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Gradebook

Question: How do I add grade columns to my gradebook?

A: There are two ways to add columns to the gradebook. If you have added an assignment, a quiz, or a forum activity with grading option then a grade column will be added automatically in the gradebook. To create other manual grade items follow these steps:

Select Simple view from the dropdown menu.
At the bottom, click the Add grade item.
Provide a name and maximum grade (pts. possible).
Save changes.

Question: What are grade categories and how do I add it to my gradebook?

A: Grade categories are use to group similar grade items together. A grade category has its own aggregation for grade items within it. To add a category:

Select Simple view from the dropdown menu.
At the bottom, click the Add category.
Provide a name but keep other default settings.
Save changes.

Question: How do I move grade items into a category?

Select the items by checking the select box (last column on the right).
Select the category at the Move selected items to menu.

Question: How do I move grade columns (or category) around (change the order) in the Gradebook?

A: You can organize grade order in Simple view.

Select Simple view from the dropdown menu.
Click the icon for the item or category you want move.
A position page will load with to indicate the position where you can move your item to. Click the box to select that position. The item you selected earlier is indicated with a (Move) string.

Question: What are different type of aggregation?

A: The aggregation method determines how grades in a category are calculated, such as:

Mean of grades - The sum of all grades divided by the total number of grades
Weighted mean of grades - Each grade (or category) is given a weight which sum up to 100%
Simple weighted mean of grades - Each item is calculated as max-min. 100 pts item weight 100, a 5 pts item weight 5 etc...
Median of grades - The middle grade when grades are arranged in order of size
Lowest grade
Highest grade
Mode of grades - The grade that occurs the most frequently
Sum of grades - The sum of all grade values, with scale grades being ignored

Question: How do I calculate course total for my class?

A: The default aggregation type for gradebook is Sum of grades which will add all scores together. Therefore you just have to add all neccessary grade items and the system will automatically give students their total score. Note that this method does not give running course total.

Question: How do I assign weight to grades or categories?

Select Simple view from the dropdown menu.
Changing aggregation type to Weighted mean of grades.
A column will be added to the page which a box for you to enter weight for each item or categories.
If you have uneven weight within the category remember to also change aggregation type for that category and set weight for each item. Lastly remember to change the course total number from whatever the sum was to 100 (percent).

Question: How do I give extra credit?

Extra credit is easily given by checking the Extra credit box for the item.

Question: How do I calculate running course total?

Select Full view from the dropdown menu.
For Weighted mean of grades, set running course total by checking the box for Aggregate only non-empty grades for the course.
For Sum of course, you must set aggregation to Simple weighted mean of grades for the course and all sub-categories. This method will yield course running total in percentage (not score).

Question: How do I enter grades?

You should be at the grader report view.
Turn Editing on.
Click the grade cell, type in a grade and click Enter. Click on the next grade cell to enter the next grade.
Alternatively you can type in a grade and click tab to advance to the next cell. Click the update button at the bottom of the page to save. (Remember to save often or you will loose the grades you have entered.)

Question: How do I see what my students see in their grade report?

Select User report from the dropdown menu.
Default view shows Grades, Range, Percentage, and Feedback.
Choose a name from the top right dropdown menu to run an individual report. You can run all reports too.

Question: How do I show students their letter grade?

Select Settings: Course from the dropdown menu. You have two options:
- a. In Grade item settings, choose a Grade display type value ofReal (letter).
- b. In User report section change Show letter grades from Hideto Show.

Question: What is the scale for my grade letter?

Select Letters: View to see the default scale. The breakdown is at xx.99% and cannot be customize.
To edit the scale click the Edit grade letters link at the bottom of the table.
Be sure to check the box for Override site defaults at the top of the page.
To add a new letter grade (A+) go to Letter grade boundary xx that says "Unused" and change it to a cut off percentage (97%). Type in the letter grade for that grade boundary (A+).
To remove a letter grade simply change the grading boundary for that letter grade to "Unused".
Save changes.

Question: How do I back up the gradebook?

Choose Export: into one of the preferred format (Excel spreadsheet).
Choose what you want to download. Submit.
Click the Download button and note the file saved location.