Grading

Entering Grades by Students and Assignments

There are two ways to enter grades in the Gradebook: by students and by assignments.

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.
Entering grades by assignment: This procedure uses the Grade Summary/Assignment page, 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.

DIRECTIONS to ENTER a GRADE:

Click Gradebook in the Navigation Bar.
To grade either:
- (IMAGE OF STUDENT/Summ page) By Students: Click "Students" in the Gradebook Navigation Bar and choose the student whose assignments you want to grade
- (IMAGE OF ASSIGN/SUMM page) By Assignments: Click "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 to update grades.

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.

Viewing Grade History

The History pop-up tells you: the grade given, the Date and Time it was entered, the Action: Create (new but not approved), Change (modified but not approved), or Approve (final and approved); the Grader's email, and the role of the Grader. The Grade History link will not appear till at least one grade has been updated to the appropriate field.

DIRECTIONS to VIEW a GRADE'S HISTORY:

Display the Grade Summary/Assignment or Grade Summary/Student page.
o To display the Grade Summary/Assignment page, click the Assignments tab in the Gradebook, then click an assignment title.
o To display the Grade Summary/Student page, click the Students tab in the Gradebook, then click a student's name.
Click the (IMAGE)
The History pop-up opens.
To close the History pop-up, click the [ x ] in the pop-up's title bar.

Approving grades

Students will not see their grades if they have not been approved. To Approve a grade click the APPROVE button next to the grade. You can also approve more than one grade by clicking on the "APPROVE ALL" button. Once a grade is approved, it appears in the student's Grade Report.

Changing Grades

Changing a grade in the Gradebook is the same procedure as entering a grade. If the grade was already approved, its approval status is removed and the grade must be approved again in order for it to be posted in the student's Grade Report. Stellar records any changes to a grade in its history.

Note: When an approved grade is changed, it is up to the instructor/TA to notify the student of the change.

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 the student's work in general.

Graphs

Clicking on the graph icon (IMAGE) displays the recorded point values for an assignment as a bar chart.
This link can be found by clicking "Assignments" in the Gradebook Navigation Bar and by clicking an assignment listed on that page, or in the dashboard.