○ What does a moderator do?
In aNewSpring, you can set up various activities that require an assessment from an instructor.
The assessments given on (video) hand-in assignments, essay questions in assessment activities, external activities and webinars can be provided with feedback by a moderator.
This article contains some scenarios for which moderating could be interesting.
Active moderation - Learners get the best score and feedback on their submitted work
You have several employees who guide and assess the learners during the learning journey. A number of 'senior' instructors are given the role of observer to keep an eye on things, with the additional function of moderator.
While instructors provide feedback and a score for the learners' work, a moderator in turn reviews the instructor's work. He can comment on the given rating and mark it as Upheld or Not Upheld.
The instructor knows that he has done his job well if it is Upheld. If it is Not Upheld, the instructor can change the assessment and score based on the instructions given by the moderator.
Learners see the new score and feedback in the activity.
Passive Moderation - Motivate instructors to improve their assessments
The same scenario as above also applies to this one, except that nothing changes for the learners.
The instructor takes the moderator's feedback for their notice and brings it into future assessments they need to do.
Multiple instructors assess the hand-in assignments
There are learning journeys where learners have more than one instructor. Hand-in assignments have to be assessed by several instructors.
In this case, the moderator is also an instructor.
The first instructor provides the handed-in work with feedback and a score (subject to change). The moderator then reviews the assessment and marks it as Upheld or Not Upheld with a review. The instructor can change his assessment based on this feedback.