Configuring Assignment Scoring Settings

It is important to understand how the system calculates your students’ progress in order to use Grade Book effectively and to be able to explain a student’s grades to parents and guardians. There are two ways to calculate assignment scores, the Total Points Method and the Weighted Categories Method.

Using the Total Points Method

Teachers who use the Total Points Method base their grades on total point calculation. Every assignment is worth the amount of points assigned to it; assignments are weighted the same. Grades are determined by dividing the number of points earned by total points possible.

Using this method, an example student’s grade is 71.7% for the six assignments the teacher has scored:

How was the grade calculated? Total points earned (147) divided by points possible (205) = 71.7%.

Using the Weighted Categories Method

Teachers who use the Weighted Categories Method weight the different assignment categories differently: Homework 15%, Project 35%, Journal 25%, and Quiz/Test 25%.

Each assignment has a point value, which the system calculates into a percentage of the overall category value. Grades are determined by calculating the points earned in each weighted category; for each category this is the sum of the points earned divided by points possible, multiplied by the category weight.

Using this method, the same student’s grade is 70.6% for six assignments in the Grade Book.