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Gradebook > Setup > select Categories tabUse this tab to select the categories to be used. Your school administrator defines the categories used in Gradebook, such as homework, quizzes, and exams. For each category, you can indicate the default weight of the category when calculating IPR and Report Cards marks.
If your school has assigned a Gradebook category type to the selected course, you may not be able to edit fields on the page. Category types allow your school to pre-define the Gradebook rules for courses. For more information, refer to What Is a Gradebook Category Type?
Navigation:
Gradebook > Setup > select Categories tab
Entering Gradebook Category Information
Two buttons are displayed in the Gradebook Setup title bar:
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Click to open the Copy Assignment page. |
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Click to add a new category row. |
Calculate Average Using Total Points:
If checked, the Category Weight fields will not be used. The average posted to the mark slot will be the total points given in each category divided by the total possible points for the categories.
If checked, you cannot override the average for category tabs, because marks are not calculated using category averages.
Apply Weight to Course Competency:
If checked, the Category Total Points along with Weight fields will be used. The average posted to the mark slot will calculate a category average for each competency first and then the total points earned divided by the total possible points
Each category average would then be weighted by the corresponding category weighting, to determine the actual competency average for the student.
Calculation:
Determines whether averages for categories are rounded or truncated.
Your building administrator can turn this field off if teachers are not permitted to change the calculation option. If the field does not display, averages are rounded.
Note: If a student is assigned a Gradebook scale, the average for a mark is not rounded or truncated, and this setting will not affect how marks are returned from the Gradebook scale.
Default Scale:
Select a default grading scale to be used when returning student mark values.
If teachers are not permitted to set the default gradebook scale, your building administrator can turn this field off,.
Add categories by clicking Add New Row icon on the toolbar; this adds a new row to the top of the grid.
Next, select category from the drop-down field, select options for the row, and click 
to add the new category to the course.
If you do not make a marking period selection, the new Category row displays with Default listed in the Marking Periods column.
If a marking period selection is not entered when creating a new category, two rows display for the new category: one with Default and a second with the marking periods you selected in the Marking Periods column.
To edit existing categories, click the 
on the far right of a row in the table or double-click any cell in a row.
Once a row is opened for editing, replaces .
If any changes are made, 
Cancel displays next to .
To close a row after making changes, either click to discard changes or to save your changes.
If a category has no assignments attached to it, you can click 
to delete it.
The fields below are described for a category/row in edit mode.
Category
The code and description of the category defined for your district, for example, HW for Homework.
Weight
The default weight of this category in calculations of IPR marks and Report Cards marks that are based on the average of categories. This field only displays when Calculate Average Using Total Points field is unchecked.
Drop Lowest
Determines if a certain number of low scores for each student are dropped. For example, if set to 2, the lowest two scores in this category for a student are dropped. The lowest score is determined as the lowest percentage score; not the lowest number of points. For example, if a student earned 4 out of 5 points on a quiz and 20 out of 100 on a test and you drop only one score, the 20 out of 100 assignment would be dropped.
Scores are not dropped until you have entered one more score than the number entered on the Drop Lowest field of the category.
The default of 0 means no scores are dropped.
Marking Periods
Determines the marking period(s) to which the Weight, Drop Lowest, and Exclude Missing values apply. Typically, you will not make a selection in this field to select the Default setting (uses the same settings for all marking periods).
If you want to change the weight of the category, drop a different number of lowest scores, or change how missing scores are processed for a marking period, add a row for the marking period. Refer to Varying Category Averaging Options by Marking Period for more information.
Actions
When appropriate, icons display for actions on the selected row.
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Edit row. |
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Save changes to row. |
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Cancel/discard changes made to row. |
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Delete category from course. |
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