Configure Weighting in Grade book

Q.

How do you setup the grade book to resemble my syllabus? I want certain categories to be worth a certain percentage of the final course grade. 
A.

The Weighted mean of grades aggregation method calculates each item grade by multiplying its percentage by the weight you assign. All items are then added together and divided by the total amount of weight points in the category. The higher you weight an item, the more heavily it will count toward a student's grade. Set up weighting for assignments/categories by following the steps below.


1. Locate the Settings block. In the Course administration click on Grades.

2. Click on the drop down menu and select Simple view. 

 

3. Set the course Aggregation to Weighted mean of grades. 

4. Enter the weighted values. A value of 70 will cause that item to be weighted 70%. Weights can be assigned to an Activity individually, or to an entire category. 

To assign a weight to a category, the individual category's aggregation strategy does not need to be set to Weighted mean of grades unless the Activities within the category will also be weighted. 

5. Remember to click Save changes.