An appraisal form is an assignment type within Ans and can be used to assess students on their work. This assignment type is often used to assess students at the same time as when they are performing the assessment. The appraisal form is often used for practical assignments, such as oral presentations. The appraisal form can be used, for example, to check off steps that a student should complete or mention during the assessment.
The main difference between an appraisal form and other assignment types, is the starting moment of the assignment. For other assignment types, such as the digital test, the student needs to take the assignment by answering the questions. For the appraisal form, the reviewer is in charge of the starting moment, as the reviewer chooses for which student a review needs to be done. This makes the appraisal form helpful for practical assignments, as the order in which the students perform the assessment might not be clear upfront. For taking this assignment type, students do not need to sign in to Ans because they are not active in the platform during the assessment.
In this article, more information on how to create an appraisal form including adding questions and exercises is given, as well as how to review students.
To create an appraisal form, follow the steps below.
- Click the domain School name in the menu on the left.
- Click on label_importantCourses in the menu at the top.
- Click on your course or use the search bar.
- Click on New assignment.
- Fill in the name of your assignment.
- Select Appraisal form and click Create.
As with all assignment types, the basis of an appraisal form are exercises that contain questions. First, an exercise must be created. Follow the steps below to create an exercise.
- Click the domain School name in the menu on the left.
- Click on label_importantCourses in the menu at the top.
- Click on your course or use the search bar.
- Click on your assignment or use the search bar.
- Click New exercise.
- Fill in the name of the exercise and click Save.
After adding an exercise, you will see the following screen:
If you have been using other assignment types before, such as the digital test, a few differences can be noticed:
- The tabs 'Grading scheme' and 'Objectives' are the only tabs showing. In this assignment type, a question and optionally, a model answer, is created in the tab 'Grading scheme'. It is also not possible to add flow and exercise groups.
- Within an exercise, it is only possible to add questions. No descriptions can be added. Descriptions are not relevant for this assignment type, as students will not be active in the platform during the assessment.
- The preview of the assignment will not be generated, hence why the screen on the right is black.
Now it is possible to add questions to the exercise by clicking New question. For the appraisal form, there are only two question types available. The two question types are:
Open questionAnother difference between the appraisal form and other assignment types is that exercises are not separated during the reviewing process. All questions and exercises are shown below each other in one overview. The reason for this is to prevent additional clicks to switch to another interface while the live assessment of a student is ongoing. In the example below, you can see an example of an evaluation form with a grading scheme, combined with an open question.
lightbulb_outline It is possible to add a timeslot to the appraisal form, similar to adding a timeslot to the other assignment types. However, the timeslot for the appraisal form will not result in making the assignment available for the selected students' group during the specific time. The assignment will always and only be open to the reviewers.
Other options of the appraisal form
The appraisal form also has other options similar to the other assignment types. For example, you can set the mark calculation or publish the results.
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