You must define the formative assessment criteria that will be used to evaluate a student’s performance in all subjects of a batch. First start by creating a formative assessment (FA) group. Each FA group must contain assessment criteria. Assessment criteria must contain descriptive indicators against which the student will be evaluated.
- At the top of your dashboard, click the module access icon > Academics > Examination > Settings > CCE Settings > Scholastic Settings > Formative Assessment Items to open the Assessment Groups page.
- In the top right, click the New FA Group button.
3. In the Name field, enter the name of the assessment group and select the corresponding FA.
4. In the Description field, enter a description about the assessment group.
5. In the CCE Exam Category field, select the exam category the assessment group applies to.
6. Specify how FA criteria score must be calculated; by taking the average of the marks obtained for each indicator, or by summing up the marks obtained for each indicator.
Note: FA criteria calculation cannot be edited if descriptive indicator marks have already been entered for students.
7. Click the Create button.
To edit an assessment group, click Edit.
To delete an assessment group, click Delete. You can delete an assessment group only when it does not contain any assessment criteria.
8. Click on an assessment group to open the Assessment Criteria page.
9. In the top right, click the New FA Criteria button.
10. Enter the name and description of each criterion.
11. In the Max Marks field, enter the maximum marks for the assessment criterion.
12. In the Formula key field, enter a key that will be applied in the formula to calculate the FA group score. The formula key must be an alphabet.
Note: By default, the FA group score will be calculated by taking the average of the FA criteria scores.
13.Click the Create button.
To edit assessment criterion, click Edit.
To delete assessment criterion, click Delete. You can delete an assessment criterion only when it does not contain any assessment indicators.
By default, the FA group score is calculated by taking the average of the FA criteria score. If the FA group score must be calculated differently, a formula can be provided using the formula keys. Click Edit formula and enter the formula. Refer to the various examples on the right that can be used.
Click the Create button.
14. Click an assessment criteria to open the Descriptive Indicators page and enter descriptive indicators for each criteria.
15. In the top right, click the New indicator button.
16. Enter the name and description of the indicator, and then click the Create button.
To edit an assessment indicator, click Edit.
To delete an assessment indicator, click Delete. You cannot delete an assessment indicator if marks have already been entered.
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