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.
Grade Summary Assignments Page
Contains information about All Assignments added or imported to the Gradebook. Information consists of Assignment: title, download and upload options, class graph, due date, maximum points, average, and weight.
average=updated grades/updated grade submissions