From 55d7d2bc14a5033a7b5ff9e3b2a70bfcb65e9f78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bridger Maxwell Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:29:04 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updates to grading doc. --- doc/course_grading.md | 14 +++++++++----- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/course_grading.md b/doc/course_grading.md index 13e0047c68..6dce2fa70e 100644 --- a/doc/course_grading.md +++ b/doc/course_grading.md @@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ weighting. ## Totaling sections -The process of totaling sections is to get a percentage score for every section -in the course. A section is any module that is a direct child of a chapter. For -example, psets, labs, and sequences are all common sections. Only the -*percentage* on the section will be available to compute the final grade, *not* -the final number of points earned / possible. +The process of totaling sections is to get a percentage score (between 0.0 and +1.0) for every section in the course. A section is any module that is a direct +child of a chapter. For example, psets, labs, and sequences are all common +sections. Only the *percentage* on the section will be available to compute the +final grade, *not* the final number of points earned / possible. + **For a section to be included in the final grade, the policies file must set graded = True for the section.** @@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ example, if the course only has 3 homeworks written, but the section format grader has been told to expect 12, the missing 9 will have an assumed 0% and will still show up in the grade breakdown. +A section format grader will also show the average of that section in the grade +breakdown (shown on the Progress page, gradebook, etc.). + ### Single Section Graders