Abandon ECTS Grades in ILIAS Test

1 Reasons to Abandon Feature

The EU has not recommended the use of ECTS grades since 2009. (see WikipediaEN and WikipediaDE. )
Also the ETCS Userguide from 2015 states: "Die Notenverteilungsskala wurde erstmals im ECTS Leitfaden von 2009 vorgestellt, und zwar als Ersatz für die bis dahin üblichen ECTS Notenstufen (A, B, C, D, E), die nicht mehr in Gebrauch sind."

English: "The grade distribution table was first introduced in the ECTS Users’ Guide in 2009, as a replacement for the previous ECTS grading scales (A, B, C, D, E), which are not used anymore." (Link to Archive.org)

Today, ECTS grades are not used in individual tests.

To further reduce the complexity of the ILIAS test, I want to abandon the ECTS grades in the Grading System of the ILIAS test.

2 Technical Information

{The maintainer has to provide necessary technical information, e.g. dependencies on other ILIAS components, necessary modifications in general services/architecture, potential security or performance issues.}

3 Contact

• Author of the Request: Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]
• Maintainer: Strassner, Denis [dstrassner]
• Implementation of the feature is done by: Kergomard, Stephan [skergomard]

4 Funding

Removing the feature from the ILIAS code base might need funding. If you are interest in funding this request, please add your name and institution to this list.

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5 Discussion

Use the following discussion section to express your objections against this request or your consent to get rid of this feature.

Strassner, Denis [dstrassner], 23 JAN 2023: I did a survey in the SIG EA on the use of ECTS grades and a majority do not use this feature or did not even know about this feature.

Survey Result

JourFixe, ILIAS [jourfixe], 06 MAR 2023: We highly appreciate this suggestion and abandon ECTS support in T&A with ILIAS 9. Please check if there are related test cases and remove them in case.

6 Implementation

Removed with PR 6198

Removed Testcases

The following testcases have been removed from Testrail or modified because the feature is no longer part of the ILIAS core.

• C254 - ECTS-Noten vergeben

Approval

Approved on 01 AUG 2023 by Strassner, Denis [dstrassner].