For Teachers
To open part settings, first navigate to the assignment settings page, and then click the name of the part you wish to edit.
Adding a part, by clicking to an assignment by clicking the "+" button which appears under the list of assignment parts, will also open the Part Settings page. Please note you can only add additional parts for an unpublished assignment.
Below is an explanation of the settings on each tab within the part settings.
Lab Definition
Part Name
Lab Type
Available options are determined by your organization admin.
Container Image
Resources
Choose what resources to enable here.
If Cloud Labs are enabled, you can select your vendor and configure some settings.
If "Enable Local Database" is selected, you can select which database(s) you would like enabled for the part, with options of Postgres, MongoDB, and Neo4j.
Budget
Time Budget
Choose to set a budget for monthly and/or total time students are able to work on the part.
Spend Budget
Extensions
Terminate Resources
Session Length: set how long to leave resources active before terminating
End Lab Behavior: choose whether to terminate (delete) or stop (pause) resources when a lab is ended
Interface
Here, you can configure the visibility and behavior of the elements in the editor:
Panels: Nav Bar
Controls: Start Button
Controls: Stop Button
Controls: Reset
Controls: Submit
Information: Timer
Information: Budget
Information: Progress
Information: Assignments
Launch Behavior: Set Initial File
Grades: Hide Scores
Submission
Dates
Set a due date, late submission date, or early submission bonus.
Submission Limits
Resubmit Count: set the number of submissions allowed
Wait Interval: set a time which students will have to wait between submission attempts
Show Solution: set the number of submissions to require before revealing the solution
Grading
Late Penalties
Grading Rules
Set whether to use the latest submission or the highest score
Set time limits on the grading job
Toggle AI grading
Rubrics
This section is populated by grading criteria, typically populated automatically by autograded items when an assignment is published. You can also manually add grading criteria here.
Open Port
You can add ports here for container labs.
Tags
You can add tags here as part-level metadata.
When you are done editing the part settings, hit "Save Part" to save your changes.
"History" allows you to view previous versions of the part with different settings.
Working with Multiple Parts
Every assignment has at least one part, and you can add more parts to the same assignment. Use multiple parts when you want to split an assignment into separate sections, each with its own lab, rubric, and feedback. Because each part has its own settings, parts in the same assignment can also use different lab types.
To add a part, the assignment must be unpublished; refer to the instructions at the top of this article.
Navigating Between Parts
The name of the current part displays at the top of the lab, next to the assignment name. To open a different part, select the part name, and then select the part you want from the dropdown list. You can also open a different part from the course page, where each part is listed under the assignment name along with its score.
Files do not carry over between parts. Each part has its own workspace, so files created or edited in one part are not available in another part.
Grades can be reviewed across parts without opening each lab. In the Grades panel, select Next or Prev to move between the grades for each part. The Total score reflects the combined score for all parts, calculated using the assignment's score aggregation rule.
Combining Part Grades
The score aggregation rule determines how part scores combine into one assignment score. It is an assignment-level setting, located in the assignment settings under Submission > Grading Rules & Grade Release > Score aggregation rule. For more information about assignment-level settings, refer to Assignment Settings.
The following options are available.
Option | How the assignment score is calculated |
Sum Of All Parts (default) | Adds the scores from all parts. For an assignment with one part, the assignment score is the score for that part. |
Maximum Score | Adds the scores from all parts, up to a maximum score that you set. |
When you select Maximum Score, a Max score field displays next to the dropdown. Enter the highest score a student can receive for the assignment. Any calculated score above that value is reduced to the maximum. The maximum applies to scores from graders and the autograder, as well as peer review scores.
Maximum Score is useful when you want to offer more points than the assignment is worth. For example, if the parts add up to 120 points and the maximum score is 100, students can skip a part or earn extra credit, and the assignment score never exceeds 100.
Sending Grades to Your LMS
If your course is connected to a Learning Management System (LMS) through Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) and grade passback is enabled, Vocareum sends one grade for the entire assignment to the LMS, not one grade per part. This grade is the combined score calculated by the score aggregation rule. For more information, refer to Configure LTI 1.3 in your course.