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.. _ORA for Students:
Open Response Assessments for Students
======================================
======================================
.. _ORA Introduction:
Introduction to Open Response Assessments
-----------------------------------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
* - To instructors:
* - Modify this section according to your course. For example, you
can delete sentences such as "For more information, see :ref:`ORA Peer Assessment`"
and "For more information, see :ref:`ORA AI Assessment`" if your ORA problem doesn't
contain peer assessments or AI assessments and you want to delete these sections from
this document.
Open response assessments allow you to submit a short written answer,
an essay, or a file such as an image or computer code file.
Modify this section according to your course. For example, you
can delete sentences such as "For more information, see :ref:`ORA Peer Assessment`"
and "For more information, see :ref:`ORA AI Assessment`" if your ORA problem doesn't
contain peer assessments or AI assessments and you want to delete these sections from
this document.
Open response assessments allow you to submit a short written answer,
an essay, or a file such as an image or computer code file.
When you come to an open response assessment problem, you see the name of the
problem, the assessment types, the text of the question, the field where you'll
enter your response, and the **Save** and **Submit** buttons.
enter your response, and the **Save** and **Submit** buttons.
.. image:: /Images/ExampleORA.gif
@@ -36,17 +32,17 @@ that you'll click to upload your file.
.. image:: /Images/ExampleORA_File.gif
The *assessment types* can include *self assessment*, *peer assessment*, and *artificial intelligence (AI) assessment*. The
assessment types run in the order in which they appear in the problem.
assessment types run in the order in which they appear in the problem.
- In a self assessment, you assess your response according a rubric that the
instructor has created. For more information, see :ref:`ORA Self Assessment`.
- In a peer assessment, you grade
responses that your peers have submitted while several of your peers
grade your response. For more information, see
grade your response. For more information, see
:ref:`ORA Peer Assessment`.
- In an AI assessment, a computer algorithm grades your response. For more information,
- In an AI assessment, a computer algorithm grades your response. For more information,
see :ref:`ORA AI Assessment`.
An open response assessment problem doesn't have to use all assessment types. For example, one problem
@@ -55,8 +51,8 @@ and peer assessment, and another problem may use only peer assessment.
You'll answer open response assessment problems in much the same way that you answer other
problems. For more information about how to submit responses, see :ref:`ORA Submit a Response`.
When you submit a response to an open response assessment, the next step
When you submit a response to an open response assessment, the next step
depends on the type of assessment that the problem uses. For more information,
see :ref:`ORA Self Assessment`, :ref:`ORA Peer Assessment`, and :ref:`ORA AI Assessment`.
@@ -66,12 +62,12 @@ see :ref:`ORA Access Scores`.
If you want to experiment with open response assessments, you can try out the open
assessment problems in the `EdX Demo <https://courses.edx.org/courses/edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/info>`_
course. To get started, go
to the `Self-Assessed Essay <https://courses.edx.org/courses/edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/courseware/graded_interactions/machine_grading/2>`_
course. To get started, go
to the `Self-Assessed Essay <https://courses.edx.org/courses/edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/courseware/graded_interactions/machine_grading/2>`_
unit, and then enter a response in the **Response** field under the
question. You can enter your own response, or you can use one of the sample
question. You can enter your own response, or you can use one of the sample
responses in the `Sample Answers <https://courses.edx.org/courses/edX/DemoX/Demo_Course/courseware/graded_interactions/machine_grading/6/>`_
unit.
unit.
.. _ORA Submit a Response:
@@ -83,19 +79,19 @@ or uploading a file.
#. Enter the response that you want to submit.
- If you're submitting a written response, type your response in the
- If you're submitting a written response, type your response in the
**Response** field.
- If you're uploading a file, click **Choose File** under the **Response**
field. In the dialog box that opens, select the file that you want to upload,
- If you're uploading a file, click **Choose File** under the **Response**
field. In the dialog box that opens, select the file that you want to upload,
and then click **Open**.
#. Click **Submit**, and then click **OK** in the dialog box to continue.
.. note:: If you want to save your response and work on it again later, click **Save**.
An "Answer saved, but not yet submitted" message appears directly under the **Save** and
.. note:: If you want to save your response and work on it again later, click **Save**.
An "Answer saved, but not yet submitted" message appears directly under the **Save** and
**Submit** buttons.
After you submit your response, the assessment types start running in the order in which they
appear in the problem. For more information,
see :ref:`ORA Self Assessment`, :ref:`ORA Peer Assessment`, or :ref:`ORA AI Assessment`.
@@ -105,15 +101,11 @@ see :ref:`ORA Self Assessment`, :ref:`ORA Peer Assessment`, or :ref:`ORA AI Asse
Self Assessment
---------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
You can delete this section if your ORA problem doesn't use self assessments.
* - To instructors:
* - You can delete this section if your ORA problem doesn't use self assessments.
In a self assessment, the rubric for the problem appears below your response immediately
after you submit the response. You then assess your response based on the rubric.
@@ -122,7 +114,7 @@ Perform a Self Assessment
#. Submit a response to a self-assessed ORA problem.
#. When the rubric appears, compare your response with the rubric, and select the
#. When the rubric appears, compare your response with the rubric, and select the
option that you think is appropriate for each category.
.. image:: /Images/Rubric1.gif
@@ -133,25 +125,21 @@ Perform a Self Assessment
yourself.
.. _ORA Peer Assessment:
Peer Assessment
---------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
You can delete this section if your ORA problem doesn't use peer assessments.
* - To instructors:
* - You can delete this section if your ORA problem doesn't use peer assessments.
In a peer assessment, several students in the course grade your response while you grade
other students' responses. You have to grade a number of your peers' responses before
you receive your score. (After you grade the minimum number of responses required to
other students' responses. You have to grade a number of your peers' responses before
you receive your score. (After you grade the minimum number of responses required to
receive your score, you can grade as many additional responses as you want.)
After you submit your response for grading, the following
After you submit your response for grading, the following
message appears under your response.
**Your response has been submitted. Please check back later for your grade.**
@@ -185,53 +173,49 @@ below.
Step 1: Access responses from other students
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
* - To instructors:
* - Modify the content in this section according to
your course. For example, if your students can only grade by using the **Open
Ended Console** page, change the introductory sentence below, and delete the
second and third bullets.
Modify the content in this section according to
your course. For example, if your students can only grade by using the **Open
Ended Console** page, change the introductory sentence below, and delete the
second and third bullets.
**Note** *You can only grade a response if you've submitted a response to the
question, an instructor has already graded at least 20 responses, and
there are more essays from other students left to grade. If you haven't submitted
there are more essays from other students left to grade. If you haven't submitted
a response or no responses are available for grading, you see a yellow message in the
interface.*
.. image:: /Images/PAStudent_NoSubmissions.gif
There are several ways to access other students' responses, depending on
the way that the course is set up.
the way that the course is set up.
- Through the **Open Ended Console** page. This option is always
available for every course. To access the **Open Ended Console** page,
available for every course. To access the **Open Ended Console** page,
click the **Open Ended Panel** tab at the top of any page in the course.
When you see the list of problems that have responses available to grade,
click the name of the problem that you want to open it.
click the name of the problem that you want to open it.
.. image:: /Images/PGI_FromOEC_2Problems.gif
- Through the courseware, in a specific unit. This option is only available if the
instructor has included a peer grading interface for the problem in the body of
the course. To access responses in the courseware, go to the unit that contains
the open response assessment problem. Scroll down past the response that you
the course. To access responses in the courseware, go to the unit that contains
the open response assessment problem. Scroll down past the response that you
submitted until you see the peer grading interface that appears below the problem.
.. image:: /Images/PGI_InUnitComposite.gif
- Through the courseware, in a separate section. This option may not be available
for your course. If it is, you'll see the section for peer grading in the
course accordion on the left side of your screen. For example, MIT's 6.00x:
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming course has a separate section
that holds all the course peer grading interfaces. To access peer grading for
for your course. If it is, you'll see the section for peer grading in the
course accordion on the left side of your screen. For example, MIT's 6.00x:
Introduction to Computer Science and Programming course has a separate section
that holds all the course peer grading interfaces. To access peer grading for
a problem, you click the problem name.
.. image:: /Images/PGI_Multiple-600x.gif
@@ -242,9 +226,9 @@ Step 2: Learn to grade
Before you grade your peers' responses, you must learn to grade
the same way that an instructor would. In this process, called
*calibration*, you'll grade several responses that an instructor has already
graded. If your grading is similar to the instructor's, you can begin grading
other students' responses to the question.
*calibration*, you'll grade several responses that an instructor has already
graded. If your grading is similar to the instructor's, you can begin grading
other students' responses to the question.
#. Click the name of the problem. When the **Learning to grade** page
opens, click **Start learning to grade**.
@@ -274,22 +258,22 @@ Step 3: Grade responses
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
When you grade a peer assessment response, you can not only select
options in the rubric, but also provide additional feedback for the
options in the rubric, but also provide additional feedback for the
student who submitted the response.
#. When the response opens, select the options in the rubric that you
feel best apply to the response, as you did in the calibration process.
If you have concerns about the response, you can select other
options to flag the response for instructor review. You don't have to fill
options to flag the response for instructor review. You don't have to fill
out the rubric before you select these options.
- If you aren't sure how to grade the response, select the **I am unsure about
the scores I have given above** check box.
- If the response is offensive, or if you suspect that it contains plagiarized
the scores I have given above** check box.
- If the response is offensive, or if you suspect that it contains plagiarized
material, select the **This submission has explicit, offensive, or (I suspect)
plagiarized content** check box.
#. Under **Written Feedback**, write a comment about the score that you
gave the response.
@@ -310,50 +294,46 @@ to the **Peer Grading** page and click the name of the problem that you want
to continue grading.
.. note:: When a response opens for you to grade, it leaves the current "grading pool"
that other instructors or students are grading from, which prevents other
instructors or students from
that other instructors or students are grading from, which prevents other
instructors or students from
grading the response while you are working on it. If you do not submit a score
for this response within 30 minutes, the response returns to the grading pool
for this response within 30 minutes, the response returns to the grading pool
(so that it again becomes available for others to grade), even if you still have
the response open on your screen.
If the response returns to the grading pool (because the 30 minutes have passed),
but the response is still open on your screen, you can still submit feedback for
that response. If another instructor or student grades the response after it returns to the
If the response returns to the grading pool (because the 30 minutes have passed),
but the response is still open on your screen, you can still submit feedback for
that response. If another instructor or student grades the response after it returns to the
grading pool but before you submit your feedback, the response receives two grades.
If you click your browser's **Back** button to return to the problem list before you
click **Submit** to submit your feedback for a response, the response stays outside
the grading pool until 30 minutes have passed. When the response returns to the
grading pool, you can grade it.
If you click your browser's **Back** button to return to the problem list before you
click **Submit** to submit your feedback for a response, the response stays outside
the grading pool until 30 minutes have passed. When the response returns to the
grading pool, you can grade it.
.. _ORA AI Assessment:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assessment
---------------------------------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
* - To instructors:
* - You can delete this section if your ORA problem doesn't use AI assessments.
You can delete this section if your ORA problem doesn't use AI assessments.
In an AI assessment, an instructor grades a sample set of student responses to the
open response assessment problem. A machine learning algorithm then creates a model
In an AI assessment, an instructor grades a sample set of student responses to the
open response assessment problem. A machine learning algorithm then creates a model
based on the instructor's scores and grades the remaining students' responses.
After you submit your response to an AI assessment, the following message appears under your
response.
**Your response has been submitted. Please check back later for your grade.**
Depending on the time that it takes for the instructor to grade a sample set of
responses, you may receive your grade within minutes, or you may have to wait
a few days. You won't receive a notification when your score is ready, so keep
checking back.
checking back.
For more information about accessing your scores, see :ref:`ORA Access Scores`.
@@ -362,17 +342,13 @@ For more information about accessing your scores, see :ref:`ORA Access Scores`.
Access Scores and Feedback
--------------------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
Modify the text in this section to apply to your course.
* - To instructors:
* - Modify the text in this section to apply to your course.
For *self assessments*, the score that you give yourself appears as soon as you submit
the score.
the score.
For *peer assessments* and *AI assessments*, you'll access your scores through the **Open Ended Console** page.
@@ -386,12 +362,12 @@ For *peer assessments* and *AI assessments*, you'll access your scores through t
see whether your responses have been graded. The status for each problem is
either **Waiting to be Graded** or **Finished**.
#. If **Finished** appears in the **Status** column for the problem you want,
#. If **Finished** appears in the **Status** column for the problem you want,
click the name of the problem to see your score for that problem. When you
click the name of the problem, the problem opens in the courseware.
For both AI and peer assessments, the score appears below your response
in an abbreviated version of the rubric.
in an abbreviated version of the rubric.
.. image:: /Images/AIScoredResponse.gif
@@ -415,14 +391,10 @@ For more information about grading peer assessments, see :ref:`ORA Peer Assessme
Resubmitting a Response
-----------------------
.. list-table::
:widths: 80
:header-rows: 1
.. warning::
You can delete this section if you don't allow students to submit multiple responses.
* - To instructors:
* - You can delete this section if you don't allow students to submit multiple responses.
Some open response assessments allow multiple attempts. For these
problems, a **New Submission** button appears below your original
response.
@@ -430,5 +402,3 @@ response.
If you want to answer the question again, click **New Submission** to
clear your former response, and click **OK** in the dialog box that
appears. You can then enter a new response for the problem.