1 I keep my entire data directory in git and I'd recommend that you do
2 too. Just make sure you don't commit and publish student records into
3 the public git repository. I usually just keep a separate branch for
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9 1. Open your terminal (on Windows, this will likely be powershell in anaconda)
11 2. Change into the directory with the coldcall scripts.
13 3. Download new data with: `python download_student_info.py`
15 This will download the latest version of absence data into `data/optout_poll_data.tsv` as well as th student information into `data/student_information.tsv`.
17 If you noticed any changes you need to make (e.g., the same preferred names, incorrectly entered absences, etc) you should edit the Google sheets and then running the download again with the same script.
19 4. When you're ready, fun the main script in the same directory: python coldcallbot-manual.py
23 - output a paper list in terminal. I often redirect this to a file like: `python coldcallbot-manual.py > data/paper_call_list-2024-09-26.txt` or similar.
24 - Create the computed call list in the `data/` folder
26 During case, I take notes on student answers on paper during class (typically I
27 only note down non "GOOD" answers) and then add these to the sheet
28 immediately after class.
30 After class each day, you need to open up "call_list-YYYY-MM-DD.tsv"
31 and edit the two columns in which you store the results of the
32 case. The first columns `answered` means that the person responded and
33 answered the question (i.e., they were present in the room but away
34 from their computer and unresponsive). This is almost always TRUE but
35 would be FALSE if the student were missing.
37 The assessment column should be is "GOOD", "SATISFACTORY", "POOR", "NO
38 MEANINGFUL ANSWER" or "ABSENT" but you can do whatever makes sense in
39 this and we can work with it when it comes to grading. Just make sure
42 Details on my rubric is here:
44 https://wiki.communitydata.science/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/Assessment#Rubric_for_case_discussion_answers
47 Assessment and Tracking
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50 These scripts rely on a file in this repository called
51 `data/student_information.csv` which I have set to be downloaded
52 automatically from a Google form using the download script.
54 I don't expect that these will necessary work without
55 modification. It's a good idea to go line-by-line through these to
56 make sure they are doing what *you* want and that you agree with the
57 assessment logic built into this.
59 For reference, that file has the following column labels (this is the
60 full header, in order):
63 Your UW student number
64 Name you'd like to go by in class
65 Your Wikipedia username
66 Your username on the class Discord server
68 Anything else you'd like me to know?
70 The scripts in this directory are meant to be run or sourced *from*
71 the data directory. As in:
74 $ R --no-save < ../assessment_and_tracking/track_participation.R
76 There are three files in that directory:
80 This file keeps track of who is in Discord, who is enrolled for
81 the class, etc. This helps me remove people from the
82 student_informaiton.csv spreadsheet who are have dropped the
83 class, deal with users who change their Discord name, and other
84 things that the scripts can't deal with automatically.
86 This all need to be dealt with manually, one way or
87 another. Sometimes by modifying the script, sometimes by modifying
88 the files in the data/ directory.
90 This requires an additional file called
91 `myuw-COM_482_A_autumn_2020_students.csv` which is just the saved
92 CSV from https://my.uw.edu which includes the full class list. I
93 download this one manually.
95 track_participation.R:
97 This file generates histograms and other basic information about
98 the distribution of participation and absences. I've typically run
99 this weekly after a few weeks of the class and share these images
100 with students at least once or twice in the quarter.
102 This file is also sourced by compute_final_case_grades.R.
104 compute_final_case_grades.R:
106 You can find a narrative summary of my assessment process here:
108 https://wiki.communitydata.science/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill/Assessment#Overall_case_discussion_grade
110 This also requires the registration file (something like
111 `myuw-COM_482_A_autumn_2020_students.csv`) which is described
114 To run this script, you will need to create the following subdirectories:
117 data/case_grades/student_reports
120 One final note: A bunch of things in these scripts assumes a UW 4.0
121 grade scale. I don't think it should be hard to map these onto some
122 other scale, but that's an exercise I'll leave up to those that want
126 5. after class, update the call list in the data folder to remove lines for any call that didn't happen (or you don't want to count) and update the assessments: