Assignable Activities

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Assignable Activities
  • Activity Bank
    • Activity Titles
    • Activity Functions
  • Creating Assignable Activities
    • Adding Questions
      • Add Questions From Question Bank
    • Test Settings
      • Scoring Methods
    • Recommended Score Settings
      • Score Examples
    • Saving Activities
  • Assign Activity
    • Unassign Activity
    • Reassign Activity

Video Tutorial: How to create and self-attempt an Activity (Formerly Assessments)

(Note: Video is optional. Below article contains additional, specific information on activities.)

Assignable Activities

Some subscriptions come with pre-made questions and activities that match the exercises you would find in a physical workbook. You can assign activities to students as homework, practice, tests, etc.

Find the activities under the Activity > Manage Activity tab via the side panel.

Activity Bank

A. Filters: Click here to open the filtering options.

B. Show Draft: Use the toggle to switch between published activities and draft activities. Published activities may be assigned to students. Drafts are activities that have been saved but not published.

C. Search: Type to search by activity title. Results will display any activity with the searched text in the title.

D. Created By: Use the dropdown to select one of the following options.

• All Activities: All self-created activities and those created by others. 
• Created by Me: View self-created activities only. 
• KEMS Premade: View activities created and assigned by the publisher, as well as other shared activities.

E. View Layout: Use these buttons on the top-right to toggle between List View (left) and Grid View (right).

F. Starred: Click here to view all starred (favorited) activities.

You can sort activities by title or by date last modified. Click on the column header to sort.

Activity Titles

Activity titles are typically provided in the following format: 

[Book Title] [Book Type] ([Language Version]) [Chapter/Lesson] [Section/Part] [Name]

We can break down the following title as an example: GFC3 Workbook (Simplified) Chapter 1 Section 1 — Having done something for a while

• Book Title = GFC3 (Go Far with Chinese 3)

• Book Type = Workbook

• Language Version = Simplified

• Chapter/Lesson = Chapter 1

• Section/Part = Section 1

• Name = Having done something for a while

Activity Functions

Now we will introduce the functions found in the Action column.

A. Click Assign to assign an activity to a classes, groups, or specific students. See Assign Activity.

B. Click the 3 dots to access more options.

C. Starred: Mark an activity as Starred, or un-star a Starred question.

D. Attempt: Attempt an activity from a student’s perspective.

E. Evaluate: View the results of your activity. This function is only available if students have submitted the activity.

F. Clone: Click to create a copy of an activity.

G. Edit: Click to edit an activity. Editing is only available for activities you custom created. The default provided activities cannot be edited, but they can be cloned, and you can edit the copies.

H. Delete: Click to delete an activity. If an activity has already been assigned or attempted, you will NOT be able to delete it. You must first unassign from all classes/groups.

Creating Assignable Activities

Teachers bundle a set of questions into a Assignable Activity on FluencyLink. You may add previously created questions to an activity or create questions as you go. (See Adding Questions below.) For details on creating questions, see our Question Types guide.

1. Click New Activity to start creating an activity.

2. Give your activity a title. You can also add an optional description.

Adding Questions

You may add previously created questions to an activity or create questions as you go.

Add Questions From Question Bank

Click the From Question Bank button on the bottom-left of the New Activity window to add previously made questions to an activity, including any provided by Cheng & Tsui. 

This will open your Question Bank in a new window.

A. Filters: Click here to filter the question bank.

• Question Type: All questions provided by Cheng & Tsui are Comprehension questions. You may filter self-made questions by type, single choice, multiple choice, fill in the blanks, etc.
• By Tags: Check the boxes to add tags to your filter criteria. Select a checked box to uncheck it. 

If you select Or, search results will display questions that have ANY of the tags selected. If you select And, search results will only display questions that have ALL of the tags selected.

• Content: Check the boxes to view all questions associated with a specific piece of content. To view Cheng & Tsui provided questions, look for the ones ending in Assessment Questions.

B. Question Count: Displays the total number of questions selected.

C. Select: Use the checkboxes to select the questions to add to the activity.

• The top-most checkbox is used to select all visible questions. 
• All other checkboxes are to select a single question.

D. Previous: Click to go back to the previous page.

E. Search: Type here to search the question bank. All questions provided by Cheng & Tsui are titled in the same way to help you search. 

Ex: GFC3 WB-Simp C1-S1 Writing A 

(Go Far with Chinese 3 Workbook, Simplified, Chapter 1 Section 1, Writing, Question A)

• By series: Search the series acronym (Ex: IC, AIJ, GFC)
• By volume: Search the acronym plus the book number (Ex: IC1, AIJ2, GFC3)
• By workbook/non-workbook: Add WB to limit your search to workbook question. To search for non-workbook questions, use appropriate keywords (Ex: Test, Quiz, Exam, Video, Culture)
• By simplified/traditional: Search Simp or Trad to limit results by character set.
• By chapter/lesson: Search C for chapter or L for lesson, plus the chapter/lesson number (Ex: L3, C6) 

(Note: If searching for chapter 1, to ensure results for chapters 10, 11 and 12 do not appear, you must search “C1-” rather than “C1”.)

• By section/dialog: Narrow results to a specific dialog/section of a chapter/lesson after the dash (Ex: L3-1 C12-S2)
• By question skill: Add keywords to search for questions focusing on a specific skill (Ex: Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking, Pinyin)
• By question title: Search the corresponding letter of the specific question title (Ex: A, B, C)

F. Preview: Click to preview each question's content.

G. Next: When you are done selecting questions, click Next to advance to the next page.

Test Settings

The last step before saving/publishing your activity is to configure activity settings. Please familiarize yourself with them to determine the best settings to use for your class. Please also see our Recommended Score Settings below.

Some test settings, such as Partial Scoring, will become locked for editing once it has been assigned or attempted, so please remember to decide on your settings before doing so. If you want to edit settings that are locked, you can make a clone of the activity. 

• Time Limit: You have the option to set a time limit. Enter the number of minutes here. 0 means no time limit. 
• The various other settings can be found under General Settings, Attempt & Scores, and Messages & Instructions. Read through the options to decide what is most appropriate for your class.

Not what you see? Click to see the old UI view.

While creating a new assignable activity, you can implement the following test settings, by clicking on the "Settings" icon in the top right. An activity can be created without changing the settings, but please familiarize yourself with them to determine the best settings to use for your class. Please also see our Recommended Score Settings below.

Some test settings, such as Partial Scoring, will become locked for editing once it has been assigned or attempted, so please remember to decide on your settings before doing so. If you want to edit settings that are locked, you can make a clone of the activity.

1. Set Test Rules - Add notes for students about how you want them to take the activity. 

2. Grade(s) - Select a grade.

3. Subject(s) - Select a subject.

4. CCSS - Common Core State Standards.

5. Time Limits (Minutes) - Set a time limit for students to answer the questions. The activity will be automatically submitted when the time runs out. 

(Note: Cannot be used if “Check Answer on Each Attempt” is ON.)

6. Allow Question Skip - If the "Allow Question Skip" toggle is ON, it will allow students to skip a question, without submitting an answer, and return to answer it later.

7. Content(s) - Associate this activity with particular content. Can be used when filtering.

8. Shuffle Questions - If the "Shuffle Questions" toggle is ON, it will shuffle the order in which the questions appear. The questions will be shuffled each time a user attempts the activity.

9. Test Summary - If the "Test Summary" toggle is ON, it will enable a button on completion of the activity, allowing students to see submitted answers, with correct/incorrect feedback, as a summary at the end of the activity. 

10. Step Solution - If "Step Solution" toggle is ON, it will allow students to see the previous question, with their submitted answer, while completing the next question in the quiz.

The step solution setting is also disabled as soon as we add a question from 'Question Bank' which has multiple answers, like match the following. Step Solution works with single answer type questions only. 

11. Check Answer on Each Attempt - If the "Check Answer on Each Attempt" toggle is ON, the below settings are enabled on the "Test Settings" pop up and it will allow students more than one attempt to answer a question correctly. 

(Note: Cannot be used if “Time Limit” is set. Forces Question Skip ON.)

11a. Attempts Allowed - Specifies the number of attempts a student is permitted for a question. 

11b. Deduct Score on Each Attempt - Specifies whether the score deducted is based on marks or a percentage value. You can select percentages or points from the drop-down.

Cheng & Tsui, teachers, or school/district admin must also specify the actual value of the marks or percentage to be deducted in the space provided. Here, 0 is set as the default value of the marks.

11c. Keep Score For - You can select one of the following from the dropdown.

Each Attempt - As soon as a user gets an answer incorrect, the score is deducted.

First Attempt - Deducts marks for incorrect answers on the user’s first attempt.

Last Attempt - Deducts marks for incorrect answers on the user’s last attempt.

Scoring Methods

12. Enable Partial Scoring - If the "Enable Partial Scoring" toggle is ON, it will allow the activity creator to award marks for a partially correct answer. You can select the scoring method for partial scoring from the "Scoring Method" drop down. 

12a. Exact Match / Partial Scoring OFF - With Exact Match, the student must get the ENTIRE question correct to receive a score. 

For example - In multiple-choice type questions, if Option 1 and Option 2 are the correct answer and a user chooses only Option 1, then the user will be scored 0. 

12b. Partial Scoring per Response – Each correct response element will be awarded an individual score and each response is of equal value. If the question is given a score of 1, then each correct response for this question will be worth 1 mark.

For example - Marks for an MCQ question is set at 1 and there are 3 response elements within the question. If the User answers 2 of the response elements correctly, the user will receive a total question score of 2 marks out of a possible 3.  If the user only answered 1 response element correctly, then they will get 1 mark out of the 3 available marks for the question.

12c. Partial Scoring per Question – Each correct response element will be scored individually, and the overall question score will be divided between responses.

Question Types: Fill in the Blanks, Match the Following, Association.

For example - If the question is given a score of 1, and there are three response elements within the question, then each response will be worth 0.33 marks (based on 33% of 1 mark, rounded to 2 decimal places).

Question Type: Multiple Choice

For example - If there is a multiple choice question that is scored 1 and there are 3 choices within the question, wherein 2 choices are correct and one is incorrect, then each response score will be 0.5. If the user responds with 1 correct choice, then they will get 0.5 marks out of 1.

For Association activity, a mark is only awarded for each correct item pairing (e.g. Paris - France), not per item. 

12d. Rounding Setting is enabled if "Partial Scoring per Question" is selected. The score will be rounded off for each question. The options are:

When Rounding Setting is "Allowed" - The overall question score will be divided between correct responses and rounded down to the nearest whole number.

When Rounding setting is "None" – The overall question score will be divided between correct responses and rounded to two decimal places.

    Notes:

    Partial scoring will be available for the following question types:

• Multiple Choice

• Association

• Match the Following

• Fill in the Blanks

• Fill in the Blanks with the Drop-down

• Fill in the blanks with Drag and Drop

Partial Scoring is not available for the following question types, wherein the teacher will evaluate     the question score or the question will be auto-evaluated:

• Single Choice (auto-evaluated)

• Ordering (auto-evaluated)

• Description (Teacher evaluated)

The Comprehension question type question must be used in conjunction with one of the other templates and will assume that template's scoring options.

13. Custom Messages - If the "Custom Message" toggle is ON, then on completion of the activity, it provides the student with different feedback, based on the percentage score achieved.

You can create a new message by clicking on "+New Message."

Recommended Score Settings

• We recommend using Partial Scoring per Question when using pre-made questions provided by Cheng & Tsui. This will allow students to get the most credit for partially correct answers. 
  
• Toggle on Enable Partial Scoring, and make sure to select Partial Scoring per Question.

• If you wish to give students multiple tries for each question, toggle on Check Answers on Each Attempt.
• You can enter the number of tries in the Attempts Allowed box.
• When students have multiple tries, you must decide which attempt to keep/grade from the Keep Scores for dropdown.
  • Each Attempt: When a student gets an answer incorrect, points are deducted from a cumulative score. Points will not be returned if the student corrects errors on future attempts.
    Ex: If the student gets a question wrong, then gets it right on a later attempt, their score for the question will still be 0 points.
  • First Attempt: Only grades the student’s first attempt.
  • Last Attempt: Only grades the student's last attempt.

Score Examples

"Partial scoring per response" makes the Question score the score for each response. This ends up multiplying the max score. 

For example, a Fill in the Blank question with a score of 6, each response element (i.e. blank) is worth 6 points, which will multiply the total possible score.

• 1 response  element = max score of 6

• 2 response  elements = max score of 12

• 3 response  elements = max score of 18

In contrast, "no partial scoring" or "partial scoring per question" will keep the max score at 6 and divide the value of each response.

• 1 response  element (i.e. blank) worth 6 points = max score of 6

• 2 response  elements worth 3 points each = max score of 6

• 3 response  elements worth 2 points each = max score of 6

• 6 response  elements worth 1 point each = max score of 6

This example below shows how the scoring method can affect the percentage score:

Example: Score results for the same activity answers with different score settings.

• No partial scoring - 5/16 = 31%

• Per question (rounding allowed) - 11.17/16 = 70%

• Per response - 27/45 = 60%

Saving Activities

Any changes to an activity must be saved for the changes to take effect.

After configuring settings, click Save or Publish in the lower right corner.

• Save: If you are not ready to assign this activity yet, you can save it as a draft, then come back and edit it later.
• Publish: In order to assign you activity to students, you must publish the activity first.

Assign Activity

Activities may be assigned to classes, groups, or specific students, who may then complete the activity to be evaluated for a score.

A. Classes / Groups / Students: You can assign activities to classes, groups, or specific students. Type to search and use the checkboxes to select assignees.

B. Available Date & Time: This is the time at which students can start the activity. By default, it is the current date and time. You may change it to a future date and time.

C. Due Date & Time: Selecting a due date is optional. Leave it blank to make an activity without a due date. If you chose to select a due date, it must be a future date and time.

D. Available After Due Date: Check the box to let students submit the activity after the due date has passed. Otherwise, they will be unable to attempt overdue activities.

E. Assign: Click here to assign the activity (or save your changes).

(Note: If new students have joined the class/group after the teacher has assigned the activity to the class/group, the previously assigned activity will need to be manually assigned to the new students.) 

Not what you see? Click to see the old UI view.

Activities may be assigned to classes or groups, who may then complete the activity to be evaluated for a score.

	Assign Activity: Assign an activity to a class or group. This button is found under Activity Functions (see above) via the Activity Bank.
Assign to Class(es)	Type the class name you wish to assign the activity to. You may select more than one.
Assign to Group(s)	Type the group name you wish to assign the activity to. You may select more than one.
Available Date & Time	If available date and time is selected then the activity will be assigned to the class/group on the selected date and time.
Due Date & Time	If due date and time is selected then the activity will only be available on the selected date and time.  (Note: Check Available after the due date checkbox to enable activity for attempt even after the due date.)
Save	Click ‘Save’ to assign the activity to classes/groups. (Note: If new students have joined the class/group after the teacher has assigned the activity (through the "Assign to Class(es)" or "Assign to Group(s) option), the previously assigned activity will need to be manually assigned to the new students.)

Unassign Activity

This feature allows teachers to unassign the activity from previous classes/groups and assign them to new classes/groups. 

(Note: Student responses whether saved, submitted, or evaluated are lost if an activity is unassigned. Re-assigning the activity is treated as a fresh activity.)

1. Locate the activity and click Assign.

2. Click Edit Class And Group.

You will see a warning message: "Removing any assigned class or group would result in loss of student attempt data"

3. Using the checkboxes, deselect any classes, groups, or specific students.

4. Click Assign in the bottom right corner.

5. If students have already begun the activity, you will see a confirmation message warning that student responses will be lost. To proceed, click Unassign.

Reassign Activity

Please refer to this guide for information on reassigning an activity.