Introduction
In this article we will walk you through how to set up Self-Assessment of Skills from the perspective of a teacher.
If you’d like more information on how this tool works, you can check out other articles here:
Self-Assessment of Skills: For Teachers (Active Assignment)
Self-Assessment of Skills: Overview
Self-Assessment of Skills: For Students
Tool In Action
This article walks you through the steps of a Self-Assessment of Skills activity, following the same flow as the tool itself. It will describe the process of setting up the assignment. This refers to what you can configure before the assignment is published, such as instructions, settings, deadlines, grouping, and grading rules. Students cannot access the activity at this stage. You can still edit some settings after publishing; however, once students start making progress, certain options may be locked to protect their work and data. Wherever this applies, the article will clearly note it.
Note: When you open a published activity, you’ll land on the Active Assignment view by default. To return to the setup view after publishing, click Edit in the upper-left corner of the activity.
You can see the article about the Active Assignment view of this tool here.
Accessibility
We're devoted to making our tools as accessible as possible for all learners - to read more about accessibility in FeedbackFruits tools, check this article: Accessibility: Within FeedbackFruits Tools.
Step 1: Instructions
Here, you can write instructions for the students regarding this assignment. You can also add items, such as attaching a file or recording audio/video, by clicking Add items if needed.
Collaboration Options
Directly underneath the instructions, you can select options for student collaboration.
When selecting student collaboration options, there are several configurations to choose from. Please bear in mind that collaboration options need to be selected before students participate in the assignment - once a student makes progress, the configurations can't be updated.
Options for students hand in:
Individually
As a group
Step 2: Given Reviews
In this step, you can specify criteria to help guide students as they give feedback. Click configure to edit, add, or delete criteria. Click here for a detailed guide on setting criteria.
Scheduling deadlines: Set the deadline for giving feedback. Note that reviewers will not be able to view or edit their reviews after this deadline passes. Leave the deadline blank to allow reviewers to view and/or edit their feedback indefinitely.
Guiding students (optional): If you have specific hand-in instructions for your students (such as the desired font, line spacing, naming the file, etc.) fill them in here.
Here, you can also enable Feedback writing tips, which automatically display one tip at a time as students write feedback. Additionally, there's a Review checklist that is shown to students during the review process, and a Feedback coach that provides AI-powered, real-time feedback to help students improve their reviews.
Step 3: Received Reviews
In this step, you can set a deadline. Keep in mind that if a deadline was set in the previous step, this step will only become available once the previous step's deadline has passed.
Grading
After finishing setting up the core of the assignment, it is possible to add the configurable grading module. Click here to learn more about how this grading module works.
You also have the option to publish the grade as a percentage or as pass/fail.