MyLO’s Grades tool is flexible and offers many options for recording, tracking and calculating student grades. This page is designed to link you to useful resources related to the Grades tool. If you are new to Grades… Familiarise yourself with some commonly used terms and the Grades tool environment. If you want to set up […]

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 must deliver a presentation for one assessment task. The task is worth 20% of the unit assessment. Students may deliver their presentation at a nominated tutorial time between weeks 5 and 10 of semester. You decide to make students submit their presentation plan/slides to a Dropbox the […]

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 an Assignment Submission Folder.  This post will show you how. Once you have attached the Rubric, you can mark with it. Step 1 Before you finalise your Rubric and attach it, you must ensure that the Rubric is correctly set up. You may wish to return […]

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 […]