Tournament Documentation (Spring 2014)
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Table$of$Contents$ 1.1# Introduction#.....................................................................................................................................................................................#3# 1.2# Creating#a#tournament#................................................................................................................................................................#4# 1.2.1# Scheduling.a.tournament......................................................................................................................................................6# 1.2.2# Creating.practice.sessions....................................................................................................................................................6# 1.3# Enabling#Practice#Mode#..............................................................................................................................................................#8# 1.3.1# Professor’s.views.......................................................................................................................................................................8# 1.3.2# Student’s.views...........................................................................................................................................................................8# 1.4# Playing#the#tournament#............................................................................................................................................................#10# 1.4.1# Professor’s.views.....................................................................................................................................................................10# 1.4.2# Student’s.views.........................................................................................................................................................................10# 1.5# When#the#tournament#ends#....................................................................................................................................................#12# 1.5.1# Professor’s.views.....................................................................................................................................................................12# 1.5.2# Student’s.views.........................................................................................................................................................................13# 1.6# The#gradebook#..............................................................................................................................................................................#14# 1.6.1# Professor’s.views.....................................................................................................................................................................14# 1.6.2# Student’s.views.........................................................................................................................................................................16#
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Introduction$
Tournaments!allow!students!to!review!material!or!demonstrate!their!understanding!of!concepts!in!a!fun!and! engaging!way.!When!a!tournament!is!activated,!all!students!enrolled!in!the!class!who!are!online!at!that!moment! will!be!randomly!paired!off!into!groups!of!two.!Each!pair!will!be!assigned!a!random!question!from!within!your! questions!module.!This!will!be!round!one!of!the!tournament.!As!well,!you!choose!which!question!to!include!in! the!tournament!during!the!tournament!creation!process,!and!how!many!rounds!the!tournament!will!have.! Within!each!pair!the!two!students!then!complete!with!each!other!in!answering!the!question.!Again,!you!will! have!chosen!the!grading!scheme!for!how!the!rounds!play!when!you!created!the!tournament.!For!the!next! round,!those!students!within!each!pair!who!scored!the!higher!point!will!be!paired!off!with!each!other!(again!in! groups!of!two),!and!those!who!scored!the!lower!points!will!be!paired!off!with!each!other.!Again!each!of!the!two! student!within!these!new!pairs!will!compete!with!each!other!in!answering!the!question.!This!process!continues! until!all!rounds!in!the!tournament!have!been!played.! At!the!conclusion!of!the!tournament,!each!student!will!see!a!ranking!of!the!top!10!scorers!for!that!tournament,! will!have!completed!in!fun!way!with!their!peers,!and!will!have!much!a!better!idea!of!the!their!own!level!of! understanding!of!the!concepts!covered!by!the!questions!in!the!tournament,!as!well!as!how!that!student! compares!to!her/his!peers.! !
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Creating$a$tournament$
To!create!a!tournament,!first!ensure!that!the!tournament!module!is!activated!within!your!course’s!settings.! Then!click!the!blue!“Create”!button!within!the!tournaments!module.!This!will!bring!up!the!“Add$Tournament”! pane.!Here!you!can!give!your!tournament!a!name!and!bring!up!the!advanced!settings!to!assign!how!the! tournament!will!play!out.!The!window!will!also!show!an!option!to!click!“Tournament$immediately$available”.! You!can!select!this!option!to!launch!the!tournament!immediately!after!creating!it,!or!uncheck!the!box!to! schedule!a!tournament!for!a!later!time!or!to!start!the!tournament!manually.!
! The!advanced!settings!allow!you!to!adjust!maximum!attempts!per!question,!the!length!of!each!round,! participation!and!correctness!weights,!points!for!correct!answer,!points!for!quickest!answer,!and!penalties!for! incorrect!attempts.! •
Maximum$attempts$per$question:!this!is!the!maximum!number!of!attempts!a!student!can!make!in!each! round!of!the!tournament!to!answer!a!question.!
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Length$of$each$round:!this!is!the!time!in!seconds!that!each!round!will!last!for.!All!participants!in!a! tournament!will!progress!at!the!same!pace.!
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Participation$weight:!if!a!student!participates!in!a!tournament,!they!will!automatically!be!awarded!this! grade.!The!participation!weight!and!correctness!weight!are!the!only!two!components!of!a!tournament’s! scoring!scheme!that!will!be!recorded!in!the!gradebook.!
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Correctness$weight:!depending!on!how!many!points!each!student!scores!in!playing!the!tournament,! they!will!be!awarded!a!percentage!of!this!correctness!grade.!The!participation!weight!and!correctness! weight!are!the!only!two!components!of!a!tournament’s!scoring!scheme!that!will!be!recorded!in!the! gradebook.!
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Points$for$correct$answer:!for!every!correct!answer!to!a!question!the!student!will!be!awarded!this!point.!
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Points$for$quickest$correct$answer:!within!each!group!of!two!students,!the!student!that!answers!the! question!the!quickest!will!be!awarded!this!number!of!points.!
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Penalty$for$incorrect$attempt:!the!student!will!be!penalized!this!many!points!every!time!they!submit!an! incorrect!answer!to!a!question.!If!you!have!allowed!for!more!than!one!attempt!to!answer!a!question,! the!student!will!be!penalized!this!many!points!for!every!incorrect!attempt!that!that!student!make!in! trying!to!answer!each!question.!For!example,!if!you!have!allowed!for!3!attempts!and!assigned!a!5Spoint! penalty!for!incorrect!answers,!if!a!student!tries!and!fails!3!times!to!answer!a!question,!that!student!will! be!penalized!5!x!3!=!15!points!for!that!question.!
After!clicking!“Next,”!you!will!be!able!to!scroll!through!your!question!bank!and!select!the!questions!you!would! like!included!in!your!tournament.!You!can!also!assign!the!number!of!rounds!your!tournament!contains.!Note! that!in!order!for!students!to!see!a!unique!question!and!opponent!in!each!round,!the!maximum!number!of! rounds!is!limited!to!half!the!total!number!of!questions!you!select.!Then!click!“Save”.!
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Scheduling.a.tournament.
Immediately!after!clicking!“Save”!when!you!create!your!tournmant,!you!will!have!the!option!to!assign!a! schedule!for!your!tournament.!To!asign!a!schedule,!click!“Schedule$the$tournament”.!Then!assign!the!desired! date!and!time!for!your!tournament!and!click!“Save”.!
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Creating.practice.sessions.
Immediately!after!clicking!“Save”!when!you!create!your!tournmant,!you!will!have!the!option!to!assign!practice! sessions!as!well.!To!assign!one!or!more!practice!sessions,!click!“Create$a$practice$session”.!
! You!can!then!click!“Add$practice$session”,!as!many!times!as!you!like,!give!each!practice!session!a!name,!and! select!which!questions!you!would!like!to!include!as!part!of!that!practice!session.!
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! Then!click!“Back”!to!go!back!to!the!tournament!creation!pane,!and!click!“Done”.!
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Enabling$Practice$Mode$ Professor’s.views.
Your!tournament(s)!will!be!listed!within!the!Tournaments!module.!To!give!students!access!to!the!practice!mode,! simply!toggle!the!status!of!that!tournament!to!“Practice$Mode”.!
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Student’s.views.
When!you!have!enabled!practice!mode,!students!will!see!that!tournament!become!available!to!them.!
! The!student!can!then!click!that!tournament!to!view!its!details,!and!click!“Begin$Practice”!to!start!the!practice! session.!
! The!student!would!then!see!the!questions!for!that!practice!session,!one!question!at!a!time.!For!each!question! they!will!see!the!number!of!attempts!they!have!available!to!them!to!answer!that!question!as!well!as!how!much!
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! When!the!student!finishes!answering!the!questions!in!the!practice!session,!the!student!will!see!a!summary!of! which!questions!she/he!answered!incorrectly!and!which!they!answered!correctly.!The!student!also!has!the! option!to!restart!the!practice!session.!Practice!sessions!do!not!count!for!grades.!
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Playing$the$tournament$ Professor’s.views.
If!you!have!not!assigned!a!schedule!for!the!tournament,!you!will!want!to!start!the!tournament!manually.!You! can!do!this!by!toggling!the!status!of!that!tournament!to!“Play$Tournament”.!
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Student’s.views.
When!the!tournament!starts,!all!students!who!are!enrolled!in!the!class!and!who!are!logged!in!via!a!web!browser! or!a!mobile!app!will!be!included!as!participants.!These!students!will!be!randomly!divided!into!pairs!of!two!and! each!pair!of!two!will!be!presented!with!a!random!question!included!within!the!tournament!(see!section!1.1).! Each!student,!on!their!device,!will!see!the!username!of!the!student!they!are!competing!with!for!that!round,! which!round!they!are!in,!how!many!rounds!there!are!in!the!tournament,!and!how!much!time!in!seconds!remain! in!the!current!round.!The!student!also!sees!the!question!for!which!she/he!is!competing!on!with!their!opponent.! As!well,!students!get!a!visual!representation!of!how!many!attempts!they!have!remaining!in!answering!the! questions,!and!receive!a!red!“X”!icon!for!every!incorrect!attempt!(two!in!the!screenshot!below).!Remember!that! for!each!incorrect!attempt!the!student!will!be!penalized!the!“Penalty$for$incorrect$attempts”!assigned!during! the!tournament!creation!process!(section!1.2).!
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When$the$tournament$ends$ Professor’s.views.
When!the!tournament!ends,!the!professor!will!see!a!ranking!of!the!students!in!class.!
! The!professor!can!switch!to!the!“History”!tab!and,!by!selecting!individual!students!from!the!“User”!pullSdown! menu,!can!see!a!complete!history!of!each!student!who!participated!in!the!tournament.!The!professor!can!also! click!“View$Question”!to!see!which!questions!that!student!was!presented!with!during!each!round!of!the! tournament.!!
! The!professor!can!also!switch!to!the!“Questions”!tab.!Here!will!be!listed!all!the!questions!that!students!saw!as! part!of!the!tournament,!and!for!each!question!a!summary!of!how!many!students!answered!that!question! correctly!and!how!many!incorrectly.!The!professor!would!then!have!a!very!good!indicator!of!which!questions! the!class!as!a!whole!may!be!having!difficulties!with.!
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Student’s.views.
When!the!tournament!ends,!each!student!will!also!see!a!ranking!of!the!top!ten!students!in!class,!and!where!that! students!stands!relative!to!the!other!students.!
! The!student!can!also!switch!to!the!“History”!tab!to!view!a!summary!of!how!many!rounds!the!tournament!lasted! for,!how!many!attempts!she/he!made!in!answering!the!question!in!each!round,!and!how!many!points!the! student!scored!in!each!round.!The!student!can!also!click!“View$Question”!for!each!round!to!see!a!preview!of!the! question!for!that!round.!
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The$gradebook$ Professor’s.views.
Tournament!results!will!be!recorded!in!the!gradebook.!However,!only!the!“Correctness$Weight”!and! “Participation$Weight”!(see!section!1.2)!will!be!recorded!as!part!of!the!grade.!
! And!as!always,!the!professor!can!click!on!the!tournament!item!in!the!gradebook!to!see!a!list!of!all!the!students! enrolled!in!class,!which!ones!took!part!in!the!tournament,!and!exactly!what!each!student!scored!for!correctness! and!participation!for!that!tournament.!
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Student’s.views.
Students!will!also!see!the!tournament!results!in!their!own!gradebook.!Again,!only!the!correctness!and! partcipation!grades!will!be!recorded.!
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Grading$a$Tournament$ 1.7.1
Correctness.Marks.
Marks!for!giving!the!correct!answer!are!only!awarded!when!the!tournament!is!played.!Student!will!get!a! percentage!of!correctness!based!on!the!number!of!correct!answers!they!have!submitted!out!of!the!maximum! value!of!correctness!set!in!tournament!creation.!For!example,!if!there!are!twenty!questions!in!a!tournament,! each!with!one!mark!for!the!correct!answer,!and!a!student!answers!17!of!them!correct,!they!would!be!given!a! grade!of!17/20!or!85%!for!that!tournament.! Please!note!that!point!awarded!for!the!first!correct!answer!have!no!effect!on!the!grade,!but!those!are!only!used! to!determine!the!rankings.! 1.7.2
Participation.Marks.
Marks!for!participating!in!a!tournament!are!not!given!out!when!a!tournament!is!played.!Participation!grades!are! only!awarded!when!a!tournament!is!in!Practice!Mode.!Also,!they!do!depend,!in!tournaments!only,!on!getting! the!answer!correct.!They!are!calculated!by!taking!the!number!of!correctly!answered!questions!during!a!practice! session,!dividing!by!the!total!number!of!questions,!and!then!multiplying!by!the!participation!weight!assigned!to! the!tournament.! If!you!aren't!planning!on!putting!the!tournament!in!practice!mode,!we!strongly!recommend!that!you!assign!a! participation!grade!of!zero!for!your!tournaments.!
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Table$of$Contents$ 1.1# Introduction#.....................................................................................................................................................................................#3# 1.2# Creating#a#tournament#................................................................................................................................................................#4# 1.2.1# Scheduling.a.tournament......................................................................................................................................................6# 1.2.2# Creating.practice.sessions....................................................................................................................................................6# 1.3# Enabling#Practice#Mode#..............................................................................................................................................................#8# 1.3.1# Professor’s.views.......................................................................................................................................................................8# 1.3.2# Student’s.views...........................................................................................................................................................................8# 1.4# Playing#the#tournament#............................................................................................................................................................#10# 1.4.1# Professor’s.views.....................................................................................................................................................................10# 1.4.2# Student’s.views.........................................................................................................................................................................10# 1.5# When#the#tournament#ends#....................................................................................................................................................#12# 1.5.1# Professor’s.views.....................................................................................................................................................................12# 1.5.2# Student’s.views.........................................................................................................................................................................13# 1.6# The#gradebook#..............................................................................................................................................................................#14# 1.6.1# Professor’s.views.....................................................................................................................................................................14# 1.6.2# Student’s.views.........................................................................................................................................................................16#
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Introduction$
Tournaments!allow!students!to!review!material!or!demonstrate!their!understanding!of!concepts!in!a!fun!and! engaging!way.!When!a!tournament!is!activated,!all!students!enrolled!in!the!class!who!are!online!at!that!moment! will!be!randomly!paired!off!into!groups!of!two.!Each!pair!will!be!assigned!a!random!question!from!within!your! questions!module.!This!will!be!round!one!of!the!tournament.!As!well,!you!choose!which!question!to!include!in! the!tournament!during!the!tournament!creation!process,!and!how!many!rounds!the!tournament!will!have.! Within!each!pair!the!two!students!then!complete!with!each!other!in!answering!the!question.!Again,!you!will! have!chosen!the!grading!scheme!for!how!the!rounds!play!when!you!created!the!tournament.!For!the!next! round,!those!students!within!each!pair!who!scored!the!higher!point!will!be!paired!off!with!each!other!(again!in! groups!of!two),!and!those!who!scored!the!lower!points!will!be!paired!off!with!each!other.!Again!each!of!the!two! student!within!these!new!pairs!will!compete!with!each!other!in!answering!the!question.!This!process!continues! until!all!rounds!in!the!tournament!have!been!played.! At!the!conclusion!of!the!tournament,!each!student!will!see!a!ranking!of!the!top!10!scorers!for!that!tournament,! will!have!completed!in!fun!way!with!their!peers,!and!will!have!much!a!better!idea!of!the!their!own!level!of! understanding!of!the!concepts!covered!by!the!questions!in!the!tournament,!as!well!as!how!that!student! compares!to!her/his!peers.! !
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Creating$a$tournament$
To!create!a!tournament,!first!ensure!that!the!tournament!module!is!activated!within!your!course’s!settings.! Then!click!the!blue!“Create”!button!within!the!tournaments!module.!This!will!bring!up!the!“Add$Tournament”! pane.!Here!you!can!give!your!tournament!a!name!and!bring!up!the!advanced!settings!to!assign!how!the! tournament!will!play!out.!The!window!will!also!show!an!option!to!click!“Tournament$immediately$available”.! You!can!select!this!option!to!launch!the!tournament!immediately!after!creating!it,!or!uncheck!the!box!to! schedule!a!tournament!for!a!later!time!or!to!start!the!tournament!manually.!
! The!advanced!settings!allow!you!to!adjust!maximum!attempts!per!question,!the!length!of!each!round,! participation!and!correctness!weights,!points!for!correct!answer,!points!for!quickest!answer,!and!penalties!for! incorrect!attempts.! •
Maximum$attempts$per$question:!this!is!the!maximum!number!of!attempts!a!student!can!make!in!each! round!of!the!tournament!to!answer!a!question.!
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Length$of$each$round:!this!is!the!time!in!seconds!that!each!round!will!last!for.!All!participants!in!a! tournament!will!progress!at!the!same!pace.!
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Participation$weight:!if!a!student!participates!in!a!tournament,!they!will!automatically!be!awarded!this! grade.!The!participation!weight!and!correctness!weight!are!the!only!two!components!of!a!tournament’s! scoring!scheme!that!will!be!recorded!in!the!gradebook.!
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Correctness$weight:!depending!on!how!many!points!each!student!scores!in!playing!the!tournament,! they!will!be!awarded!a!percentage!of!this!correctness!grade.!The!participation!weight!and!correctness! weight!are!the!only!two!components!of!a!tournament’s!scoring!scheme!that!will!be!recorded!in!the! gradebook.!
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Points$for$correct$answer:!for!every!correct!answer!to!a!question!the!student!will!be!awarded!this!point.!
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Points$for$quickest$correct$answer:!within!each!group!of!two!students,!the!student!that!answers!the! question!the!quickest!will!be!awarded!this!number!of!points.!
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Penalty$for$incorrect$attempt:!the!student!will!be!penalized!this!many!points!every!time!they!submit!an! incorrect!answer!to!a!question.!If!you!have!allowed!for!more!than!one!attempt!to!answer!a!question,! the!student!will!be!penalized!this!many!points!for!every!incorrect!attempt!that!that!student!make!in! trying!to!answer!each!question.!For!example,!if!you!have!allowed!for!3!attempts!and!assigned!a!5Spoint! penalty!for!incorrect!answers,!if!a!student!tries!and!fails!3!times!to!answer!a!question,!that!student!will! be!penalized!5!x!3!=!15!points!for!that!question.!
After!clicking!“Next,”!you!will!be!able!to!scroll!through!your!question!bank!and!select!the!questions!you!would! like!included!in!your!tournament.!You!can!also!assign!the!number!of!rounds!your!tournament!contains.!Note! that!in!order!for!students!to!see!a!unique!question!and!opponent!in!each!round,!the!maximum!number!of! rounds!is!limited!to!half!the!total!number!of!questions!you!select.!Then!click!“Save”.!
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Scheduling.a.tournament.
Immediately!after!clicking!“Save”!when!you!create!your!tournmant,!you!will!have!the!option!to!assign!a! schedule!for!your!tournament.!To!asign!a!schedule,!click!“Schedule$the$tournament”.!Then!assign!the!desired! date!and!time!for!your!tournament!and!click!“Save”.!
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Creating.practice.sessions.
Immediately!after!clicking!“Save”!when!you!create!your!tournmant,!you!will!have!the!option!to!assign!practice! sessions!as!well.!To!assign!one!or!more!practice!sessions,!click!“Create$a$practice$session”.!
! You!can!then!click!“Add$practice$session”,!as!many!times!as!you!like,!give!each!practice!session!a!name,!and! select!which!questions!you!would!like!to!include!as!part!of!that!practice!session.!
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Enabling$Practice$Mode$ Professor’s.views.
Your!tournament(s)!will!be!listed!within!the!Tournaments!module.!To!give!students!access!to!the!practice!mode,! simply!toggle!the!status!of!that!tournament!to!“Practice$Mode”.!
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Student’s.views.
When!you!have!enabled!practice!mode,!students!will!see!that!tournament!become!available!to!them.!
! The!student!can!then!click!that!tournament!to!view!its!details,!and!click!“Begin$Practice”!to!start!the!practice! session.!
! The!student!would!then!see!the!questions!for!that!practice!session,!one!question!at!a!time.!For!each!question! they!will!see!the!number!of!attempts!they!have!available!to!them!to!answer!that!question!as!well!as!how!much!
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! When!the!student!finishes!answering!the!questions!in!the!practice!session,!the!student!will!see!a!summary!of! which!questions!she/he!answered!incorrectly!and!which!they!answered!correctly.!The!student!also!has!the! option!to!restart!the!practice!session.!Practice!sessions!do!not!count!for!grades.!
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1.4 1.4.1
Playing$the$tournament$ Professor’s.views.
If!you!have!not!assigned!a!schedule!for!the!tournament,!you!will!want!to!start!the!tournament!manually.!You! can!do!this!by!toggling!the!status!of!that!tournament!to!“Play$Tournament”.!
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Student’s.views.
When!the!tournament!starts,!all!students!who!are!enrolled!in!the!class!and!who!are!logged!in!via!a!web!browser! or!a!mobile!app!will!be!included!as!participants.!These!students!will!be!randomly!divided!into!pairs!of!two!and! each!pair!of!two!will!be!presented!with!a!random!question!included!within!the!tournament!(see!section!1.1).! Each!student,!on!their!device,!will!see!the!username!of!the!student!they!are!competing!with!for!that!round,! which!round!they!are!in,!how!many!rounds!there!are!in!the!tournament,!and!how!much!time!in!seconds!remain! in!the!current!round.!The!student!also!sees!the!question!for!which!she/he!is!competing!on!with!their!opponent.! As!well,!students!get!a!visual!representation!of!how!many!attempts!they!have!remaining!in!answering!the! questions,!and!receive!a!red!“X”!icon!for!every!incorrect!attempt!(two!in!the!screenshot!below).!Remember!that! for!each!incorrect!attempt!the!student!will!be!penalized!the!“Penalty$for$incorrect$attempts”!assigned!during! the!tournament!creation!process!(section!1.2).!
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1.5 1.5.1
When$the$tournament$ends$ Professor’s.views.
When!the!tournament!ends,!the!professor!will!see!a!ranking!of!the!students!in!class.!
! The!professor!can!switch!to!the!“History”!tab!and,!by!selecting!individual!students!from!the!“User”!pullSdown! menu,!can!see!a!complete!history!of!each!student!who!participated!in!the!tournament.!The!professor!can!also! click!“View$Question”!to!see!which!questions!that!student!was!presented!with!during!each!round!of!the! tournament.!!
! The!professor!can!also!switch!to!the!“Questions”!tab.!Here!will!be!listed!all!the!questions!that!students!saw!as! part!of!the!tournament,!and!for!each!question!a!summary!of!how!many!students!answered!that!question! correctly!and!how!many!incorrectly.!The!professor!would!then!have!a!very!good!indicator!of!which!questions! the!class!as!a!whole!may!be!having!difficulties!with.!
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Student’s.views.
When!the!tournament!ends,!each!student!will!also!see!a!ranking!of!the!top!ten!students!in!class,!and!where!that! students!stands!relative!to!the!other!students.!
! The!student!can!also!switch!to!the!“History”!tab!to!view!a!summary!of!how!many!rounds!the!tournament!lasted! for,!how!many!attempts!she/he!made!in!answering!the!question!in!each!round,!and!how!many!points!the! student!scored!in!each!round.!The!student!can!also!click!“View$Question”!for!each!round!to!see!a!preview!of!the! question!for!that!round.!
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1.6 1.6.1
The$gradebook$ Professor’s.views.
Tournament!results!will!be!recorded!in!the!gradebook.!However,!only!the!“Correctness$Weight”!and! “Participation$Weight”!(see!section!1.2)!will!be!recorded!as!part!of!the!grade.!
! And!as!always,!the!professor!can!click!on!the!tournament!item!in!the!gradebook!to!see!a!list!of!all!the!students! enrolled!in!class,!which!ones!took!part!in!the!tournament,!and!exactly!what!each!student!scored!for!correctness! and!participation!for!that!tournament.!
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Student’s.views.
Students!will!also!see!the!tournament!results!in!their!own!gradebook.!Again,!only!the!correctness!and! partcipation!grades!will!be!recorded.!
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1.7
Grading$a$Tournament$ 1.7.1
Correctness.Marks.
Marks!for!giving!the!correct!answer!are!only!awarded!when!the!tournament!is!played.!Student!will!get!a! percentage!of!correctness!based!on!the!number!of!correct!answers!they!have!submitted!out!of!the!maximum! value!of!correctness!set!in!tournament!creation.!For!example,!if!there!are!twenty!questions!in!a!tournament,! each!with!one!mark!for!the!correct!answer,!and!a!student!answers!17!of!them!correct,!they!would!be!given!a! grade!of!17/20!or!85%!for!that!tournament.! Please!note!that!point!awarded!for!the!first!correct!answer!have!no!effect!on!the!grade,!but!those!are!only!used! to!determine!the!rankings.! 1.7.2
Participation.Marks.
Marks!for!participating!in!a!tournament!are!not!given!out!when!a!tournament!is!played.!Participation!grades!are! only!awarded!when!a!tournament!is!in!Practice!Mode.!Also,!they!do!depend,!in!tournaments!only,!on!getting! the!answer!correct.!They!are!calculated!by!taking!the!number!of!correctly!answered!questions!during!a!practice! session,!dividing!by!the!total!number!of!questions,!and!then!multiplying!by!the!participation!weight!assigned!to! the!tournament.! If!you!aren't!planning!on!putting!the!tournament!in!practice!mode,!we!strongly!recommend!that!you!assign!a! participation!grade!of!zero!for!your!tournaments.!
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