Course-Level Assessment Configuration - Comparator Research
- Matthew Harrington
General Summary
A few features seem common to high-level grading and configuration:
Bottom-up assignment setup
While Open edX requires grading to be defined and then assigned to content, most other platforms derive their basic assignment setup from the existence of assignments present within the course.
Centralised grading settings
Whether from a page marked “Assessment” or the instructor-view of the learner gradebook, there is almost always a page containing a summary of graded content present within the course where things like assignment groupings and other assignment settings are managed.
Grade category flexibility
Whether pass/fail, letter grades, or other naming, flexibility in how grades are categorised is important for supporting different models of course outcomes.
Site-level defaults
With different use-cases and expectations, having to configure potentially identical grading setups for each course is an inconvenience that many platforms bypass by providing control over default configurations from within the UI.