Difference between revisions of "Forms"

Revision as of 18:12, 24 March 2014

Introduction

What are assessment forms? Your forms are the basis of a peer assessment. They are the templates that contain all the questions and assessment criteria that your students will use to rate each other.

Below is an example of the type of making criterion you could set.

Example assessment criterion You can create any number of forms, and once you've created one you can reuse it in any number of assessments. If in the future you want to create a new form based on an old one, then to save time you can simply clone an existing form and tweak it to your liking.

The Forms Toolbar

On most of the pages in the 'my forms' area of Web-PA you will find the Forms Toolbar at the top of the screen.

The forms toolbar The tool bar contains the following options. Please click a help link for more information:

• List Forms : Lists all the assessment forms you have created. List Forms.
• Create Form : Begins the process of creating a new form, to which you can then add assessment questions/criteria. Create Form.
• Clone Form : Allows you to make a copy of any form you have previously created. Clone Form
• Help : Displays the help page for which ever part of the system you are currently in.

My Forms

This page is the starting point for managing your assessment forms. For more information, please check the forms introduction.

Existing Forms

The main part of the screen is taken up with a list of all the assessment forms you have created.

If you haven't yet made any forms, then the list will be empty and you should start by clicking the Create Form button in the toolbar.

To open or edit a form, click on its name, or the edit icon next to it.

Creating a new Form

Essentially, to create a new assessment form all you need is to give it a name. Once your form has been created, you can then add the assessment criteria that your students will use to mark each other's performance.

To create a new form you need to go through the creation wizard.

You can reuse an form with any number of assessments, so if you always use the same form, you only need to create it once.

If you want to create a form that is very similar to another, perhaps you just want to tweak your usual assessment criteria, you can save time by cloning an existing form.

Cloning a Form

If you want to create a new assessment form based on the criteria of an existing form, rather than create it from scratch, you can clone it.

To clone a form, you will need to go through the cloning wizard.

Cloned forms can be used, edited and deleted exactly like any normal forms that you've created.