This article will discuss using the features of the Gradebook, including entering and retrieving grades and notes you make on student work.
The screen shot below shows a gradebook set up to display assignments by date (rather than by type) and to show an average for the term. The article linked here discusses setting up your gradebook.
Each column lists the class grade for an assignment. Each heading includes the abbreviation you gave to the assignment when you created it, its type and a date. You can set it up to display assigned date or due date. Each heading also contains a drop down menu that currently displays the maximum number of points allotted to the assignment.
Note that if you hover over the assignment abbreviation, your title of the assignment appears, and how it counts in your gradebook. Clicking on the abbreviation will take you to the editing page for that assignment.
A small red triangle in the upper right corner of a box, as noted in the illustration above, means that the student was late or absent that day, or that you have written a note on the work. (More on notes later).
Adding grades
To enter grades, simply click on a blank box and type in the number. You can include decimals. If many of your students have the same score (for example, a 5 out of 5 on a homework assignment) you can enter the same score in all rows by clicking on the "Max:" points drop down menu as shown in the screenshot below. Then type in the students' score, and click "Add." Edit a grade by clicking again in the box.
Adding Notes and Marking Work Late, Incomplete, Exempt or Missing
Double click on a box, and you get to a screen like the one below.
You can enter the grade into the "Grade" box. In the larger box to the right, you can make notes on the student's work - positives, things to work on, corrections, for example. Students and advisors will be able to see these if you have allowed them access to their grades.
"Exempt" is useful when you excuse a student from an assignment. This will ensure that the assignment is not counted in the calculation of the grade. Incomplete, Missing, Late and Days Late are self explanatory. Save your work before you close.
Detailed Information on Your Students (Great for report card time)
When you click on a student's name in the gradebook, you are taken to a screen like the one pictured below. At the top you see the student's average for the year and marking period as well as totals for various statistics for the term. Below that are bar graphs comparing the student's performance to the class as a whole.
At the bottom (you have to scroll down) is a list of every assignment of the term by date, the student's grade, and any notes you made on the work. Buttons at the very bottom allow you to go to the next student or previous student directly without closing the window. Very, very handy at report card time.
Detailed Information on Your Students - Reports
If you would like pdf or print reports about students' grades. Use the Reports listed in the upper right of the gradebook window. For instance, when a student drops your course or switches sections, this is how you would preserve their grades for future reference. Try different reports to get the information that you want in the format you prefer.
The report Grades - For Dropped Courses will help if you need to find grades for a students switching into or out of your course.
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