Create and edit Grader project activities (2024)

Use the appropriate software application to create the version of the document or file that the students will download at the beginning of the project. Then, create a version of the same document or file that is the result that students should submit to get a perfect score on the project. Save the documents or files on your computer.

For example, you might create a Microsoft Word document with little or no formatting as the "start" document. You might then apply styles, change fonts, number lists, center text, and so on to create the "final" version.

You must create these documents or files in Microsoft Office 2013 , 2016, or 2019. Grader project activities do not work with earlier versions of Microsoft Office products. You can use only one application type in a given Grader project.

Grader projects need to have a starting document if you want the system to check for potential integrity violations. The integrity tokens are added to a document when a student downloads the file. The PCT will not let you add instruction text unless you have uploaded both a start and an end document.

1. In your course, click Course Materials > Add from Library.
2. In the Tools list above the My Course list, select Project Creation Tool.
3. In the Project Creation Tool, click + Create.
4. Click the icon for the software application that students will use to complete the project.
5. Enter a name and description for the project.
6. From the Series list, select the series content that matches your MyLab. For example, select Go! if you created this course with GO! course materials. This entry is optional.
7. From the Chapter list, click the chapter ths project will cover. This entry is optional
8. Click Done.
9. Under Project Tags, click Add Tag to enter any metadata you want to associate with the project to make it easier to find later. Click the checkmark icon to the right to save the tags. If you selected a content series or chapter, those identifying tags appear here.

1. Point to Final Documents and click the file upload icon to its right.
2. Click Browse.
3. Locate and select the final document or file that you created, which will be the standard against which students submissions are compared.
4. Click Open and then click Upload.
5. Point to Start Documents and click the file upload icon to its right.
6. Locate and select the document or file that the students will download when they begin the project.
7. Click Open and then click Upload.

Under Assets, upload additional resources, such as images and files, to use for the project.

The easiest way to add instructions to a project is to fill in the Pearson-provided instructions template and then upload it. To do so:

1. Under Instruction Document, point to Instructions_Template.docx and click the file download icon to its right.
2. Navigate to where you want to save the template and click Save.
3. Open the template in Microsoft Word.
4. For each step in the project, enter a number in the first column of the table, detailed directions in the second column, and the maximum points students can earn for completing the step in the third column.
5. In the second column, add a hint in the format Hint: [hint text] under the directions for each step, if you want.
6. Enter the maximum score for the entire project.
7. Save and close the instruction document.
8. Return to the PCT and click the file upload icon to the right of Instruction Document.
9. Click Browse.
10. Locate and select the instruction document.
11. Click Open and then click Upload.

When you upload the document, directions for each step appear in a box next to the step.

• You can edit the directions for a step by pointing to it and clicking the edit icon to its right.
• You can move a step up or down by pointing to its text and then dragging its handle on the left to the position where you want it.
• You can add a step by clicking Add Instruction in the empty box at the bottom of the list and entering the direction, the score, and any hint, and then clicking the check mark icon to the right.

If you don't want to use the Pearson-provided template, you can create your own instruction document with Microsoft Word.

In this step, you pair each task with the skills it is designed to assess. If students successfully complete the entire task, they receive the maximum score allotted; if they complete only a portion of the task, they receive a partial score.

For example, you would pair the instruction "Make the text bold and center it" with these two skills: Paragraph Font Formatting and Paragraph Alignment.

For each instruction for which students must demonstrate competence and will receive a score, drag the relevant skills from the Select Skills list on the right to the appropriate instruction on the left. You can expand a category in the list by clicking the arrow icon . When you finish matching skills to a particular task, click the confirm icon to its right.

• If an instruction describes a non-graded task (a task with a score of 0), such as uploading or downloading a file, there's no need to pair a skill with it.
• If multiple instructions require the same skills, you can select all of the relevant instructions and then drag the skills to just one of the instructions. The skills will appear in the boxes below each of the instructions you selected.
• When adding multiple skills to a single instruction step, be sure to specify the number of points allotted for each skill.

1. Go to the first instruction with a score assigned to it.
2. Identify the relevant category in Select Skills list on right and then expand it by clicking the right arrow .
3. Find and point to the specific skill students must use to complete the instruction.

   You can click the information icon to see a detailed description of the skill. You can also click the magnifying glass icon to search for a skill.

4. Drag the skill to the Drop Skills Here area under the instruction.
5. If prompted, specify exactly what students need to do and/or to what application object they need to do it to successfully complete the task.
6. Add another skill to the instruction, if appropriate. When you finish adding skills to the instruction, click the checkmark icon to the right of the instruction.
7. Repeat this process to add one or more skills to each remaining scored task in the project.

To make sure the project is set up correctly, you test the final document you uploaded in Step 1 against the instructions to make sure it receives a perfect score; if not, you need to troubleshoot the problem until it does. To help you troubleshoot, you can view either a live comments report or a summary report. You then modify the project and re-test it as needed until the final document gets a score of 100%, at which point you publish the project.

1. Click Test Project at the bottom left of the PCT window.
2. Click Browse.
3. Locate and select the final document and then click Open.
4. Click Upload for Test and then click OK at the prompt.
5. To the right of Test Project, click View Results.
6. If the final document did not receive the maximum score, view the Summary Report or download the Live Comments report to help you troubleshoot the problem.
7. Make corrections to the final document, the instructions, or the skill mappings, as needed, until the final document receives a perfect score.
8. When you finish, click the Back to Project List icon to the left of the project name at the top of the window.
9. Point to your project at the bottom of the Project List window and click the publish icon to its right.
10. At the prompt, note the unique ID number assigned to the project and then click OK.
11. Close the PCT window to return to your course.

• You can click the clone icon to create a copy to use as a starting point for creating another project.
• Before you publish a project, you can click the edit icon to its right to modify it; after you publish the project, you can no longer change it.

In this step, you embed your Grader project in a question in the Question Bank.

1. Click Course Materials > Additional Instructor Views > Manage Question Bank.
2. Click Add Course Materials and select Grader Project.
3. Enter a question title. You may want to include the name of the Grader project in the title to make it easy to identify.
4. Click Add Answer.
5. Click Select Project ID.
6. Locate and point to the project you created, using the ID number you noted earlier to make sure it's the right one, and then click Select to the right of its title.
7. Enter the maximum score for the question.
8. Click Save and Close.

1. Click Course Materials > Add From Library.
2. In the Course Materials Library list on the left side of the page, click Add Course Materials.
3. Select either Grader Project [Assessment] or Grader Project [Homework] depending on how you plan to assign the activity.
4. Enter a name and other activity details as you do for most activities.
5. Select Evaluate by myitlab:grader at the bottom of the page.

   If you don't select Evaluate by myitlab:grader, file upload questions appear in the activity instead of Grader project questions.

6. Click Save and Continue.
7. On the Questions page, click Add Question > Select Questions from Bank.
8. Locate and select the Grader project question you created in Step 7 to add the Grader project to the new activity.
9. Add activity messages.
10. Define a grade schema for the activity.
11. Click Save and Return.
12. In the My Course list, navigate to the location where you want to place the activity.
13. Locate and select your Grader project activity in the Course Materials Library.
14. Click Add to add it to your course.

You can now assign the activity as you would any other activity in your course.

1. In the My Course list, click Edit on the activity's options menu.
2. Make the desired changes.
3. When you finish, click Save and Return.

For Grader projects you create or that are provided by Pearson, you can edit instruction text, make hints available to students, and change the score for each instruction using provided scoring variations. To do so:

1. Click Course Materials > Add From Library.
2. In the My Course list on the right side of the page, select Edit on the Grader project's options menu.
3. Click Questions.
4. Select Edit on the question's options menu in the Options column to the right.
5. On the Edit Grader Project page, click Edit Grader Project Instructions.
6. To edit the instruction or hint text, point to the instruction text and click the edit instruction/hint icon . Edit the text and click Save.
7. To change the point value for a step, select a number from the dropdown list in the Change Point Value To column.
8. To allow students to see hints, click Yes in the Show Hints? column.
9. When you finish, click Save and Close.
10. Click Save and Return.

1. In your course, click Course Materials > Add from Library.
2. In the Tools list above the My Course list, select Project Creation Tool.
3. In the Project Creation Tool, select the My Projects tab.
4. Select the project to share and click its Share button. The Share dialog box appears.
5. Enter the email address of the person you want to share the project with.
6. To the right of the field, select the access level for the person, For example, view access, write access, or owner access.
7. Click Done to share the project.

To see the projects that are shared, select the User Shared Projects tab.