Assessor types are used to define the privileges that a group of assessors has, thereby allowing your institution to define its own assessor types to best fit the marking practices. Assessor types also provide the opportunity to furnish assessors with flow-level instructions on the marking role they have been assigned.
Assessor types are firstly defined at the licence level by the licence administrator but can be adjusted at the flow level by the manager.
For more information about managing assessor types at the licence level, please see our article Licence Defined Assessor Types - Licence Administration.
At the Flow Level
Manage Assessor Types on the the Flow
Managers can control the assessor types on a flow by clicking Manage assessors from the managing flow page.
The upper pane of the pop-up window shows the assessor types that that are currently available on the flow, as determined by the licence administrator.
- Amount on flow: Displays the number of assessors on the flow that have been assigned that assessor type.
- Assessor instructions: Displays an excerpt from the instructions that will be displayed to the assessor.
- These columns identify the available privileges and which ones are applicable to each assessor type.
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Toggle columns: Selecting which columns you would like displayed in the table.
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Edit: Edit the instructions and/or the assigned privileges to suit the flow. Any changes will be applicable to the current flow only. The original assessor type created at the licence level will not be affected. Changes that are required to be reflected for all newly created flows must be edited at the licence level by the licence administrator.
- Remove from flow: Remove the assessor type from the flow.
The lower pane shows the remaining assessor types, defined by the licence administrator, that can be added to the current flow as necessary.
Once added to the flow, the assessor type's instructions and/or privileges can be edited as necessary.
Manage Assessors on the Flow
Managers can assign assessor types when adding assessors to a flow.
Once assessors have been selected, choose an assessor type from the dropdown list.
Once selected, the associated privileges become visible in the table.
Assessor View
Once an assessor has been assigned an assessor type, this information appears on their flow page.
The information can be accessed by the icon, displaying the instructions and the associated privileges.
Grade Justifications
Assessor types can be used to manage grade justifications.
Settings for grade justifications can be found under Tools alongside the participant list.
The setting Allow grade justification request in WISEflow allows you to enable participants being able to request a grade justification from within WISEflow. Simply click the edit icon and check the tick box.
The setting Assign grade justification to assessor type allows you to select an assessor type. All grade justification requests will then be automatically be forwarded to the assessor assigned that assessor type. Note that if there is more than one assessor with the selected assessor type, any grade justification requests will remain unassigned.
The two settings Allow grade justification request in WISEflow and Assign grade justification to assessor type have been moved from Manage settings under Marking and review. They are now located under Tools as described above.
Additional Material for Assessors and Reviewers
Assessors and reviewers can be provided with marking guidance and other material, as files and/or links, according to their assessor type.
Click on the Additional material for assessors and reviewers button under Marking and review on the flow page. Click on Add file or Add link for either Marking guidance or Other material.
Once you have added a file or link, select the assessors types that should be able to see them.