The Gradebook > Adding Items & Inputting Grades
Adding an Item
The on-line gradebook can be used to manage items and communicate grades to your students. Quizzes and Assignments created on the system are appended automatically to the on-line gradebook, but you can also use this tool to add grades for items administered in class. To begin adding items into your on-line gradebook login to your site and click "Control Panel>Gradebook>Add Item". You will be asked to provide a title for the item, as well as a description. You will also be asked to select a category and provide a "display type".
Category refers to the type of assignment it is - the system will provide a variety of categories for you to select from. If you can't find a category that suits your item you can create your own category by clicking on the button labeled "Gradebook Settings" in the main gradebook view.
Display type refers to how you'd like this item to display. You can control several aspects of the display by using the "Gradebook Setting" button in the main gradebook view. After you have specified all of the settings for this item scroll to the bottom of the form and then click submit.
Inputting Grades
After you have created an item in your on-line gradebook you will want to login and begin updating students grades. In order to begin entering grades login to the system and click "Control Panel>Gradebook". Now click on the column heading of the item you'd like to begin updating. This will open an intermediary interface:
Click on the link labeled "Item Grade List". This will open up a listing of all of the students in enrolled in your class followed by a text box. You can input a new value into this text box. and then click submit to update the gradebook. If you wish to change/modify grades you would follow these same steps.
**Please note, if you choose to have these grades display as a "letter" when adding the item, or managing the display options any numeric values that you type in will be converted according to the scale set in the "Control Panel>Gradebook>Gradebook Settings>Manage Display Options>Letter" portion of the gradebook. return to top
Related FAQ's
Q: Students claim they can't see a content item I just added - what's wrong?
A common cause of this problem is that the item availability has been set incorrectly. Log back in and click "Control Panel>Gradebook>Manage Items". Find the item you just added to the gradebook and click the button labeled "modify". Be sure that the item you added is set to "available".
Q: Is the Gradebook secure?
Yes. Students can only access their own grades in the on-line gradebook.
Q: Can students see anyone else's grades in the on-line gradebook?
No. Students can only access their own grades in the on-line gradebook.
Q: Students claim they can't see a content item I just added - what's wrong?
A common cause of this problem is that the item availability has been set incorrectly. Log back in and click "Control Panel>Gradebook>Manage Items". Find the item you just added to the gradebook and click the button labeled "modify". Be sure that the item you added is set to "available".
Q: Is the Gradebook secure?
Yes. Students can only access their own grades in the on-line gradebook.
Q: Can students see anyone else's grades in the on-line gradebook?
No. Students can only access their own grades in the on-line gradebook. return to top |
