Can I turn my students’ Rater Practice scores into a homework grade?
Yes. Once your students complete Rater Practice, you will be able to view their results by selecting the “view results’ button on the class editor page. On the raw data page, you can scroll down to view your students’ Rater Practice high scores, average scores, and total attempts in Rater Practice. This data can be used to evaluate and grade your student’s Peer Evaluation skills.
For more information, watch our video How to View Rater Practice Results.
How does the scoring on Rater Practice work?
Two points are given to students who rate the hypothetical student exactly as they should, and one point is given to students who rate the hypothetical students one level above or below the correct score in each dimension. The highest possible score is 30.
For more information, watch our video Rater Practice Demonstration.
How can I implement Rater Practice for my class?
You can assign Rater Practice on the “Basic Activity Information” tab while creating a survey/activity. On this screen, you will see a drop-down menu with the options “No Practice”, “Require Once”, or “Open Practice”.
For more information, watch our video How to Assign Rater Practice.
What is Rater Practice?
Rater practice is a game based stimulation with hypothetical team members. Assigning rater practice to students allows them to learn how teammates should be rated using the 5 CATME Teamwork Dimensions
For more information, watch our video Rater Practice Demonstration.
How can I customize the time zones for my class?
You can either choose one of the different time zone groups CATME already has, or create a new question with custom time zones of your choice.
What is the Time Zone Scheduling Tool?
The Time Zone Scheduling Tool facilitates team creation when team members are in different time zones from each other or from the instructor, such as in an online course.
The students input their time zones in their profiles. If a Team-Maker survey begins before the student sets the time zone, the times in the survey will appear in the instructor’s time zone instead.
The CATME system includes six time zone groupings:
- US: Time zones for continental US, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii
- North America: Time zones for Canada, the US, Alaska, Hawaii, and Mexico
- South America/Caribbean: Time zones for Eastern Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean
- Europe/Africa/Middle East: Time zones for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
- Australasia: Time zones for countries from West Asia to New Zealand, including countries such as India, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Central Australia, and Iran where the local time is offset by 30 minutes from surrounding time zones
- All World: Contains all 30 time zones, including those on the half hour.
For more information, watch our video on Time Zone Scheduling for Instructors.
Can I have “other” as an option for gender?
Yes. When completing a Team-Maker Survey, students can choose between “Female”, “Male”, or “Other/prefer not to answer”.
Why can’t I edit the question I wrote?
You are not able to edit questions if they are currently being used in a Team-Maker survey that hasn’t closed yet. Once the survey closes, you will be able to make edits again.
How can I customize the questions in a Team-Maker survey?
Questions can be customized by adding questions created by the CATME team or other members of the community, or by creating your own questions.
To add preset questions, go to the Activity Editor of the Team-Maker survey of your choice. Then, you can check or uncheck the questions you want or don’t want in the survey. Afterward, you can save the changes by clicking on the “Save” or “Save and Return to Quick Summary.” Note that any community question you add or question you create will also become available for selection on this list.
To add community questions, click on the “Question Manager” button on the summary page, and click the “Add Question” button to go to the Community Question Import page. There, check the questions you want to add and click the “Import Selected Questions” button. To preview any question, click on its title.
To create your own questions, click on the “Question Manager” button on the summary page, then click on the “Add Question” button. After reading the welcome page, fill out the fields in the next two pages with the question and answers to your custom question. To access advanced settings, click on the question you want to see advanced settings for on the Question Manager page. Then click on the “Advanced Settings” button on the following page.
For more information, watch our videos on The Question Manager’s Basic Functions, CATME Question Manager Tutorial for Instructors, Advanced Settings in Question Manager.
How do I create teams after the Team-Maker Survey is finished?
After the survey’s end date, you will see a button labeled “Data and Teams” on the Quick Summary page. Click this to be taken to a page displaying the results of the survey. In the top right corner, click “Make Teams,” then you will see a page giving options for the weight of each question in the survey. Finish by clicking “Make Teams” in the top right corner. The system may take a minute to create the teams. Afterward, if you would like different teams, you can change your parameters by clicking “Change Params”, or remake the teams with the same parameters by clicking “Re-Make Teams.”
For more information, see our video about Making Teams.