From the Preferences > Grading page, you can specify how to calculate and present grades in your course.
You can:
Set the main grading options, including Gradebook display options, calculation settings, and whether grade schemas are enabled.
Set preferences for the View Submissions window so you can grade and review activities by question or by individual student.
Determine the error tolerances (case sensitivity, extra spacing, punctuation, and accents) for grading fill-in-the-blank questions.
Create or edit available grade schemas, which you can use to create schemas suitable for a particular asset type or to meet specific course requirements, for example, 90% or above = A, 80-89% = B, and so on. You might want to create grades that reflect competency levels. In this case, you could create a grade schema such as beginner, intermediate, or advanced.
Note: Preferences pages are not available to teaching assistants.
To view or modify course grading preferences:
Click Preferences in the top-right corner of the page.
Click Grading in the Instructor column.
Caution: Moving to another page before saving your changes discards any changes you made and reverts to the prior preference settings.
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The available options are:
Enable letter grade schema for Instructor Course and Class Test Course: Select to enable the Add new schema link on the Grades page when creating or editing activities. You can use the link to create new grade schemas and apply them to activities.
Enable percentage or raw score at the course level: Select
to set how scores appear to instructors and students in the course. Options are:
Use percentage grades for this course: Select to display grades as a percentage (%).
Use raw score grades for this course: Select to display grades as a raw score (x/y fraction) that shows the score received out of the total possible score. For total columns, class average, and calculated columns (set to display the average, min, or max), a percentage score appears.
When you clear these options, grades appear as a percentage by default. However, to display the raw score for any activity in the instructor and student gradebook, you can select Show Raw Score from the gradebook column options menu. Raw scores then appear in the gradebook column, but not in other course locations, such as the View Submissions window.
Display post-test score not mastery icon: Select to display the readiness check post-test grade rather than a mastery icon on the Grades page.
Enable Filter by Content Type: Select to display
the Filter by Content Type list in the student Grades page.
Students can then filter the grades list by activity type, such as homework, quiz, practice test, and so on.
Enable folder level calculations for Gradebook and Performance channel: Select to enable the Course Performance and Student Performance view in the Notifications channel and folder-level calculated columns in Gradebook. If you select this option, the following options are enabled:
Edit calculation settings: Lets you set default folder-level calculations. Click Edit calculation settings
to define the calculation. Preferences that you set here are updated in the Gradebook and the Notifications channel at two-hour intervals.
Folder level threshold score: Enter a value that determines the overall passing threshold for all of the course materials in a folder. The value is used to make pass/fail determinations at the folder level for grades displayed in the Performance section of the Notifications channel. Note that although the value you enter for this option can differ from the passing threshold value of individual activities, you may find it more meaningful to enter the passing threshold you set for your individual activities.
Include non-graded assets in "% Complete" calculation on Reports: Select to include non-graded assets, such as pages, links, and so on, in the % complete calculation displayed in the Student Progress report.
Hide Show ID in Student Name column: Select to hide the Student ID and Student Name & ID options that otherwise appear in the Student Name column of the Gradebook > Grades and Gradebook > Custom View pages. If you enable this option, the Student Name column appears without the other display options.
Provide a class average: Select to track the class average for activities and to enable anonymous submission options. If you select this option, each activity's class average is tracked and reported in the gradebook, including the student Grades page, Reports, and View Submissions window. For details, see View class average row.
For unassigned items display: Define how unassigned assets appear in the gradebook, including in the student Grades page. Options are:
Grade: Select this option to display the grade. Grades for unassigned assets are not used in calculating average scores.
Checkmark: Select this option to display a checkmark icon instead of the score. Students can use View Submissions to view their scores or grades for unassigned activities. Instructors can only view the checkmark icon in the gradebook, and cannot view submission details. The actual activity grade still appears in Total and Calculated columns added to the gradebook if the activity is explicitly added to those columns. The activity is not included in other gradebook calculations.
Default display in Gradebook: Define the default view when users open the gradebook. Options are: All items, Completed items, or Assigned items.
Include email addresses in Gradebook export file: Select to export student email addresses in addition to student last names, first names, and IDs when exporting gradebook data to external learning management systems.
Default sort order in gradebook: Define the default sort order for gradebook activity columns. Options are: Alphabetical, Course Order, Due date, ascending, or Due date, descending.
Gradebook column header indicates assigned items with a due date with: Define how the due date is indicated in the gradebook activity column. Options are: Due date and icon or Icon. When Icon is selected, you and students can place the cursor over the icon to view due date information.
Show Advanced Filters expanded by default in Gradebook: By default, this option is selected and the advanced filters appear when users open the Gradebook > Grades page. When cleared, users must click the VIEW FILTERS button to view the filters.
Enable "Course Completion" flag: This option is not used by Higher Education courses.
In View Submissions View By Correct/Incorrect Filter:
Select to display a View filter menu in the View Submissions window, which you can use to filter the questions by correct/incorrect answers. If you select this option, the following options are enabled:
Include instructor-graded questions in correct and incorrect views: When selected, the following options are available from the View filter: All Answers, Incorrect Answers, and Correct Answers. Any questions that require manual grading are included in each view.
Add third "View By" filter to display instructor-graded questions separately: When selected, the following
options are available from the View filter: All Answers, Incorrect/Unattempted, Correct Answers, and Manually Graded. Users can view instructor-graded questions separately from all other questions in the activity.
Grade by Question
When you select Grade by Question, a Questions link appears next to the Students list on the left in the View Submissions window for any activity that includes questions that require manual grading.
Fill-in-the-blank questions
These options let you specify error tolerances for grading fill-in-the-blank questions. Options are:
Enable fill-in-the-blank case sensitive: Select to enable the application to consider case when grading the student response for fill-in-the-blank questions. If this option is selected, the Case Sensitive option is enabled when creating or editing fill-in-the-blank questions. If Case Sensitive is selected for the question, an answer of "Pegasus" is considered different than "PEGASUS" and an answer with incorrect case is graded as incorrect.
If cleared, question grading ignores the character case. In this case, the answer "Pegasus" is considered the same as "PEGASUS" and both answers are graded as correct.
Ignore extra spaces: Select to enable the application to ignore extra spacing when grading the student response for fill-in-the-blank questions. If this option is selected, the Ignore extra spaces option is enabled when creating or editing fill-in-the-blank questions. If Ignore extra spaces is selected for a question, extra spaces the student enters in answering that question are ignored.
If cleared, answers with spacing errors are graded as incorrect.
Ignore punctuation: Select to enable the application to ignore punctuation when grading the student response for fill-in-the-blank questions. If this option is selected, the Ignore punctuation option is enabled when creating or editing fill-in-the-blank questions. If Ignore punctuation is selected for a question, punctuation errors the student enters in the answer are ignored.
If cleared, answers with punctuation errors are graded as incorrect.
Accents: Set how the application considers incorrect accent marks when grading the student response for fill-in-the-blank questions. Options are:
Strict grading: When selected, the student does not receive credit for missing or misplaced accent marks.
Partial grading: When selected, you enter a percentage, between 0 and 100%, in Partial Credit value to deduct for accent mark mistakes. The student receives partial credit for missing or misplaced accent marks. By default, a student receives half credit (50%) for answers with incorrect accent marks.
Loose grading: When selected, accent mark mistakes are ignored; students receive full credit regardless of errors. If a student misses or misplaces an accent mark or places the accent in the wrong place but enters the correct word, the accent mistake is ignored and the student is awarded full credit.
Note: Click Reset to Default to reset the value to the default value (50%).
Grade Schemas
The Grade Schema section displays existing grade schemas. You can modify the existing grade schemas or use Add New Schema to create your own.
To add grade schemas:
Click Add New Schema.
Type the Grade Schema Name and Description.
Click Add Grade.
Type the Grade, (%) Score from, (%) Score to, and Feedback.
Note: Grade ranges cannot overlap. For example, if you enter 0-60 as the first range, the next range must start at 61, not 60.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to add additional grade ranges, and enter specifics for each range. For example, to create a grading schema from A thorugh F, you would add and enter details for 5 grades.
Click Save and Close.
Tip: To delete a grade range, click the boxes for the grade range(s) you want to delete and then click Delete
Grade. To delete an entire grade schema, click the box before the schema name and then click Delete Selected Grade Schema.
Manage Gradebook Rounding: In the Specify number of decimal places for Gradebook display option, set the number of decimal places you want to appear for course grades. Options are 0 to 3 decimal places, with a default of 1.
To edit grade schemas:
Click the down arrow to the right of the schema’s name to display the options menu.
From the options menu, click Edit.
Make the appropriate edits and click Save and Close.
Tip: To create a duplicate copy of an existing schema, display the options menu and then click Copy.
To delete grade schemas:
Caution: After you delete a grade schema, it cannot be retrieved.
To delete multiple schemas, click the box of each schema you want to delete and click Delete Selected Grade or Rubric Schemas. Click the Select all box below the list of schemas to select all schemas.
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To delete a single schema, display its options menu and then click Delete.
Click OK to confirm the deletion.
Save preferences
To save your choices, click Save Preferences. When you finish setting preferences, click Save and Close.
instead of the score. Students can use View Submissions to view their scores or grades for unassigned activities. Instructors can only view the checkmark icon