Purpose

To allow the creation and maintenance of Unit Assessment Petterns

This form is used to create Assessment Patterns for Unit Offering Patterns.

Assessment Patterns are groups of Assessment Items. When students enrol in Unit Attempts, they can be assigned an Assessment Pattern, which automatically attaches the Assessment Items to the Student Unit Attempt.

A Unit Offering Pattern can have multiple Assessment Patterns, thereby giving the student a choice in the Assessment Items they complete.

For example: a student may be given the option to select Assessment Pattern 1 containing two assignments and an exam, or Assessment Pattern 2 containing three assignments. Even if no choice of Assessment Items is permitted, a single available group of Assessment Items for a unit may be set as an Assessment Pattern. This has the advantage of being able to record the assessment proportion for each item in the pattern.

For further details on Assessment Patterns, refer to the Understanding Assessments overview.

This form is accessed via the Maintain Unit Assessment Items (ASSF2310), via the Unit Assessment Patterns button (top block).

The Unit Offering Pattern block contains:

• Unit Code
• Version Number
• Unit Status
• Title
• Calendar Type
• Start Date
• End Date

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• Unit Assessment Items (ASSF2310)

The Unit Assessment Pattern block contains:

• Include Deleted Items check box
• Assessment Pattern Code
• Description
• Default Action Pattern Date check box
• Deletion Date
• Location Code
• Unit Code
• Unit Class

The Unit Assessment Pattern Item block contains:

• Assessment Item ID
• Assessment Type
• Reference
• Examinable check box
• Scheduled check box
• Due Date
• Percentage Apportion
• Description
• Deletion Date
• Action Date
• Exam Calendar Type
• Instance

This form can be accessed in context via the Unit Assessment Pattern button in the Maintain Unit Assessment Item form (ASSF2310); or, via a menu, allowing Unit Offering Pattern queries to be performed.

Fields of the Unit Assessment Pattern (middle block):

• Assessment Pattern Code & Description
  Record an Assessment Pattern Code and Description.
• Default Pattern check box
  Optionally, select the Default Pattern check box. This sets the Assessment Pattern to be automatically allocated to all students enrolled in the unit using the Automatically Maintain Student Unit Attempt Assessment Item process (ASSJ3212) or the Apply Unit Assessment Item Modifications to Student Units process (ASSJ3213). De-selecting the check box leaves the Assessment Pattern as optional. (These may be attached manually using the Maintain Student Unit Assessment Patterns form (ASSF3221)).
• Action Date
  The Action Date is inserted by the System on saving the record. Callista uses the Action Date to determine if there are any changes to a Unit Assessment Pattern that need to be applied to students enrolled in the unit, via ASSJ3213.
• Deletion Date
  The Deletion Date is the logical deletion date inserted by the System on deleting the Assessment Pattern and saving the change.
• Location Code; Unit Mode & Unit Class
  Optionally restrict the Assessment Pattern to students enrolled at a particular Location, or in particular, Mode or Class.
• Include Deleted Items check box
  Existing Assessment Patterns for the Unit Offering can be retrieved through a query. Selecting the Include Deleted Items check box displays previously attached Assessment Patterns. Any Assessment Items attached to the Assessment Pattern are also displayed and can be modified. Assessment Items can also be deleted from an Assessment Pattern. When deleting an Assessment Item, the user has the choice to also delete the Assessment Item from the Unit Offering.

Unit Assessment Pattern Item (bottom block)

• Assessment Items can be attached to an Assessment Pattern in three ways:
• Manually, entering a known Assessment Item ID;
• By creating an Assessment Item. Select the Assessment Item button to access the Maintain Assessment Items form (ASSF2100). Create the Assessment Item and save. Upon closing the form the new Assessment Item is inserted automatically and must be saved at this point; or
• By searching for an existing Assessment Item. Select the Find Assessment Item button to access the Find Unit Assessment Item form (ASSF2311). Perform query and select the Assessment Item. All Assessment Items associated with the context unit are displayed by default. Upon closing the form, the selected Assessment Item is automatically inserted and must be saved at this point.
• Reference Code
  A Reference code must be recorded for the Assessment Item (where one does not already exist). The Reference Code must be unique for the Unit Offering, not just unique for the Assessment Pattern.
• Due Date
  Due Date is optional, but is required for assignments that are to be tracked. Where a Due Date was recorded for the Assessment Item in ASSF2310, it is displayed in this form with the Assessment Item details. This can be modified if required and effects the Assessment Item Due Date in ASSF2310.
• Percentage Apportion
  Optionally record a Percentage Apportion for the Assessment Item. This is used to define the Total Assessment that the Assessment Item represents within the Assessment Pattern.
• Exam Calendar Type
  Where a Unit Offering Pattern is related to more than one exam period (eg. year long units), unit Assessment Pattern Assessment Items may be for different exam periods.
  
  For example, an Assessment Pattern for a unit offered in a year long Teaching Period might have two examinations; one mid year and one at the end of the year. Each of these Examinable Assessment Items is therefore related to a different Examination Period. This relationship can be created by specifying the appropriate Exam Calendar Type for each Assessment Item within the Assessment Pattern. If the Teaching Period spans multiple instances of an Examination Calendar Type (eg. a Teaching Period that starts in Semester 1 of one year and ends in Semester 1 of the following year), then it is necessary to specify the Exam Calendar Instance to which the assessment is related. If Examination Calendar Type or instance is not specified, the System will assume that the Assessment Item is related to all of the Teaching Period's parent Examination Calendars.

Rules/Notes:

Assessment Pattern Code must be unique within the Unit Offering.

Assessment Items must be unique within the Assessment Pattern.

Assessment Items can only be linked to Assessment Patterns in Unit Offering Options where the Unit Version is ACTIVE.

Where used, Percentage Apportion tallies must not exceed 100.

Assessment Patterns can be deleted. However, all Assessment Items must be deleted from the pattern first.

When deleting an Assessment Item from an Assessment Pattern, the Assessment Item cannot be deleted from the unit at the same time where the Assessment Item is part of other Unit Assessment Patterns.

Assessment Pattern Location, Mode and Class cannot be modified where an Assessment Item in the pattern exists in another Unit Assessment Pattern.

Reference:

Must be recorded for Examinable items and Assignments.

For Examinable items:

• Must be unique for each item.
• Must be the same in each record when a particular Assessment Item is associated with a different offering option of the same Unit Offering Pattern. (includes deleted items) For example, Assessment Item 22 with a reference of 1 is associated with a Unit Offering Option at Location A. If 22 is also associated with a Unit Offering at Location B, that record must also have a Reference value of 1.

For Non-examinable items of Assessment Type ASSIGNMENT, reference must be unique for a particular Assessment Type associated with a Unit Offering Pattern. For example, where a Unit Offering Pattern has two Assessment Items of type ASSIGNMENT associated with it, each must have a unique reference.

For Non-examinable items with an Assessment Type other than ASSIGNMENT, reference is optional, but must be unique within Assessment Type.