Back to School - Gradebook Setup

Your gradebook is a central part of your online classroom. It's where you can keep track of student performance on assignments, discussions, and assessments.

Tip: To ensure cumulative grades are calculated correctly, set up your gradebook before you begin adding assignments.

To open your gradebook, select Faculty from the menu in the upper left. Then select Classes, choose your class, and select Launch gradebook.

Note: You can only access Classes after your administrator has granted access.

You can also access your gradebooks from My Day > Schedule & Performance > Gradebooks.

Your Gradebook settings are unique to each class. To access your settings, launch your gradebook, then select More > Settings.

  • Display options: Customize the look of your gradebook with the following options:

    • Column header information: Control what displays in the assignment and skill column headers.

    • Indicator icons: Select which icons you would like to see in your gradebook.

    • Default displays: Determine how student names and assignments appear in your gradebook. You can even sort students in a custom order that you manage.

  • Gradebook access: Determine what gradebook information users with different roles can see.

  • Grade calculation: Select your class's Calculation method, such as Total Points, Total Points with Weight, or Percentages. Select the Assignment types you will use, assign Letter grade scales, and more. See Individual Gradebook Setup for more information and example calculations.

  • Mastery calculation: Set a Calculation method for Content-area skills.

    Note: Mastery calculation settings are only available if your school is using Competency based education and your administrator allows teachers to define the calculation method for Content-area skills.

In your gradebook, select Grade columns to choose which cumulative grades display in your gradebook. Select from Current marking period, Last marking period, and Year cumulative (if a year calculation is set). Use Highlight grades less than to highlight cumulative grades below a grade you specify. Once cumulative grades are added to your gradebook, you can use them to sort students.

Gradebook indicators provide quick visual cues about students and assignments, such as if a student’s work is incomplete or missing, or if an assignment is associated with a rubric. For an explanation of what each icon means, select More > See key. The key also includes available keyboard shortcuts used to quickly add status indicators for students or access gradebook details.

Gradebook key

Note: Teachers can manually add indicators for Incomplete, Missing, Exempt, Collected, and Late. Other indicators are added when the student or assignment meets the criteria for the indicator. For example, the "Absent when assigned or when due" indicator is added based on student attendance and the assigned and due dates for the assignment.