The Team Evaluation tool enhances the grading of group work using the UNSW Workshop and Moodle Assignment activities. Group activities in Moodle result in each member of a group getting the same grade, which isn't necessarily a fair reflection of each group member's contribution. The Team Evaluation tool asks each team member to assess their own and each other's contribution to the group activity and then scales the group grade up or down for each member of the group to reflect their individual level of contribution.
Team Evaluation with a Moodle Assignment
Before starting to work with the Team evaluation tool, teaching staff have to create the Moodle Assignment. Also, it is important to have groups created in the course.
Once questions are added to the team evaluation, affected assignment marks will not be passed into the gradebook until released within the team evaluation
Team Evaluation with the UNSW Workshop Activity
Using the Team Evaluation plugin with UNSW Workshop is very similar to using it with the Moodle Assignment activity. The only major difference is during the setup process.
Once questions are added to the team evaluation, affected marks will not be passed into the gradebook until released within the team evaluation
Adding Questions
When Team Evaluation is enabled in the Assignment activity, questions must be added for students to answer. Each student will be able to make comments about every other group member in separate text boxes.
Grading and Scaling of Marks
Once the due date of the assignment has passed, grading can occur.
- Once a submission has been made, the Team Evaluation questions will become available to the group. For non-submission assignments, this becomes available after a grade is given.
- When all group members have answered the questions or the deadline is reached, each group member's grade is scaled based on data produced by the question answers.
- Grades and comments will then be automatically released by default unless disabled when setting up the activity.
Manually Release Marks and Comments
The green "slider" buttons indicate that all comments are released. When marks are set to be automatically released, all sliders will display as green. Marks and comments can also be set up for manual release. Once grades have been released, they can't be hidden again and must be changed in the Gradebook if necessary. However, comments can still be hidden manually once they have been released.
What do the settings on Team Evaluation tool mean?
When setting up the Team Evaluation, there are a few settings that can be adjusted:
Enabled: Uncheck this box if you want to disable a Team Evaluation that has already been set up.
Self-assessment: Uncheck this box if you do not want students to assess their own submissions.
Automatically Release Marks: Uncheck this box if you want to manually release marks at a later date.
Public: Check this box if you wish to share your questions with other instructors.
Adjustment Fraction: Change this setting from the default (50%) if you want more or less than 50% of the group mark to be adjusted for each individual. The larger this percentage the more the data produced by the questionnaire scales each individual's grade up or down.
Non-completion penalty: Change this if you want to change the default (10%) penalty for not completing the Team Evaluation questionnaire. This setting only changes an individual's grade if they do not answer the questions and does not penalise anyone else in the group.
What are the types of questions in Team Evaluation?
Comment:
This question type allows students to respond to a feedback prompt with a written comment. Note: Comments do not influence the student’s mark. If your questionnaire includes only comment questions, Team Evaluation will not scale or adjust marks based on the responses.
Likert:
Each question is rated using a default 1–5 scale. You can customise the number of scale points during setup. For each point on the scale, a short description is required to help students accurately assess their peers’ contributions. Likert questions contribute to the recalibration of student marks.
Split 100:
This question type asks students to distribute 100 percentage points among their group members, reflecting each person’s relative contribution to the team’s work. Split 100 questions also directly influence the recalibration of marks.
How are the scores calculated?
Team Evaluation plugin in Moodle calculates scores using WebPA algorithm used in maths. For more detailed information and examples, please visit WebPA page.