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Originally Posted by PandaMoOo So... A: would be a solid green, S: would be a solid yellow, and U: would be a solid red. Outstanding would be blended green and yellow. Needs Improvement would be blended into an Orange.
I only worry that all those colors would be confusing to students! |
That might be a little confusing. I don't think the individual grades for each comment submission needs to be color coded. That would start to look kind of busy I think. I believe what people are wanting is kind of an overall rating. For example, on Amazon.com people enter their comments plus their own star rating. Let's say 10 people submit their ratings on a Sony stereo. When people search for stereos, all the stereos they sell are listed with stars next to each item. The stars next to the Sony stereo will be an amalgamation of the 10 ratings people gave. Because Amazon sells hundreds of stereos, having this type of graphical summary of all ratings helps users visually pick out the best ones. When you click on the item for more details then you can see the individual ratings and comments.
I think Amazon.com is an excellent model to follow in terms of ratings. People can vote on which ones are useful, and the more useful ones are listed first while the more useless ones are more towards the bottom. That probably isn't necessary though. Just the graphical summary of the ratings would be cool.