Weight assignments individually or by category

Updated 19 Feb 2024

An instructor or a section instructor with the Gradebook privilege can adjust the weighting scheme to determine how much an individual assignment or a category of assignments contributes toward final grades in Mastering. Different weighting schemes can produce significantly different grades.

Mastering courses paired with an LMS
Any weighting you set in Mastering doesn’t get applied to the Mastering assignment grades in the LMS. Only raw, unweighted points are automatically synced to the LMS gradebook

When you create a new course, no weighting is in effect.
Assignments are worth their raw point values. However, weighting may already be applied in a copied course. For example, Test and Quiz scores may be weighted more heavily than Homework scores, or specific assignments may be given more weight.

Important: If you export scores to use in an external gradebook, only raw scores are exported. Neither weighted scores nor the categories to which assignments belong are exported.

See also: Assignment categories | Create your own categories | Delete a category from a course | About the Adaptive category | About the Dynamic Study Module category | About the Learning Catalytics category