Peer Graded Assignment Elements

For ease of grading a Peer Graded Assignment should have a reasonable number of "Assessment Elements". Each element should cover a particular aspect of the assignment. Typically an assignment will have something between 5 to 15 elements for comments and grading, the actual number depending on the size and complexity of the assignment. A peer assignment with only one element is allowed and has a similar assessment strategy to the standard Moodle Assignment. Elements have the following three features:

1. The DESCRIPTION of the assessment element. This should clearly state what aspect of the assignment is being assessed. If the assessment is qualatative it is helpful to give details of what is considered excellent, average and poor.
2. The SCALE of the assessment element. There are a number of prefined scales. These range from simple Yes/No scales, through multipoint scales to a full percentage scale. Each element has its own scale which should be choosen to fit the number of possible variations for that element. Note that the scale does NOT determine the element's importance when calculating the overall grade, a two point scale has the same "influence" as a 100 point scale if the respective elements have the same weight...
3. The WEIGHT of the assessment element. By default the elements are given the same importance when calculating the overall grade of the assignment. This can be changed by giving the more importance elements a weight greater than one, and the less important elements a weight below one. Changing the weights does NOT effect the maximum grade, that value is fixed by the Maximum Grade parameter of the peer graded assignment.