Ratingallocate
| Ratingallocate | |
|---|---|
| Type | Activity |
| Set | N/A |
| Downloads | https://moodle.org/plugins/view/mod_ratingallocate |
| Issues | https://github.com/learnweb/moodle-mod_ratingallocate |
| Discussion | https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=308418 |
| Maintainer(s) | University of Münster |
General
This plugin offers a possibility to distribute various resources among students, while aiming at maximizing the overall satisfaction with the distribution. For this purpose the plugin allows to create an activity with multiple choices, which can be rated by the students. In a next step an algorithm automatically calculates the best distribution based on the students preferences.
Settings
In the settings there are various possibilities to adjust the activity to the own needs. In the following all plugin specific settings are described in the view of the effect they have on the activity.
Rating strategy
The rating strategy is one of the core settings of the ratingallocate plugin. It specifies the way the students can rate upon the availiable choices. There are six different strategies avialiable:
- Yes-No The user can rate each choice with yes or no.
- Yes-Maybe-No The user can rate each choice with yes, maybe or no.
- Likert Scale The user can rate each choice within a scale of integers. The size of the scale can be adjusted (beginning with 0). A high number means a high preference.
- Give Points The user can rate the choices by assigning a number of points. The maximum number of points can be set below. The choice with the most points is preferred.
- Rank Choices The user has to state and order his n highest preferences. How many choices need to be rated can be set below.
- Tick Accept The user can state for each choice if it is acceptable for him.
In the background each selection option is assigned to an integer value for the use within the algorithm.
Dates
There are three dates, which are of intertest for the underlying process of a ratingallocate activity.
- Rating begins at This date states the time, when the rating period is opened. Before this time no student will be able to edit his rating.
- Rating ends at This date states the time, when the rating period is closed. After this time students are no longer able to create or edit their rating. In addition, all further steps of distribution offered to the teacher are only enabled after the rating period ended.
- Publishdate This date has no effect on the process of the activity but offers the teacher a possibility to communicate the expected publishdate. This date can be disabled.
Choices
It is possible to create an arbitray number of choices using the add and delete buttons. Each choice has individual settings:
- Titel The title to be displayed for the choice.
- Explanation The explanation should provide additional information to the choice.
- Max number of members This field restricts the number of members, who can be assigned to this choice to a certain value. This is necessary for the algorithm in order to provide a good distribution. (If there are no restrictions to the size, it is not necessary trying to optimize the distribution)
- Active It is possible to mark choices as inactive. This feature can be valuable if a course is duplicated over multiple semesters and one choice should be exluded for only one semester.
Contributors
The plugin is based on the group_distribution plugin of the University of Ulm (Germany) and is further developed and maintained by the University of Münter (Germany)
