In Faculty Access for the Web, you can set up categories for assignments, such as Homework, Essay, and Test. Categories enable you to group assignments and to average assignment grades in category averages calculations. You set up your categories on a per class and marking column basis. For each marking column and class combination, you also designate whether to calculate the marking column grade average by category averages or by total points received on the assignments. If you select to calculate the marking column grade average based on assignment grades only, you are not required to set up categories. Even if you do not calculate marking column averages based on category averages, we recommend you set up categories so you can use grading scales and enter numbers of lowest grades to drop.
To save time, you can copy categories and associated assignments created for one marking column and class to another marking column and class. On the Categories page, select the marking column and class to which to copy categories. Click Copy From and select the marking column and class containing the categories to copy from. You can only copy within an academic year. To copy across academic years, from the navigation bar, under Gradebook, click Copy last year’s gradebook setup.