Chi Tester Manual Grading - Writing Portfolio of Joseph L. LaFazia

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CHI TESTER MANUAL GRADING
2012
An instructor’s guide to grading essays, short answers, and other text-based
responses in the Chi Tester program.
Contents
About Manual Grading __________________________________________________________________________________ iii
Getting Started ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 1
Selection Comments______________________________________________________________________________________ 6
What Are Selection Comments? __________________________________________________________________________________ 6
How to Use Selection Comments _________________________________________________________________________________ 6
Quick Comments _________________________________________________________________________________________ 9
What Are Quick Comments? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 9
How to Use Quick Comments __________________________________________________________________________________ 10
Final Steps _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14
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About Manual Grading
This feature of the Chi Tester program focuses on the correction and grading of
context-based exams. These include essay questions and short answer responses that
cannot be graded automatically and often do not have precise answers.
This feature of the program equips professors and instructors with a tool for grading
context-based exams called comments. The purpose of using comments for grading is
to allow instructors to address each student’s response individually through embedded
input. Comments can be placed anywhere within a student’s response to address any
constituent (from punctuation to the paragraph) of the essay or short answer.
This guide will introduce you to two different commenting tools Chi Tester features,
“Selection Comments” and “Quick Comments”. It will also instruct you on how to
create and use comments that will make grading context-based exams thorough and
efficient.
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Getting Started
This section describes how to access the manual grading feature from the Chi Tester
homepage.
1)
To begin grading a test manually, select a test from the list in the "My Exams" tab
on the home screen, and click "Manage selected exam" on the right-hand side of
the page, as illustrated below. You will then be directed to the "Manage Exams"
page for this test (shown in step 2).
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2)
The manual grading feature of Chi Tester is located under the “Manage Results”
section in your “Manage Exams” tab as show below. It is titled "Manually grade
student responses/essays." Click it.
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3)
You will now be prompted with the questions below. These questions show
options about how to structure student responses for grading.
The first option (shown below) focuses on grading one question at a time as opposed to
one test at a time.
 "Show all of the responses for one question on a page" means the layout of
the next screen will show all of your students' responses submitted for
each question until you've reached the last question.
 "Show all of the responses for one test attempt on a page" means the layout
of the next screen will show one student's entire test displaying both
questions and responses.
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(step 3 cont'd)
The next option (shown below) is to choose specific questions to grade. This
allows you to grade questions that weren't graded automatically.
For example, if you have a test with both multiple choice and essay questions, at
this step the multiple-choice questions would have already been graded. You will
want to select this option to exclude those questions.
You also have the option to only grade specific questions. Once selected, this
option will let you pick the questions you want.
Lastly, there is the option to grade specific question types.
Selecting the last two options will hide the students' name to achieve blind
scoring, and hide responses that have previously been manually graded.
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(step 3 cont'd)
Once you've selected the options you want for this test, click Grade Responses
(shown below.)
This will begin the grading process using the commenting function of Chi Tester
manual grading.
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Selection Comments
This section describes what “Selection Comments” are and how to use them.
What Are Selection Comments?
Selection Comments (i.e., "Comments for selection") are used for specific
parts of each student’s response. These comments address grammar, word
usage, and punctuation. They can also be used to comment on a student’s ideas,
thesis, and details in the response.
How to Use Selection Comments
1)
To correct or comment on one constituent of the response (punctuation, word,
sentence, etc.) highlight it by holding down your cursor and dragging it across the
selection.
–orTo comment on the entire response click at the end of the response. Both ways
will display the comment box, as shown below.
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2)
Write your comment in the section titled “Comments for selection.” Then click
Done.
Your comments will appear in blue text and parenthesis embedded beside the
selection you’ve addressed (shown below.)
Note: The selection remains highlighted in the response so that students understand exactly
where the comment was addressed.
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3)
To edit or remove any Selection Comment while outside of the comment box,
click on the comment. The comment box will appear.
Edit your comment accordingly, or click Remove to remove the entire comment.
Then click Done.
4)
Click Save Grading at the top of the screen as shown below.
Caution: Before moving on to the next question/test, always click the Save Grading
button at the top of the page to save all of your progress; otherwise, your comments
will be lost and must be redone.
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Quick Comments
This section describes what “Quick Comments” are and how to use them.
What Are Quick Comments?
Quick Comments are divided into two types: “General Comments,” and Test
Comments (i.e., “Comments for this test”).
“General Comments” are for creating
general statements that are used often
throughout the grading process; from
student-to-student and response-toresponse. These comments are much
like Selection Comments, but can be
saved and used across different exams
you create.
Test Comments (i.e., “Comments for this
test”) are used for test-specific comments,
or any comments that apply to the entire
test. This function can be used to give a
summary of your grading, including what
the student did well or needs to improve.
These comments can only be used on
one exam, and are not accessible in
other exams you create.
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How to Use Quick Comments
1)
Click beside the portion you want to address. The comment box will appear.
2)
In the “Quick Comments” section, click New as shown below.
3)
Title your statement for your own reference (e.g., “Praise,” or “Word Choice”).
Type your comment, and then click either Add to general or Add to this test to
create a general or a test comment, respectively. See the image below for an
example.
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4)
After you click Add to general or Add to this test, the comment box will look as
shown below. Only the title of the comment will appear in the General and Test
comment sections.
Note: When you use one of these comments, the actual text (not the title/name of the
comment) will appear in the response.
5)
To re-use one of your comments, first click on the place in the response where you
want the comment to appear. The comment box will appear.
6)
Click the statement you want to use from the “Quick Comments” section. Click
Use as shown below.
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Like Selection Comments, “Quick Comments” will appear in blue text in parenthesis,
as shown below.
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7)
You can also edit or delete a “Quick Comment.”
Simply select the desired comment in the response to bring up the comment box.
Select the comment from the “Quick Comments” section (if not already
highlighted), and click Edit or Delete, as shown below.
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Click Save Grading at the top of the screen as shown below.
Caution: Before moving on to the next question or test, always click the Save Grading
button at the top of the page to save all of your progress; otherwise, your comments
will be lost, and must be redone.
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Final Steps
Exiting the Chi Tester manual grading application is simple. After clicking Save
Grading on your last exam, click Stop Grading to exit the program.
If you need to stop in the middle of grading a test or group of questions, then click
Save Grading before clicking Stop Grading to exit.
This will return you to the Chi Tester Homepage and record your progress.
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