Competencias

Nota del traductor: La palabra ingles Outcomes se tradujo al Español internacional como Resultados y en el Español de México como Competencias.

Las competencias son descripciones específicas de lo que el alumno ha demostrado y entendido al término de una actividad o curso. Cada competencia es valorada por medio de algún tipo de Escala Otros términos para competencias son 'resultados', y "metas". En términos simples las competencias son similares a sub componentes de una calificación. Una calificación es una evaluación del desempeño general que puede incluir examenes, participación, asistencia, y proyectos. Las competencias evalúan aspectos específicos del conocimiento mediante una serie de enunciados, que pueden estar codificados con números o letras. Así pues, una calificación general puede darse para un curso, junto con enunciados acerca de competencias específicas en la forma de competencias.

Habilitar las competencias

1. Go to Site administration > Advanced features and ensure that Enable outcomes is checked (by default, it isn't).

Uso de competencias

1. Choose or define some outcomes for your course (see below).
2. For each activity, choose which of these outcomes apply using the tickbox in the activity's settings page.
3. When grading that activity, grade each student using the Outcome scales. Note: You can also edit the grades in the Grader report (useful for modules that don't feature inbuilt grading).
4. Use the outcomes as part of the assessment for students, or look at the Outcomes report for some useful feedback on how students in the class in general are performing.

Reporte de competencias

The outcomes report in Administration > Course administration > Grades > Outcomes report helps teachers monitor their students' progress using outcomes. It lists site-wide outcomes and custom outcomes used in the current course, their overall average (each outcome can be measured through many grade items). It will show the name, course and site wide average, the activity, the average values and the number of "grades" given.

The outcomes report is a table with 6 columns:

• Short name - the short name of the outcome used in this course.
• Course average -shows two values representing the average scores given to students for each outcome used in this course.
• Site-wide - Whether the outcome is a site-wide outcome or not.
• Activities - This lists the activities that use this outcome in this course. A new row is created for each activity, and the activity name is linked to the activity's page.
• Average - the average score for each activity using the outcome in this course.
• Number of Grades - The number of grades given to students for each activity using the outcome.

Competencias usadas en curso

Outcomes may be set at site and/or course level. To choose outcomes for use in your course:

1. View available standard outcomes in Administration> Course administration > Outcomes or via the gradebook Outcomes tab
2. Add outcomes from the standard available list (right side), and use the left-facing arrow button to add them to outcomes used list (left side). Multiple outcomes may be selected by holding down the Apple or Ctrl key whilst clicking on the individual outcomes.

Añadir competencias a nivel de curso

Adding an outcome

To add a course-level outcome:

1. Click the 'Edit outcomes' link in Administration > Course administration > Outcomes
2. Click the 'Add a new outcome' button.
3. Complete the form then click the 'Save changes' button.

Añadir competencias estándar

An administrator can add standard outcomes, which are available site-wide, in Administration > Site administration > Grades > Outcomes. Multiple standard outcomes can be added using the import outcomes functionality (see below).

Exportar competencias

Outcomes (and their associated scales) can be exported by clicking the "Export all outcomes" button. This will send a file (in .csv format) that can be read by Excel, OpenOffice.org or by any text editor.

Importar competencias

Outcomes (and associated scales) may be imported by submitting a csv file. The format should be as follows:

Field name	Description	Required	Format
outcome_name	The full name of the outcome	Yes	String
outcome_shortname	The short name of the outcome	Yes	String
outcome_description	The description of the outcome	No	String
scale_name	The name of the scale used	Yes	String
scale_items	A comma-separated list of scale items	Yes	String
scale_description	The description of the scale	No	String

Here is an example:

outcome_name;outcome_shortname;outcome_description;scale_name;scale_items;scale_description
Participation;participation;;Participation scale;"Little or no participation, Satisfactory participation, Full participation";

To import outcomes:

1. Click the 'Import outcomes' link in Administration > Course administration > Outcomes
2. Choose 'Import as custom outcomes (only this course)' or 'Import as standard outcomes' as required
3. Upload the csv file

Note that while importing:

• Existing outcomes and scale will be used if available (no overwriting is done by the script)
• The script will stop if it detects that the file contains invalid data

Remover competencias seleccionadas para actividades

Previously selected outcomes are greyed out on the update activity page, however they can be removed via the gradebook on the categories and items page. They will appear in the list either below or above the activity they have been enabled in and will have the same icon as that activity. Note that if you have renamed the outcome since you assigned it to the activity, the orginal name will be displayed. Deleting the outcomes from this list will result in the outcomes being deselected on the update activity page.

Capacidades de competencias

• View the outcomes report
• Manage grade outcomes

Vea también

• Moodle 1.9 Outcomes External link to slide show demonstration
• Outcome examples - An example use of Outcomes
• Video on how to use outcomes in Moodle
• Using Moodle Outcomes in 1.9 forum discussion