Printing/saving quiz reviews and peer assessmentsYou can print or save quiz reviews (ie, quiz questions and answers) and peer assessments you've received. For quiz reviews, visit the quiz page, click 'Review' next to any of the attempts you have made, and use the print or save feature in your browser. If you have a PDF writer installed (such as CutePDF), you can print the review as a PDF file. For peer assessments, visit the peer assessment activity page, view the assessments you've received, and use the browser print or save feature. Alternatively, you can manually copy and paste the assessments into a document. Also see: how to view the assessments you have received |
Who can take part in the assessment phaseOnly those participants who have submitted their own work will get others' work for assessment. If you have not submitted anything, you will not be assigned any submissions to assess.
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Checking or editing your own entry in a database activityOnce you have added an entry, you can check or edit it if you'd like to. To do this, you have to
first search for your entry by putting your name in the search box in
the database. You should then be
able to see your entry. To edit your entry, click the icon that looks like this: |
Completion check mark for a peer assessment activityA peer assessment activity consists of three phases, explained below. The completion check mark for this activity will appear at the end of the third phase. It will NOT appear immediately after the submission and assessment phases.
Also see: Completion credit for a peer assessment activity |
How to check if you have assessed the submissions allocated to youTo check whether you have indeed completed the assessments, go to the activity page and scroll down to view the submissions assigned to you. If you see the phrase 'Already graded' under a submission, it means you have assessed that submission. You can click on the 'Re-assess' button in case you'd like to change anything in your assessment. |
Completing a peer assessment activityThe completion check mark for an activity that includes a peer assessment phase will appear once the activity is closed. It will NOT appear immediately after the submission and assessment phases.
Once the above two phases are completed, the course facilitator will close the activity. You will see a completion check mark after the closure phase IF (1) you have submitted your work and (2) you have received at least one assessment. If you have submitted your work but you have not received any assessments, you will not see a completion check mark, but the course moderator will ensure that you get credit for this activity -- as long as you have assessed all the works allocated to you. Remember: To receive completion credit for a peer assessment activity, you should take part in BOTH the submission and assessment phases. |
Checking your submission in a peer assessment activity
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How to edit an entry you have added in a databaseTo see or edit your own entry in an activity that is set up as a database, you have to first search for your entry, for example, you can put your name in the search box and click search. You should then be able to see your entry. Then click the gear-shaped icon alongside your entry. |
How to reset your password
You will then receive an email with instructions to reset your password. |
Using the 'optional subscription' featureTo receive email copies of posts made on this forum, click on 'Subscribe to this forum' in the 'Forum administration' menu (the gear icon on the right side). You can unsubscribe at any time. Alternatively, you can subscribe to specific discussion topics within a forum. |
Trouble opening documents in the assessment phaseIf the submission is in DOC or DOCX format, please use Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer to open the document. LibreOffice is free and open source software, so it's a good choice if you don't have Word. If you are not able to open a submitted document with such software, or if you open the document and find it to be blank, please do the following: (1) complete a dummy assessment for this submission (eg, write 'could not open document' in each aspect of the assessment form), and (2) report the issue on the Technical Support / Technical Queries Forum. |
Check/edit your profileTo edit your profile, click your name or photo in the top right hand corner of this site, click "Profile" and then "Edit profile". We recommend that you add a photo of yourself in your profile and write
something about yourself in the "description" field. This way you'll contribute to making the course a friendly learning environment :) When editing your profile, you can also change your personal details (including your password), set your time zone, etc. |
Seeing the peer assessments you've receivedIf you've submitted your work as part of a peer assessment activity, visit the activity page after the assessment phase to read the assessments you've received. When you visit the activity page, you can view your assessments by clicking the link to your submission. This link appears before the links to the assessments you have given to others. Once you click the link to your submission, you will see a page with a list of all the assessments you have received. Make sure you read all your assessments closely, and make notes on how you can improve your work. |
[Anonymisation of survey responses]We may combine or correlate the responses in the feedback survey with
the responses in the pre-course survey to understand the influence of
different factors on course participation. However, in doing any such
analysis, we will be using anonymised numeric
identifiers and not real names. Further, for reporting purposes we may
use anonymised data or quotes from this survey. (You can also look at our privacy policy to learn how we use the data we collect.) While we ask you to
complete this survey to meet the completion criteria for the course,
your actual responses will not have any bearing
on your course completion status. |
Time zone for deadlinesThe default time zone on this site is West Africa Time (WAT). Why the time zone mattersIn your online course, there may be events that are time-based (such as live sessions) and activities that have deadlines (such as writing activities). For such events and activities, your Dashboard on this site and the time alerts on activity pages show times in WAT by default. Changing the time zoneTo see mentions of times in your local time zone, edit your profile and change the time zone in the Timezone field. We also suggest you add reminders in your calendar about upcoming events and deadlines. If you would like to compare WAT with your local time, use this link. Why we use WATWe use WAT as the default time zone because a large number of our course participants are based in West Africa. |