[Academic] Semester 2 Formal Assessment guidance and deadlines

[Brian]

Dear All,

Please see attached guidance on the marking of the Semester 2 Formal 
Assessments (exams). This is also available on the Physics Playground 
Myplace page where other guidance is available.

https://classes.myplace.strath.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=25066#section-1

Regards,

Brian.

On 09/04/2021 16:28, Brian wrote:
>
> 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
> -- 
> -----------------------
> 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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