Observation Checklists - MORE OPTIONS

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Michael Povey

Observation checklists could be enhanced by expanding assessment options beyond the standard "Satisfactory" and "Unsatisfactory" categories. This would allow for greater flexibility in assessments by including options such as "Not Applicable" to cover cases where specific criteria do not apply. Additionally, users could create custom evaluation categories, including options like "Pass," "Fail," or graded scales (e.g., A, B, C, etc.). A rating scale (e.g., 1-5) could also be useful for skills or competencies that benefit from a range-based evaluation, providing a more nuanced understanding of learner performance.

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  • Liz Pilkington

    It would also be good to have some of the features from the other assessment types such as checkboxes for certain observable items.

    Example:

    Which the following pieces of equipment did the student use: 

    • whisk
    • scales
    • bowls
    • utensils 

     

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  • Mark Gilmore

    Hi Michael and Liz

    Thank you for your feedback.

    We actually have a feature called "Observation Conditions" that is reaching the later stages of development.

    Conditions will ship shortly after our new Assessment Authoring improvements. Note that they aren't/won't be supported in the old trainer app (but will of course be supported in the new aXcelerate app).

    I have enabled both features in each of your staging accounts so that you can try them out.

    Looking forward to any feedback that you have.

    Cheers
    Mark

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  • Adrian Date

    Mark, when is the new trainer app expected to support workshops ?

     

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  • Michael Povey

    Hi Mark,

    Thank you for the access, I have been playing around with this feature today.

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  • Liz Pilkington

    Hi Mark,

    Thanks for this. 

    I have a couple of questions: 

     - is the "Observation with Comments" going to be available so that the assessor enters the information (e.g. I can add the checkboxes and the assessor can tick off listed items such as ingredients) ?

     - when I preview the "Observation with Conditions" I don't see the conditions in the preview. Am I doing something wrong?

     

    Liz

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  • Mark Gilmore

    Hi Liz

    Thanks for your feedback.

    Can you provide a bit more detail about "Observation with comments"? Do you mean the Assessor makes the conditions on a case-by-case basis rather than pre-authoring them in the LMS?

    Regarding the Assessment preview, it historically represents what the student would see - however the observation conditions are only interacted with by the Assessors. Learners don't actually complete Observation assessments so we haven't added this to the preview yet.

    Thanks
    Mark

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  • Liz Pilkington

    Hi Mark

    I have tested further and now that I have created an instance, I can see the conditions available during marking. 

    I initially misunderstood the use of preview. 

     

    Thanks

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  • Sky Morgan

    We agree with this comment above:

    It would also be good to have some of the features from the other assessment types such as checkboxes for certain observable items.

    Example:

    Which the following pieces of equipment did the student use: 

    • whisk
    • scales
    • bowls
    • utensils 
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