[ARCHIVED] Can you use moderated assignments for program assessment?

[hmacdermott]

Hi! I'm creating up a standalone course for program assessment that is organized by modules -- each module is a different institutional learning outcome (set up at the account level) -- with signature assignments -- used to collect evidence for the aforementioned outcomes. Each signature assignment has a rubric attached that contains the relevant institutional learning outcomes.

The Director of Assessment would like for there to be 2 graders who use the rubric to assess the artifact. I've enabled moderated grading for these signature assessments, but I'm unsure about a few things.

1) The assignment doesn't need to have any points, does it? There are no "real" students in this course. I'll use dummy accounts to submit artifacts (that have been collected from real students) to these assignments. But will moderated grading still work? Do I need to have both graders enter in some arbitrary score so that the rubric scoring will be applied?

2) Will the outcome report (at the Admin level) be populated with data once the moderator selects the final grade and releases grades or as soon as a grader starts clicking on rubric criteria? I can't figure it out.

Thanks for your time. I am grateful for any thoughts you may have!

[ColtonSwapp]

Hello @hmacdermott 

The assignment does not necessarily have to be out of any points if you wish. However if you are using a rubric for grading, it might cause some confusion because the rubric will use points to determine the students final score. Rubrics are typically used to determine where the students excelled and point out things that still need improvement s far as the submission goes. 

The moderators do not have to personally grade the assignment for all students. Moderated grading is meant to allow them to review the submissions before you (the instructor) determine what the final grade would be for the students. 

For your question about the outcome reports, when you add a rubric to a moderated assignment , any associated outcome results display in the Learning Mastery Gradebook only after final grades are posted. This should also be viewable on the admin side if I understand your question correctly. 

I hope this helps!

-Colton