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1. HH taysacaiel 20 Appendix 2 OWL Instructor Guidelines eere eee eee eene enne eene eeneeensess DL LAE reio CRAE E E E 21 Ga stati ee R SEEE AE A A E A A EE EEE I TENERTE 21 Student m Eet na Outs cs i525 noo e d e o PRU E EEA EET AAEE 21 PNT a taO AE EEE E E dre d REN QE ER EEE EEE E RESTI 21 INTRODUCTION What is OWL OWL stands for Online Web based Learning Basically it is a content presentation and assessment tool Students log into the system choose an assignment read any given information and then answer questions The questions are graded automatically by the system and the scores are reported to the student The History OWL was developed in the Center for Computer Based Instructional Technology CCBIT at the University of Massachusetts It was created in 1996 in collaboration with the Chemistry department as a web based replacement for the electronic homework system currently in use Next the department of Physics began to use OWL and furthered its development Since then it has been revised and expanded and now is used by over 20 departments and thousands of students at the University An additional training component is also used by the University s Department of Environmental Health and Safety for their training and certification programs In 2001 Harcourt College Publishers which became Thomson Learning and is now Cengage Learning began licens2. O Whe That s it for your tour of OWL course management If you d like to learn how to write questions and create assignments all of that and more is covered in Getting Started with OWL Authoring Start at the Student Messages View Respond to Message page Click the Manage Responses link in the command bar You are on the Message Response Editor page Click the New link in the command bar For Description enter snow storm your initials For Response enter Because of the snow storm the due date has been extended by one day Press the Save New Entry button Press the arrow in the Use This Response column next to the snow storm your initials response description entry You are now back on the Student Messages View Respond to Message page Notice the contents of the Response for User box You can now send this response as if you had just typed it in re to Go From Here Besides the things that are covered in these two Getting Started training manuals there are loads of features and links that we haven t described to you These include using HTML in questions IU description fields use of integers conditional feedback for all but short answer question types ordering questions content and IUs manually graded questions using clickers classroom response systems in OWL The best thing to do is to start exploring and experimenting in OWL Best of luck and happy OWLing 19 6 Appendice
3. ASSIDTEMIENE gneree ccc d LD E E SARAS 1 ecce ENEE va dese sh ucl eeecea ee Dude du eqs tovt deeceb gent eco cvs ve De deduse sc tesa E EE TAE tuse base eotevsesue eios o Getting Student Grades for OWL Assignments essssssesssseeeseeeeeee ener eere 15 Controlling the Grade Data Output sese nnne nnne nre enne nennen nennen 15 OWE GradebOoO0k ee To re et redes tt dono ea te Eee dodo bee ad odere e b abest ees 16 Adding Grades for Work Done Outside of OWL sessi 16 Manually Graded Questions e tee eso etsi ber d e Te 17 Student Messages TN e SEES E OD oe FRE eT ERe DRE HR PD ed PO US ASIA CRUD e e Un DE ERRTER 17 Message Recipients cise aene RO RI n e e E RR ORC Rese Ee dei ee ote 17 Resporiding to Messages edes eie tete eie es ee et ie e Re eee i dedii te eed 18 Responding to a Reported Message eame titu ee ed end derit a 18 Sending Email about Reported Messages eene nne 18 Saved Message Respotises iai eee eiie he m te EI D ee eee tees 19 Where to Go From Her 2 ee eroe isse oi eon eee aeo aao oso ene uo ee Pasevs ss eroe e ioeb secos ses pene eos ae coss sevetessessocss 19 GXAPPENDIGES nme Nm 20 Appendix 1 OWL Question and Question Pool Mode Comparison 20 Questions amp Contetlt inc o o noD RR Ret am eroi ap umi ret E eee 20 NAVIgation iani oti e b bee bre e roni ivedestad beste ai recae rod m TO rS 20 Grup I E
4. O You should see the OWL User Login page Enter your Password 7 If you have never logged into OWL before continue below with First Time Information Otherwise skip ahead to Course Creation Wizard First Time Information only for initial log in The first time that you log in you will be asked to supply your contact information and change your default password to a new one You can change all of it again later if needed 1 After successfully logging in the first time you should be on the Instructor s Contact Information and Password page 2 Enter your Current Password 3 Enter a New Password Remember this new password because you ll need it the next time you log in to OWL 4 Enter it again to Confirm New Password 5 Edit your First Name Last Name Email address Telephone Number and Office as needed 6 Click the button 7 You are now on the Welcome to the OWL System page Course Creation Wizard You need to have a course to work in to learn the Course Management tools You ll use the course wizard to create a course for yourself Click on Course Creation from the navigation bar at the left N Press the Next button oO For the Course Name enter OWL Training your initials a A Leave sections equal to 1 Press the Next button O Enter the following values for the section information Section test Instructor your name Location n a Time n
5. instructor and student notes for the assignment Section Specific Assignment Settings Start Date date at which a student can first view the assignment Authors and instructors may view at any time Due Date date at which scores from subsequent attempts of the assignment are not recorded Number of number of times the question or IU depending on assignment type may be attempted Attempts Allowed can be unlimited Display Feedback determines if and when the feedback is shown when student checks an answer Display Answer determines if and when the correct answer is shown when student checks an answer Display Hints determines if and when the hints if any are defined are available to students Requirement indicates if the assignment is required optional or extra credit Status IU Settings for QuestionPool Mode In Question type assignments all of the questions in the IU are presented to the student and grades are based on each question individually In QuestionPool type assignments a subset of the questions in the IU can be presented to the student and the idea of mastery is introduced Thus in this mode you need to set two IU presentations attributes Questions to Present and IU Mastery IU Presentation Attributes for QuestionPool Mode Questions to Present The Number of Questions to Present value determines how many questions from the IU are shown to the student Questions are picked r
6. a hand crafted assignment designed to tutor a specific concept Assignment Settings The assignment type along with some other assignment settings are fixed across all the sections of a course Some section specific assignment settings see below on the other hand may vary from section to section All settings have default values that are used when new sections are created For example World Geography 100 Section 1 may vary from World Geography 100 Section 2 Even though they have the same assignments the sections can have different due dates for assignments and or one instructor may wish to limit students to only three attempts at a question while another instructor may decide not to set a limit at all General Assignment Settings Name must be unique within the course Description description of the assignment for instructors only Assignment Type see list of IU and Non IU based types Time Permitted the amount of time a student has to work on an assignment can be unlimited Allow Question for Question type assignments only determines if a student can answer the same question Resubmission again no new parameters Partial Credit for Question and Exam modes only determines if partial credit is given for short answer questions with multiple input boxes and for multiple multiple choice questions Scoring Type determines how the score for the assignment will be calculated Assignment Notes
7. and return to the instructor window Assignment Setup or Assignment List page Click on the assignment name of any assignment You should be on the Assignment Viewer page with the selected assignment highlighted on the left and its contents shown on the right On the left side of the page click on another assignment The page should refresh with the new selected assignment highlighted and its contents shown on the right gt You may need to click the triangle symbol to open a folder or click the Show excluded items check box to get to the assignment that you want to view On the right side of the page you can include exclude the assignment change its requirement Required Optional Extra Credit and modify its start and due dates Depending on the assignment s type you ll also be able to include exclude questions change question point values and modify IU settings 10 6 When you are ready to save any changes and before selecting another assignment press one of the Save ssignment Settings buttons gt Note that include exclude question applies to all sections of a course as do question points values which are only available for Question and Exam mode assignments The Assignment Management Page There are some assignment settings which you cannot modify using the Assignment Viewer The Assignment Management page provides you with all kinds of assignment tools including the ability to edit all of the assignment sett
8. the check boxes to change the list s presentation Including and Excluding Assignments For your section you can decide which assignments you want to include and which you want to exclude 1 Return to the Assignment Setup page using the navigation bar link or page tab 2 Click on folder names to navigate into them if needed to see assignments 3 Change the settings for one of the included assignments from Include to Exclude and then press Save 4 Reverse the process to re include the assignment You may need to select the check box next to Show excluded assignments above the table of assignments to see the assignment you just excluded Changing the Start and Due Dates of Assignments Remember that for some settings a section can have different values from other sections Let s first change the start and due dates of some of the assignments in your section 1 Find the input boxes for the Start Date Start Time and the Due Date Due Time for each assignment 2 For the first assignment change the start date to sometime in the past and the due date to one day from now 3 For the second assignment change the start date to sometime in the future 4 Press the Save button Verifying the Changes to Start and Due Dates as a Student 1 2 Choose Student Window from the pull down list If you are not in your OWL Training course click My Courses then select your OWL Training course from the list of courses Click As
9. GETTING STARTED WITH OWL COURSE MANAGEMENT OWL Online Web Learning Cengage Learning and University of Massachusetts at Amherst A Series of Hands on Activities to Teach You How to Manage Your Course Using the OWL Instructor Tools Center for Educational Software Development The University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst MA 01003 June 2011 http www cesd umass edu CESD O CESD University of Massachusetts Amherst MA USA Table of Contents INTRODUCTION cria raison da EPREE AK ERES CERIS Ea SOXEFUNTE FEN SER REREY TAREA ER uda 1 Whats OWE Piss cce ee RE ee te eode ate a i totis deer 1 The History ses Sess sonore et 1 OW It WOEFKS ee oo o E ER EU a diviti aient utter otto iecit 1 Organization and Use of This Manual sessi enne nnne 1 Before Y ou Get Started 3 5 6 55 44h ies esearch RD cl detenti ee ees 2 2 GETTING INTO OM 3 Previous CAINE oe coto ea aee eoe uuee tee aatos eo teaeue con sees case see iode Boos cesve s vaio aded Deae Ses undo eden ee tesa us eee dog ee g Instructor WIDUOW eacus ese eo eoe eoe eed ese En eee aree ea lese va Cun d en ee es Lege iasan soe sue sepe odes Puede segeseeegegecid se O hrrnpdnme e 3 First Time Information only for initial log in sese eren enne 3 Course Creation Wazald ient te noH OERA AEA s a Rea oed aene Dea segue edere aede ec exteros 4 U
10. The student grade report will generate grades for each student for all selected assignments 1 Press the Student Score Report link on the navigation bar at the left of the instructor window 2 You should be on the Student Score Report page for your section 3 Use the Filter report by due date and by requirement status section to pick a set of assignments 4 Press the Generate Report button gt Note There are two Generate Report buttons Pressing either one produces the same results Multiple buttons prevent the user from having to scroll up and down when there are long assignment lists 5 You should now see the grades for each student A Grand Total as well as grades for each assignment are shown In addition the last header row shows the highest value possible for the grade in each column Color shading helps to highlight students with low grades Controlling the Grade Data Output You can customize the data supplied in the report You can control how the grades are calculated and what grades are shown in the report Grade Options Ignore Assignment Calculate the grades as if all selected assignments were not yet Due Date due All work done up to the present is counted 15 Ignore Assignment Attempt Limits If any selected assignments have attempt limits calculate the grades as if all assignments were set to unlimited attempts Content Options Order by Due Date Use due date or assignm
11. a Press the Next button oc N Change the Course End Date to six months from now Press the Next button 10 Press the CONFIRM AND BUILD COURSE button 11 Click OK to warning that it may take up to a minute 12 You should be on the Course Home page Using OWL as a Student OWL provides an initial course based on the textbook that is associated with the database You created a copy of this course when you used the course wizard to make your own course The course contains one or more introductory or tutorial assignments to ensure that students understand the system before completing any coursework These assignments are fairly quick and simple providing students with an overall understanding of how OWL works and a chance to try it out before doing a real assignment Before learning any of the course management tools it is important to log into OWL as a student and at least try the introductory assignments Completing the Introductory or Tutorial Assignments To see things as a student select the Student Window link from the view pull down underneath the OWL logo This opens a browser window containing the student view of OWL The introductory or tutorial assignments will have different names depending on which textbook you are using Scroll through the list of assignments to find the introductory or tutorial assignments gt You may need to click the Unstarted Assignments or Past Due Assignments tab on the Assignme
12. and completing these same tutorial exercises as you your initials will make the title unique or different from theirs You ll also then be able to tell yours from theirs Before You Get Started You should have received an email notifying you that you have been added as an instructor to the system and supplying you with some general information You will need this information before you start working through these exercises Use the email that you received to make sure that you have the following items 1 The base URL web address for accessing the OWL system OWL URL 2 Your login and password for getting into the system Login Password Now turn this page to continue Getting Started With OWL 2 Getting Into OWL Previous Training If you have already done the Getting Started with OWL Authoring Training you can skip ahead to Chapter 4 Assignment Setup When this training refers to your course section use the course and section that you used in the Authoring training Instructor Window All users start from an OWL User login page When you log in OWL checks to see if you are a student or an instructor Students are simply presented with a student window from which they can access their assignments Instructors are presented with an Instructor View window Logging In Start your browser Go to the OWL URL oO N Select your textbook institution and department a A Enter your Login
13. andomly from the IU If the number of questions to present is less than or equal to the number of questions in the IU no question Is repeated Each time the IU is selected a new set of random questions is chosen IU Mastery The Number Needed for Mastery value determines the number of questions that must be completed correctly in one attempt at the IU to master the IU 4 Assignment Setup Assignment Setup The Assignment Setup page enables you to get the course assignments ready for your students to use From there you can do things such as include and exclude assignments and set start and due dates 1 2 Click on the Assignment Setup link in the navigation bar or click on the Assignment Tools link then choose Assignment Setup then click the Assignment Setup tab You should be on the Assignment Setup page for your section gt If you are not on the correct course and section click on Course List in the navigation bar click on your section and then click on Assignment Setup again Listing the Assignments in a Course For an existing course you can see at a glance all of the assignments in the course s curriculum For each assignment you can also see its Group subset of assignment type the IUs that have been linked to it and all of the questions in those IUs 1 Click Assignment List in the navigation bar or select the Assignment List tab 2 From here you can open any existing folders or select any of
14. another section from the drop down list near the top of the page If you are not on the correct course click on Course List in the navigation bar and then click on your section Announcements Section announcements are shown to students the first time that they log on and then only on subsequent logins if the announcements have been updated Students may always access the announcements by clicking on the Announcements link from their navigation bar 1 Click on the edit link next to Announcements 2 The Announcements page includes a text box containing the current announcements with a preview below it 3 Editthe text of the announcements gt If you click on the box labeled Send email to students on update before you update the announcements then all students with a valid email address will be sent the announcements in addition to viewing them when logging in 5 Check the Preview of Announcements at the bottom of the page 12 Rostering Once your course has been set up students will be able to roster themselves into it using an access code You cannot add students to your course unless they ve already rostered themselves into another course in the database Enrollment 1 Go to the Course Home page for your section 2 Click on the view roster link 3 You should be on the Section Enrollment page gt You should just see yourself Once your students roster themselves you will be able to see all the students enrolled
15. ate the assignment list using the triangle to open any folders and click the Include check box to select the folders and or assignments to be included in the report 4 Press either Generate Report button to display the grade report with the current settings OWL Gradebook The OWL Gradebook enables you to save scores for work done outside of OWL This gives you a secure way to supply students with their grades on non OWL course work Each student only sees his her own scores on each outside assignment The Gradebook allows you to create assignments for which each student is given a grade The assignments are grouped into Categories exams essays labs etc to help organize them and if you are giving numerical grades OWL can display category sub totals along with an all category total score The Gradebook also allows you to show grade totals of selected OWL assignments Since the students assignment lists only show the grade for each individual assignment using the Gradebook is a good way to show students how they are doing overall on the OWL work Adding Grades for Work Done Outside of OWL 1 Press the Gradebook link on the navigation bar at the left of the instructor window 16 2 Onthe Command Bar at the top of the page click on Add New Category If you are starting a new Gradebook click Set Up Gradebook 3 For Category Name enter Exams 4 Leave the other settings as they are 5 Press the Save N
16. ction Specific Settings select to the appropriate Apply to checkbox to apply the change to your section Press Save Section Specific Assignment Settings You are again on the Assignment Management page Test the assignment in the student window to see the effects of your changes 11 Assignment Groups Assignments may be organized into groups A group must have assignments all of the same type but there may be more than one group for any assignment type Groups enable you to quickly and easily view and edit the assignment settings for all the assignments in the group 1 From Assignment Setup click the Edit by assignment group link or use Assignment tools Assignment Groups 2 Youare now on the Assignment Groups Group Settings page 3 Click on one of the groups listed that is of assignment type QuestionPool 4 Notice the list of assignments in the group 5 Click on Edit Assignment Settings in the gray command bar at the top of the page 6 Setthe Value for Display Feedback to Never 7 Press in the Display Feedback row 8 Look at the table of assignments at the bottom of the page to see the change that you just made 5 Course Home Course Home The Course Home page provides you with all the tools that you need to run your course in OWL 1 Click on the Course Home link in the navigation bar 2 You should be on the Course Home page for your section gt If you are not on your section of the course you can choose
17. de of the page 3 You are now on the Student Messages Current Message List page 4 Click the message number link in the column for the message that you reported 5 You are now on the Student Messages View Respond to Message page 6 Under Response Notes and Status choose e Archived for Set status gt This will indicate that you have responded to the message and expect to be done dealing with it 7 Inthe Response for User displayed on login and in contents of user s email text box enter It was covered in class orsome such message 8 In the Notes Included in email to Message Recipients Tech Support and Additional Recipients text box enter Maybe this question is too obscure 9 Press the Send Email and or Update Record button 10 You are now on the Student Messages Current Message List page Note that the message is no longer listed because you archived it Sending Email about Reported Messages You can update a current or archived message as often as you like In addition to the student viewing the message response through OWL you can also choose to send the response in email Email Destination Choices and Content To User Email is sent to the user who sent the message User s email address cannot be empty Email contains the last entry in Response for User To Message Email is sent to the section s message recipients Recipients Email contains the message s history Resp
18. ent ordering Show folder totals For all selected assignments that are in a common folder include a column for each folder s assignment grade total Show assignment scores Include a column showing the score for each assignment Show Number of Assignments Include an extra column in the report that displays the total number of selected assignments that reached the grade mastery level Mastered Once the report is generated you have a variety of output options Output Options A printer friendly version of the current browser display Generate the output as a tab delimited text file The file extension will be tsv and it may need to be changed to txt to for use in other programs Generate the output as a Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet file Print report Download Text Download Excel 1 From the grades results page click on the Change report options and update report link 2 That section of the page expands to reveal the grade and content options 3 Make any desired changes and press the Generate Report button 4 The grade results page refreshes to include the options you have selected You can also specifically select what assignments you want included in the report 1 From the grades results page click on the Change report options and update report link 2 When that section of the page expands click on the Select Folders Assignments for Report link 3 Navig
19. ew Category button to create the category 6 OWL displays the Course Gradebook Add Gradebook Item to Category page 7 For Gradebook Item Name enter Midterm 8 For Maximum Score enter A 9 For Value to be Used in Reports for Missing Grade enter F 10 Press the Save Gradebook Item button to create the assignment 11 You should be on the Edit Gradebook Edit Gradebook Item Scores page for the Midterm assignment 12 From here you can add the grades and optional student and instructor comments for each enrolled student by either filling in the form on the page or by using the Upload Download Scores link and using grades saved in a text file 13 Click on the Exams link and then the Add New Item link and then repeat steps 7 10 to add an assignment named Final to the Exams category Manually Graded Questions If you ve added manually graded questions to your assignments you need to view your students answers and assign scores to them The OWL Manual Grade tool enables you to conveniently choose whether you want to grade a single question across all students before moving on to the next question or whether you want to grade all of a single student s answers before moving on to the next student Press the Reports List link on the navigation bar at the left of the instructor window N You should be on the Reports List page for your section k O Click Manually grade assignments The Select Assignments for Man
20. he management tools that will help you to run your course in OWL efficiently Getting Started With OWL Course Management is intended to be done sequentially The exercises are ordered and later ones depend on earlier work You do not need to go through the whole training in one sitting but can log out and then log back in later and continue where you were All your information is saved in the database in which you are working Each page in the system has a title bar and title There will be a navigation bar on the left side of the page In addition for instructors there will often be a light gray command bar at the top of the page underneath the title This training will refer to OWL pages by their title in bold For example while managing your course you ll often be on the Course Home page Below are some examples of the authoring buttons you ll be using consistently throughout the manual Buttons look like this Command bar items and links look like this Edit When you are told to type something into the system the words you are to type will appear like this type this now Any quote marks should be typed in as they appear You may also be told to press Enter since keyboards are different this may be the Return key on your system instead Often you will be told to enter a title with your initials when you are creating something These titles need to be unique across the system Since other authors may be working in the same database
21. in your section Student Information The Student Information page is the central location for accessing all tools related to an individual student viewing and updating the student s information viewing and modifying the student s enrolment giving due date extensions and checking the student s progress and grades You can change a student s Email or Phone If a student has forgotten his her password tell the student to use the button on the login page to have the login and password sent in email 1 On the Section Enrollment page for your section under the Instructors Rostered as Students heading find your name 2 Click on the link for your name 3 You are now on the Student Information page Student Search Above you got to the Student Information page from the enrollment list of a section There are times when you want to access a student s information and aren t on the Section Enrollment page for a section the student is in or you don t know what section a student is in You can use the Student Search tool instead to find the student Progress Information If you have not already done so you may want to complete some of the exercises in your training course assignments so that you have assignment data available to examine in the following exercises You may want to try multiple attempts for a question and intentionally answering some questions incorrectly so that you can see how this affects the progress information Choose Stude
22. ing the system for use with their Chemistry textbooks How It Works OWL can be accessed from any type of computer running a web browser The information that you author in OWL is saved in a database There may be one or many databases set up at your site and you may have colleagues from your department working in the same database as you Each unique combination of institution department and textbook has its own database As OWL runs information 1s obtained from the appropriate database and then web pages are generated based on that information Thus OWL s web pages are dynamic and change as the information in the database changes Organization and Use of This Manual This is a training manual It is designed for instructors who will use already created OWL assignments in their courses Its intent is to help you use the tools that exist for managing a course but not those for actually creating questions assignments and courses It is not a user manual the Authoring Manual is available on line in OWL by pressing the HELP link from an authoring page but rather a series of hands on activities to introduce you to various tools in the OWL authoring system It does not explain everything in the system but rather gives you an overview to get you started with the tools you ll need First you ll get onto the system as a student to see what OWL looks like from a student s perspective Next you ll learn to get onto the system as an author and use t
23. ings You can also change the content of an assignment by linking unlinking and ordering IUs We will only look at a few of these options You can explore the rest on your own Changing the General Assignment Settings Remember that some assignment settings apply to all sections of a course Let s change the time permitted on an assignment From the Assignment Viewer select an IU based assignment Mastery or MasteryPool groups Click on the pencil icon next to the assignment s name link near the top right of the page This should take you to the Assignment Management page Under the Edit Assignment Values heading click on the Assignment Settings link You are now on the Edit Assignment Settings page Under the Edit General Assignment Settings heading change the Time Permitted to 5 all times shown are in minutes Press the Save General Assignment Settings button to save your changes Test the assignment in the student window to see the effects of your changes Changing the Assignment Settings for the Section Some settings can be applied to just a particular section Let s change the requirement status on the assignment From the Assignment Management page under the Edit Assignment Values heading click on the Assignment Settings link You are now on the Edit Assignment Settings page Under the heading Edit Section Specific Assignment Settings change the Requirement Status to Extra Credit Under the heading Current Se
24. lso be purchased separately Make sure that your OWL course is set up Course Wizard before students try to register The last step in the registration process involves students selecting the specific OWL course for which they need to be rostered Grading OWL can be made optional or can be required as part of a student s grade in a course We ve found that when made optional its use is quite limited If it does count towards a student s grade we suggest that it not be worth more than 15 Somewhere in the 5 15 range is enough incentive for students to do their OWL work to better their grade but makes it not so important that it promotes cheating Student Handouts A student handout that explains how to register using the access code and how to use OWL is available on the Getting Started with OWL page Assignments Student introductory assignments are supplied with each OWL textbook database Make sure to assign the introductory assignments as your students first assignments and make sure to count them for credit Their due date should be before any of your regular OWL assignments This helps to insure that students can log in and that they learn to use the system before they are required to do any real work Leaving at least a few days between the due date of the introductory assignments and first regular assignment will also help you to work out any student registration problems 21
25. nne nns 9 Verifying the Changes to Start and Due Dates as a Student 10 Sending a Message asa Studente ien dr RI ees de eei ied date RP vae needs 10 Using the Assignmert Viewer xx seno anra GE Beck e iei ai iiec Rage hacen 10 The Assignment Management Page eee ee eee ee eene eee en esee ense esa seen ss sees osse eo ssseesssseesseeess I Changing the General Assignment Settings cccceccesccsssssseesceeeeeceseeeeceseeeeecaeecsecssenaecasesaecnesuaecaeeesesereerenneeaes 11 Changing the Assignment Settings for the Section sse enne enne nennen 11 Assignment Groups eet eet utet ie e eiie etie hinds ane deere 12 S COURSETIOME TOA E gcc cr sect LE 12 Course Home H 12 Announcements seisi sebetuneacsantns HO sesetusencoaeee ERI 12 ourdqltapee ac 6 MEMO MIO TA eec ER Student Information oni orate tc Pace piene cep Enix eter puis euterincs mediis 13 St dent SeJECIL ion caecos Dese trip ond tci c eesse as nso MER ENS Se GL CERu E eR OSEE PLUR TUE DER SE LUN Ec Seg ePe cU I Progress Informati n oett reor ede eaa eo HEY e Sa eil Un ee Noa Leste a PUDE UY X Ep S av vx deuda si trai dus LD Managing WX Cemsionis em P LA Granting a Due Date Extefslon 3 hele STU Rate Adi iate i A BM ek ks 14 Viewing the Current Extensions for a Section eene enne ener enne enne 15
26. ns Questions are the basic assessment entities in OWL They may be multiple or multiple multiple choice matching true false or short answer fill in the blank s Questions are also either static or parameterized Static questions appear exactly the same each time they are presented to the student while parameterized questions vary on each presentation Parameterization allows the student to redo the question and get a different version of it with a different answer So they can t do the question then just redo it and cheat by putting in the correct answer that they just viewed Parameterized questions can vary both numbers and text values and answers Parameterized questions are one of the highlights of the OWL system and enable authors to write one question that contains an infinite number of variations Courses and Sections A course has a name one or more sections and a curriculum The set of assignments is the course curriculum Sections are the active entities of a course Students are enrolled in a section of a course and thus to use a course it must have at least one section Course amp Section Attributes Course Name must be unique Section Number identifies the section Instructor name of instructor Location building and classroom number Time time of day class meets Announcements New or edited announcements are shown to students of that section upon login and can optionally be se
27. ns button at the bottom of the page You can view all of the extensions that you ve given to students in a section and then navigate to edit or delete them 14 Viewing the Current Extensions for a Section 1 Click on the Current Extensions link in the command bar near the top of the page 2 You are now on the All Existing Section Extensions page for your section gt The extension that you just gave yourself should appear Note that you can also access your section s extensions from the Course Home page Assignment Reports Assignment reports enable you to see at a glance how your students are doing on assignments 1 Click the Assignment List link in the navigation bar at the left side of the window 2 In the Report column next to one of the assignments that is in the Homework Pool group click on the Report icon gt favailable click on icon in the row of the Geographical Sites QuestionPool Assignment or choose another assignment of type QuestionPool 3 You should now be on the Assignment Details Report page 4 Look at the report to see what information is available Grades There are a number of components to grading in OWL You can generate a grade report showing students scores on OWL assignments You can display grades for work done outside of OWL using the Gradebook And if there are manually graded questions in your OWL assignments you can assign scores to them Getting Student Grades for OWL Assignments
28. nt List page if you do not see the assignments listed gt Assignments may be ordered alphabetically You ll be able to change this to whatever order you want for your class 1 Click on the link for an introductory or a tutorial assignment 2 Youare now on the Unit Menu page for that assignment gt Note At the top of the unit menu page the student is given specific information such as the name of the assignment the assignments mode Type the Due Date of the assignment an overview of their scoring Grade and the Status of work completed 3 In the Unit Menu table choose the first link 4 Follow the directions to work through all of the content pages questions and units in the assignment gt Note the Feedback offered at the bottom of the page after you submit the answer to a question The feedback in the tutorial supplies directions for navigating through the tutorial 5 When you are done with the assignment click the Assignment List link 6 Acourse assignment page will appear showing your updated performance on the assignment 7 Do other introductory or tutorial assignments if there are any Returning to the Instructor Tools Before you opened the student window you were in a browser window containing the OWL instructor tools That window should still be available Just select that window to return to the instructor tools You can close the student window You can always open it again if you need it 3 Assignment Str
29. nt Window from the drop down menu under the OWL logo to see and complete assignments as a student Progress information contains all the raw data about a student s activity in OWL assignments It can be used to verify grades and students claims about wrong or missing scores The information is presented in 4 categories as it is stored in the database Progress Information Categories Session Progress A session begins when a student selects an assignment on which to work and ends when he she returns to the assignment menu 13 IU Mastery Progress An IU mastery entry is made when the student exits an IU by QuestionPool Mode only returning to the unit or assignment menu IU Attempts QuestionPool An IU attempt is made when the student selects an IU from the unit Mode only menu Question Progress Each time a question is attempted the score and time are recorded 1 2 From the View Student Information page under the heading Student s Current Enrollment press the in the row for your section You are now on the Student Course Progress page gt This page includes a combination of the assignment pages just as the student sees them Choose an assignment from the Mastery group Choose Geographic Sites Question if you did the Authoring training You are now on the Student s Assignment Progress page gt Examine your sessions and question progress information Press the Student
30. nt to those students with an email address Announcements are always available to students under Announcements in the student navigation bar Message enabled instructor s who receive the email messages for that section There must be at Recipients least 1 message recipient per section On section creation the current instructor 1s set as the message recipient Assignments An existing course will have a number of assignments defined for it These are the student assignments that makeup the course curriculum A group of IUs is associated with an assignment which inherits all the content and questions in the IUs Us are said to be linked to an assignment since they are independent entities and can be used in other courses and assignments in the system The Assignment Type see below determines how the questions in the IU will be presented to the student Course Assignment 2 Assignment Types IU Based Assignments QuestionPool subset of questions from IUs are presented and mastery criteria set for each IU Question all questions from IUs are presented Exam like question mode but with only 1 attempt and no scores answers or feedback given to students Training QuestionPool mode question presentation with additional training constraints Assignment Types Non IU Based Assignments External for 2 party modules Survey an assignment containing only non graded questions Tutor
31. onse for User and Notes To Tech Support Email is sent to technical support Email contains the message s history Response for User and Notes To Additional Email is sent to the addresses provided Recipients Email contains the message s history Response for User and Notes Let s respond to the message again and send email this time 1 Select the Archived Messages link in the command bar 2 Youareon the Student Messages Archived Message List page 3 Select the message number link in the 4 column for the message that you sent 4 You are on the Student Messages View Respond to Message page 18 N OQ Ci oO Ct dle eet t 1 Scroll to the bottom of the page and note the History for the entry Check the box for Email To User Check the box for Email Response Notes To Message Recipients In the Response for User text box enter Oops I forgot to mention that In the Notes text box enter Shouldn t we change the question to Press the Send Email and or Update Record button gt The next time you check your email you ll get the response sent to you as a student as well as the version you ll receive as a message recipient Saved Message Responses Sometimes you find that you are typing the same response over and over again OWL allows you to save responses for quick reuse on common FAQ s that you receive from students Let s create a saved response and see how it works oa A OO N gt
32. s Appendix 1 OWL Question and Question Pool Mode Comparison Questions amp Content Question Presentation Question Ordering Content Only IUs Navigation Navigation Bar Ease of Use Redo Wrong Answer Limited Attempts Grading Partial Credit Mastery Scores Question presents all questions in all IUs can set the question order can use content only IUs shows content pages and questions in all IUs navigation is straight forward redo by question can limit the number of attempts for each question available for multiple multiple choice matching and multi input box short answer questions no mastery scoring available assignment score is number of correct questions or pass fail 100 20 QuestionPool presents subset of questions from IU can be all questions are presented randomly cannot use content only IUs shows only the content pages and questions in the IU navigation can be confusing students always need to return to the Unit Menu can redo an entire IU but not a single question can limit the number of attempts at each IU not available need to set number of questions that must get right to master each IU assignment score is either mastery of all IUs or of IUs mastered or of correct questions Appendix 2 OWL Instructor Guidelines Registration Students use an access code provided with their textbooks to register for OWL Access codes can a
33. s Assignment Sessions link in the command bar This page shows the sessions for all assignments Press the Students s Course Progress link in the command bar Next choose an assignment from the MasteryPool group Choose Geographic Sites QuestionPool if you did the Authoring training If no MasteryPool assignments are shown you may need to change assignment dates to include additional assignments in the list You are on the Student Assignment Progress page gt Examine your information again especially the Attempt Score and Attempt Number which are only available for this type of assignment Managing Extensions The due date that is set for an assignment applies to all students You have the option of granting an individual student a due date extension on an assignment Granting a Due Date Extension 1 Press your name link under Student Name near the top of the page 2 Youare now back on your Student Information page 3 Extensions apply to an individual student for a particular assignment To give an extension to all of the students in a section just change the due date for the assignment Warning Granting a lot of extensions to individual students will significantly slow down the grading tool 4 Press in the row for your section 5 Youare now on the Edit Student s Extensions page 6 Forone of the assignments enter an Extension date 2 days past the current due date 7 Press the Update Extensio
34. signment List The student assignment lists should reflect the changes that you made to the start and due dates The first assignment should be listed on the Current Course Assignments page The third assignment should be listed on the Unstarted Course Assignments page gt Unstarted assignments are only displayed for authors in the student view Regular students would not even get a link to access this list Sending a Message as a Student For later use report a message from one of the question pages 1 AA O N 5 In the Student Window go to one of the questions in any assignment Choose Send Message from the navigation bar A new window opens with the Send a Message to Instructor TA page Type a message Press Submit Message You may have to scroll down the window to find this The message is logged to the database and email is sent to the message recipient s You ll see the Message Submitted page confirming that your message has been sent Press Close Window You should be back in the main student window Using the Assignment Viewer Assignment Setup is useful when you already know which assignments you want your students to use But you may need to view the contents of assignments before making include exclude requirement and date decisions The Assignment Viewer lets you see the contents of an assignment and set values for its most important settings all in one place Close the student window
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36. ual Grading page will list assignments that contain one or more manually graded questions and for each it will indicate if there are questions that still need grades entered for them You simply select an assignment then a student and finally a question You ll enter the score and any comments and then you ll be able to choose where you want to navigate to next Click Advanced Grade and Report Tools 5 Student Messages Message Recipients Message recipients are those instructors who receive the email notices that a student has submitted a message You automatically become the message recipient when you create a section You can add another person as a recipient like your TA or change recipients so that you don t have to view the email messages Changes to recipients can be accessed on the Course Home page from the Manage Sections pull down list 17 Responding to Messages When a student submits a message email is sent to the section s message recipient s alerting them that a new message is in the database The message tool allows you to respond to the student s message The response is shown to the student the next time the student logs into OWL or anytime the student clicks on View Messages from the student navigation bar Responding to a Reported Message 1 Press the Course Home link on the navigation bar at the left side of the authoring window 2 Click on the current messages link next to Inbox on the right si
37. ucture This training will not teach you how to create course material but it is still important that you understand how that material is organized To learn how to write questions and create assignments do the Getting Started with OWL Authoring training Those who have already done that training can skip ahead to Chapter 4 One of the unique features of OWL is that content and assessment materials are independent entities and are not locked to a particular course as they are in other systems They are part of a pool of materials that can be used in any course in the database Instructional Units An Instructional Unit IU is a group of content material and questions related to the same concept For example the possible Instructional Units for an American History course might be divided into such topics as Heroes of the Revolutionary War or The Haymarket Riot IUs may contain one or more content pages and one or more questions When an IU is included in an assignment either all of the questions or a randomly chosen subset of the questions is presented to the student Content 1 Question 2 Instructional Unit Content Instructional Unit Content is presented to a student before any questions in an IU Content in an IU may appear in the regular OWL window or in a new separate window The content may also be internal defined and managed inside of OWL or external an existing URL Static and Parameterized Questio
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