types for the problem, you'll work with the XML near the top of the problem.
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.. _PA Add a Student Training Assessment:
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Step 3. Include a Student Training Assessment (optional)
Step 4. Include a Student Training Assessment (optional)
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To include a student training assessment, which contains both sample responses and scores, you'll work with the following XML:
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.. _PA Add Due Dates:
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Step 3. Add Start and Due Dates (optional)
Step 5. Add Start and Due Dates (optional)
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Setting start and due dates is optional. If you don't specify dates, the deadline for all student responses and assessments is the due date that you set for the subsection that contains the peer assessment. If you do specify dates, those dates take precedence over the subsection due date.
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.. _PA Add Question:
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Step 4. Add the Question
Step 6. Add the Question
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The following image shows a question in the component editor along with the way the question appears to students.
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.. _PA Add Rubric:
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Step 5. Add the Rubric
Step 7. Add the Rubric
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To add the rubric, you'll create your criteria and options in XML. The following image shows a highlighted criterion and its options in the component editor, followed by the way the criterion and options appear to students.
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.. _PA Provide Comment Options:
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Step 6 (optional). Provide Comment Options
Step 8. Provide Comment Options (optional)
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After students fill out the rubric, they can provide additional comments for the responses they've assessed. By default, students see a field for comments below the rubric.
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.. _PA Test Problem:
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Step 7. Test the Problem
Step 9. Test the Problem
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To test your assignment, set up the assignment in a test course, and ask a group of beta users to submit responses and grade each other. The beta testers can then let you know if they found the question and the rubric easy to understand or if they found any problems with the assignment.
.. _PA Access Status:
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