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. |
The following information is important when weighting grades:
· Gradebook items that have not been completed by Students are still calculated in the weight. Instructors may also exclude items from all calculations on the Add/Modify Gradebook Item page.
· The percentages in the selected option (Weight by Category or Weight by Option) must add up to 100%. An error message will appear if the percentages do not add up to 100%.
· If an item has a weight of 0%, the item will not be calculated in the grade weight. This will occur if a new Gradebook item is added and a percentage for the item is not added to the Weight by Item column or if an item falls into a category that is weighted 0% and the category weight is not adjusted.
When Weight by Category is selected, the following information will apply:
· 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 Quizzes have a 100% weight and a Student takes an exam and gets a perfect score, his or her weighted total will be 100%. If the Instructor adds a second quiz, the Students weighted total will drop to 50%, since the weight for each item is divided by two. Since, the Student has not taken the second exam yet, their score for it is zero.
· Each item in a category is worth the same weight, regardless of total points. For example, if quizzes are worth 25% as a category, a quiz worth 50 points will not be weighted more then a quiz worth 15 points.