Modifying Gradebook's Section Settings changes the default display for all sections.
You can choose:
- To display grades in either percentages or points
- Percentage is the default setting
- What to display to students (Final Score, Assignment Score, Weights)
- If you leave all option boxes unselected (default), the Gradebook does not display
any results to students for the section.
- What Scoring Method to use for the Exam and Project assignments:
- Options are Highest (default), Average and Latest
- What Scoring Method to use for SAM Path assignments
- Grade Separately: The Pre-Exam, Training and Post Exam display as different assignments
in their respective Assignment Type, by default.
- Grade Exam Only: Only the Exam displays in the Gradebook. If there are multiple exams,
only the Post Exam displays. You can have the exams display as an Exam or SAM Path
Assignment Type.
- Cumulative Score: One score displays for the SAM Path assignment.
To modify Gradebook's Section Settings use this procedure:
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Open the gradebook for your class section.
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On the navigation bar, click Results.
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Click the Gradebook tab.
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Select a section.
Type part of the section name to find it more quickly.
The section's student list displays.
Note
- You can edit section settings and manage assignment types before student
results exist.
- If there are many students in a section or many assignments, it may take longer to
render the SAM gradebook.
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After you have started Gradebook and selected a section, the table grid displays.
From the Section drop-down menu, select a section.
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Click the Manage tab in the upper right corner of the window.
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Click Section Settings.
The Section Settings page displays. You can modify settings for the following:
- Default Gradebook Display
- Student Gradebook Display
- Exam and Project Scoring Method
- SAM Path Scoring Options
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Modifying the Default Gradebook Display:
In the Section Settings page, under Default Gradebook Display, select either
Percentage or Points.
Note The default is Percentage.
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Modifying the Student Gradebook Display:
In the Section Settings page under Student Gradebook Display, select what to display to students:
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Final Score – displays the weighted Final Score (in percentage mode) or the Final Score (in Points
mode)
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Assignment Scores – displays the individual scores for each assignment (in both modes)
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Weights – displays the Assignment Type Weights (only in Percentage mode)
Note All options are unselected by default. Students do not see the gradebook unless one
or more of these options are changed.
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Modifying the Exam and Project Scoring Method
In the Section Settings page under Student Gradebook Display, select what to display to students:
- Click the drop down menu for Exam
- Select from Highest (default), Average, or Lowest
- Repeat for Project
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Modifying the SAM Path Scoring Options
In the Section Settings page under Student Gradebook Display, select what to display to students:
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Grade Each Separately: Students receive a grade for each separate component of the SAM Path assignment.
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Grade Exam Only: The Exam grade displays in the Gradebook. If there are multiple exams in a SAM Path,
only the post exam counts towards the final score.
- Display Exam in Exam Assignment Type
- Display Exam in SAM Path Assignment Type
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Display Cumulative Score: One score displays for the SAM Path assignment.
- If the SAM Path assignment is either a Training > Exam or Exam > Training type, the exam score displays for the cumulative score.
- If you selected Display Training and Post Exam only for incorrect tasks in the Pre Exam in the assignment options, the cumulative score for Exam > Training > Exam is the
Pre Exam + the Post Exam.
- If all tasks display in the Post Exam, the cumulative score is the score number of
questions students got right on either the Pre Exam or Post Exam.
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Click Save.