This is available for Planners and Graders.
Threshold values help to automatically generate a grade in Inspera Assessment. A Grader awards marks, and the system automatically generates a grade based on the candidate's total points, the grading scale, and the Threshold values. A Planner defines the Thresholds before the test begins. However, in Marking 2.0, both Planners and Graders can access the Threshold editor to make changes until grading is confirmed.
This article explains how to open the Threshold editor through the Grade module, explains how to edit and save changes, and how the editor works when there are multiple Planners and Graders on a test.
For more information on the Threshold feature, see the article on Threshold levels.
How to open the Threshold editor in Grade
- Within the Grade workspace, click the Options dropdown menu.
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Under Settings, click Threshold values.
Understanding the Threshold settings page
The Settings page for Threshold values contains the following information:
- Grade: What grades are presented here depends on the grading scale chosen for this specific test.
- Minimum marks: Minimum amount of marks to get a specific grade. This is where you edit the Thresholds.
- Marks: The range of marks resulting in a specific grade.
- % correct: The range in percent of total score resulting in a specific grade.
- Candidates (Column available for Graders only): The number of candidates with a specific grade. If you have not started marking yet, the Candidates column will say 0 for all different grades since only candidates with marks on each and every question will appear in the table.
- % of total candidates (Column available for Graders only): Will be empty if marking has not started yet since only candidates with marks on each and every question will appear in the table.
- Avg. marks (Column available for Graders only): The average mark for candidates with that specific grade. Will be empty if marking has not started yet since only candidates with marks on each and every question will appear in the table.
The columns Candidates, % of total candidates, and Avg. marks will remain valueless before marking is complete.
In this example image, all candidates have been graded, therefore, all columns contain a value.
How to edit the Threshold values in Grade
The Threshold values can be edited by the Planner or the Grader as long as the grading is not yet confirmed. This section explains how to change a value, revert changes, and save your modifications.
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To edit the Threshold values:
- Select the input box in the Minimum marks column.
- Enter a new value.
The table will update with new values as you edit the Threshold . The values displayed in the Range column within the parentheses are the original values.
Example: Here the minimum marks for grade A have been reduced from 45 to 40 points. You can see which values have been affected as the previous value is displayed within the parentheses.
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To undo all the changes you have made, click on Revert changes. To revert a specific grade, click the revert arrow on the desired row.
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If the Thrs shold are being edited, the Edited tag will appear in the upper menu. Your modifications will not be lost if you close the Threshold editor window without saving them. Instead, it will be labeled Edited, and you will be able to continue editing from where you left off when you close the window.
To save changes to the Threshold values, Click Update > Update now.
This will save the new Threshold values and update the grades for all candidates in the test.
Changes of Threshold values will not affect:
- Candidates whose grades are set manually: This means that if you set a manual grade on a candidate and then make changes to the Thresholds, the candidate with a manual grade will keep that grade no matter the changes of Thresholds.
- Grades for candidates which are already confirmed: This means that if you confirm a grade for a candidate, and then make changes to the Thresholds, the candidate with a confirmed grade will keep that grade no matter these changes.
- Candidates with incomplete marks: This means that a grade cannot be calculated if the candidate is missing marks on one or more questions.
Multiple Planners and Graders on a test
If several Planners or Graders are in the Threshold editor at the same time, any changes one person makes will be updated immediately for all users. The changes are visible to everyone at that time, but they are not saved until the user clicks Update.
Threshold values are temporarily locked while another Planner or Grader is editing them.A message on the page will display that the values are temporarily locked.