Grasple

In Grasple, a Course is used to organise Exercises. Each Brightspace Course can link to only one Grasple Course. Within a Grasple Course, you can have one or more Modules, each containing one or more Subjects. A Module can only contain one Test. Subjects are populated with Slides for explanations and Exercises for practising.

Before you can join any Grasple Repository or Course, you need to log in at least once. If your first login to Grasple occurs through Brightspace, you will need to verify your account first. Use your University SSO account to log in to Grasple.

Once your account is verified, any Grasple user can invite you to their Course, which is a necessary step before they can add you to their Repository.

The Grasple navigation bar offers an overview of the different options within Grasple:

• Courses: view all your Grasple Courses.
• Monitor: track student within your Course.
• Tests: access different Tests.
• Repositories: access various Repositories.

Subjects, Exercises and Tests are stored in Repositories, which function like folders. There are three types of Repositories:

• Personal Repositories: These are your own Repositories.
• Organisation Repositories (TU Delft broad Repositories): These  Repositories contain Exercises developed by TU Delft lecturers. They are created under Creative Commons, they are available for everyone to use. Every faculty and PRIME have one shared organisation Repository. If you wish to set up an additional organisation Repository, please contact Teaching Support.
• Community Repositories (Grasple Repositories): These contain Exercises that are not verified verified by TU Delft. Ensure you review these Exercises before using them.

You can add a Personal Repository, which contains five components:

1. Subjects

Once you have created a new Subject, you can add text, a question or an Exercise.

2. Exercises
   It is also possible to first create Exercises and then link these to Subjects or Tests.

3. Tests
   These can be used within Courses for progression tests. The Grasple Help Center explains how to set up a Question Pool.

4. Imports
   If you wish to import question banks into Grasple from other tools such as Mobius, please contact Teaching Support.

5. Users
   You will always have Admin rights to your own Repository. You can also share your Repository by adding other users.

The roles within a Repository are Admin, Edit and View.

To create a Course you can add Modules. Use the Subjects from the Repositories you have access to by simply dragging them into the desired module. When you are finished, always click Save on the top right.

For more information on adding and editing learning materials, please refer to this link.

When creating a Course, ensure that the Course name follows the same structure as in Brightspace, with ‘TUD-’ prefixed:

Structure: TUD- coursecode coursename (academic year semester)

Example: TUD – NB2171 Statistics (2020/21 Q3)

When clicking +add Test the following options appear:

The Automatic option creates a Test, based on the Exercises of the Module. In a Manual assessment you need to select Exercises yourself. Both Tests can be linked to Grades in Brightspace.

1. Go to Course > Content and click on Add existing activities.
2. Select Grasple.

3. Make sure the correct Course is selected and click on Link Content.

• You will then see the link to the Grasple Course in the Module:

The Grasple monitor provides insight into the student's progress. Additionally, you can invite other Teachers or Tutors to your Course. More information about these roles can be found above under Roles.

1. In your Grasple Module, click Existing Activities and select Grasple from the drop-down menu.

2. In Add Activity, choose Graded tests and click Link Content.

3. The test will appear in the Brightspace Content. Go to View topic in the drop-down, next to the selected test and add a Grade Item.

• There, you can check the test and adjust restrictions. To visualise the score in the Gradebook you need to add a Grade Item.

• Example:

4. Save Grade Item.

5. Check in Grades.

• To verify whether the test is connected to Grasple, navigate to Manage Grades.