Transcript What is eGrade?

What is eGrade?
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Web-based software that enables instructors to automate the
process of assigning and grading homework and quiz
assignments
Provides students with immediate feedback and grades
Contains homework and test banks for many of Wiley’s leading
titles in
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Engineering & Computer Science
Math & Statistics
Sciences
eGrade features and benefits
Homework & Quiz Management
-Grades
assignments online
-Delivers instant feedback to students
-Ability to view statistics and scores online
Robust Wiley Content
Book specific content maximizes
eGrade’s functionality
Easy assignment editor
-Create
Algorithmic questions
-Receive
new assignments or modify
existing ones
-Define start and end date/time
a different question each time
an assignment is created
Visit http://www.wiley.com/college/solutions for a complete list of
eGrade features and benefits
http://egrade.brownstone.net/live/classes/richpirozzi
UNIQUE URL
Sample Class Homepage
Class Specific
Description
Student - Related
Links
Instructor - Related
Links
After logging in click
appropriate link to:
•Create assignments
•Create or modify individual questions
•View grades for an individual student or
your entire class
Create
Assignments
Modify
Assignments
Remove
Assignments
eGrade walks you through creating a new assignment step-by-step
Give your assignment a meaningful name
Select question
bank that you
want to pull
questions from
This is an algorithmically generated question. Click “Refresh” to Generate new values for the parameters.
Preview questions by clicking
on question
Algorithmically generated questions are
dynamic questions that present different
values each time a student attempts to
complete a question.
To add questions:
Check boxes for the questions
you want to add
Then click “Add Selected”
Specify type of assignment
Specify information student is to
receive once the assignment is
completed
Set :
•Passing
grade
•Time
Limit
•View
Set dates assignment is
available
Visual Summary of Assignment
Preview a visual summary of
your new assignment before
saving it
Upon selecting
the finish
button you will
see your newly
created
assignment!
We are done with the
Assignment Editor
Now let’s take a look at the
Question Bank Editor
Question Bank Editor
is used to:
Create a new testbank
Upload one from your
computer
Edit an existing testbank
Delete a testbank
eGrade supports multiple question types
4 Key steps to writing a
new question:
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Input answer
choices and select
correct answer
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4.
Input
question
Choose if you want
answers scrambled
Choose how many
correct answers
You can add comments to questions. e.g. “If you get
this question wrong please see me immediately”
You can also provide hints to each student.
e.g. “The correct answer is greater than 1
and less than 3”
http://egrade.brownstone.net/live/classes/richpirozzi
Student View
We will now see how students access eGrade
Students access eGrade by:
•Going to their class-specific
URL
•Selecting the “Register for
this Class” link
Student Learning Guides:
•Contain unique access code that student must
enter upon 1st login
*Students create user name and password
•$5 packaged with book
•$15 stand alone item
Assignment
Selection
Menu
Students choose assignment to complete from
those that you have made available in your course
Easy, intuitive navigational bar
Students complete
the assignment by:
Entering the answer to the question
Clicking the back/next arrows in
navigational bar to move through
questions
Clicking the grade checkmark
when they’re done
Upon submitting their assignment for
grading you can provide students
with immediate scores on their work
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Provide students with
question-by-question
feedback for correct
and incorrect answers
The instructor gradebook
area allows you to :
•View grades for
individual
students or your
entire class
• View class
averages
•Export grades to
an external
spreadsheet or
database
By selecting a student’s name you can pull up
detailed information for that student on a particular
assignment
The Gradebook allows you to display
the results of a class assignment in a
wide variety of ways
Shows details of the
assignment history
for the student
Shows student and class information
Shows:
•Grade
received
•Date taken
•Completion
time
Good job John. You were the only
student to get this right. Please consider
becoming a tutor.
eGrade allows you to give question-byquestion comments to a student
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I’m going to give everyone in the class
that got this right extra credit because we
did not cover this problem in the lecture.
eGrade allows you to manually
change a student’s grade
Where to go for more information
Visit:
www.wiley.com/college/solutions
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To find courses
View demos
Request trials
Find out what eGrade test banks
are available for the courses you
teach
Support
Faculty Resource Network
The Faculty Resource
Network is a group of
peers ready to support
the use of online course
management tools and
discipline specific
technologies into the
classroom
Register on-line at www.FacultyResourceNetwork.com
Thank you!