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Angels Become Fourth Team to Designate Pitcher For Assignment in 2024

Maren angus-coombs | aug 26, 2024.

• Los Angeles Angels

The Los Angeles Angels designated reliever Mike Baumann for assignment on Friday, per the  MLB transaction wire .

It was the fourth time this season that the 28-year-old right-hander was DFA'd.

Now that he's heading for waivers, other MLB teams will have a chance to claim him, but since he has more than two years of service time, he’ll need to be placed on a 40-man roster.

Baumann has never actually cleared waivers; in all three instances earlier this season, he was traded. He has gone from the Baltimore Orioles to the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants and Angels via DFA resolutions throughout the year.

#Angels transactions: •Selected the contract of RHP Ryan Zeferjahn •Designated RHP Mike Baumann for assignment — Angels PR (@LAAngelsPR) August 23, 2024

When the Orioles designated him for assignment on May 18, they traded him four days later to the Seattle Mariners. Baltimore sent Baumann and catcher Michael Perez to the Mariners in exchange for catcher Blake Ford.

Seattle held onto him until July 19 and then traded him to the San Francisco Giants three days later. The Giants DFA’d him five days later and then traded him to the Angels, where he made 10 appearances.

Baumann has not pitched very well at any of his stops. He owns a 5.24 ERA through 44.2 innings this year.

Baumann had an outstanding season in 2023 when the Orioles clinched the American League East title. He posted a 10-1 record with a 3.76 ERA across 60 appearances, striking out 61 and walking 33 over 64.2 innings.

After three years at Jacksonville University, the Orioles selected Baumann in the third round of the 2017 draft.

He worked his way up to the big leagues and made his Major League Baseball debut with the Orioles in 2021, eventually becoming a reliable reliever.

During his time with Baltimore, he appeared in 94 games, posting a 13-5 record with a 4.45 ERA, 105 strikeouts, and 57 walks over 127.1 innings. Across his four MLB seasons, he holds a 15-5 record with a 4.80 ERA, 129 strikeouts, and 69 walks in 153.2 innings.

In a corresponding move, the Angels selected the contract of righty reliever Ryan Zeferjahn.

The Los Angeles Angels would have needed to add Zeferjahn to their 40-man roster this offseason to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Instead, they’re giving him his first big league opportunity a few weeks early, allowing him to potentially secure a middle relief role heading into next season.

MAREN ANGUS-COOMBS

Swarthmore College – ITS Blog

Timed Assignments in Moodle 4.2

One of our favorite new features of Moodle 4.2 is the addition of a duration setting to the Assignments feature. In previous versions of Moodle, the only way to set a limited time for the completion of something you wanted your students to do was to set it up as a Quiz. Now you have this important capability for assignments in Moodle!

How to set it up

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Timed Assessments with a Moodle online submission

Using a 24 or 48 hour timed moodle coursework submission in lieu of an exam.

Many modules now have to set up a timed submission in Moodle using the assignment tool to replace an invigilated exam. These submissions need to be set up to appear automatically at a certain release date set by the exams office, then allow a 24 or 48 hour window for students to submit their work after which the submission will lock. Instructions for this are given below.

Stage 1: Setup

You will need to set up an online submission in Moodle using the assignment tool. This will differ in setup from a regular online submission as it has additional timed restrictions set. Details of these settings are available in Timed Assessments – Assignment settings .

Stage 2: Marking and Feedback

There are a number of ways you can mark and give feedback when you have used Moodle online submission. Help materials on the difference options are below.

• Marking using Turnitin Feedback Studio  (includes using online rubrics and marking guides)
• Marking using a bulk download and upload of files

Stage 3: Releasing Grades and feedback

Once you have completed your marking, feedback and internal moderation processes you will need to release the marks and feedback to students. This process will allow students to see the marks and feedback in Moodle and it will transfer the grades to UNIT-e overnight. There are 3 steps to follow in this stage shown below.

Step 1. Remove the hide restriction and ensure the question paper is no longer in the submission description

Step 2. Reveal the student identities

Guidance on how to reveal student identities and remove the anonymity

Step 3. Release the grades and feedback

Guidance on how to release grades and feedback

Student Help and Guidance

Moodle link for students.

Student guide to submitting to a Moodle online submission

Moodle Quizzes for Timed Assessments

In some specific cases the Moodle quiz tool is being used for timed assessment. If you wish to do this, it is important that you get it approved by the ADTL in your Faculty, and read this technical Moodle link – help and guidance.

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Assignment settings.

• Using Assignment
• Assignment FAQ

This page explores in more detail the settings for the Assignment activity once you have added it to your course and also covers the Site administration settings.

Note that if you want to edit an existing assignment, click the Edit link to its right and choose the action you wish to take, e.g. 'Edit settings'.

• 2 Availability
• 3 Submission types
• 4 Feedback types
• 5 Submission settings
• 6 Groups submission settings
• 7 Notifications
• 9 Other settings
• 10 Assignment capabilities
• 11.1 Assignment settings
• 11.2 Submission plugins
• 11.3.1.1 Check Ghostscript
• In the Description, give a general explanation of the assignment. Check the box if you want this description to display on the course page.
• In Additional files, you can add files which may be of help to the students as they do their assignment, such as example submissions or answer templates.
• In Activity instructions, explain in greater detail what students must do. This is displayed when they edit and submit their assignment.

Availability

Submission types.

Here you can decide how you wish students to submit their work to you.

Note: If Submission comments are enabled in Administration>Plugins>Activity modules>Assignment>Submission plugins , students will be able to add a note to their teacher on submitting work. If Anonymous submissions are enabled, student comments display in the gradebook as from "Participant 01 etc" to avoid revealing identities.

It's possible to set a word limit on an online text assignment. Students get a warning if they try to exceed the word limit. Numbers are counted as words and abbreviations such as I'm or they're are counted as single words.

Comments may be collapsed to make it easier to read the original text:

If the file types have been restricted, then when students attempt to submit the assignment, they will see a message telling them which files are accepted:

Feedback types

The Atto editor now allows for recording audio and video when grading, along with the option to upload supporting files such as images.

Annotate PDF appears if this setting is enabled by the Site administrator in the Manage assignment feedback plugins section of Site admin and will allow the teacher to annotate using comments, stamps and other features.

When the teacher has completed their grading offline, they can then upload the spreadsheet, confirm the changes and the grades and comments will be transferred over into Moodle's gradebook:

See also Offline grading worksheet blog post by Gavin Henrick.

Uploading multiple feedback files is also possible:

• Download the students' assignments using the "Download all submissions" link from the same dropdown menu;
• Extract the folder offline and add your comments to the student's submissions. Keep the names the same.
• Select the students' submissions and zip them into a new folder. Important: Don't just edit them inside their original folder and re-zip this; it will not work. The folder name does not matter as long as the feedback files have the same names as before.
• Upload this newly zipped folder.
• You will be presented with a confirmation screen displaying your feedback files. (If you zip files from a Mac, make sure to remove the folder _MACOSX)

Submission settings

Groups submission settings

These settings allow students to collaborate on a single assignment, e.g. working in the same online area or uploading, editing and reuploading an MS Powerpoint in the common assignment area.

When grading, the teacher may choose to give a common grade and feedback to all students in the group or to give individual grades and feedback to each member.

Notifications

Please note that if you are using group mode then course teachers need to be members of the group in order to receive submission and late submission notifications.

• See Grade points and Advanced grading methods for more information on the settings here.
• Setting a passing grade may be connected with Activity completion and Restrict access such that a student will not be able to access a follow up activity until they have passed this assignment. Anonymous submissions

With Anonymous submissions, students cannot see the final grade until all of the students' names have been revealed. Rubrics will also be hidden from students' view until the names are revealed. To reveal student names after you are finished grading, look under Assignment settings > Reveal student identities . Feedback comments will appear whether or not student names are hidden or revealed. Note that this level of anonymity might not suit the privacy requirements of your organisation. See MDL-35390 for more details.

Users with the capability View student identities when Anonymous submissions are enabled (by default managers only) can view student identities and participant numbers.

Users with the capability View anonymous events in reports (by default managers only) can view student submissions to assignments with Anonymous submissions (in Moodle 3.9 onwards).

• Marking (grading) workflow

The phases are:

• Not marked (the marker has not yet started)
• In marking (the marker has started but not yet finished)
• Marking completed (the marker has finished but might need to go back for checking/corrections)
• In review (the marking is now with the teacher in charge for quality checking)
• Ready for release (the teacher in charge is satisfied with the marking but wait before giving students access to the marking)
• Released (the student can access the grades/feedback)

Other settings

Depending on what is enabled for your site and course, you may also need to explore Common module settings , Restrict access , Activity completion , Tags and Competencies

Assignment capabilities

• Export own submission
• Grade assignment
• Submit assignment
• View assignment

Role permissions for the activity can be changed from the gear icon Actions menu.

Site administration settings

Administrators can access assignment configuration options by expanding Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Activity modules > Assignment .

Here, the administrator can set defaults for certain settings. They may also make certain settings 'Advanced' which means a course teacher has to click the 'Show more' link to see them, or they may 'lock' settings which means a course teacher cannot alter that setting.

If the site contains courses with over 100 participants, the number of assignments listed on the assignment grading page may be limited using the Maximum assignments per page (assign | maxperpage) setting. This removes 'All' from the 'Assignments per page' setting.

If it is left as the default "No", then teachers will have the choice within their own assignments to force this or not.

The submission statement may be shown in different languages. See Multi-language content filter for how to do this.

Note for sites using languages other than English: There is currently a bug affecting the default assignment submission statement - it doesn't display in a user's language ( MDL-54731 ). A workaround is to enter the submission statement in the required language (using the multi-lang filter if multiple languages are required) in the 'Submission statement' (submissionstatement) field then save the changes.

Submission plugins

Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any submission plugins.

Feedback plugins

Manage assignment feedback plugins.

Here the administrator can enable, disable or change the order and default settings for any feedback plugins.

Check Ghostscript

You can also check the ghostscript path from here:

If the default stamps are deleted by accident, they can be found in mod/assign/feedback/editpdf/pix and re-uploaded.

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Your lecturer can set up a Moodle Assignment with a time limit.  If an assignment is timed, a Begin assignment button will display when you open the Assignment activity. Once you press the button, a confirmation pop-up will display to inform you how much time you have to complete the Assignment. If you are ready to complete the Assignment, select the Begin assignment button from the pop-up. If you are not ready to complete the Assignment, select the Cancel button on the pop-up. You must return prior to the Assignment Due date to complete the activity within the time limit set.

As you work on the assignment, a timer is displayed on the screen so you always know how much time you have left. If time runs out, you can still submit the assignment as long as the Due date/cut off date has not been reached and your Assignment will display as late for markers.

Turnitin may be enabled on Moodle assignments. Please refer to the guidance on Turnitin's accepted file types and file size and naming conventions before you submit your file.

• You can also select the Assignments link in your Module dashboard to open a list of all your Moodle assignments. Select the relevant assignment to open it.
• On Grid format, open the Block drawer and navigate to the Activities block, select the link to Assignments .
• A Begin assignment  button will display when you open a Timed Assignment activity. Once you press the button, a confirmation pop-up will display to inform you how much time you have to complete the Assignment. If you are ready to complete the Assignment, select the  Begin assignment  button from the pop-up. 
• A timer will display in then panel on the left. This timer cannot be paused.
• View or download any additional files that may have been added for use in the assignment, such as example submissions or answer templates. The files will be available under the instructions in the assignment description.
• Review and check the submission declaration box to confirm that your work is entirely your own.
• Scroll down to the  File submissions screen.
• You may need to agree to the Turnitin End-User Licence Agreement - see Turnitin box below for further instructions if required .
• Select Save changes to submit your assignment.

After you have submitted your assignment, you must confirm that you can open the file(s) and that you submitted the correct file(s).

• Return to the module homepage.
• Select the Assignment. Select each file in turn to download it.
• Confirm that the file can be opened and that it is the correct file.

If there is an issue with the file, you may be able to replace the coursework file prior to the deadline .

If you do not have an option to replace the file, then contact your Course Officer.

If your lecturer is using Turnitin within the Moodle assignment, and if this is your first time submitting to Turnitin for the new academic year, you might also be presented with an End-User Licence Agreement (EULA) to review and accept before submitting your assignment. There is currently no box to check, but you will need to select the link to open the End-User Licence Agreement (EULA): 

• Review the EULA and scroll down the page to select  I agree .
• Select away from the confirmation page to continue you assignment submission. If you do not accept the EULA you will not be able to complete your assignment submission.
• Firefox: When the pop-up window is blocked you will be able to see a message in the browser address bar. To view the agreement page, select  Options and then allow popups for moodle.city.ac.uk & moodle4.city.ac.uk
• Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer will display a message at the bottom of the page to indicate that a pop-up page has been blocked. Select Allow once if you wish to only see the current blocked page. We recommend you to select the option to Always allow from Options for this site menu.
• Chrome: Chrome will display a message in the address bar to indicate that it has blocked a pop-up page.
• If your pop-ups are blocked initially, and you then unblock them, you will need to select the link again to read and accept the Turnitin EULA.

When you submit a file to a Moodle assignment with Turnitin enabled, you may receive an error message that prevents your submission from uploading successfully to Turnitin. Some of the errors such as  file exceeds maximum allowed size  and  user has not accepted end user agreement  are clear to understand and easily rectifiable by following the guidelines set in the  Submit Turnitin Assignment Guide .

There are other errors that are not so clear to understand such as:

• problem creating the module in Turnitin (see API logs) 
• problem editing the module settings in Turnitin (see API logs) 
• no accessible content in the file pool 
• XML response could not be parsed 

To rectify these errors, please try the following:

• If the file name of your submission is over 40 characters, change the file name of your submission and resubmit the file.
• If  you converted the assignment file from Word to PDF, we have found changing the file name and resubmitting the assignment works.
• If the file name has any punctuation apart from underscores, remove punctuation from the file name and resubmit.
• If the file name & file name convention is OK, sometimes, simply changing the file name helps push the paper through to Turnitin. 

Note:  If you don't seem to have the ability to resubmit or if the deadline has passed, please contact your Course Officer who can assist.

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Making the most of Moodle’s Assignments for formative and summative assessment

Moodle’s assignment activities are easy to set up and offer many possibilities to create unique learning experiences for your students.

The Assignment activity in Moodle allows students to submit work for their teachers to grade or assess. The learners’ submissions may be text typed online or uploaded files of any format that the teachers specify. While creating an Assignment is quite straightforward, this activity has several settings that educators can combine to create unique experiences for their learners. 

Moodle Assignment for formative and summative assessment

Because it has so many combinations of configuration, the Assignment activity can be used both for formative assessment and summative evaluation. The table below outlines the goals and characteristics of each type of assessment: 

In formative assessment the goal is to monitor student learning therefore the assignments should be set to be always available, without necessarily being graded, allowing additional attempts, with no pass grade required (if it is graded). The  activity completion is usually set to “view” or “submit”. An formative assignment such as this often gets a 0% weight in the gradebook. 

In summative assessment, the goal is to evaluate student learning via assessment, thus a summative assignment is usually  set up with clear start, end and cut-off dates. It will be graded, with additional attempts to re-open the assessment set manually. Summative assessments are usually set with a required pass grade and the activity completion linked to requiring a “grade”. Summative assignments often have a weight higher than 20% in the gradebook.

Moodle Assignment submissions

There are many ways to combine submission types and settings in Assignment activity to achieve your teaching and learning goals or simply streamline your class management:

Assignments with no submission required These are assignments where learners don’t have to submit anything to complete the assessment. While this may sound counterintuitive, this type of Assignment can be used, for instance, for offline assessment -use it as an attendance sheet on a field trip- or for example, to assess a face-to-face speaking Assignment where learners really don’t have anything to submit. 

Assignments with online text submission With this type of Assignment submissions, learners add their work directly into the Assignment activity using the Atto editor, a rich text editor that allows learners to write text, add images and even record audio or video files. For this and for all other submission types, you can enable an option to allow learners to work in draft versions of their Assignment before sending the final submission.

Assignments with file submission This type of submission for Assignments requires learners to submit a file -teachers can define its format and size- for teachers to evaluate. To streamline the grading process, teachers can download all submissions at once, including a grading worksheet that displays the user name, email and submission status and allows teachers to add a grade and feedback in comments – and then bulk-upload all assessments back to Moodle, including a separate feedback file for each submission.

Group assignments in Moodle Collaborative learning is at the heart of Moodle LMS, so Moodle Assignments can easily be set up to be submitted as a group. Teachers can set these Assignments up so that only one of the group members has to submit the file, or make it mandatory for each team member to make the submission. Favourite tip: Our Moodle Academy team recommends combining this type of Assignment with a peer evaluation to know how the experience was for each of the group members.

Grading Moodle Assignments

Moodle Assignments support two main types of grading: simple direct grading and advanced grading. The first group includes grading done through numerical scales, custom scales (for example, stars or words like weak , satisfactory , strong , etc) or no grading at all. Advanced grading methods in Moodle include rubrics and marking guides, and we’ll look at them in more detail:

Moodle Assignment: assessment with marking guides In this type of grading, the teacher defines a series of criteria and assigns a maximum amount of marking points to each. When assessing learners’ assignments, the teachers provide both a numerical mark and a comment for each of the criteria. For this type of grading, you can make the criteria and maximum marking points available for learners to see – this helps them know what’s expected from them and what they need to cover in their submission. Favourite tip: Use ‘frequently used comments’ to speed up your grading process and to ensure that your grading is consistent.

Moodle Assignment: assessment with rubrics For grading with rubrics, teachers create a set of criteria with several levels of achievement, all displayed on a table. Sharing the rubric with learners is important, as it lets learners know how they’ll be assessed. For each submission, the rubric will be displayed to teachers, who then can select the level of accomplishment for each of the criteria just by clicking on it, as well as leave written feedback if necessary.

Moodle Assignment: assessment with marking workflow When you set up a marking workflow for an Assignment, it means that learners’ work can be assessed by several teachers. You can manually design the workflow and define the sequence of states (eg not marked , in marking , marked ), as well as allocate marking to another teacher.

This content has been extracted from the Moodle Academy webinar Assessment: exploring Assignments, facilitated by Moodle Education Advisor Anna Krassa. Watch the full webinar on our Moodle Academy site to see 7 real life examples on how you can combine submission types and grading types with availability and different types of feedback to create the right Assignment for your teaching and learning goals .

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