The LMS has been upgraded to a new improved version in December 2008. The new features are outlined below and you are invited to attend any of our workshops and events. There are some known issues that are being addressed.
Grade Centre
The new and improved Grade Centre replaces the Gradebook and allows customised display and calculations.
Content Collection
The Content Collection has new options for the modification and management of content.
Discussion Board
The Discussion Board has new options for viewing forums and receiving notifications.
Self and Peer Assessment
The new Self and Peer Assessment tool creates structures for students to review and grade their own submissions and those of other students.
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The new and improved Grade Centre replaces the Gradebook and allows customised display and calculations |
- Online entry of data into the Grade Centre is similar to Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, with arrow-key navigation.
- Simple management of Grade Centre column order
- Multiple columns may be uploaded at once, simplifying large scale updates of the Grade Centre from offline records
- Grades for individual students may be exempted from calculation of total grades
- Calculated columns may be added by staff to include the average, maximum or minimum value obtained from other columns, within the total grade for the subject
- Dual grade display allows students to be presented with a letter grade in My Grades whilst the numerical value and letter grade are presented in the Grade Centre for teaching staff
- Grade History provides a record of all grade changes by teaching staff
- A subset of data may be downloaded based on Smart Views (e.g. grades for a single assignment for a single tutorial group)
- Smart views permit detailed analysis and simpler identification of students at risk
- Reports may be generated to show all or part of a student's component grades.
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The Content Collection has new options for the modification and management of content |
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Files in the Content Collection have permanent URLs, allowing files to be moved between folders without breaking links
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Users can choose to receive an immediate or daily email notification when folders are changed, accessed, or comments modified
- 360° view is a new summary of the details of each item.
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The Discussion Board has new options for viewing forums and receiving notifications |
- Users can choose between two different presentations of postings, the current list view or a more streamlined tree view
- Subscriptions have been expanded to allow users to receive an email alert when a message is posted to a forum or thread
- Option to reply with a quote from the original post
- Posts can be marked as read or unread.
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The new Self and Peer Assessment tool creates structures for students to review and grade their own submissions and those of other students |
- The new Self and Peer Assessment tool supports review of text, images, and digital-based resources within a subject or community
- Teaching staff can create an exercise with a list of questions for the assessor. These questions can have a variety of grading or marking criteria, created or selected by staff, to be used in the assessment
- Staff can choose to have the student assess his or her own work, or the works of other students
- Staff can monitor the progress of the assessment, download the assessment submission and results, and add the assessment marking to the Grade Centre.
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