Overview
Student access allows you to set and monitor the following kinds of student tasks: READING, QUIZ, WRITING, AUDIO, DISCUSSION. These tasks can be completed, graded, and annotated online.
If you set a page as a task and the page contains a quiz, the score will automatically appear in the grade book when it is submitted by the student. If the page contains a written task, it can be completed and sent to the teacher who can then grade and annotate it, and return it to the student.
Smart tasks are ones that have a definite right or wrong answer and so can be graded automatically by the system. Quizzes - multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank etc - are smart tasks. Manual tasks are ones that involve an element of judgement, and so are best annotated and graded online by a teacher. Written tasks and audio tasks are manual tasks.
Task modes
Tasks be completed in three different modes:
1. Assess mode This is the default mode for setting tasks. Use assess mode when you want to track and grade student work and put the grades in the grade book.
2. Exam mode This is similar to assess mode, but the task is done under exam conditions with a time limit.
3. Self-study mode Students complete tasks and see their scores or model answers without being monitored by teachers.
Section contents
The children pages in this section cover:
- Setting tasks Four different ways in which you can set a task.
- Task types In-page, qBank, Custom essays, Discussion.
- Task status Active, draft, overdue, awaiting grade, and completed.
- Grading tasks Smart quizzes and written tasks.
- Exam mode Setting tasks under exam conditions.
- Reports Analyse information about tasks, grades, and students.