Using the Gradebook

1. Grading Assignments
2. Incomplete and Missing Assignments
3. Sorting Students by Name or Final Grade
   

1. Grading Assignments
To grade an assignment in your gradebook, follow these steps:

1. Click on the GRADEBOOK tab.
2. Select the gradebook containing the assignment you want to grade from the Gradebook drop-down menu.
3. Assignments are listed in columns across the top of the screen. Locate the assignment you want to score.
4. Now locate the student whose assignment you want to grade in the column to the left. Follow that student’s row until it intersects with the column of the assignment you are grading. Click in the cell at that intersection.
5. A cursor appears in the cell. Here, you can enter a numeric score, or you may click on the ARROW button to the right of the cell to choose a grade from the drop-down menu.
6. The student’s final grade is updated when you click out of the scoring cell, and the grade you enter is saved automatically.
7. Once you have entered a score, repeat steps 1 – 5 to continue grading assignments.

NOTES:

• If you choose to enter a numeric score, the number you enter should be the points earned on the assignment, not necessarily the percent correct (the exception being an assignment worth 100 points). For example, if a quiz is worth 10 points, and the student answered 8 of the 10 problems correctly, you should enter 8 in scoring cell, not 80.
• If you have created an assignment that is associated with a category that does NOT count toward the final grade, the column for that assignment will be gray. This serves as a reminder that the assignment is not being used in calculating the final grade.
• Entering scores numerically provides more precise data for calculating grades. For example, entering a score of 86 is more precise than entering B or B+ which are converted to a numeric equivalent which may be more than or less than the actual score of 86.
• If an observable set is used as an assignment, its column in the gradebook will be green to indicate this. The Gradebook will automatically-generate the scores for these sorts of assignments by referencing observations made using the observables within the set. The score is determined by taking the qualifier values of the observations recorded and calculating the "average" or "progress over time" of these values.
• You can add extra credit or bonus points to assignment scores. If a test is worth 100 points, you can enter a score greater than 100 in the gradebook.

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2. Incomplete and Missing Assignments
If a student’s assignment is incomplete or missing, you can mark it as such by selecting I or M (respectively) from the drop-down menu of grades. If you plan to create Progress Reports, these indicators enable the program to collate the incomplete and missing assignments for a given student. Assignments marked Incomplete or Missing are ignored when calculating the final grade. When the student has completed the assignment, you can adjust the score just as though you were grading the assignment for the first time.

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3. Sorting Students by Grade
Learner Profile 3.0 Students can be sorted alphabetically or by grade. By default, students are sorted alphabetically, from A - Z. Clicking on the heading of the Student column will sort the students alphabetically from Z - A. Click on the heading again to sort from A - Z. To sort the students by grade (highest final grade -lowest final grade), click on the heading of the Grade column. To reverse the sort, click on the heading of the Grade column again. If you have students sorted by final grade and modify assignment scores, the sort will not be refreshed unless you manually resort (click on the grade column heading again) or leave the Gradebook mode and come back.

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