[Building Sakai] Quick Question about Samigo

[Nate Angell]

Maybe I'm thinking about it too simplistically, but could you deal with case
1 using categories in gradebook2, where each test went to a different gb
item, but both items were in the same category?

For case 2, people deliver nearly the same test to different groups all the
time by duplicating it and changing a few settings. Does the desired
convenience really warrant the necessary development?

- Nate

On Mar 11, 2011, at 11:39 AM, Lydia Li <lydial at stanford.edu> wrote:

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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