Assessment & Voting (under construction)

General Guidelines

The Resource Assessor (RA) is a self-assigned role in dTeach.

Within this role you test and assess resources produced by Resource Creators (RC). You are asked to determine how well each resource matches each of the three criteria: impact (educational quality of the resource), feasibility, auditability. The average individual score across the six criteria will give an overall score for the proposal.

• Your assessments must be conducted independently of other RAs.

• You can NOT be a RA in a resource that you are participating in as a RC or actively working with a RC in.

As a RA you play an important role in the dTeach process by providing guidance to voters who will use it to make their decisions. You are also offering feedback to RAs through your rationale.

Assisting and suggesting improvements to RCs as a RA is desirable and encouraged.

Please consider each of the following points as you undertake your assessment(s):

• Assign a score between 1 and 5 for each criterion.

• For each of the three criteria a score and a genuine rationale must be provided.

• Each resource and criterion should be considered and assessed on its own, and not comparing one resource with another.

• Your rationale should explain the score you have given and show proof of critical thinking. If a rationale does not correspond with the score given, the review will be removed.

• Any score without a rationale will be filtered out in the quality assessment stage performed by the dTeach team and Veteran Resource Assessors (vRAs) and you will not be compensated, for that assessment

• Every bit of a resource should be taken into consideration including attachments, and links etc.

• Your rationale should help the voters make their decision, so make sure your considerations, scores and rationales are comprehensible and actually add value.

• Time is the most precious of assets. Do not waste the voter’s time: your rationales must be thorough and concise at the same time.

• Submitted assessments can be edited until the review window closes.

• Consider formatting: Include line breaks and paragraphs to make your assessments easier to read.

• The reward system is designed so that it rewards assessors that demonstrate a higher quality of work. Keep this in mind at all times while writing your assessments and think long term while you build your reputation as a RA.

• Your assessments should review the resources critically but presented simply so the voters can easily grasp the key points of the proposals and make the most insightful decision.

• Remember that you work for the voters (the community), the proposers and yourself in that order.

Assessment Principles

The following principles are designed for all dTeach actors and should be followed to help the community fulfill the intention of being a safe and lively environment to explore the fullest potential of this great collaboration.

• 'Respect is everything'. Treat everyone and everyones work with respect. Constructive feedback improves the collaboration and the quality of this project.

• Manners are the key to a great collaboration. Offer your critical analysis of the proposals in a respectful, unobtrusive and non-accusatory manner. Focus on the content of the work and not on who is providing it.

• The integrity of dTeach lies in the hands of each of us and our decisions. Offer your advice and feedback to help creators create better resources.

• Mind your time. Do not spend more time on dTeach than you have available. Only create, assess and vote on as much content as you can. To work on any number of resource is already a great help for the process. The benchmark is for each resource to receive at least 5 evaluations. dTeach reward system is designed so that quality will always be more rewarded than quantity so you should focus on quality over quantity. The time necessary to assess a resource will vary. Depending on the resource and on your experience as a creator: if it takes you 30 minutes to read a proposal, you can expect to spend approx. between 1.5 h to 2 h to make a proper assessment. The goal of your review is to give back the time you spent to the voter who will read the assessments.

• Mind your knowledge. Although it is encouraged that creators prepare their proposals at a level suitable for most voters, some resources will be technical in nature or require specific field knowledge to be assessed meaningfully. It's your duty to know when a proposal is beyond your reach or knowledge. You should focus on proposals where your knowledge and experiences can bring a unique value.