3. How can I help you? Tell me how to manage students’ work.
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7. How should I explain about assessments? I want interactive instructions. Detailed. Take me through it screen by screen. I want you to print a series of annotated screen shots that tell me what to do, step by step ( 9 pages)
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21. The full monty. Just like in real life, you go through a number of steps with assessments. As STARS is so user friendly, none of these take very long: do you want to do something specific, or just go through everything? Creating assessments. Launching assessments. Receiving assessments. Marking assessments.
22. Choose the first course and tutor group for whom you are setting an assessment.
23. From the Staff Hub, click on the STARS link. Click Manage Assessments
32. If the assessment needs to be linked to an assessment point, tell STARS here.
33. The next step is to tell STARS which students have submitted the work. Are you ready? Yes Not yet .
34. See those tabs at the top of your browser? If you move your mouse over each one, one of them should display a little message box like this one – click on it. If this doesn’t work for you, don’t worry – just click on the STARS link on the Staff Hub again.
35. Choose the course and tutor group from whom you are receiving an assessment.
38. You should get a screen like this: if STARS tells you that you haven’t yet issued the assessment to the group, click here .
39. Just like on the register system, it is usually fastest to tell STARS that all students have submitted work then click on the red buttons to un-submit the naughty ones. Alternatively, just press the Record Now button for the students who have submitted work.
40. By default, all these dates are set to the current date. You can change them using the arrows to tell STARS that students submitted earlier or later.
41. The next step is to mark the students’ work. Are you ready? Yes Not yet .
42. See those tabs at the top of your browser? If you move your mouse over each one, one of them should display a little message box like this one. If this doesn’t work for you, don’t worry – just click on the STARS link on the Staff Hub again.
43. Choose the course and tutor group for whom you are marking an assessment.
44. STARS now shows you the students in the tutor group and the assessments. Click on the assessment you want to mark.
45. Click Marking Screen (basic) Now you’ve selected the assessment, you can mark the students’ work – but only those who have submitted it.
46. Use the dropdown boxes to mark students as Pass, Merit or Distinction. This allows STARS to record the level to which the student is currently working.
49. How should I explain about assignments? I want interactive instructions. Detailed. Take me through it screen by screen. I want you to print a series of annotated screen shots that tell me what to do, step by step (10 pages)
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52. The full monty. Just like in real life, you go through a number of steps with assessments. As STARS is so user friendly, none of these take very long: do you want to do something specific, or just go through everything? Creating assignments. Launching assignments. Receiving assignments. Marking assignments.
53. Choose the first course and tutor group for whom you are setting an assignment.
54. From the Staff Hub, click on the STARS link. Click Manage Assessments
56. You can see the assignments you have already created here . Add your assignment number, a description, and the first criterion it offers- then press [create now]
57. Your new assignment appears here. Do you want to issue it to your students? Yes Not yet .
58. Choose the first course and tutor group for whom you are setting an assignment.
59. From the Staff Hub, click on the STARS link. Click Manage Assessments
63. If the assessment needs to be linked to an assessment point, tell STARS here.
64. You have already told STARS about the first criterion included in your assignment. Click these buttons to add more .
65. The next step is to tell STARS which students have submitted the work. Are you ready? Yes Not yet .
66. See those tabs at the top of your browser? If you move your mouse over each one, one of them should display a little message box like this one – click on it. If this doesn’t work for you, don’t worry – just click on the STARS link on the Staff Hub again.
67. Choose the course and tutor group from whom you are receiving an assignment.
70. You should get a screen like this: if STARS tells you that you haven’t yet issued the assignment to the group, click here .
71. Just like on the register system, it is usually fastest to tell STARS that all students have submitted work then click on the red buttons to un-submit the naughty ones. Alternatively, just press the Record Now button for the students who have submitted work.
72. By default, all these dates are set to the current date. You can change them using the arrows to tell STARS that students submitted earlier or later.
73. See those tabs at the top of your browser? If you move your mouse over each one, one of them should display a little message box like this one. If this doesn’t work for you, don’t worry – just click on the STARS link on the Staff Hub again.
74. The next step is to mark the students’ work. Are you ready? Yes Not yet .
75. Choose the course and tutor group for whom you are marking an assignment.
76. STARS now shows you the students in the tutor group and the assignments. Click on the assignment you want to mark.
77. Now you’ve selected the assessment, you can mark the students’ work – but only those who have submitted it. NA = not attempted MK = awaiting marking NM = not met PM = part met MET = met.
78. Use the dropdown boxes to mark students as Pass, Merit or Distinction. This allows STARS to record the level to which the student is currently working.
