Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.
The Gradebook automatically calculates a course grade that is the percentage of current points scored out of the total points possible for all assignments. Therefore, the autocalculated course grade can be accurate only when all assignments are graded. If ungraded assignments are present, they will count as 0 points scored, and the resulting course grade will not accurately reflect the student's cumulative score.
By default, the option for displaying a course grade is disabled,
and students see only their scores for each of their assignments. To
display a course grade to students, click Grade Options
,
place a checkmark in the box next to Display cumulative score,
course grades and calculated assignment grades to students now
,
and then click Save
.
To override the autocalculated course grade, and enter a grade to display that reflects a student's true running course grade, follow these steps:
Gradebook
. If you are
not already on the Overview page of the Gradebook tool, click
Overview
near the top of the window.
Course Grade
.
Note: When manually entering a course grade, you must
use the appropriate grade type for the Gradebook in which you are
working. For example, if the course is graded on a simple letter grade
scale, you will only be able to enter the letters
A
, B
,
C
, D
, or
F
. If the course is graded on a standard
letter grade scale, you will also be able to add
+
(plus sign) or -
(minus sign) to the letter grade. If the course is graded on a
pass/fail scale, you will only be able to enter the letters
S
or F
.
Save
.
If you have overridden a course grade, and you want to revert back to the autocalculated grade, do the following:
Gradebook
. If you are not already
on the Overview page of the Gradebook tool, click Overview
near the top of the window.
Course Grade
.
Save
.
Note: You will have to delete the manually entered
grade and click Save
for each grade you want to change back.