Setting Up Your Gradebook
Last modified on 02 June 2023 11:16 AM
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The following article contains features, steps, and/or screenshots that are updated for the new version of eClass that will be available June 24th, 2023. If you have questions before that time please contact IST eClass support. The eClass Gradebook allows you to manage and organize a collection of grades in eClass. Items that have been assessed using an eClass activity will be automatically added to the gradebook. For example, if you add an Assignment activity to receive student papers, the assignment grades will be added to the gradebook. The eClass Gradebook also allows you to add manually-graded items for offline activities such as TSQS-scored exams, class presentations, or participation. You can specify the method for calculating and weighting your assessment items and then tailor how these grades are displayed to your students. Contents:
To set up your gradebook, follow these steps: From your course main page, specify the following initial gradebook settings to ensure your grades are displayed properly to students: 1. Click on the Settings tab at the top of your course page: 2. Scroll down to the 'Appearance' settings area and ensure that Show students their own grades is set to Yes.
Weighing and calculating your final grades: 1. To set grade weights and calculations, click on the Grades tab at the top of your course page:
2. Click on the 'Grader report' dropdown then on 'Gradebook setup' to access the setup page for your gradebook: 3. In the 'Gradebook setup,' click on Edit → Edit settings at the top of the table beside your course's name. 4. The Edit category page will open. Choose an aggregation method for your course in the Grade category section.
Your gradebook setup should list the maximum grades of each item adding up to 100:
6. With the Edit category page open, choose an aggregation method for your course in the Grade category section.
You do not have to set aggregation methods at the start of the term. Grade items can be added to your course gradebook throughout the term and once all are present, the aggregation methods chosen to calculate the final grade. If you opt for doing this sort of setup ad hoc, you should review the article Controlling the Visibility of Your Gradebook. Then consider hiding the course total until all the assessment items have been added so that students aren't confused by the 'running total'. | |
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