Julie

I would, in principle, be opposed to the final bullet , though I’m not sure if I know exactly what you mean. Web-PA is a peer mark moderating system – i.e. a system where peers moderate team marks allocated by a tutor. The last bullet suggests a move away from this. I personally don’t find the need for the other bullets except, perhaps the 8^th – although there is already a generalised preview that pretty well covers this function.

Peter

From: WebPA Project [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Voce, Julie K
Sent: 07 March 2011 14:35
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Subject: Developing WebPA

Dear All,

We have been piloting WebPA with a small group of users and would like to start expanding our use from the coming academic year. Our users have identified some areas they would like developed (see below) and we wondered whether anyone has already implemented or is in the process of implementing any of these requests. Also, we would submit our code back to the WebPA team for inclusion in the main release so it would be useful to know if there anything in our list that people definitely want or do not want?

We are planning on doing the development work over the Summer, so it would be useful to know what others are doing in terms development and when the next release of WebPA is due. Following up on Neil’s email about meetings, it would be useful to discuss developing WebPA at a SIG meeting, preferably in the next couple of months, and we’d be happy to host a meeting here at Imperial College London.

Best wishes,

Julie

Requested developments:

• Ability to view a list of students registered on a particular module via the GUI
• Ability to create a new module via the GUI, rather than a CSV upload.
• Ability to modify module data via the GUI
• Removal of module_id from module list and addition of number of students registered per module.
• Ability for administrators to delete a user via the GUI.
• Ability to specify a range using negative numbers e.g. -3 to +3
• Ability for a ‘superuser’ to view another staff member’s groups.
• Ability for staff to mimic a particular student’s view.
• Ability for staff to personalise the email text sent to students when an assessment is opened.
• Ability for students to assign a mark to other students (maximum mark to be defined by staff).

Julie Voce
E-Learning Services Manager
ICT
Imperial College London
Level 4, Sherfield Building
Exhibition Road
London SW7 2AZ

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