Working with Gradebook in eCollege

Objective:

This job aid will show you how to set up your gradebook.

When setting up your Gradebook, you decide which items in your course will be "gradeable." This is important because not all content items in your course will be assigned grades. Note: Before you can set up your Gradebook, you will need to determine your course content. Otherwise, no content items will appear in the Setup Gradebook page.
 
 
Adding Items to Your Gradebook
 
 
Step one: Setup Gradebook
 

From any page in your course, click > Gradebook at the top of the screen. Click > Setup Gradebook.
 
 
Step two: Select Gradeable Items
 

Check the Course Content Items, Course Tools, and Custom Items you want to be "gradeable." When you "check" an item, it means that the item will be visible to you (and to your students) when you view the Gradebook and you will be able to enter a grade for that particular item. Content items are grouped by type in this screen (i.e., all content items first, then course tools, then custom content items). The numbers across the top of your screen represent units within your course.
 
 
Step three: Enter New Gradeable Items
 

Enter a new or custom gradeable item in the New field at the bottom of the screen and then click > Add to Gradebook. When you are finished adding items to your Gradebook, click > Save Changes.
 
 

Assigning Points to the Items
 
 
Step one: Assign Points
 

Click > Assign points to gradeable items link in the Setup Gradebook screen.
 

In the screen that appears, enter the points possible for each content item. Unit numbers appear across the top of the screen, and content items are grouped by type (i.e., Exams, Threaded Discussions, custom content items, etc.) on the left side of the screen. The Gradebook will total and calculate student percentages based on the Total Points assigned to each of the gradeable content items. If you have created an exam in your course, the exam will already have a total point value assigned to it (since you assigned points to the exam questions when you created the exam). To see the "actual" points already assigned to an exam, click the Actual button for that particular exam. You can change the points possible for the exam by entering a new point value in the text box.
 
 

Step two: Save Changes

 

Make sure you click Save Changes on this page to return to the main Setup Gradebook screen.