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| == Overview ==
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| An outcome item IS NOT an [[Outcomes|outcome]].
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| An outcome item is in most respects the same thing as a [[Grade items|grade item]].
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| The main difference between the two is that the purpose of a outcome item is to rate students on a particular outcome/competency/goal, whereas grade items are used for grading students, usually with the intention of aggregating the results as a measure of the student's performance in the course activities.
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| An outcome item is always linked with an outcome, which itself is linked to a [[Scales|scale]]. The scale may represent a quantitative measure, its values being arranged from lowest to highest; or it may represent a qualitative measure, in which the order of the scale values is irrelevant. The first type can be aggregated, but the second type shouldn't (we wouldn't want to fail a student because her favourite colour is "blue"!).
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| An outcome item may optionally be linked to an activity. This activity may or may not appear in the gradebook (for example, a wiki is usually not graded, so does not appear). Linking an outcome item with an activity creates a grade item with the icon of the linked activity, but there is no other way to see which activity it is linked with. For this reason, it is a good idea to include the activity name in the name of the outcome item (e.g. Wiki 1: Participation).
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| == Settings ==
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| === Item name ===
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| Usually named after the linked outcome. If linked to an activity, it is a good idea to include that activity's name in the item name (see explanation above)
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| === Outcome ===
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| The site or course outcome this item represents in the gradebook.
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| === Linked activity ===
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| An optional course activity with which this outcome item can be linked. See notes above regarding the naming of activity-linked outcome items.
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| === Hidden ===
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| See [[Grade_hiding]] for info.
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| === Locked ===
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| See [[Grade_locking]] for info.
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| == Advanced settings ==
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| === Item info ===
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| A space for entering information about the item. Text entered does not appear anywhere else.
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| === ID number ===
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| Setting an ID number provides a way of identifying the outcome item for grade calculation purposes. If the outcome item is not included in any grade calculation, or if a calculation is not applicable (i.e. qualitative scales), then the ID number field can be left blank.
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