Why does Avg. Score = % Complete

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28th August 2008, 10:52am
#1
by DeepGreene
Vancouver Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 285

Hi all,

I've seen this with two different courses now, and it's a little troubling when you're trying to chart your progress (i.e. by sorting the course list by "% complete," etc.)

If I finish a course, my % Complete (which should be 100, since I've done all the lessons) always = my average score.

This is a bug, right?  Are other people seeing the same thing?

Cheers!

28th August 2008, 10:57am
#2
by Nytik
Southampton United Kingdom
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 109

It sees it as you havent done all the course if you cant do it all first time. It doesnt just happen when you're finished:

Say a course has 100 lessons. You do lesson one and get a score of 50%. You'd think you'd done 1% of the course (1 in 100 lessons) but actually you've done 0.5%, because you only got half the possible score.

28th August 2008, 11:02am
#3
by DeepGreene
Vancouver Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 285

Nytik wrote:

It sees it as you havent done all the course if you cant do it all first time. It doesnt just happen when you're finished:

Say a course has 100 lessons. You do lesson one and get a score of 50%. You'd think you'd done 1% of the course (1 in 100 lessons) but actually you've done 0.5%, because you only got half the possible score.


Uh... well, if that's accurate, then I'd say that by conflating two entirely different metrics, the value of one of them (at least) is significantly reduced.

If I write an exam, and answer every question wrong, the fact that I scored zero does not mean I didn't finish the exam.

28th August 2008, 07:00pm
#4
by erik
Mountain View, CA United States
Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 6981

agreed. i'll get jay to look at this.

29th August 2008, 08:15am
#5
by DeepGreene
Vancouver Canada
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 285

erik wrote:

agreed. i'll get jay to look at this.


Thanks, Erik!  I like working on more than one course at a time and then sorting courses in progress by completeness, and it will be nice not to wonder if I skipped a lesson or two if I see courses that are 97.6% complete, etc.

 

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