Create sets

Introduction

Creating different sets of a test makes an assessment fairer. When students sitting side by side get different versions of the same activity, copying from a seatmate no longer helps, which protects the integrity of your results.

In GradeChum, a set is a version of a handwritten activity: Set A, Set B, and so on. GradeChum makes each new set for you by shuffling the order of the activity's items, and checks every paper against the answer key of the set the student answered. In this article, let's explore how to Autogenerate set/s for an activity.

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Steps

You can create sets in either of these two ways:

a. Right after creating an activity

1. After you click Create activity on a handwritten activity, GradeChum shows Activity successfully created! and asks "Do you want to generate shuffled item sets for this activity?"

2. Click Autogenerate set/s. Under "How many additional shuffled sets do you want to create?", choose how many sets to add, for example 2 additional sets. The button keeps loading until GradeChum has finished loading your activity's items. If you do not want sets, click No thanks instead.

3. GradeChum shows "Creating additional sets." while it makes your sets.
4. Finally, once you see, for example, 2 sets autogenerated!, click Go to activity to open the activity's Results tab.

b. From Manage sets

1. If you decide on sets later, open your class and go to the Activities tab. Click the ⋯ menu on the activity's card. You can also open the activity and click the ⋯ menu at its top.

2. Click Manage sets. The Manage Sets modal lists each set of the activity as a row: Set A, Set B, Set C.

3. Click Autogenerate set/s and choose how many additional shuffled sets you want. Each new set holds the same items in a different order.

4. The new sets appear as rows in the Manage Sets modal and are saved right away. GradeChum confirms with a message such as "1 set added successfully." Your activity keeps its name and stays one card on the Activities tab.

5. To remove a set, click the red trash icon on its row. In Delete set?, click Delete to delete it for good, or Back to keep it.

6. Finally, close the Manage Sets modal. Your sets are already saved.

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If you cannot add or delete a set

a. Autogenerate set/s is grayed out

Your activity already has as many sets as it can hold. Hover over the button to see, for example, "Maximum of 6 sets reached. Deleted sets count toward this limit." Deleting a set does not free up its place.

b. A set is grayed out

That set has already been deleted. Hover over the info icon on its row to see "This set has already been deleted." It stays on the list and still counts toward the limit.

c. The trash icon is grayed out

An activity must keep at least one set. When only one set is left, hovering over its trash icon says so, and the icon does nothing.

d. The list shows no sets

The modal says the activity has no sets yet. Click Autogenerate set/s in the same modal to add them.

e. Could not add sets

If you see "The maximum number of sets has been exceeded." or "Could not add sets. The maximum of 6 sets may have been exceeded due to previously deleted sets.", the number you chose would pass the limit once the sets you deleted are counted. Close the modal, open Manage sets again, and choose a smaller number. After creating an activity, the same problem reads "Could not autogenerate sets. The maximum of 6 sets may have been exceeded."

f. Failed to add sets or delete a set

If you see "Failed to add sets. Please try again.", "Failed to autogenerate sets. Please try again." or "Failed to delete set. Please try again.", GradeChum could not save the change. Wait a moment, then try again. If you see "Cannot delete the only set.", keep that set: an activity must have at least one.

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Older activities with sets

An activity whose sets were created before Manage sets keeps each set as its own activity. On the Activities tab, its card shows how many sets it has, for example (3 sets), and opens to show each set. To add a set to it:

1. Click the card to show its sets, then click Add another set. You can also click Create set in the ⋯ menu of one of its sets.

2. Choose how to make the new set: Entirely different items, Same items, different order or Same items, same order. The Create Activity modal opens with the new set. Its activity type and schedule are locked to match the other sets.

3. Make any changes to the set's tests, then click Create activity.
4. Finally, GradeChum asks "Do you want to create another set for this activity?" Click Create set to add another, or No thanks to finish.

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When a student's set letter is unclear

When your students answer an activity with sets, each one writes the letter of their set on the answer sheet. If GradeChum cannot read it, the Results tab says how many students have unclear set letters, and you pick the right set for each of them. See Pages missing.

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And that's how you create sets of an activity! Next, let's explore how to reuse an activity.