This solution would suit scenarios like this: Students will deliver a presentation and then respond to questions from teachers and peers for an Assessment Task worth 35 marks. Face-to-face (F2F) students deliver their presentation and respond to questions in class. You will use a standalone Grade Item to provide F2F students with a grade and […]

This solution would suit scenarios like this: Students submit four items at different points, each to a separate Dropbox. Three submissions are each worth 10%. The fourth submission is worth 70% of Assessment Task 3. Students submit four items at different points during your unit, each to a separate Dropbox. Each submission is worth 25% […]

This solution would suit scenarios like this: Students submit their work to a MyLO Dropbox. Their submission is worth 100% of Assessment Task 1. Students contribute to one Discussion Topic. Their contributions to the topic are worth 100% of Assessment Task 1. Students complete a Quiz. The Quiz is worth 100% of Assessment Task 1. […]

Once you have created an electronic Rubric in MyLO, you can attach it to a Grade Item. We recommend attaching Rubrics to standalone Grade Items that will be used to grade Discussions, or to keep track of work that is performed in class, like participation or presentations. This page will show you how. We recommend attaching […]

A Grade Item is a column of the Grades tool dedicated to tracking the grades associated with a particular task. It may be associated with a MyLO assessment tool like a Dropbox or Quiz, or it could be a standalone item used to track classroom participation or presentations. These step-by-step instructions explain how to create […]

This table provides an overview of common MyLO tools, and their relationship to Grade Items. It also takes into account electronic Rubrics, Turnitin and Grademark.  Dropbox  Discussion Topic  Quiz  ePortfolio Standalone Grade Items Attach a Grade Item or use a standalone Grade Item? Attach a Grade Item If you are not using a Rubric*, or […]

UTAS requires that academics do not release students’ final assessment task marks on MyLO until after the exam period and release of formal grades by the University. You can still mark students’ final assessment piece online and publish the marks to the Grades tool, but you will need to ensure that students cannot see the […]

When setting up Discussion activities, it is important to make the purpose of the discussion and the rules of engagement very clear. Include clear instructions, a purpose for the discussion and some rules in the Description of your Discussion Topic. Here is an example of a Description for a Discussion Topic. It was used by […]

What do they do? Discussions facilitate asynchronous communication between students and teachers in a unit. They can contain text, hyperlinks, images and videos. It can take some time for students to become acquainted with Discussions as a communication vehicle. Students need to be informed of the rules of engagement. If students will be using Discussions frequently, take some time […]

This resource [PDF] explains how to include an image (from a computer or the web), or embed a YouTube video in a discussion post. This can be a very useful skill to teach students when you want them to share ideas and viewpoints that they have found on the web, in articles or in the […]