VetMed Technical Meeting
Evaluations - sakai.evaluation
Phil demoed CERE's Eval tool - authoring function
Authoring functionality allows the appropriate users the ability to view and edit templates for evaluating courses and instructors.
Templates were designed to meet the
pulls school/department from sakai site service
allows for template start terms (term - currently generated algorithmically)
Tracks creation date, last edit date, last edit by
department-level templates common for VM
eligable evaluatees will be pulled in from sakai
Individual templates display course level items/questions
instructors to be evaluated, instructor-level items
based on need to evaluate course and instructor in same template - but gathering data for different purposes, i.e., need the ability to easily separate course and instructor information
Use cases based on current system and VM needs
Includes short answer and 5-pt scale type items and each type Includes detailed, brief and instructor-specific question level
Select one ore more instructors to tie the question to
Includes preview - wire frames detailed by Chris - see online docs
http://confluence.ucdavis.edu:8080/confluence/x/Li
http://confluence.ucdavis.edu:8080/confluence/x/LC
Will next work on bringing instructors in, taking an evaluation
Eval list will show percent complete, save or submit, will show eval status in pod.
Discussion of evaluation location - possibly a pod in MyWorkspace
List of evaluations within pod - maybe link goes directly to eval tool? Goes to another location? course site - specific eval for that site? Or possibly a pod that expands when a link is selected?
Use lookup widget - tool summoner? Tool to display eval pod using redirect tool.
Beau - vision of eval tool with redirect in eval course which moves user to eval in hi/her own workspace. ie eval course is simply a redirect tool. url redirect passes course info back to myWorkspace.
Or flip the model.
Use case - student as evaluator and evaluated, but not in TA role specifically? If student has instructor-esque role may evaluate and/or see status of evaluations?
Spec - Show results of evaluation once a reasonable number of results are in; purpose is to help new faculty to adjust teaching style; will be 1.5 feature (after code to display results done)
Flex version pretty cool
Round the table
Keith - Erin and academic dept. (Judy) using Ilios current users
Courses in draft mode initially, will go to publish mode
CALF & Ilios info all on single page now (admin support)
Chris - Scheduling: needs to be opened in FireFox as IE opens excel plugin w/minimal control
Dave - training: fully booked, 16 more sessions on Friday; advanced course tools - web content, assignment (graded only), announcements, wiki, gradebook, webdav,
Beau - Melete (there but not recommended) - if particular faculty have a need, use as pilots for testing out tool functionality; add upon request - do we train?
Biggest issue - non-exportable tool, ie, cannot move to new term
current rev (2.1.x) untested
Rick - Quiz & Test tool in same category, it's there, but not fully tested;
Demo Melete, Quiz,Gradebook, and Message Center request pilot users; would be on a different machine; need to find model that allows redirection to pilot server; core course location? Key is will tool affect production performance?
Differentiate between functional, user-based and performace testing
How does this affect evaluation pilot (5 courses only for fall)?
Rick - discussion of CREST; keyword terms for CERE