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Speaking of blocks...
Blocks are sets of questions regarding a specific topic or topics, defined by a filter, which may be associated to evaluations and assessed separately, based on a certain evaluation weight.
Example of calculation
Assuming that an evaluation has multiple blocks, all weighing 1, and there are blocks that have only one question and others that have more questions:
- If a block has two questions and the student gets both right, they get 100% of the block; if they get one question right, they get 50% of the block; and if they don’t get either right, they get 0%.
- If a block has only one question and the student gets it right, they get 100% of the block; if they get it wrong, they get 0% of the block.
Therefore, the student gets the percentage that is proportional to the number of questions that they get right in the block (considering the total number of questions in the block).
So there may be different grades for the students who got the same number of questions wrong in an evaluation, but questions in different blocks. If students got the same questions in the same blocks wrong, the grades would be the same. However, the number of right answers in an evaluation does not mean students get the same grade, since the ones who got the lower grade may have gotten the only question within a block wrong, and obtained 0% in the block, whereas others got 50% of a block wrong, because there were two questions in this block.
Example:
A block weighs 1: if there are 10 questions in this block, each question is worth 0.1. If that same block has only 2 questions, each question is worth 0.5.
Therefore, if a block weighs 1 and has only 1 question, it is worth 1 (100% of the block). That’s why it’s worth more than the questions in a block that has several questions.
Question blocks can be added, edited and deleted, and its versions can be managed.
The deletion option in the Topics window allows disregarding specific questions. For example, by adding a topic to the block, all specific topic questions with a certain level of difficulty can be disregarded. Alternatively, all topic questions with subtopics can be added, while only disregarding one of the subtopics.
LEARN MORE
Expand/hide additional information.Basic Path
01. In the main menu, click Evaluations.
02. Click the tab Manage.
03. Click Blocks.
04. View existing question blocks.
Alternative Paths
Add block
01. Press New.
02. In the tab General information, enter the required block information.
03. In the topics chart, click Add to define the filter of block questions.
04. In the Topics window, define the information to filter questions to be added to the block.
05. Press Add.
06. Select the inserted topic and define which questions must be shown in the evaluation.
07. Select the questions to be added to the block if the ‘selected questions’ option is selected.
08. Press Save.
Release block version
01. Select the block whose version will be released.
02. Press Edit.
03. Click the Versions tab.
04. In versions, select the version to be released.
05. Enter the description of the new version.
06. Click Release version.
Create new block version
01. Select the block for which a new version will be created.
02. Press Edit.
03. Click the Versions tab.
04. Click Create version.
05. Apply the desired question changes for the new version.
06. Press Save.
Cancel block version
01. Select the block whose version will be canceled.
02. Press Edit.
03. Click the Versions tab.
04. In versions, select the version to be canceled.
05. Click Cancel version.
Please note!
This documentation is valid from the 1.5.10 update. If you use a previous update, it may contain information different from what you see on your platform.