Using the Gradebook

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.

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Activating the Gradebook for your class

• 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"
  **Tip: If the Gradebook link is not listed, look for the link in "Advanced Mode".
  
• Click "Submit" at the bottom of the page
  

  Gradebook Basics

• Add or import assignments into the Gradebook.
• Enter and approve grades.
  

  Beyond the basics, you can:

• Change the configuration 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.

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:

• 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 foradding 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.