[Academic] Semester 2 Formal Assessment guidance and deadlines

[Brian]

Dear All,

Two links, /Exam Quiz Checklist/ and /Additional Requirement 
Adjustments/, have been added to the top of the /Exam information 
Semester 2 2021 /toggle in the Physics Playground on Myplace (see below).

These give important information for the forthcoming Myplace exams. They 
will help ensure your exam will work on the day. Please, *make sure you 
read them* and edit your exam settings accordingly.

Thanks,

Brian.

On 26/03/2021 16:14, Brian wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
> Following on from the previous communication re Semester 2 Formal 
> Assessments (exams).
>
> You should now have a MyPlace quiz version of the exam. We have had 2 
> x Zoom sessions where we helped some staff with quiz questions.
>
> We have put up information on the Physics Playground on Myplace: 
> https://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=25066#section-2
>
> The 1st Toggle (/Exam information Semester 2 2021/) gives information 
> on format etc. It includes a link (*Exam preparation spreadsheet* 
> <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bH5dqYiLIGSx8UnFXXHkbJchhXxHmw5K/view?usp=sharing>) 
> to the online spreadsheet that gives the exam timetable and that *exam 
> setters and checkers should complete* by end of next week - see email 
> below *Deadline Thursday, 1 April. *You may well need to add the 
> checker to the module's Participants as a Tutor to allow them access 
> to the quiz. (This is done via the Navigation box on the LHS of the 
> main page: Classes>PHXXX>Participants>Enrol users) Please also give 
> the module organiser's (or their stand-in) University phone number and 
> their personal contact number. The office phone number will be 
> diverted to the personal number from 9AM until 5PM on the day of the 
> exam. This will allow students who have encountered serious problems 
> to contact you directly.
>
> The 2nd Toggle (/PHXXX Written Assessment section: Date & time/) gives 
> an example of how a Myplace exam should look and the information 
> provided to the student.
>
> This Toggle should be hidden on your module page ('Edit' and 'Hide 
> section' on the Toggle). Once checked, this Toggle can be made visible 
> to the module students before the exam date *so long as the exam quiz 
> (here: PHXXX Written Assessment) has had the correct timing set so 
> that it is unavailable to the students until the timetabled exam 
> begins*. You can do this by editing the quiz PHXXX Written 
> Assessment>Timing> : set the opening time to 10:00 and the exam date; 
> set the corresponding closing time to 13:00 and date; and ticking the 
> Enable tick boxes. Please set "When time expires" to "Open attempts 
> are submitted automatically". If you are not sure about this, then 
> please simply 'Edit' and 'Hide' the PHXXX Written Assessment quiz from 
> students as has been done for the quiz in the Physics Playground.
>
> Thanks & regards,
>
> Brian.
>
> On 12/03/2021 11:35, Brian wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Please see attached the guidance notes for the Semester 2 Formal 
>> Assessments (exams) issued to students and the exam timetable. Also 
>> attached is further staff guidance. If you are setting exams, please 
>> read and familiarise yourself with these.
>>
>> We are now in the run-up to getting all of the forthcoming exams 
>> submitted, checked and running on Myplace. To enable this some 
>> deadlines must be met.
>>
>> 1) Please ensure you have the exam set up on Myplace in the quiz 
>> format: *Deadline Friday, 26 March.*
>>
>> 2) The exam checker should then check for correct formatting of the 
>> Myplace questions (variables in italics etc) and ensure the equation 
>> sheets, physical constants and other relevant instructions are 
>> available: *Deadline Thursday, 1 April.*
>>
>> 3) The exam checker should then check that the Myplace questions 
>> function correctly and give correct answers: *Deadline Thursday, 1 
>> April.*
>>
>> To help record progress there is an online spreadsheet for the exam 
>> setters and checkers to complete:
>>
>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bH5dqYiLIGSx8UnFXXHkbJchhXxHmw5K/view?usp=sharing
>>
>> Please can the exam setter put their initials in Column F when they 
>> are ready for the exam to be checked - please also arrange an exam 
>> checker. Can the exam checker then initial Columns G and H when they 
>> are happy that the exam is in the correct format and the questions 
>> function correctly.
>>
>> We will have a drop-in *Zoom session on **Tuesday, 16 March at 3pm* 
>> where we can answer any questions you may have:
>>
>> Join Zoom Meeting
>> https://strath.zoom.us/j/94584748813?pwd=cUkwSzVRYk1yMUIreFU3SmhEekRLUT09 
>> <https://strath.zoom.us/j/94584748813?pwd=cUkwSzVRYk1yMUIreFU3SmhEekRLUT09>
>>
>> Meeting ID: 945 8474 8813
>> Password: 275764
>>
>> We can have another drop-in session the following week (TBA).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Brian.
>> -- 
>> -----------------------
>> Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
>> Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
>> University of Strathclyde
>> 107 Rottenrow East
>> Glasgow, G4 0NG
>> Scotland
>>
>> Tel:    0141 548 4727
>> Fax:    0141 552 2891
>>
>> The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263
> -- 
> -----------------------
> Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
> Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
> University of Strathclyde
> 107 Rottenrow East
> Glasgow, G4 0NG
> Scotland
>
> Tel:    0141 548 4727
> Fax:    0141 552 2891
>
> The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263

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Dr. Brian WJ McNeil
Department of Physics, SUPA & Cockcroft Institute
University of Strathclyde
107 Rottenrow East
Glasgow, G4 0NG
Scotland

Tel:    0141 548 4727
Fax:    0141 552 2891

The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263

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