Using the Gradebook
Directions to Add the Gradebook
- Login to your Stellar class site
- Click the Website Settings link at the bottom of the left navigation bar
- Click the "Edit Navigation Bar" option. 'Basic Mode' page is displayed
- Under the "show" column, check the box next to "Gradebook"
Note: If the Gradebook link is not listed, look for the link in "Advanced Mode" - Click "Submit" at the bottom of the page
- Add or Import Assignments into the Gradebook.
- Enter and approve grades.
Change the [configure] settings that determine whether the Gradebook displays weight percentages and determines which scores are displayed in a student's Grade Report.
- Edit or [delete] assignments.
- [Change grades].
- View a grade's history.
- [View grade summaries].
- Export grade information to an .xls or .csv file.
Stellar automatically adds the students to the Gradebook, and your [Access Control] settings determine who has access to the Gradebook.
- 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.
Clicking Gradebook in the navigation bar displays the Student/Grade List. From there, use the tabs to display different pages of the Gradebook:
- Dashboard: 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], from which you can drill down to a student's grade list.
- Assignments: Displays pages where you [enter and approve grades] and edit assignments.
- Add/Import Assignments: Displays the page for[adding and 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 options that specify whether assignment grades are weighted and whether weighting, actual scores, and cumulative scores are displayed in the students' Grade Reports.