Teaching Online at UTAS

We do not recommend creating different Grade Items or Categories for different cohorts, unless the submission methods used for each cohort are substantially different (see scenarios on next page).

Markers can easily change the marking environment to view a specific group of students. This means there is no need to create separate Dropbox Folders or Grade Items to differentiate between cohorts (in most cases). You can choose to view and mark only External or Internal students. If you have set up tutorial/workshop groups using the MyLO Groups tool, you can choose to mark students in a particular tutorial/workshop group. You can do this in any environment that features the View By tool. These instructions will show you how.

Some examples of scenarios that require the creation of different Grade Items to represent different cohorts

• All students must deliver a presentation. Face-to-face students do this in class. They also respond to questions about their presentation in class. The marker records F2F students’ grades for both activities in a single standalone Grade Item in MyLO.  Distance students must submit a presentation to a Dropbox folder. Thereafter, their presentations are shared in a Discussion Topic. They must reply to students’ queries about their presentation. The marks for their replies are recorded in a Grade Item connected to the Discussion.
• Students must contribute to small group discussion tasks over a period of time. Each group requires its own Discussion Topic; therefore, a different Grade Item has to be created to connect to each group’s Topic

Even in these scenarios, there may some creative ways to avoid the creation of multiple Grade Items. For example, in Scenario 1 all students could be required to submit their slides/notes to a Dropbox prior to their presentation, and all marks could be recorded in the same Grade Item.

We suggest discussing different scenarios with a member of the Flexible Education Team. It is best to do this whilst designing your assessment tasks, as small changes made at this point can make a big difference to the organisation and complexity of your Grades tool down the track.