June 10-15, 2012 Growing Community; Growing Possibilities Christine Doherty, Stanford University Lydia Li, Stanford University Lynn Ward, Indiana University

 What’s new in Samigo 2.9?  Samigo Working Group Update  Possible enhancements for 2.10  Audience Topics 2012 Jasig Sakai Conference2

3 Redesign of Main Assessments Page

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference4 Import function hard to find on page -Confusion about meaning of Pending vs. Published -Confusion about meaning of Active vs. Inactive -Page can get unwieldy with a lot of assessments, easy to get lost and make mistakes

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference5 Create from Scratch and Import functions more clearly distinguished

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference6 -Working Copies (formerly Pending Assessments) separated from Published Copies with tabs -Meaning of each list made more clear

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference7 Meaning of Active and Inactive made more clear

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference8 Ability to filter list by Status, displaying only Active assessments…

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference9 … or only Inactive assessments * Contributed by Longsight

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference10 Add Assessment Due Date to Schedule

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference11 -Option to add due date to Schedule appears on Publish Assessment page -Selected by default, but can be turned off -Does not appear if Schedule tool not turned on in site

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference12 -Appears as Deadline event in site’s Schedule tool -Also appears on each site member’s synoptic calendar

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference13 Schedule description displays important settings and direct link to assessment

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference14 Respondus LockDown Browser

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference15 Images borrowed from Respondus quick start guide for Sakai. Full guide at * Contributed by Respondus

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference16 Images borrowed from Respondus quick start guide for Sakai. Full guide at LockDown Browser option found in High Security settings

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference17 New Question Type: Survey - Matrix of Choices

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference18 -Only predefined answer choices -No way to rate multiple items against same scale in same question -A lot more work to make a separate question for each item to be rated

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference19 Ability to create custom-defined Row Choices and Column Choices Ability to rate items against same set of answers in a matrix -Option to force ranking (unique answer per item) -Option to add comment field -Ability to customize width of columns in matrix

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference20 Student view of survey matrix question type * Contributed by Rutgers

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference21 Numeric Response Improvements

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference22 Scientific and complex number notation support

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference23 Validation allows only numbers and accepted characters within correct answer brackets Example: $ is not accepted character within answer brackets Accepted Characters described in both instructor view and student view

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference24 Validation allows only numbers and accepted characters within responses

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference25 Fill in the Blank Improvements

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference26 Improved readability in Defining Answers section Definition and example added to Case Sensitive option for clarity

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference27 Short Answer/Essay Improvements

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference28 -Explanation that html tags count in character limit -Count Characters button

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference29 Validation message made more clear

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2012 Jasig Sakai Conference31 -Automatic Submission now runs after Retract Date instead of Due Date to avoid Data Discrepancy errors and student data loss -Selecting Automatic Submission will require setting Retract Date -If no late submissions allowed, Retract Date set to same value as Due Date * Contributed by Longsight

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2012 Jasig Sakai Conference33 -“Student identities can be seen by graders” is now default setting -Setting can be change to anonymous grading, if desired

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference34 Score, Adjustment, and Final Score columns now display dashes instead of zeros for No Submission records

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference35 Adjustment can be added to change Final Score

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference36 -If Adjustment added to No Submission record, score will count toward Course Grade calculation -If left as dash, score will not count toward Course Grade calculation

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference37 - Option to set Final Score for all students with No Submission to zero or other score - These scores will be reflected in Course Grade calculations in the gradebook

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference38 This will also override any Adjustment added previously

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference39 Grader’s Comments added to export of student scores and responses

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2012 Jasig Sakai Conference41 Red X indicates incorrect answer * Contributed by Longsight

2012 Jasig Sakai Conference42 Styling changes to better call out Answer Key, Feedback and Comments

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 New styling for warning, error and validation messages for improved readability  Reset selection and validation/error messages redraw page at current question, not top of page  Attached images render and Part Description displays in Print view  Question ordering option within part now editable in published assessments 2012 Jasig Sakai Conference44

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 Formed summer 2011  Meets Bi-weekly  Mailing list: samigo-  Confluence page: AM/Home AM/Home  Activities ◦ Identification of top development priorities ◦ Review and feedback of new and proposed features ◦ Quality assurance testing for 2.9 ◦ Test scripts moved to Google docs 2012 Jasig Sakai Conference46

 Reflections on the last year (what worked well, what didn’t)?  Ideas for next year?  How to increase and sustain engagement? 2012 Jasig Sakai Conference47

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 Calculated question type  3 different implementations of enhanced matching  Multiple choice all or nothing  Event log  Show all submissions by user  Edit questions in random draw parts  UI for grading manually graded items  Export grades for GB  Link multiple assessments to same GB item  Settings overhaul 2012 Jasig Sakai Conference49

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