SLATE2 Quickstart Guide: Grades Setup A grade book is a list of items on which you evaluate users’ performance. Grade items can include assignments, tests, discussion posts, participation, and so on. Together, the items in a grade book represent all the work that you evaluate users on in a course. Before you can use the Grades tool, you must set up a grade book. Before you set up a grade book in Learning Environment, you should know: What grade items you plan to evaluate users on. How much each grade item should be worth (points and weight of final grade). How you want grade items to be evaluated. How you want to calculate final grades. Although you can adjust your grade book later, making changes to how the grade book is structured or calculated after users’ grades have been entered can significantly change your data. To access the grades setup wizard click and select the Setup Wizard tool. To get started, scroll to the bottom and click Grades Setup Wizard 1. Choose a Grade System POINTS WEIGHTED Points System: Choose the points grade system if you want to calculate the final grade by totaling the points users receive on a grade item. Example: Assignment One: __/20 Assignment Two: __/100 Exam: __/200 Final Grade: __/240 Weighted System: Choose the weighted system if you want grade items to be calculated as a percentage of the final grade. Weighted is the most common. Example: Assignment One is assessed out of __/50 points and is worth 25% of the final grade. Select your preferred grade system and select 2. Final Grade Released Calculated Final Grade: The system automatically calculates the final grade based on the formula set up in the grade book. Adjusted Final Grade: Allows you to modify and adjust users’ grades prior to releasing them. Select your preferred grade system and select Drop ungraded items Treat ungraded items as 0 Items that do not have a grade inputted are treated as 0 in the final grade. Items that do not have a grade inputted are not counted in the final grade. What do students see? Dropping ungraded items allows students to view an accurate calculation of their grades throughout the course. Treating ungraded items as 0 will show a 0/F for all grade items not yet marked. 3. Grade Calculations
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SLATE2 Quickstart Guide: Grades Setup
A grade book is a list of items on which you evaluate users’ performance. Grade items can include assignments, tests, discussion
posts, participation, and so on. Together, the items in a grade book represent all the work that you evaluate users on in a course.
Before you can use the Grades tool, you must set up a grade book.
Before you set up a grade book in Learning Environment, you should know:
What grade items you plan to evaluate users on.
How much each grade item should be worth (points and weight of final grade).
How you want grade items to be evaluated.
How you want to calculate final grades.
Although you can adjust your grade book later, making changes to how the grade book is structured or calculated after users’
grades have been entered can significantly change your data.
To access the grades setup wizard click and select the Setup Wizard tool.
To get started, scroll to the bottom and click
Grades Setup Wizard
1. Choose a Grade System
POINTS
WEIGHTED
Points System: Choose the points grade system if you want to calculate the final grade by totaling the
points users receive on a grade item. Example: Assignment One: __/20 Assignment Two: __/100 Exam: __/200 Final Grade: __/240
Weighted System: Choose the weighted system if you want grade items to be calculated as a
percentage of the final grade. Weighted is the most common. Example: Assignment One is assessed out of __/50 points and is worth 25% of the final grade.
Select your preferred grade system and select
2. Final Grade Released
Calculated Final Grade: The system automatically calculates the final grade based on the formula set up in the grade book.
Adjusted Final Grade: Allows you to modify and adjust users’ grades prior to releasing them.
Select your preferred grade system and select
Drop ungraded items Treat ungraded items as 0 Items that do not have a grade inputted are
treated as 0 in the final grade.
Items that do not have a grade inputted
are not counted in the final grade.
What do students see? Dropping ungraded items allows students to
view an accurate calculation of their grades
throughout the course. Treating ungraded items as 0 will show a
0/F for all grade items not yet marked.
3. Grade Calculations
4. Choose a Default Grade Scheme
SLATE2 Quickstart Guide: Grades Setup
7. Managing View Display Options
A grade scheme is a way of organizing users’ performances on grade items into levels of achievement. The Sheridan
Grading System is built into SLATE2
and will display the letter grade that
corresponds with the percentage
achieved on a grade item.
Select a Grade Scheme and click
Select the number of decimals that will be displayed in the Instructor view of
the Gradebook. Click
6. Student View Display Options Points Grade: Displays the points grade to students (39/50)
Weighted Grade: Displays the weighed grade to students (78%)
Grade Scheme Symbol: Displays the scheme symbol to students (B+)
Grade Scheme Colour: Determines whether or not the grade scheme colour
associated with a grade item is displayed.
Decimals Displayed: Determines how many decimals are displayed to students.
Characters Displayed: Determines how many characters of a text grade item
display on the user list.
Final Grade Calculation: This setting determines whether users can see how
their final grade was calculated in the student view.
Click
5. Grades Setup Summary
Review the Grade Book Settings you have selected and click
The Grades Setup Wizard will create setup your grades area based on your selections.
If at any time you want to make changes to your grade settings click visible in the top-right
corner of the grades tool
Adding a Grade Scheme 1. Outside of the Grades Setup Wizard click on and click
2. Click
3. Enter a name for the Grade Scheme
4. Define your ranges:
a. Enter the symbol you want to display for the grade
Range in the Symbol column.
b. Enter the lowest grade in the Start column.
c. Enter the numeric grade you want users to achieve in the Assigned Value column.
*Click to add additional grade scheme levels. *Click the icon beside a level to delete it. *Click when finished.
SLATE2 Quickstart Guide: Creating Grade Items and Categories
Grade Items Grade items represent the individual assignments, quizzes, performance
measurements, etc., that you want to grade users on. Each grade item has its
own entry in the grade book, which you assign a grade to for each user.
Grade items can be tied to other course objects, such as quizzes, dropboxes
or discussion forums, SCORM content or, they can exist independently.
The Grades Tool To access the Grades tool click on the course navbar.
There are four areas in the Grades tool;
Enter Grades: Use this page to view, enter, import and export grades.
Manage Grades: Use this page to create, edit, delete, reorder and set display options and release conditions for grade items and
categories.
Schemes: Use this page to create new grade schemes or view organization grade schemes
Setup Wizard: Use this page to setup the grades tool. This should be done before creating grade items or categories.
1. Navigate to the area of the Grades tool.
2. Click and select from the dropdown list.
3. Choose the type of grade item you want to create from the list. This example uses Numeric grade items as they are the most common.
4. Enter the name for the grade item.
5. Enter a short name to display in the grade book.
6. If you want the grade item to be associated with a category select
the category from the dropdown list. (see next page for info on categories)
7. Enter a description for the grade item.
8. If you want students to see the description select the box beside
9. Enter the value you want the item to be graded out of
in the Max. Points field. (Assign. 1 is out of 50 points)
10. If you are using the weighted grade system, enter the
weight you want it to contribute to the final grade.
11. If you want users grades to be able to exceed the total value of the
item, select can exceed.
12. If you are using the points system, you may also choose the
Exclude from Final Grade Calculation option, if applicable. If you
are using the weighted system you can accomplish the same
results by setting the weight to 0%
13. Select a grade scheme to associate with the item if different than
the one you selected during grades setup.
14. Click to add a rubric
15. Click
Example: Assignment One: Business Analysis /50 worth 20% of the final grade