This article contains an example Gradebook of a Weighted Grading System, which may help you to get a better understanding of setting up a Gradebook.
Table of Contents
The Assessment
A course consists of 3 main assessments:
- A practical assignment that students need to submit in Brightspace. It will be evaluated with a pass or fail. Counts as 10% of final grade.
- A midterm that students will take out of Brightspace. It will be evaluated on a 10 points scale. Counts as 40% of final grade.
- A final exam that students will take out of Brightspace. Counts as 50% of final grade. The final exam grade will be calculated based on:
- A multiple choice part, with 30 questions. Students can score 30 points, which will be translated to a 10 points scale grade. Counts as 30% of the Final Exam.
- An essay question which will be graded individually. It will be evaluated on a 10 points scale. Counts as 70% of the Final Exam.
The Settings
Grade item settings
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Grade item: Practical Assignment
- Type: Selectbox
- Grade Scheme: Pass/Fail
- Association: linked to an assignment. So the grades are transferred from the assignment tool.
- Max points: 10
- Weight: 10% of final grade
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Grade item: Midterm
- Type: Numeric
- Grade Scheme: Leiden Scheme_Partial Grade_Rounded off at 0.1_ Pass 5.5
- Association: None. So grade input is manual or via import.
- Max points: 10
- Weight: 10% of final grade
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Grade Category: Final Exam
- Grade Scheme: Leiden Scheme_Partial Grade_Rounded off at 0.1_ Pass 5.5
- Weight: 50% of final grade
- Distribution: Manually assign weight to items in the category
- Consists of two grade items MC Questions and Essay Questions
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Grade item: MC Questions
- Type: Numeric
- Grade Scheme: Leiden Scheme_Partial Grade_Rounded off at 0.1_ Pass 5.5
- Association: None. So grade input is manual or via import.
- Max points: 30
- Weight: 30% of Category Final Exam
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Grade item: Essay Questions
- Type: Numeric
- Grade Scheme: Leiden Scheme_Partial Grade_Rounded off at 0.1_ Pass 5.5
- Association: None. So grade input is manual or via import.
- Max points: 10
- Weight: 70% of Category Final Exam
For more information about the different kind of Grade Items, please check this article.
Grades Setup Wizard settings
Instructor View
As an instructor you will see your students and their grades on the Enter Grades tab. As you can see, each grade item is 1 column, where as the grade items MC Questions and Essay Questions are grouped together in the category Final Exam.
As shown above the instructor has opted to see grade points (5/10), grade scheme symbol (5.0) and grade scheme colour (red).
Student View
As shown above the students will see their grades and the total number of points they received on a particular assessment.