Assessment Icons

When looking through VU Collaborate, you will come across various icons when setting up the Quizzes, Grade books, Rubrics and Dropboxes. It’s essential you recognise each of the icons presented and what they stand for so you can manage them.

Each icon’s name will usually display when you hover your mouse over it. The guide will showcase the various icons used in the assessment tools within VU Collaborate.

• Quiz Icons
• Dropbox Icons
• Gradebook Icons
• Rubrics Icons

There is a possibility that students may request information on a particular icon's feature or meaning, this guide will allow you to answer questions within this category of possible queries.

1. Quiz Icons

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These icons are used in various situations when setting up a quiz.

Icon	Name	Meaning
	Hidden from view icon	Students are unable to see the quiz.
	Release conditions icon	These are conditional requirements that are meant to be satisfied by the student before gaining access to an associated item.
	Special access icon	There are students who have access that is different from others, such as a longer time to complete.
	Password protected icon	This quiz requires a password before students can start it.
	Grade Item	The quiz assignment is linked to a grade item in the GradeBook.

Do not confuse the special access icon with the password-protected icon.

2. Dropbox Icons

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These icons are used when setting up an assessment dropbox.

Icon	Name	Meaning
	Hidden from view icon	Students are unable to see the dropbox
	Grade item icon	The assessment dropbox is linked to a grade item in the GradeBook.
	Group submission icon	This is a group assessment. It will be marked by group name or number and the same score and feedback will be released to each student in that group.
	Special Access icon	There are students who have access that is different from others such as an extended due date.
	Release conditions icon	There are conditional requirements that are meant to be satisfied by the student before gaining access to an associated item.

 

3. Gradebook Icons

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These icons are used when setting up the grade book.

Icon	Name	Meaning
	Hidden from view icon	Students are unable to see the grade item
	Availability Icon	The grade will only be available for viewing for a specific time.
	Release Conditions Icon	These are conditional requirements that are meant to be satisfied by the student before gaining access to a grade item.

 

4. Rubrics Icons

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These icons are used when setting up an assessment rubric.

Icon	Name	Meaning
	Rubric association icon	The rubric has been associated with another assessment item and cannot be deleted
	Rubric linked assessment icon	The rubric has already been used to grade the linked assessment hence it can neither be deleted nor edited.