Scores Page for a Class

The Scores page for a class is a snapshot of your students' progress on assignments right now.

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Scores page for a class
  • Your assignments for the class are listed across the top of the table as column headings.
  • Your students are listed on the left side of the table as row headings.
  • Each student's score for an assignment is displayed in the assignment's column in the student's row.

    A red asterisk (*) beside a score indicates the score has been changed by the instructor.

Other row, column, and section headings are described in the following table.

Points Available

The total points that can be earned for each assignment.

In the Total column, this is the sum of all possible points for all assignments.

Time

The estimated amount of time each student spent online working on all of the assignments.

Actions

You can perform a number of activities from the Scores page.

See other assignments

  • Scroll horizontally in the table.
  • In the table heading, select Past Assignments, Current/Recent Assignments, or All Assignments.

See other students

  • Scroll vertically in the table.
  • At the top of the student list, select Dropped Students, Current Students, or All Students.

Drag the student list up or down.

Sort the table

Click a sort arrow in the column heading. To sort by Total % or Total, click those column headings.

The sort arrows indicate the current sorting: ascending (sorted ascending arrow), descending (sorted descending arrow), or not sorted (not sorted arrows).

See individual question scores for an assignment

Click the assignment name.

Scores Page for an Assignment

See point distributions for an assignment

Click the total points available for the assignment. A histogram shows you the point distribution for your students.

See a score report for a specific student

Click the student's name.

Grades Summary Page

See statistical analysis of class scores

Click Show Analysis.

Analysis

The analysis section provides data that can be used to monitor the overall performance of the class. You can show or hide the analysis, and the analysis data can be displayed as either scores or percentages.

Analysis section
  • Your assignments for the class are listed across the top of the table as column headings.
  • Each statistical calculation is listed on the left side of the table as a row heading.

Other row and column headings are described in the following table.

Time

The estimated amount of time students spent online working on all of the assignments.

Total

Summary score values for all assignments.

scores analyzed

The number of submitted assignments with scores that were included in the calculations for mean, median, standard deviation, and min/max values.

mean

The arithmetic mean of assignment scores for submitted assignments.

median

The median score or time to complete submitted assignments.

standard deviation

The standard deviation of scores or times for submitted assignments.

Lower standard deviations mean the values are tightly clustered; higher standard deviations mean the values are more widely scattered.

min/max

The lowest and highest scores or times to complete submitted assignments.

  • To show this section, click Show Analysis.
  • To hide this section, click Hide Analysis.
  • To view data as percentages, click Percent.
  • To view data using the raw scores, click Raw.