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h2. Using the Gradebook {bgcolor}
The Gradebook provides online management of grades for assignments and exams. Stellar can perform weighted calculations for these grades, display cumulative scores, and create a private Grade Report for each student. In addition to creating assignments in the gradebook, you can also import assignments from Homework into the Gradebook. This means you can enter all grades for online and offline submissions in one location, and Stellar can perform grade calculations for all class submissions and exams.
h5. See our [Updates for Spring 2010|https://wikis.mit.edu/confluence/display/stellarhelp/Gradebook+Overview]
h3h4. Activating the Gradebook for your class {anchor:Activating the Gradebook for your class}
* Login to your Stellar class site
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* Click the Website Settings link at the bottom of the left navigation bar
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* Click the "Edit Navigation Bar" option
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\**Basic Mode page is displayed
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* Under the "show" column, check the box next to "Gradebook"
\**Tip: If the Gradebook link is not listed, look for the link in "Advanced Mode".
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* Click "Submit" at the bottom of the page
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h4. Gradebook Basics
* [Add or import assignments|Adding Assignments to the Gradebook] into the Gradebook.
* [Enter and approve grades|Entering Grades in the Gradebook].
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h4. Beyond the basics, you can:
* Change the [configuration|Configuring the Gradebook] settings that determine whether the Gradebook displays weight percentages and determines which scores are displayed in a student's Grade Report.
* [Edit|Editing Assignments] or [delete|Deleting and Restoring Deleted Assignments] assignments.
* [Change grades|Changing a Grade].
* [View a grade's history|Displaying a Grade's History].
* [View grade summaries|Viewing Grade Summaries].
* [Export|Exporting Student Grade Information] grade information to an .xls or .csv file.
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Stellar automatically adds the students to the Gradebook, and your [Access Control|Access Control] settings determine who has access to the Gradebook.
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* If you are not using the Gradebook, you can remove it from the navigation bar on the \[Edit Navigation Bar---Basic
Mode\|Editing the Navigation Bar in Basic Mode\] page.
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h4. Gradebook Navigation
Clicking Gradebook in the navigation bar displays the Student/Grade List. From there, use the tabs to display different pages of the Gradebook:
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* *Dashboard*: The [Dashboard|Using the Dashboard] is the home page for the Gradebook. The Dashboard details the *UNFINISHED, UNAPPROVED*, and *RELEASED SCORES* information so Instructors/Graders can easily review "to-do" items, pending assignments, and assignment/exam scores that remains open or unresolved.
* *Students*: Displays the [Student/Grade List page|Student Grade List Page], from which you can drill down to a student's grade list.
* *Assignments*: Displays pages where you [enter and approve grades|Entering Grades in the Gradebook] and [edit assignments|Editing Assignments].
* *Add/Import Assignments*: Displays the page for[adding and importing assignments|Adding or Importing Assignments] to the Gradebook.
* *Letter Grades*: Click Letter Grades to jump to the *LETTER GRADING TABLE* form where Instructors/Graders can assign a Letter Grade to each Student.
* *Configure Gradebook*: Displays the [configuration|Configuring the Gradebook] options that specify whether assignment grades are weighted and whether weighting, actual scores, and cumulative scores are displayed in the students' [Grade Reports|Previewing the Sample Grade Report].
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* The gradebook and homework tools are not currently integrated.
* When a Student selects the Gradebook, they will only see their own Grade Report. A Student cannot view another Student's grades.
* Students see only the grades that have been approved by Instructors/Graders.
* Unauthorized users will see an error message if they try to access the Gradebook.
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