Weighted Average from Multiple Gradebooks and Final Exam

Create Gradebooks for Quarter 1, Quarter 2, Final Exam. & Semester.

In this scenario you will need to create four gradebooks: two quarter-long gradebooks, a final exam gradebook, and one special gradebook for calculating the first semester grade. This table illustrates how these gradebooks should be created:

 

 

To create these gradebooks, hover over the Course Center menu on the navigation bar of your Portal homepage and choose one of your courses from the pull-down menu that appears.

Since School Loop starts you off with a default gradebook, it's easiest to make this the first of your separate gradebooks by simply editing the name and date range.

 

1. Click the Edit link next the name of the default gradebook in the Course Center.

2. On the next page, enter a name for your gradebook. We recommend that you include the term (e.g. "Algebra I Q2").

3. Set the start and end dates to correspond to the first and last day of the grading period.

4. Click Submit.

To create additional gradebooks:

 

Be sure to give each gradebook an appropriate name and be careful that the start and end dates are accurate for each term.

Hint: We recommend that you run your gradebooks back-to-back without any days between gradebooks. For example, the 2nd quarter starts on October 17, you should end the previous gradebook on October 16. If there are gaps between gradebooks, assignments due on those dates will not show in appear in any of your gradebooks.

Cumulative "Semester" Gradebook Setup

Set Weighting

Since the requirements for this scenario are 40% for each quarter and 20% for the final exam, we'll create three new categories. You may name these categories as you please, but for this example we'll use "Q1," "Q2," and "Final Exam." After creating these categories, turn weighting on for the Semester 1 gradebook with Q1 and Q2 set to 40% each and Final Exam set to 20%.

 

Create Categories:

Use this link to learn how to create categories: Creating Categories

 

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Weighting:

Use this link to learn how to set weighting: Setting Weighting

 

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Create Assignments

The Semester 1 gradebook will have three assignments -- one for each of the two quarter gradebooks and one for the final exam. To keep it simple, we'll make all the assignments worth 100 points each. Just be sure to assign the proper category to each of these assignments.

Go to Semester gradebook.

Add New Assignment and include:

1. Name:
2. Dates 12/15 to 1216
3. Gradebook onl
4. Category Q1
5. Max points 100
6. Assign to Periods
7. Publish

 

Use the following link to learn more about creating assignments:

Creating Assignments

 

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 Import Gradebook Scores

After creating the three assignments -- let's call them Q1 Grade, Q2 Grade and Final Exam -- click the assignment titles in the gradebook to access the Assignment Scoresheet.

Use the Import Gradebook Scores drop menu to select the appropriate gradebook as the source. When you import the scores from another gradebook, the cells will populate with the value equal to the student's percentage score from the imported gradebook multiplied by the maximum value of the assignment. For example, the Q1 Grade assignment in our example is worth 100 points; let's assume the student's average from the Quarter 1 gradebook is 75%. In this case, the cell value would be 75 points (100 point maximum X 0.75).

 

Notes