February 2024 Release Overview
This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. For more in depth technical detail additional details are available on the release page.
- Forms
- Likert question type
- Rubrics performance level descriptions: Display choice persists
- Send reminders from gradebook: Improved student count for instructors
- Audio/Video Recording in feedback: Usability improvements
- Missed due dates included in the Course Activity Report
- Long Student names visibility in the Course Activity Report
- Feedback on override and automatic zero grades for Tests and Assignments
- Better control for “Students Alerts” notifications for instructors
Highlights for this release include:
Forms
Some instructors need to collect information to place students in clinical experiences. Others need to survey their class to gauge student interests or opinions. Now, instructors can create a Form for these use cases.
The following items are supported in a Form:
- essay question
- Likert question
- multiple choice question
- true/false question
- text
- local file
- file from cloud storage
- page break
By default, a Form is not graded. Questions in a form don’t have correct or incorrect answers.
Feedback on override and automatic zero grades for Tests and Assignments
Feedback is crucial for students as it supports and shapes their learning journey. Now, instructors can give feedback for overridden tests, assignment grades, and automatic zeros. This option appears in the Gradebook grid view, and the Submissions list after the override or automatic zero is entered.
Additionally, instructors can now upload feedback for students as part of the offline grading process. In the past, only uploaded grades were visible to students. Students can view override feedback after grades are posted. We also improved students’ access to the feedback. Now, feedback for all attempts on a test or assignment is visible in a panel.
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