Course-Level Assessment Configuration - Comparator Research

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.