[#MDL-18364] Confusing 'Grading method' and 'Attempts grading' settings in SCORM activity - Moodle Tracker

Details

Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Minor
Resolution: Fixed
Affects Version/s: 1.9.4
Fix Version/s: 2.0
Component/s: SCORM
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Database:

MySQL
Affected Branches:
MOODLE_19_STABLE
Fixed Branches:
MOODLE_20_STABLE

Description

When adding a new SCORM actyivity in a course, Teacher faces two settings that seems to overlap: 'Grading method' and 'Attempts grading'.
Even reading carefully the help, and the doc pages, it is difficult to understand what will be the grade that will appear in the Gradebook as well the relations (If any) among the two settings. In the recent past the only setting was "Grading method".

Would be probably worth to better explain the two settings both in the help and in the Docs, as well as changing setting name to let people understand what they really do.

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Heikki Wilenius added a comment - 12/May/09 4:54 PM

This comes up first in a Google search, when trying to find more information about the subject.

Perhaps the difference between 'Grading method' and 'Attempts grading' could be written in the help file along these lines: 'Grading method' means how the grade of a single attempt at the SCORM module is calculated. 'Attempts grading' means if you allow multiple attempts at the module, what kind of grade gets sent to the gradebook.

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Heikki Wilenius added a comment - 12/May/09 4:54 PM This comes up first in a Google search, when trying to find more information about the subject. Perhaps the difference between 'Grading method' and 'Attempts grading' could be written in the help file along these lines: 'Grading method' means how the grade of a single attempt at the SCORM module is calculated. 'Attempts grading' means if you allow multiple attempts at the module, what kind of grade gets sent to the gradebook.

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Dan Marsden added a comment - 25/Jun/09 5:36 AM

Hi Andrea,

Yes - the settings aren't explained well, or easy to understand - I'd actually like to remove both and turn them into a single drop list of options, but this is pretty low in the priority list. There is no current funding to allow work on SCORM - it is all done in our very limited free time.

I've posted here asking for funding to allow us to continue the work;
http://danmarsden.com/blog/2009/05/23/scorm-2004-in-moodle/

Thanks,

Dan

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Dan Marsden added a comment - 25/Jun/09 5:36 AM Hi Andrea, Yes - the settings aren't explained well, or easy to understand - I'd actually like to remove both and turn them into a single drop list of options, but this is pretty low in the priority list. There is no current funding to allow work on SCORM - it is all done in our very limited free time. I've posted here asking for funding to allow us to continue the work; http://danmarsden.com/blog/2009/05/23/scorm-2004-in-moodle/ Thanks, Dan

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Dan Marsden added a comment - 28/Jun/10 8:28 AM

Docs have improved a lot recently and I've also added some improved help specific to the attempts grading in HEAD - here's a good FAQ in the docs which helps to explain it:
http://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_FAQ#Handling_of_Multiple_Attempts

Feel free to suggest further improvements to text - especially if you can come up with a better way to explain it - either by adding the text to the docs, or if you feel contextual help in Moodle still needs work - post your suggested revised text and I'll review it again.

thanks,

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Dan Marsden added a comment - 28/Jun/10 8:28 AM Docs have improved a lot recently and I've also added some improved help specific to the attempts grading in HEAD - here's a good FAQ in the docs which helps to explain it: http://docs.moodle.org/en/SCORM_FAQ#Handling_of_Multiple_Attempts Feel free to suggest further improvements to text - especially if you can come up with a better way to explain it - either by adding the text to the docs, or if you feel contextual help in Moodle still needs work - post your suggested revised text and I'll review it again. thanks,

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Assignee:

Dan Marsden

Reporter:

Andrea Bicciolo

Participants:

Andrea Bicciolo, Dan Marsden, Heikki Wilenius

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Dates

Created:

25/Feb/09 3:25 AM

Updated:

17/Dec/10 12:51 PM

Resolved:

28/Jun/10 8:28 AM