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This is an open forum to discuss the implications of a move from Gradebook2 to GradebookNG (result of the Gradebook Enhacements Project). If your institution is currently using Gradebook2, we encourage you to join the discussion and share your thoughts and concerns about the risks/advantages of switching to the new redesigned Gradebook.

Folks from Universidad de Murcia (Spain) and Texas State University (USA) organized an online BoF to start the discussion. If you could not attend, don't worry, it was recorded (available soon) and there is plenty of information for you to check afterwards.

BoF: Migrating from Gradebook2 to the new GradebookNG for Sakai 11 - JULY, 29th - 9am-10am EST

Link to the Meeting notes  -   Video recording available in Apereo's youtube channel

Next BoF: at Sakai Virtual Conference 15 - What do you expect from a Sakai grading tool?

 

Institutions using GB2

From the: Sakai Showcase Webinar: The Gradebook Enhancement Project

Outdated list of institutions using Gradebook2 - https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SG2X/Institutions+Using+Gradebook2  (Needs to be updated)

Maintenance of GB2 Project: https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa?projectOrFilterId=project-10491&periodName=weekly&daysprevious=700&cumulative=true&versionLabels=major&selectedProjectId=10491&reportKey=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.reports%3Acreatedvsresolved-report&Next=Next

Sakai Tools Survey 2014 results: https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/Sakai+Tool+Survey+Results+2014

Institutions considering migrating

  • Universidad de Murcia

  • Texas State University

  • Surely most of the Scriba institutions...

  • University of Notre Dame

Differences between Sakai Gradebook tools (Gradebook1, GradeBook2 and GradeBookNG)

 

 GB1 [11.x]GB2 [1.9.1]GB NGRelated JIRAComments/Questions
Weighted itemsNYN  
Able to include an item in the final grade if such item is not visible to studentsNYN  
Option to choose if grades are re-scaled when Gradebook Item Point Value is changedNYN  
Student section awareness for items created from external toolsYNN
Error rendering macro 'jira' : Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Needs clarification (1).

NOTE (January 2016). Tested in GradebookNG in trunk-oracle.nightly.sakaiproject.org

Export the final course grades in PDF formatYNN Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration. GBNG does not export to PDF format.
Export the student's final points summationYNY Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.  
Export the student grades to PDF formatYNN Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration. GBNG does not export to PDF format.
Loading DockYNN Improved import/export process
Import/Export the full Gradebook Structure (categories, weights)NYN The student grades are not imported when using the 'Import from Site' option in GB1 and GBNG.
Import more than one grade itemNYY  
Import the "Gradebook Item Point Value"NYY Updated. GB1 doesn't have this capability. Please see below (2)
Import/Export .XLS filesYYN GBNG only allows importing/exporting .CSV files. GB2 allows importing/exporting .XLSX files too.
Allow the category weights summation be different from 100%NYN No one should do this anyway!
Average course grade, Student final point summation, Category class average, Grade item class average, Student category averageYNN

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Also, will have more detailed grade stats in the future.

NOTE (January 2018). GradebookNG only is missing 'Category class average'.


Ability to discard the highest grades or keep the highest grades in the CategoryYNY Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.  
Number of clicks to remove a Grade item422  
Set Ungraded Items to Zero: set all gradebook items included in the final grade to 0YNY Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration. Added ability to set a given gradebook item to zero or another value.
Give ungraded no credit: set only one grade item to 0NYY Added ability to set a given gradebook item to zero or another value.
Revert the action of setting grade items to 0NYN  
History log. Register events related to: grade items, categories or gradebookNYN Goal is to have more detailed reporting in the future that could include this.
Excel entry mode to input gradesNYY  
Sort categoriesNYY  
Submit final grades through InstitutionalAdvisorNY  Needs clarification (3)
Minimum score: It is the minimum score necessary to reach in the gradebook item to pass the courseNNN

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

 
Full support section awarenessNNN Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.  
2 category levels (term course)NNN  
Weight items equallyNYN  
Weight items by pointsNYY  
'Import from site' option: Import the full gradebook structure from one site to anotherYNY The student grades are not imported.
Excuse individual students from the grade itemsNYN  
Add a comment to a student particular grade in the external grade itemsNYY  
Letter gradingY (off by default)YN Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.  

 

(1) Students won’t see in GB1 items created from Assignments or Assessments for an specific group if they are not members of the specific groups. Please see the point 4 from GAP analysis between Gradebook2 and Gradebook.

(2) GB1 is not able to import the "Gradebook Item Point Value" from the Loading Dock. Please see the image below: 



(3) InstitutionalAdvisor is a java bean interface that allows submitting the final grades from Gradebook2 to a final SiS or LMS system. That interface must be implemented by the institution. This option is called "Submit Final Grade" in the "Tools" option from the Gradebook2's toolbar.

 

Queries results - data analysis about GradeBook2 usage

Former user (Deleted) shared the following queries that can help to understand Gradebook2 usage at your institution: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/e628571e0f712490346e

You could share the results of those queries in the following page.

What features could be added to Gradebook to close the gap

    • Weighted items within a category
    • ...

Making GradeBook2 functional in Sakai 11 (getting it working with Morpheus...)

Portal handlers are not processing GB2 content properly, maybe it could be fixed but I don’t know how, so far. After achieving GB2 iframeless ready, other problems will come out, mixing GWT javascript with common portal javascript could cause problems, nothing tested, so far.

Quick Fix (by Former user (Deleted)): Still using iframes with GB2 adding this property to sakai.properties.

# Still IFRAMES with GB2

portal.iframesuppress=:all:sakai.rsf.evaluation:sakai.gradebook.gwt.rpc

version Gradebook2 1.8.1 working in the latest version of Sakai Trunk.

 

IMPORTANT: This fix is not going to work anymore, Sakai 11 is upgraded to Spring 4 and GB2 is not compatible, it has to be fixed in order to run in Sakai 11.

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

UPDATE: A new patch to fix GB2 problems was added in

Unable to locate Jira server for this macro. It may be due to Application Link configuration.

Documentation to help users transition from GradeBook2 to GradeBook

    • Please, add useful links or material here...
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