Grading
Entering Grades by Students and Assignments
There are two ways to enter grades in the Gradebook: by students and by assignemtn.
- Entering grades by assignment: This porcedure uses the Grade Summary/ASsignmnet pgae, which lists all student for one assignment. This page is particularly useful for entering several grades for he same assignment. You can also approve grades on this page.
- Entering grades by students: This procedure uses the Grade Summary/Student page, which lists all assignments grades for one student. In addition to entering a grade, you can also send an email or post a comment to the student.
DIRECTIONS to ENTER a GRADE:
- Click Gradebook in the Navigation Bar.
- Click either:
- Students in the Gradebook Navigation Bar and choose the student whose assignments you want to grade
- Assignments in the Gradebook Navigation Bar and choose the assignment you want to grade all students for
- Enter the grade (s) in the Points column.
- Click (Image-UPDATE) to save the grades.
Stellar highlights any grades that need to be updated; you can click the update button after entering each grade or the update all grades button.
Optional on Grade Summary/Student page
- Send an email to the student: Click the student's name under his or her photo.
- Post a comment to the student's Grade Report: Enter the comment in the Comment Text box and click save.Note: The comments are not linked to specific assignment but rather to th student's work in general.
Tip: If you are also approving grades, click the Approve button for each grade you want to approve. To approve all grades, click the Approve All button. Once a grade is approved, it appears in the student's Grade Report.
Note
- If an 'X' is entered into a grade field, that grade is ignored and is not counted towards the final grade.
- Grades can be 'cleared' by removing the grade and hitting update.
- Null grades cannot be approved
- Null grades are treated as "not yet entered" in the dashboard and will cause any assignment that contains one to appear in the first column of the dashboard.
- Null grades will appear as "cleared' in the grade history.
- In order for students to view their approved grades the Student Display box must be checked in the Configure part of the Gradebook.