• Confidence and improvement
    Results sorted by improvement. The top row shows the average.

    I am really excited about these two new metrics added to the Results page. They give you a view of each student you have not had before, and which you can use today to improve the quality of their (more…)

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    I’m really stoked about these two new features of the Activity Log page. They turn it from a page that merely reports results into one that provides immediate (and fascinating) insights into students’ behaviour.

    Sort on any column

    The default sort remains surname, but you can now use the arrows to the right of each column header to sort (ascending or descending) on that particular column. The example above is sorted by score.

    Averages

    The class average score is useful; the time spent is absolutely fascinating. In the example above you will notice that the slowest and fastest students are achieving the lowest scores. This may suggest some useful interventions with those particular students, especially if the results are consistent across many quizzes.

  • Last month I sent a simple survey to our top power users. I wanted to know what the most useful way would be to date assignments in the gradebook. Here is what they said:

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    No unanimity, but a clear majority. So we did it.

  •  What is the optimum average score for a quiz? 100%? Not in my view. It is 62.5%, or a number close to that.

    When using a quiz as a summative assessment, your goal is maximum discrimination. That is, you want to be able to see as clearly as possible which students have ‘got it’ and which have not.

    Consider a (more…)

  • Every quiz has, or should have a Gap Analysis template. The is the set of key concepts that the quiz addresses, that is reported to both teachers and students so that you/they can track what has, and what has not, been grasped. It is a really powerful feature for both learners and teachers, that is unique to Yacapaca.

    As of last week, we have placed the gap analysis for each quiz firmly under the author’s control. Here is where Key Concepts are shown… (more…)