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Rubric: Criteria

The evidence submitted by a learner when they apply for a badge needs to back up their claim they meet the criteria for it. Not achieving this is the most common reason why submissions fail. Watch the video, read the text and complete the practice assessments activity below to learn how to assess against the criteria factor.

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Slide 1: Title slide

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Slide 2: Video

Once we have finished with format, the next thing we look at in a submission is whether or not the criteria of the badge has been satisfied.

Even experienced open badge collectors sometimes miss out a question or activity in their evidence. Not fully meeting the badge's criteria is one of the most common reasons why submissions get returned to learners for additional work.

What is expected by the criteria changes depending on the badge being applied for. Each badge has its own individual criteria, with activities and questions the learner must complete and answer within their evidence submission.

Make sure you are familiar with the criteria before beginning your assessment – there will be always be a link to it within the peer assessment screen.

Slide 3: Criteria

This is how the criteria factor appears within our rubric.

If a submission scores 'needs work' here, then the submission will be returned to the learner regardless of how they score elsewhere.

This is a simple factor to score, we simply need to check that the learner has covered all the criteria within their evidence.

You will see that the word 'essential' is used within the rubric. Unless the badge criteria states something is optional, then you should consider it to be essential. Let’s take a look at each of these in more detail.

Slide 4: Criteria – needs work indicators

All questions from the badge criteria need to be answered unless they are marked as optional within that criteria. Depending on how the learner formatted their evidence, they may not have used the questions as headings, so you will need to read their evidence to determine if the questions have all been answered.

Some questions require a learner to expand on their answer, for example we may ask a learner to choose three things they learned and state why each of these was important to them. If they only respond with the three things they learned and don't explain why each was important, then they will not have answered the question in full. In this case the criteria will not have been met.

Similarly if the evidence does not clearly answer the questions asked, maybe they have told a story from their practice or written an essay loosely based on the badge topic rather than answering the questions, then the criteria will not have been met.

Some badges ask for supplemental evidence to be attached. Usually worksheets or evidence activity work the learner completed while working through a learning resource. You do not need to assess the content of these – they will be many pages long – but you do need to check that they have been attached and open correctly. If these are asked for by the criteria and are not attached, included in the evidence or they do not open correctly – then the criteria has not been met.

If you suspect you suspect the criteria has not been met in any of these circumstances, you should score the criteria as ‘needs work’.

As a peer assessor, you do not need to worry about whether a learner meets the prerequisites for the badge. As peer assessment is an anonymous process, you won't know who the learner is or have access to this information. Instead, SSSC will check this as part of the quality assurance process.

Slide 5: Criteria – satisfactory indicators

So long as none of the previous indicators apply, then the criteria has been met. We will have evidence from the learner which clearly answers each of the criteria questions in full and all supplemental evidence if it was asked for will have been provided.

The criteria factor should be scored as satisfactory.

Slide 6: Criteria – excellent indicators

However, there are certain things to look for that should direct you to scoring the criteria factor as excellent.

Firstly, if the learner's evidence submission shows that they tacked optional elements of the badge's criteria.

Secondly, if the learner has structed their evidence using the badge criteria as headings and has provided information about when and how they completed any non-question activities eg the dates when they worked through a leaning resource. Then this should lean you towards scoring the criteria of their submission as excellent. You'll notice some crossover here between what you will have scored for the format factor. You’ll see plenty of examples of what this looks like throughout the activities in this workshop.

Slide 7: Activity

Once again, I've prepared examples of real submissions for you to look at and you’ll find instructions below this video.

First, look at each of them and decide how you would score them for criteria. Like before, don't worry about getting it right at this stage, it's just a practice activity. Once you make your decision you’ll be shown how an SSSC assessor scored the same submission.

Remember to consider how your scores compare to the SSSC assessor and take note of what you learned from this activity in the reflection box below.

Slide 8: Thank you

No narration.

The criteria factor applies to the specific criteria of the badge being assessed. All badges have different criteria requiring the learner to undertake activities, answer questions and/or involve others in their learning.

As assessors we are looking for the submission to include all the required evidence the badge’s criteria asks for. Even experienced open badge collectors sometimes miss out a question or activity in their evidence. Not fully meeting the badge’s criteria is one of the most common reasons why submissions get returned to learners for additional work.

You will be asked to choose between three options when assessing this factor; needs work, satisfactory and excellent. Below are a few indicators of what you should look for in making your decision.

Needs work indicators

Questions asked within the badge criteria have not been answered.
Questions are partially answered or the response is not clear.
Supplemental evidence (if required) has not been provided.

Satisfactory indicators

Evidence clearly answers all questions in full.
Supplemental evidence (if required) has been provided.

Excellent indicators

Optional items from the badge criteria have been completed.
Learner uses badge criteria as headings and writes something under non-question activities confirming these have been completed.
Learner provides details eg dates when they completed these activities.

Failing to achieve a satisfactory score here means the submission will be returned to the applicant for more work regardless of how they score elsewhere.

Make sure you are familiar with the criteria before beginning your assessment – there will always be a link to it within the peer assessment screen.

Once again, try assessing a few submissions and see how your scores compare to the original decision. Complete the activity below before moving on to the next factor.

Activity: Practice assessments

10 minutes

You are going to assess five examples of real submissions for the Getting started with Open Badges badge. Read through each and select how you score them for criteria. At the end of the activity your scores will be compared to those of an SSSC assessor.

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