MOD Administrator Checklist: Workshop setup

Each student is allocated three submissions to review.

• scheduled allocation

• 3 per reviewer

Students can see who their assessors are (i.e. assessments are not anonymous).

Assessment grading method: 'Comparison with the weightiest assessment' with a tolerance percentage of 90% (the default).

The split in the mark for each workshop between submission and assessment will be 100/0.

Use self-assessment: False

The submission phase will open from Monday to Sunday evening, then the following Monday to Sunday for assessment.

Students who don't submit won't be able to assess others and will miss out on the workshop marks.

Set up open/close dates for submission and assessment phases. Once all settings set, move to 'Submission' phase.

Tutor Checklist: Managing the Workshop

Submission Phase

Check workshop is in the submission phase.
Post a reminder to students if required (e.g. it's the first workshop for the subject).
Midway or closer to the deadline, check that some students have made a submission. If there are none, you might post a reminder to check if there are any problems.

Assessment Phase

Check the workshop has moved to the Assessment Phase automatically.
At the start of the assessment phase: Review the allocations Moodle has made (three assessments per submission).
Change allocations if required (Click 'Allocate submissions'). You can remove specific allocations, and then redo the random allocation (leave 'Remove current allocations' NOT checked). Alternatively, you can change allocations manually. It is best to make changes only as required once in the Assessment Phase, rather than removing and re-allocating all allocations.
If any submission doesn't have three peer-assessors allocated, check with the MOD Administrator

Grading Evaluation Phase

Move the workshop to 'Grading evaluation phase' by clicking on the lightbulb icon.
Check that all students have given feedback to all submissions assigned to them.

Ad your feedback and score (using the override).

Under 'Grading evaluation method', select 'Comparison with the weightiest assessment'. The page will reload.
For 'Comparison of assessments', select '90% of tolerance'.
Click 'Re-calculate grades'. A grade will be shown for each student's submission and assessment (in separate columns).
Check the grades Moodle has assigned carefully. Contact moodle admin if something doesn't look right.

Closed Phase

Close the Workshop once you have reviewed the scores, by clicking on the lightbulb icon next to 'Closed'. This will push the marks to the students' gradebook, and they will be able to see them.
Notify students grades are available.
Respond to questions and concerns. Forward technical queries to the MOD Administrator.

Questions and Help

Ask the MOD Administrator