[Building Sakai] Quick Question about Samigo

[Lydia Li]

See my comments below.


On 3/11/11 10:23 AM, Henry, Roger James wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I have a quick question about Samigo. At my institution I've been 
> tasked with writing up a mini-specification (from a functional 
> perspective) on a couple of Samigo issues, and I'm wondering if anyone 
> could give me some perspective.
>
> There are two issues ('wants'):
>
> 1.Instructor wants to create several assessments and push grades from 
> these many items to one item in the Gradebook;
>
> 2.Instructor wants to create one assessment with unique settings for 
> separate groups within a site, and push grades from this one 
> assessment into one item in the Gradebook.
>
> Use cases are provided below, but here are my three questions:
>
> a.From a dev point of view, are these truly separate issues, or two 
> workflows that can be addressed with one dev 'fix'?
>

 From coding perspective, these are very separate issues. Case 1 is 
about mapping multiple assessments to one gradebook item (in the grading 
area of Samigo code).  Case 2 is about supporting having multiple 
assessment settings for an assessment (in the authoring/delivery areas 
of Samigo code).   Interaction between Samigo and gradebook in case 2 is 
already supported.

> b.If they ARE separate issues, which of the two would you prioritize 
> for development first?
>
My initial feeling is that case 1 would be easier, so if you had the 
development resources, you could knock off case 1 first.  I'm not sure 
if gradebook currently supports mapping of multiple 
assessments/assignments to 1 gradebook item.  If not you will also need 
to modify the gradebook side.

Case 2 is more complex just because Samigo supports so many different 
settings, and you have to keep track of all of them for different 
sections during both authoring and delivery.  The UI for case 2 would be 
more complex than case 1.
>
> c.If there IS one stone that could kill these two birds, what would it be?
>

Hmm, can't think of any.  Maybe others on this list can come up with 
some creative solutions to solve your problems.


Hope this helps,
Lydia
>
> Use Cases
>
> Re 1:  Instructor Apple is teaching a Seminar in Instrumental Music 
> where half the class are masters students and the other half are 
> doctoral students. For the midterm, he creates two separate activities 
> in Samigo: one of the masters students, and a different one (more 
> difficult) for the doctoral students. Instructor Apple wants both of 
> these items to push grades to the same item in the Gradebook.
>
> Re 2: Professor Bartholomew is teaching an online class where the 
> students live in three different time zones. She wants to deliver the 
> exact same quiz (Quiz 1) which all students will access from 7:00 PM 
> to 8:00PM in their local time zone. In Site Info, she creates three 
> different groups, one for each time zone. In Samigo, she wants to set 
> separate 'assessment released to' settings and 'delivery dates' for 
> each group, without having to create a new instance of the assessment 
> for each group.
>
> I appreciate your thoughts on this.
>
> Best,
>
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>
> Roger J. Henry
>
> Instructional Technologies Consultant
>
> Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
>
> Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education /
>
> University Information Technology Services
>
> Indiana University Bloomington
>
> Phone (812) 856-2617
>
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