[DG: Teaching & Learning] Behavior of "Save and Don't Release" in Assignments tool

[Gordon, Patricia S. (Trisha) (psg3a)]

Dear Neal, et al,
      

      In discussion with our local Sakai support team this morning, we
think the behavior of the "Save and Don't Release" button should be as
follows, whether or not resubmissions are allowed:
      

      1) No (new) feedback should be released to the student;
      2) Students should *not* be able to resubmit until the assignment
(and new feedback) is released/returned by the instructor; and
      3) Previously released feedback should continue to be available to
students.
      

      We also wonder if changing the label of the button to "Save Draft
and Don't Release" would make the expected behavior clearer to the
instructor?

      
      Thanks for seeking our input!
      Trisha

---
Trisha Gordon
Interim Director, UVaCollab Applications and Support




On 7/11/14 2:15 PM, "Neal Caidin" <neal.caidin at apereo.org> wrote:

>Hi Teaching and Learning (pedagogy),
>
>One of the big bug fixes in Sakai 10 was the workflow for an Assignment
>for which the Instructor is allowing the student to resubmit. If a
>student submits an assignment, the instructor then allows for
>resubmission but chooses "Save and Don't Release" instead of "Save and
>Release" , the student is able to submit, but the instructor still sees
>the original submission!  That was fixed [1].
>
>But the remaining question is about the instructor feedback [2]. One
>could argue either side of the issue. If the instructor chooses "Save
>and Don't Release" both the grade and the instructor feedback should not
>be released to the student, even if resubmission is allowed. Or, it
>could be that the feedback to the student is for the purpose of helping
>the student do a better job on the resubmission. If the student does not
>receive the feedback, then no chance for incorporating instructor
>suggestions.
>
>On the Jira [2], Charles Hedrick neatly lays out the potential behaviors.
>
>1) Current behavior. Unlike the markup in the student's submission,
>which is different each time the student submits, this is intended as a
>final assessment of the work, which should not be released until grade
>is released. [current behavior.] Probably needs an additional note
>explaining.
>2) Comment is intended to be a comment on the current submission.
>Student should see it, and it should be cleared when the student does a
>new submission.
>3) Comment is intended as a final assessment, but student should see it
>when doing revisions. In this case the student should see the current
>text, but it should not be cleared when the student does a new submission.
>
>What do you think? The community does not change existing behavior
>lightly, so we are just looking for feedback for now and then if it
>seems that changing is the right thing to do, we would vet more broadly.
>
>[1] Bug fix in Assignments resubmission -
>https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-26323
>[2] Remaining question on feedback -
>https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-26356
>
>Thanks and Happy Friday!
>Neal
>
>-- 
>Neal Caidin
>Sakai Community Coordinator
>Apereo Foundation
>neal.caidin at apereo.org
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