Setting Up Categories

You can create categories, such as Homework, Essay, and Test, to group assignments.

 

  1. On the Home page, select the school, academic year, and session for which you are adding categories.
  2. On the navigation bar, click Gradebook. The gradebook opens to the Grades tab.
  3. Select the Setup tab.

Setup tab

 
 

Gradebook
 

Categories
 

Select the marking column and class for which to set up categories.
 

 

  1. From the list on the left, select Categories.
  2. In the Marking Column and Class fields, select the marking column and class with which to associate the categories.

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  3. Use the following table to help you enter information on the Categories page for each marking column and class in a session.

Determine marking column grades using

If you select "category averages", the program uses category averages for the class and marking column to determine the marking column average.

 

If you select "assignment grades", the program uses only assignment grades to determine the marking column average. The category averages do not affect the marking column average calculation.

Name

Name the group of assignments, such as Homework, Quiz, Test, Lab, Oral Exam.

Default Name

Abbreviate the name of the category to default in for the assignment name for assignments in the category.

Graded

Designate whether the assignments in the category are graded.

Number to Drop

Enter the number of lowest assignment grades in the category to drop.

Grading Scale

If you plan to enter non-numeric grades for assignments, select a grading scale to translate these assignment grades to numeric grades.

Default Maximum Points

Enter the maximum number of points an assignment in the category is usually worth.

Calculation Type

If you select to use category averages to calculate the marking column grades, select to calculate category averages for the group of assignments by total points or by percentages.

Factor

If you select to use category averages to calculate the marking column grades, enter the percentage of each category average in the marking column average as the factor.

 

When you leave the Factor column, the percentage the category comprises in the marking column grade appears in the Percent of Grade column.


  1. To save the categories, click Save. In the Marking Column and Class fields, select another marking column and class for which to set up categories.