Distributing an assignment with different versions

Also included below is information on how to process multiple grade items from multiple versions of an assignment

When setting up multiple versions, you will need to specify a subset of students enrolled in each assessment, before creating the assessment. The students could be enrolled by name using the Custom option or by section.

Custom option

Step-by-step guide

Select the assignment. Choose Students from the left hand menu.

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2. Click the Manage Students button in the top right.

3. Click the drop down arrow and choose Custom…

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4. Manage the students in the next screen , click Save.

Section option

Import the list of students in a CSV file and create sections by adding a column at the end. Please see this article on Managing students in a course.

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Create a group in LEARN. See this article about groups in LEARN.

Continue by creating the multiple versions of the assignment:

Step-by-step guide

1. Create an assessment, click Save.

    

2. Choose the type of assessment, click Next.

    

3. Enter the details for your assessment, click Next.
   
   

    

4. Enter details and questions of your assessment. Click Save and go to Dashboard!

5. Click on Name of Course at the top screen (above the Distribute the assignment window)

6. Click on Create assessment and choose Duplicate existing

7. Choose which assessment you want to duplicate in the drop-down menu. Enter a new assessment name. Choose the students in the Students field by clicking on the drop down arrow. Click Duplicate assessment.

8. If additional versions are required, repeat step 6 and 7, adjusting the roster by clicking the appropriate dropdown from the Students field each time.

Multiple grade items when grades are exported to LEARN.

If there are 5 versions of a single assessment, then there will be 5 grade items created each with 1/5 of the students enrolled.  This will result in students getting a score of 0 in the 4 that they were not enrolled in.  The way to work around this is to use the Learn gradebook restrictions to “drop the lowest _ marks” in a category.

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