Types of Grades
| Assignment Grades | A student's grade for an assignment. |
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| Category Grades | The average of all assignments grades in a category. |
| Grade To Date | A student's current cumulative grade. Displayed as an average or sum based on Grade Calculations. |
| Class Grade | The letter grade equivalent of a student's Grade To Date. |
Grade Weighting
Assignment Weighting
Assignment weighting determines what value an assignment has in relation to other assignments. The higher the weight of an assignment, the greater worth an assignment grade has towards a student's cumulative grade. For example, if a student has three graded assignments ― two homework assignments weighing 25 each, and one exam weighing 50 ― then the homework assignments are each worth 25% of the student's cumulative grade, and the exam is worth 50%.
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Assignments weights are relative numbers, and therefore, the total weight of all assignments does not need to equal 100. Cumulative grades will always be calculated as a percentage of the total assignment weight. |
Category Weighting
Category weighting, similarly to assignment weighting, determines what value a category of assignments has in relation to other categories. Category weights are similar in function to assignment weights; the higher the weight of a category, the greater worth the assignments in that category have, collectively, towards a student's cumulative grade.
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Similar to assignment weights, the total category weight also does not need to equal 100. Cumulative grades will always be calculated as a percentage of the total category weight. |
How Assignment and Category Weighting work together
It is possible to use both Assignment and Category weights. These two features do not conflict with one another. To better understand how Assignment and Category weights work together, please refer to the example below.
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Likewise, even though Homework 1 has a weight of 100, it accounts for 90.9% (100/110) of the overall Homework category value of 20. Taking the calculation one step further, Homework 1 would only account for 18.2% (90.9% of 20) of the cumulative grade in this example.
Equally Weighted Categories
If you wish for all assignments within a particular category to possess the same weight, simply go to Settings > Categories, click Edit Categories, and select "Equally Weighted" in the Assignment Weights dropdown menu next to the category.
Explanation of Grade Calculations
If you have n assignments with weights w1, w2, w3, ..., wn with max points m1, m2, m3, ..., mn and a student has grades g1, g2, g3, ..., gn, then the weighted normalized average grade for a student is calculated as such for all where gk is a number (not blank or excused):
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