Weight grades by category

By default a class average is total points earned over total points possible. Weighted categories change that. Each category gets its own percent, and the categories blend by their weights.

Steps

1. In the rail, open Classes. Click Gradebook, then open the class.
2. Find Grading categories. Type up to four category names, each with a Weight. For example, Homework 30, Quizzes 20, Tests 50.
3. Click Save weights. The class page now says Weighted grading with your categories.
4. When you add an assignment, the Category box becomes a menu. Pick the category it belongs to.

Good to know

• Weights do not have to add up to 100. They are used as shares of the total.
• A category with nothing graded yet drops out, and the others share its weight. Early in the term one quiz will not skew the grade.
• An assignment joins a category by name, and capital letters do not matter. In weighted mode, an assignment with no matching category does not count. Give it a category to include it.
• To go back to plain points, clear every category row and click Save weights.
• Excused and Incomplete scores stay out of every category. Missing counts as zero.