Grades in myCourses

 

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Overview

This section explains what you and your students will see when they access the Grades tool.

Overview of grades in myCourses

  • Viewing grades as an instructor

  • Viewing grades as a student

Set gradebook

You must create Grade Items to use the Grades tool in myCourses.

Create grade items (columns) in myCourses

  • Create a Numeric grade item

  • Create a Text grade item

  • Create a Pass/Fail grade item

  • Create a Formula grade item

  • Create a Calculated grade item

  • Create a Selectbox grade item

  • Advanced options

Manage grade items in myCourses 

  • Preview a student’s view of Grades 

  • Hide and releasing grades

  • Reorder grade items

  • Delete grade items

  • Restore grade items

Grade settings

You can use the Grades Settings and Setup Wizard pages allow to change various student and instructor display settings and calculation options for the Grades tool.

Grade settings in myCourses

  • Access grade settings

  • Change your grading system

  • Change the final grade to release

  • Change grade calculation settings

  • Change your default grade scheme

  • Change instructor display options

  • Change student display options

Grade categories

You can add Grade Items (columns) to a Grade Category if you have several quizzes or assignments and want to average out each student’s lowest score. You can also use categories to organize similar Grade Items or columns under a common heading.

Create grade categories to drop the lowest quiz score

  • Create a grade category

  • Add grade items to a grade category

  • View dropped grades in a category

  • Delete a grade category

Enter grades

You can enter the grades directly in the Grades tool on the Enter Grades page.

Enter grades directly in the grades tool

  • Enter grades on the main Enter Grades page

  • Enter grades and comments for an individual grade item or category

  • Enter grades for an individual student

  • Delete grades

Assess assignments in myCourses

Grade quizzes in myCourses

Assess discussion topics in myCourses

Associate and grade with rubrics in myCourses

Blind grading

You can use blind grading as a method of assessment in which the student's name is hidden from the instructor while grading an assignment.

Blind grade in myCourses

Import grades

You can import grades from a spreadsheet into myCourses.

Import grades from a spreadsheet into myCourses

  • Existing Excel spreadsheet

  • Excel spreadsheet from the Exam Office

  • Spreadsheet (.csv) exported from myCourses

  • Spreadsheet saved with OpenOffice or a French operating system

  • Spreadsheet for importing final grades

Export grades

You can import the Gradebook from myCourses to a spreadsheet or to Minerva.

Export grades from myCourses to a spreadsheet

Export final grades from myCourses to Minerva

  • Automatically from myCourses

  • Manually from myCourses

Release grades to students

You can automatically or manually release grades to students in myCourses.

Release final grades in myCourses

  • About Final Calculated, Final Adjusted and Official grades

  • Verify your grade settings

  • Release final grades

  • Unrelease final grades

View grade history

You can modify grades in myCourses and view the grade change history.

View grade change history

  • Viewing grade item creation history and restoring deleted grade items

  • Viewing editing history for a grade item

  • Viewing grade change history for a grade item

  • Viewing grade change history for an individual student

Formula Editor Tool

You can use formulas to calculate grades in myCourses

Use the Formula Editor Tool in myCourses