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Document Assessment
Document Assessments involve
downloading a file, following the directions in an instruction file to
change the downloaded file, and then uploading the modified file. These
exercises will provide you with hands-on practice with the actual application
you are learning how to use.
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Complete a Document Assessment
If you are enrolled in more than one course, select a course from the
course navigation pane on the left side of the page. SNAP displays the
links specific to that course.
To view information about a Document
Assessment,
- Click the Current Activities
link in the course navigation pane.
- If no Document
Assessment is available on the page, your instructor has not
yet assigned a Document Assessment
for you to complete.
- The date and time next to a Document
Assessment title is the time that assignment will be available.
- Click on a Document Assessment
link.
- On the next screen, first read the information about the assessment.
- If your instructor has provided an instruction
file, click the Instruction
link to view the instruction file.
- The instruction file can be printed and saved
to your computer.
- Click the file link in the Download
column to download the assignment file to your computer.
- Open the saved file on your computer and follow the instructions
on the assessment information page or the instructions in the instruction
file complete the assignment.
- When you have completed the work on the downloaded file, revisit
the Document Assessment Information
page, and upload the modified file.
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Upload a Document Assessment File
If you are enrolled in more than one course, select a course from the
course navigation pane on the left side of the page. SNAP displays the
links specific to that course.
To upload a Document Assessment
file,
- Click the Current Activities
link in the course navigation pane.
- Click on a Document Assessment
link.
- On the next screen, click the Browse…
button.
- Locate the file on your computer and click the Open
button.
- Click the Upload Assessment
button.
Note: You must upload the same
assignment file you downloaded and modified to submit your work. SNAP
will not accept an assignment file that has downloaded by a different
user or a new file that you have created.
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View Document Assessment Attempts
If you are enrolled in more than one course, select a course from the
course navigation pane on the left side of the page. SNAP displays the
links specific to that course.
To review information about a Document
Assessment,
- Click the Current Activities
link in the course navigation pane.
- Click on a Document Assessment
link.
- On the Document Assessment
information page, information about the attempt is displayed at the
top of the page.
The result file shows the differences between the submitted file and the model answer. The answer key is an annotated file that displace information about each step required to modifye the document. And the submitted document is the file that a student has uploaded for evaluation.
Results files show results in different formats, based on the application being used.
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For Word document assessments, text shown without any color background is prepared correctly. Text shown with a light red background is incorrect in some way. In that instance, the document also shows what the correct text would look like, shown with a light green background.
- For Excel document assessments, cells that contain incorrect content are shaded in light red. The relevant instructions for making the cell match the corresponding cell in the model answer are shown as a comment, which you can view by clicking the color triangle in the upper-right corner of the cell.
- For PowerPoint document assessments, mistakes are shown in comments. Comment background colors tell if the comment is for the slide (yellow), slide layout (blue), or slide master (red).
A sample answer key:
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View Grade for a Document Assessment
Based on the settings your instructor used when scheduling the Document Assessment, the grade might
be set to be a practice attempt meaning that the score is not included
in your final grade. If more than one attempt is allowed, your instructor
might specify that the highest grade, the average grade of all attempts,
or the first or last attempt is used to calculate your total grade.
See the Course Grades page for
information about how to view grades for a course.
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