Separate Course Assignment Requirement from Assignment Grade - Evaluation Portfolio

[jmerlenbach2]

Currently, it appears that when a course assignment is used as an evidence requirement, a grade of any sort marks the requirement as graded and therefore completed in the eyes of the portfolio. However, when it comes to an evaluation portfolio this might not be the case. If a student receives a very low score, that might not meet the benchmark for the portfolio requirements.

It would be beneficial if either a minimum score requirement could be set on the portfolio for these kinds of requirements, or if a separate marking of complete/request revision/not complete could be used, similar to the review of the other requirement types.

The screen shot shows the example assignment as "graded", the student as completed, yet they earned zero points. I would not have considered this evidence adequate to consider the requirement met, but I do not have any way to indicate that in the portfolio itself.

In addition, it would be beneficial if the points possible on the assignment could also be displayed in the Submission Details panel, so that there is a value to compare the points earned to.

[LisaOndatje]

This is actually something that I believe happened in my case while trying to complete assignments online through Canvas. It has been very frustrating trying to complete the courses when the software itself isn't set up with the proper settings. The confusion it has caused isn't providing the proper reports. My question is how can the quality of learning be measured when the software has been set up to fail? I've worked on WMS databases and have used Microsoft products for at least 2 decades yet struggled to sign into a productive zoom call or figure out why my assignments were locked or not completed. When I reached out to the instructor I was pretty much called a liar and given an F. After I spent sometime going trough my history I found that the I was in fact being locked out of the assignments or not getting credit for the what I completed. The instructor sent me screenshots saying that I did have access since I just took the 2 test. However I got the automatic alerts that the assignments and quiz/test names were being added and changed. Now it makes sense what was happening and I should have never been given an F or D in 2 of the courses. I thought I was losing my mind and after the response from the instructor I didn't appeal the grade. I wanted to make sure I had the proof to show the school on Monday when I am able to speak with someone. 

[Dalma_Schnell · Accepted solution]

Hi @jmerlenbach2,

Thanks for sharing this! We’re actually in the process of redesigning how evaluation portfolios work with course assignments. The new approach will provide a more seamless workflow where these course assignments aren’t handled in the current way.

More to come on that soon, but the goal is to give you more control and clarity over completion criteria so situations like this don’t happen.

[jmerlenbach2]

Thank you Dalma! I'm hopeful that the redesign also includes some changes to the "assigning" of the evaluation portfolio. As best I can tell, if a user is in one of the courses that has an assignment linked, they are automatically assigned the evaluation portfolio. As a higher education institution, we have a large number of cross-listed courses, so if a program is attempting to do an evaluation portfolio for just students who have majors in the department, that may not include everyone on the roster for the course.

Having the option to include all users from a specific course in the evaluation is useful, but having it be the only option is limiting. I'd love some more granular ability to manage who an evaluation portfolio is assigned to.

Thank you for your continued efforts! The possibilities around having an Instructure native product to complete these types of portfolio evaluations is exciting for a large number of our users.

[Dalma_Schnell]

Hi @jmerlenbach2 

Absolutely! Based on some discoveries we ran with a few institutions refently, we are planning to include a self-enrollment option to help manage learners who are not part of the courses.

Thank you again for sharing your feedback and ideas, it’s really valuable as we shape the next steps for the evaluation portfolio experience!

[SamYu]

As an addition to this question.
How can I assess the portfolio as a whole?

[Dalma_Schnell]

Hi @SamYu ,

You can’t currently assess the entire portfolio. You can assess each requirement individually, or alternatively, ask your learners to submit their showcase portfolio as a link within a Canvas assignment, which you can then evaluate as a whole. There isn’t a specific review functionality available for assessing at the higher portfolio level within the portfolio tool.