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Thesis assessment - permission thesis repository and if applicable: oneliner, and/or Grade approval - first assessor

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Goal: First assessor gives permission to include the thesis in the Radboud thesis repository. If applicable, the first assessor provides a oneliner for the graduation ceremony, and approves the weighted (proposed) final grade (also known as Grade approval) of the student's thesis via Osiris Case

Concerns: First assessor/supervisor thesis of the Faculty of Social Sciences

Thesis repository, and if applicable oneliner and Grade approval.

After the second reviewer has submitted the assessment, we would like to receive your permission to include the thesis in the Radboud thesis repository. Do you object to this, or would you like to set an embargo date after which the thesis may be published? Then please indicate so. If applicable, you will receive an invitation by email to complete the 'oneliner', your celebratory message to the student that will be read during the graduation ceremony. Finally, if applicable, you will receive a notification for the Determination of the final grade of the thesis, also called Grade approval.

Log in to OSIRIS Lecturer & Supervisor at https://osiris.ru.nl/docent or using the link in the e-mail.

On the home page, please click on the name of the 'Case' (Please note, the name of the Case in the image may be different)

Now click the Oneliner and permission thesis repository block for the appropriate student.

In the subsequent window, under 'Documents and forms', click on Oneliner and permission.

A pop-up window called 'Oneliner and permission' appears. Enter the required (oneliner) data here (with optional additional explanations) and indicate whether there is an embargo Yes or No and then click Save.

Once you have done this you will return to the Task screen and finally click 'Confirm'.

Now your confirmation date x and time y is being shown

Also, in the 'Overview' on the left side of the Case menu under the 'Activities' heading, you can see the confirmation of the Oneliner and permission thesis repository.

If applicable, determine final mark for the thesis

Note. If applicable, you will receive a notification that the weighted (proposed) final grade can be determined. During this determination (Grade approval) the grade of your previously given assessment appears in the relevant Case, followed by the grade of the second assessor and the weighted final grade. You should determine this final grade and you could communicatie it during the final interview with the student (Notice: this is a proposed final grade; the examiner formally determines the final grade afterwards, in accordance with the EER).

Log in to OSIRIS Lecturer & Supervisor at https://osiris.ru.nl/docent

On the home page, please click on the name of the 'Case' (Note. the name of the Case in the image may be different)

In the next window, click on the name of the student whose final grade you are going to determine.

Notice. Multiple Tasks may be visible in this window. Only click on the Task that says 'Determine final mark thesis'!

In the subsequent screen, under 'Documents and Forms' click on 'Grade approval SOW'.

A pop-up window called 'Final Grade approval' now appears. You see here the earlier given grade by yourself and the grade given by the second assessor. Additionally, you see the weighted final grade. Please enter some 'Remarks' if you like (optional) and then click 'Save'.

Note. in some cases, the results under 'Result 1' and 'Result 2' could be selected, but this is not necessary.

Once you have done this you will return to the Task screen and finally click on 'Complete'.

Finally, you will see that the completion of the final grade on date x at time y.

In the Overview window, under Activities, you also can see that the Determination final mark thesis has been Completed.

View both completed forms for feedback discussions with student

After all activities have been completed, the first assessor has the opportunity to see both completed forms for e.g. feedback discussions with the student.

To do this, go to the appropriate Case (Overview) of the student. You can do this by clicking on Case. Then you click (at the top) on Overview and then under the SEARCH button you select the option 'Thesis assessment GZP (or AI)' instead of the Standard selection. Finally, click on the SEARCH button. After this you can find the relevant Case by searching by Student number or Surname.

Once you find the Case, open it by clicking on it. Then click on 'Data' on the left side. You will then enter the 'Documents and forms' screen. Here under 'Assessment Forms' a file called 'RU-Beoordelingsformulier.pdf' is visible. This pdf contains an overview of both completed forms.

Note. if you see multiple 'RU-Beoordelingsformulier.pdf' files here, the bottom one is the most recent file.

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