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Release Criteria: Grouping Criteria

You can use parentheses to group release criteria.

Example:

If you set the following release criteria for Quiz 3, specifying that all three release criteria must be satisfied:

1. Midterm grade is greater than 60 (Midterm Greater than 60)
2. And passed Quiz 1 (Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50)
3. And passed Quiz 2 (Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50)

But then decide that you want to change the release criteria for Quiz 3 so that the first criterion and either the second or third criterion must be satisfied:

1. Midterm grade is greater than 60 (Midterm Greater than 60)
2. And release if passed Quiz 1 (Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50)
3. Or Quiz 2 (Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50)

You can update the release criteria by indenting the Quiz 1 and Quiz 2 criteria:

1. Select Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50.
2. Click Indent. The criterion moves to the bottom of the list.
3. Select Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50.
4. Next to Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50, under Move, click the Move Selected Item to Bottom of List icon. The criterion moves to the bottom of the list.
5. Next to the parentheses, from the And/Or drop-down list, select And.
6. Next to Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50, from the And/Or drop-down list, select Or. The release criteria would appears as follows: Midterm Greater than 60 And ( Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50 Or Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50 )

To group release criteria:

Step 1: From the Set Release Criteria screen,

• Next to the first criterion of the grouping, select the check box.
• Click Indent. Parentheses appear above the criterion and the criterion is indented.

Step 2: If you want to remove the criterion from the grouping:

• Next to the parentheses, select the check box.
• Click Outdent. The parentheses are deleted and the criterion is no longer grouped.

Step 3: If necessary, select the Boolean operator to define the relationship between the release criteria:

You can use the And and Or Boolean operators to define a relationship between two criteria that are listed consecutively.

If you want an item to be released only when both release criteria are satisfied, use the And operator.

Example: If you want to release a quiz to a learning group named Group 1, but only on September 26, 2005 at 9:00 A.M., you would add group and date criteria to the quiz and combine them using the And operator (the release criteria would look similar to the following: Group Equals Group 1 And September 26, 2005 09:00 AM Until Unlimited).

If you want an item to be released when either release criterion is satisfied, use the Or operator.

Example: If you want to release a bonus assignment to Students who receive greater than 89 out of 100 on either Quiz 1 or Quiz 2, you would add two Grade Book criteria to the bonus assignment and combine them using the Or operator (the release criteria would look similar to the following: Quiz 1 Greater than 89 Or Quiz 2 Greater than 89).

From the Set Release Criteria screen, do one of the following:

• • If both criteria must be satisfied for the item to be released, from the And/Or drop-down list, select And. The default operator is And.
     
  • If only one criterion must be satisfied for the item to be released, from the And/Or drop-down list, select Or.

NOTE: If you have more than two criteria and use the And operator and the Or operator, the And operator is evaluated before the Or operator. For example, if you specify this release criteria:

• • A: October 22, 2005 9:00AM until October 22, 2005 5:00PM
  • B: User ID = Student1
  • C: Group = Group C

Then use the And and Or operators to create this expression:

• • (A and B) or C
     
  • The system looks for A and B criteria before it looks for C. If it finds A and B criteria, it will not go on to look for C.

Step 4: When you are finished setting release criteria for the item, click Save.

The Selective Release screen appears.

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