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Grade Calculations

There are two ways in which grades can be calculated, by Numeric Total and Average. This setting only affects grade to date and category grades. It does not affect assignment grades.

• Numeric Total -  Grades are displayed as numeric totals (sums).
• Average - Grades are displayed as percents and grade weighting is used.

Cumulative Grades

This setting determines how grade to date and category grades are calculated. 

• Based upon approved and unapproved grades - Grade to date and category grades will be calculated by both approved and unapproved grades.
• Based upon approved grades only - Grade to date and category grades will be calculated using approved grades only.

Class Grades

Class Grades will be:

• Automatically Derived - Class Grades will be calculated automatically based on the grade to date.
• Manually Entered - Class Grades are to be manually entered by staff.

Enable Attendance

Checking this box will enable Attendance.

Enable Early Warning System

Checking this box will enable The Early Warning System

Grading Schemes

Default Grading Scheme

This setting changes the grading scheme of the Uncategorized category, which is the default category. The grading scheme of the Uncategorized category can also be changed via the Categories section of the Settings page.

Grading Scheme Table

The grading scheme table defines the relationship between letter grades and numeric grade values. The table is used to compute:

• The student's overall Class Grades.
• Any grades automatically derived from letter-graded assignments.

Lower Bound

The lower bound is used when converting a any numeric grade to a letter grade.  

In the above example:

• A student with a numeric grade of 86.54% would receive a B.
• A student with a numeric grade of 77.35% would receive a C.

Translate Value

Translate values are used when calculating numeric averages from letter grades.

In the above example, a student received the following letter grades: A, C, and D. To calculate a numeric average, the translate values for the three letter grades would be used:

( 95 + 75 + 65 ) / 3 = 78.33%

Categories

• Weight - The weight of the category. See Grades and Grading for more information on category weights and grade calculations.
• Grading Scheme- How the category average will be displayed.
  1. Numeric - Category average will be displayed as a percent (ex. 95%)
  2. Letter - Category average will be displayed as a letter grade (ex. A+)

• Assignment Weights - How assignments within the category will be weighted.

  To set category and assignment weights you must use Average for grade calculations. This column will be hidden when Numeric Total is used for grade calculations.

   

  1. Equal Weight - All assignments within the category are weighted the same (default of 1).
  2. Manually Set - Each assignment is assigned a weight during the assignment creation process.
• Drop Lowest Grade - The assignment with the lowest grade will not be counted in grade calculations.

Permissions

For information on adding staff members to a course see Managing Staff.

Staff and student permissions can be changed via the Permissions tab. By default, instructors and administrators have full access to all Gradebook functionality. 

TAs

Default Permissions

•  View / assign all grades.

Optional Permissions

• Create / edit assignments
• Approve assignment grades
• Change approved grades
• Edit grading scheme
• Change Gradebook permissions

Graders

Default Permissions

•  View / assign assignment grades
•  Approve Grades
•  View / assign course (letter) grades

Optional Permissions

• Change Approved grades.

Students

You can verify what students can see by clicking on the Student View button on the Student Detail page.

Default Permissions

•  View course (letter) grades.
•  View unapproved course (letter) grades.

Optional Permissions

• View grade to date.
• View approved (assignment) grades
  • View submissions (makeup grades, etc).
  • View grade notes.
• View grade distributions.