Instructors can set a weight for each Gradebook item to determine a final grade. For example, a final exam may be worth 25 percent of a Student’s grade while a reading quiz may be worth only 10 percent. Instructors can adjust Gradebook weights according to category or item.
Follow the steps below to open the Weight Grades page.
Step 1 Select Gradebook on the Course Control Panel.
Step 2 Select Weight Grades.
The table below details the fields on the Weight Grades page.
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Field |
Description |
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Weighting |
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Weight by Category: |
Click Weight by Category to weight grades by the category they are assigned. For example, all Assignments will have the same weight and all Quizzes will have the same weight. Enter the percentage to weight each category in the boxes to the left. |
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Weight by Item: |
Click Weight by Item to weight grades by name as they are defined in the Gradebook. For example, the mid-term exam can be weighted differently then the final exam. Enter the percentage to weight each item in the boxes to the left. |
When Weight by Category is selected, the weight for each item is calculated by taking the weight for the category it’s in and dividing that by the number of items in the category. The number of items in the category is counted as the number of items the Instructor has created in that category. Therefore, if a Student takes an exam and gets a perfect score, his or her weighted total will be 100%. If the Instructor adds a second exam, the Students weighted total will drop to 50%, since the weight for each item is divided by two, and since the Student has not taken the second exam yet, the Student’s score for it is zero.