Steps to help you … build content evaluate students

 Concepts not clicks  Overview of capabilities  Build a Waypoint Assignment Agenda

Waypoint takes rubrics off the page…

…Makes them interactive…

Create Assessments And Share …and shareable…

To create exceptional feedback …

 Printed and returned  ed to students in bulk  Returned to the Bb Grade Book That can be…

To begin using Waypoint to evaluate students, you need a Waypoint Assignment.

A Waypoint Assignment is a traditional rubric with some additional options and features.

A traditional rubric…

A Waypoint Assignment

Difference?  Waypoint Assignment is a rubric with options:  Checklist Elements  An Assignment description/prompt  Element (criteria) weighting  Elements (criteria) mapped to standards  Advice text  Reference text  Used for peer review, self-assessment, and surveys  Linked to a Blackboard Assignment for gradebook connectivity

 Receive as a gift (via or Teams)  Copy from the Public/Institution library  Import from RubiStar  Make your own from scratch Best ways to get an Assignment:

In Waypoint, the rows of a rubric …

… are called Elements

The indicators or performance descriptors …

… are Observations

To Evaluate a Student… 1. Build, copy or receive a Waypoint Assignment 2. Use the Assignment to Evaluate the Student let’s look at Evaluate first

Choose an Assignment

Choose a Course (terminology can vary)

Choose a Student

Click an Observation that most closely matches the student’s work

…First choice is ALWAYS the best…

Click Edit to add or change comments

Only THIS Student will see the changes

Add Overall Comments (optional) Add a Grade ( optional)

Even annotate a text…

And paste it into the Evaluation

Example Feedback for a Student

Building content in Waypoint Step 1: ‘Go to Waypoint’ – link in Blackboard Step 2: Synchronize your Student Roster Step 3: Use Quick Build Step 4: Evaluate your ‘Special Student’

Step 1: ‘Go to Waypoint’ Some web-based concepts … Use one of three major browsers Firefox 2.0+ (Mac or PC)  preferred Internet Explorer 6.0+ (PC) Safari 3.0+ (Mac or PC) Allow pop-up windows for subjectivemetrics.com 20-minute, resettable session time-out Save work often Complete support pages available via Support button (top right of every page)

Step 1: ‘Go to Waypoint’ 1. Log into a Blackboard Course for which you are an instructor 2. Click Course Tools 3. Click Go To Waypoint

Step 2: Synchronize your Roster 1. Click Synch Student Roster (top of page, second row of menu in the middle) 2. Select the classes (list is from Bb) that you will Evaluate 3. Uncheck “Create a reviewer record…” 4. Click Continue

Step 3: Use Quick Build

Enter basic Assignment information…

Then write your first Element Name:

…tie it to Competencies…

…and enter the Observations …

If you want less than five levels?

Move on to the next Element:

Then write the second Element Name:

Click Show/Hide to edit the details:

Complete the second Element:

Complete the remaining Elements:

Next step?  If you wanted a simple rubric, you’re all set!  If you want to add any of the following, you’ll need to edit your new Assignment  Advice  Reference  Checklist Elements  Weighting  Elements from your Element Library

Visit your Assignment Library :

To Edit your Assignment, click on its name on the Assignment Library.

You can also add Existing Elements…

Step 4: Evaluate students Step 1: ‘Go to Waypoint’ Step 2: Evaluate Step 3: Send feedback to students

Evaluate… 1. Choose Evaluate from the menu 2. Choose the Assignment 3. Choose the Course 4. Choose the Student whose work you will evaluate

Click your way through the Elements

Return feedback to students 1. Choose Manage from the menu 2. Choose the Assignment 3. Select ALL under /Print, then click /Print

 Create a Bb Assignment  Visit Bb Control Panel  Click “Link/Unlink Waypoint”  Place a check in the appropriate “Instructor” box  Click Submit To return Waypoint Feedback to Bb…

1. Check ‘All’ in the To CMS column 2. Click ‘Send results to CMS Gradebook’

Select a Bb Assignment previously ‘linked’ and click ‘Continue’