Scoring methods
Compare how straight addition, normalization, averaging, and hide score calculate course and curriculum scores.
CourseMill offers four ways to calculate students' scores: straight addition, normalization, averaging, and hide score. Each method applies both to curriculums with a list of courses built inside and to courses with a list of content items inside.
Straight addition
- Courses – CourseMill adds all posted scores for content items in a course, regardless of the status of the content items.
- Curriculums – CourseMill adds all posted scores for courses in a curriculum, regardless of the status of the courses.
Normalization
Before you begin: The managed property NormalizeScoreForStudents must be set to Yes.
- Courses – CourseMill adds up all posted scores for content items in a course regardless of the status of the content items, then divides that sum by the number of content items that had a score posted.
- Curriculums – CourseMill adds up all posted scores for courses in a curriculum, regardless of the status of the courses, then divides that sum by the number of courses in that curriculum that had a score, whether or not the course is complete.
Averaging
Before you begin: The managed property AverageFinalScoreForStudents must be set to Yes.
- Courses – CourseMill adds all posted scores for only those content items in a course that are completed, then divides that sum by the number of content items that were completed and had a score posted.
- Curriculums – CourseMill adds all posted scores for only those courses in a curriculum that are completed, then divides that sum by the number of courses that were completed and had a score posted.
Hide Score
Before you begin: The managed property HideScoreFromStudents must be set to Yes.
- Courses – CourseMill hides all scores at both the course and content item level.
- Curriculums – CourseMill hides all scores at both the curriculum and course level.