Virtual Assignment and Classroom| New and Updated Features
There are several updates to the Falcon Online Virtual Assignment and Classroom tool. For a full explanation of all the new and updated features, refer to Bongo Release Notes.
New Configuration Experience for individual and group assignments
The configuration experience for assignments now includes an improved workflow that recognizes step-by-step options. This new experience provides wider parity with the previously available Question and Answer assignment type.
New Show/Hide instructor feedback before evaluation feature
When configuring an individual, group, or question and answer assignment, a new option enables you to hide or show instructor feedback before evaluation. This option is enabled by default, which matches the previous behavior where text and video comments from the instructor are immediately available to the learner. If the instructor turns off the option, learners cannot see the instructor's text or video comments until the evaluation has been published to the learner.
Peer review is Opt-in
When creating a new assignment, the Peer Review option is now disabled by default. Previously, Peer Review was enabled by default.
Updated user interface on the D2L Quicklink process
It is now possible to directly copy assignments during the Quicklink process, and there is a new quick search that you can use when linking an existing assignment or meeting.
For a full explanation about all of the new and updated features, refer to Bongo Release Notes.
Rubrics – Streamline grading with minimum or maximum score for ungraded rubric criteria | New
This feature updates the instructor workflow of evaluating a rubric and providing feedback to learners. Now, instructors can quickly assess all ungraded Rubric criteria and then go back through to add feedback where necessary. To provide a more streamlined experience for instructors using analytical-type rubrics for assessments in the Consistent Evaluation experience for assignments, discussions, and written response quiz questions, the instructor can automatically set ungraded levels to a minimum or maximum value.
From a drop-down beside the rubric name in each assessment pop-out or a context menu in Consistent Evaluation, there are two options:
- Set Ungraded to [top rubric level name]: where all ungraded levels within this rubric are set to the maximum value using the top level of the rubric.
- Set Ungraded to [lowest rubric level name]: where all ungraded levels within this rubric are set to the minimum value using the bottom level of the rubric.
When an instructor selects an option, a confirmation dialog appears to advise of the bulk action and provides an option to undo the update.
Previously, instructors were required to click individual criteria, which, for large rubrics was a time-consuming task involving many clicks to set the rubric score to 100%.
Figure: In Assignments and Discussions, click to open the context menu beside the rubric name to choose an option for all ungraded criteria.
Figure: In Consistent Evaluation, click the drop-down menu beside the rubric name to choose an option for all ungraded criteria.
This feature implements the following PIE items for the Rubrics tool:
• D10306 (Tick all rubric options automatically/remove tick boxes)
• D9336 (Include a Clear All for Rubric Evaluation)
• D7630 (Auto-Populate Rubrics for Students with Perfect Score)
• D7372 (Rubric Grading)
• D6165 (Select All option for Rubric)
Consistent Evaluation – Learner View of Grade in Assignments, Discussions, and New Quiz Evaluation experiences | Updated
Consistent Evaluation enables instructors to evaluate learner submissions to Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes using an improved and optimized experience. With this release, the Consistent Evaluation and the New Quiz Evaluation experiences are updated to provide instructors the ability to view the grade scheme that is applied to learners in real time, based on the grade they enter during the evaluation process. For example, if the grade scheme applied to a course is a Letter Grade, instructors can view that letter grade instantly from the consistent evaluation experience. The letter grade is based on the grade entered during an evaluation. The instructor can also choose to Hide Learner View of Grade or Show Learner View of Grade directly from the evaluation experience.
Previously, instructors could not view the applied grade scheme grade when evaluating a submission. Instructors would have to save the grade they entered during their evaluation, and then navigate to Grades to compare the grades entered in the evaluation experience to the applied grade scheme grade.
Figure: With this update, instructors can refer to the applied grade scheme displayed under 'Learner View of Grade'. This view updates in real-time as the instructor enters a grade in the Overall Grade field.
Figure: The instructor can select Hide Learner View of Grade from the Evaluation Options menu (...). Instructors can select 'Show Learner View of Grade' to make the learner view visible again.
This feature implements the following PIE item:
• D7572 (New Assignment Grade Experience - Add Letter Grade Preview for Overall Grade and Rubric Score).
This continuous delivery update is scheduled for January 23rd.
Please refer to the Falcon Online for Faculty InfoGuide for additional information on all the Falcon Online tools.
Faith Testerman
Coordinator IV - IT Instructional Resources
Faith.Testerman@DaytonaState.edu
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