Financial Analysis: Automatic Grading

This article is intended for Instructors.

This article is only for the Financial Analysis simulation.

During the financial analysis simulation, students will be asked to perform various types of analysis, recommend corrective measures and justify these recommendations.  

Although the evaluation of these decisions involves some subjectivity, the instructor can use the automatic grading tool.

Please note that the assessment will not consider the student's justifications, and will be based on the corrective measures proposed by the simulation. The number of points obtained will be calculated as follows for the Financial Analysis and/or Ratio sections:

1. If the student has the same answers: 5/5
2. If the student has the same answers and has added other corrective measures: 4/5
3. If the student has at least one of the recommended measures: 3/5
4. If the student proposes measures completely different from our recommendations: 2/5
5. If no answer: 0/5
   

* Points will be deducted if the student has selected too many corrective measures that do not apply.

** In the Ratio section, 1 point will be deducted if the student has selected the wrong answer regarding the positive/negative nature of the result.

How to use the automatic grading function :

1. In the Instructor Zone, access the Groups section.
2. Click on the group's name for which you wish to assign a score.
3. Click on the Financial Analysis or Ratio tab (depending on what you're rating). 
4. Then click on the Recalculate the points button.
   

      

      5. A confirmation will be displayed, so click on the YES button.

      6. After calculating the scores, you can review the detailed scores by accessing the student's file in the Participants tab.

      7. To obtain overall results, simply select the corresponding fields in the Results section, using either the Reports tool or the Grading tool. 

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