Configure Grade Book Settings
Choose Points or Weighted System
Step 1
Select Grades from the course Navbar.
Step 2
Select Settings
Step 3
Select the Calculation Options tab.
Step 4
Locate the Grading System area. The default system is Points. Select Weighted if you prefer to change to a weighted grading system.
Step 5
Select the Save button.
Step 6
Select Yes to confirm the change.
Step 7
Select Close.
Note
You can change the Grading System at any point in the semester - even if grades have already been entered.
Verify Grade Scheme Symbol
Step 1
Select Grades from the course Navbar.
Step 2
Select Settings
Step 3
Select the Class Display Options tab.
Step 4
Check the box next to Grade scheme symbol in the Student View Display Options area.
Note
The Grade scheme symbol option on the Class Display Options tab must be selected in order to successfully import grades to UAccess. It must also be selected for comments to be visible when using Text Grade Items.
Step 5
Select Save.
Step 6
Select Close.
Determine How Ungraded Items Are Calculated
Step 1
Select Grades from the course Navbar.
Step 2
Select Settings.
Step 3
Select the Calculation Options tab.
Step 4
Scroll to the Ungraded Items section in the Grade Calculations area and make a selection.
- Drop ungraded items: This means that Grade Items are not calculated into the Final Grade until a grade (including zero) is entered. Students start with a 100% in the Gradebook and work down.
- Treat ungraded items as 0: This means that students receive zeros for all assignments until the zero is replaced with a grade. Students start with 0% in the Gradebook and work up
Step 5
Select Save.
Step 6
Select Close.
Note
Changing the Grade Calculation setting to Treat ungraded items as 0 may be a two-day process. Change the setting, wait 24 hrs, then verify that Treat ungraded items as 0 remains selected. If the setting reverts to Drop ungraded items, change it again. After changing the setting two times, it will remain selected.
Note
If your course site combines undergraduate and graduate sections, and if those students have different required activities - you can use the Drop ungraded items setting as an alternative to exempting Grade Items.
Determine How Missing Submissions Are Graded
Step 1
Select Grades from the course Navbar.
Step 2
Select Settings.
Step 3
Select the Calculation Options tab.
Step 4
Scroll to the Automatic Zero for Missing Submissions section in the Grade Calculations area. Select the checkbox to Automatically apply a grade of zero (0) to missing submissions once an assessment becomes overdue.
Note
- Automatic Zero for Missing Submissions is a course-wide setting that applies to Assignments, asynchronous Quizzes, and LTI activities with a Due Date.
- Changes to this setting only take effect on assessments with future due dates.
- This setting automatically publishes grade items with zero(s) to learners in the Grades view.
Step 5
Select Save.
Step 6
Select Close.