This solution would suit scenarios like this: You/your tutors monitor students’ participation in weekly tutorials and workshops. Participation is not assessable; however, you wish to collect data about participation to inform the ongoing development of your unit. You/your tutors monitor students’ participation in weekly tutorials and workshops for assessment purposes. You would prefer to make […]

This solution would suit scenarios like this: Each week, students complete a Quiz as preparation for class. There are 12 Quizzes. The two lowest scores are dropped, so that the 10 remaining Quizzes contribute 10% each towards Assessment Task 2, worth a total of 10 marks. You wish to monitor student participation. Each week, a […]

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. […]

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 […]

MyLO is not capable of auto-marking complex free text responses (e.g. of more than one or two words) for short (SA) and long answer  (LA) quiz questions. If students are likely to write full sentence answers, you will need to check student responses to SA and LA questions, and mark their answers accordingly. You can […]

Where are Quiz results published to? There are two places where Quiz results can be published so students can see them. The first is the Quizzes tool. This view is controlled by the Submission View settings, which can be altered when you create or edit a Quiz. This image shows how feedback may appear to […]