Gradebook: Overview
What it does
The Gradebook is a tool for instructors to calculate and store grade
information and distribute it to students online.
Key concepts
Features: Using the Gradebook, instructors may:
- Autocalculate course grades, with the ability to override any
letter grade
- Define course letter grades based on a 100% scale
- Add, view, edit, and release point values of assignments and/or
assessments to students
- Enter, view, edit, and release to students scores, grades, and
comments
- Transmit scores to the Gradebook from tools such as Tests & Quizzes, thereby
creating a corresponding assignment in the Gradebook and recording
student scores for that assignment.
- Export scores and grades to Microsoft Excel (in
.xls
or .csv
format)
- Import assignment scores from spreadsheet (
.csv
)
files.
Viewing scores: The Gradebook lets students view
their own scores and grades once instructors have released them.
Things to consider
- Instructors can view information in the Gradebook in different
ways, including a general overview for each course, assignment detail,
course grade detail, student roster, adding or editing assignments,
and gradebook options.
- Students can view their cumulative scores for all assignments and
the corresponding percentage; view their course grades, once an
instructor releases them; and sort their assignments by title, due
date, grade, and total possible points per assignment.
- The Gradebook is section aware, so assistants can see grades only
for students in their particular sections.
- Currently, the Gradebook does not allow you to assign extra credit
or drop the lowest score. (As a work-around, you can add an assignment
listed as extra credit.)
- Instructors can import grades. For instructions, see Importing scores into Gradebook.