Create a aspect
An Aspect is essential for a course. An aspect is part of a Professional Skill and cannot exist independently. Aspects are displayed in the courses circular diagram, using the parent color of the corresponding professional skill.
The terms used below can be modified as desired via the translation module:
- Course (name module)
- Development stages
- Professional skills
- Aspect
- Portfolio assignment
Creating an aspect
- Navigate to the course module.
- Select the course for which you want tot create aspects.
- Click on the table of the professional skill, the + New aspect button will appear below it.
Fill in the following details:
- Name (required): Enter a name for the aspect or work process. The name will be visible to everyone linked to the program.
- Description: Optionally, provide a description of the aspect. This description is only visible to instructors.
- Under Settings, you can configure the following:
- Active: Decide whether the aspect should be active immediately. An active aspect is. visible to everyone who has access to the course.
- Add feedback field: Choose whether to include a feedback field on the aspect’s evaluation page, allowing instructors, students, and assessors to communicate with each other.
- Development phase description: A development phase is a step within the circular diagram. By adding a description, students and instructors can see what is required to achieve that step.
- Assessors: Specify who is allowed to assess the portfolio assignments related to this aspect.
- Click Save. When creating the first aspect, you will be asked the following question: "Would you like to apply these assessors to other aspects as well?"
- Only for this aspect: The assessors will only be assigned to this specific aspect. You will be asked the same question again when creating the next aspect.
- All aspects in the course: The assessors will automatically be assigned to all aspects within this course.
- All aspects within the professional skill: The assessors will be assigned to all aspects under the same professional skill.
- Cancel: The aspect will not be saved yet. You can still make changes before saving.
What does the course look like now?
When the program is opened, the table under the professional skill will now include the corresponding aspect. Additionally, the Example Diagram button becomes visible. When clicked, a preview of the courses circular diagram will be displayed.
Opening an Aspect
An opened aspect looks very similar to the creation screen. Some additional elements include:
- Portfolio Assignments: From here, you can create portfolio assignments that are linked to this aspect. These assignments will then be displayed in a table.
