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.. _Establish a Grading Policy:
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Establishing a Grading Policy
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Overview
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Establishing a grading policy takes several steps. You must:
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#. :ref:`grade`
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#. :ref:`Set the Grace Period`
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#. :ref:`configure`
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#. :ref:`set_assignment`
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#. :ref:`student_view`
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.. _grade:
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Set the Grade Range
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You must set the grade range for the course. For example, your course can be pass/fail, or can have letter grades A through F.
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To set the grade range, from the **Settings** menu, select **Grading**.
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The control for the grade range is at the top of the Grading page.
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.. image:: Images/grade_range.png
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:width: 800
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The above example shows that you have a pass/fail grade range, with a score of 50 as the cutoff. This is the default setting used when you create a course.
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You use the grade range control to change these settings:
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* To add a grade in the range, click the **+** icon.
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A new grade is added to the range between the existing grades. For example, if you add a grade in the default setting,
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the grade range changes to **F** (0 to 50), **B** (50 to 75), and **A** (75 to 100):
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.. image:: Images/grade_range_b.png
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:width: 800
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* To change the score range, hover the mouse over the line dividing two grades, click and drag the line left or right.
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You can see the range numbers of the two grades adjacent to the line change. Release the mouse button when the line is where you want it.
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* To remove a grade, hover the mouse button over the grade.
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A **remove** link appears above the grade. Click the link.
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You cannot remove F or A.
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After you make any changes to the grade range, you must click **Save Changes** at the bottom of the page.
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.. _Set the Grace Period:
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Set the Grace Period
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You can set a grace period that extends homework due dates for your students.
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.. note:: The grace period applies to the whole course; you cannot set a grace period for individual assignments.
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In the Grading page, under **Grading Rules & Policies**, enter a value in the **Grace Period on Deadline** field. Enter the value in Hours:Minutes format.
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.. _configure:
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Configure the Assignment Types
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You must create assignment types for your course and determine the weight of the student's total grade for each assignment type.
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For example, you may have:
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* 10 homework assignments, worth a total of 50% of the grade;
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* A midterm exam, worth a total of 20% of the grade;
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* A final exam, worth 30% of the grade.
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By default, a new course you create has four assignment types:
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* Homework
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* Lab
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* Midterm Exam
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* Final Exam
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You can use these assignment types, modify or remove them, and create new assignment types.
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To create a new assignment type, in the bottom of the Grading page, click **New Assignment Type**, then configure the fields described below.
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Assignment Type Fields
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You configure the following fields for each assignment type:
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* **Assignment Type Name:**
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The general category of the assignment. This name will be visible to students.
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.. note:: All assignments of a particular type are automatically worth the same amount. Thus, a homework assignment that contains 10 problems is worth the same percentage of a student's grade as a homework assignment that contains 20 problems.
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* **Abbreviation:**
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This is the short name that appears next to an assignment on a student's **Progress** tab.
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* **Weight of Total Grade:**
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The assignments of this type together account for the percent value set in **Weight of Total Grade**.
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The total weight of all assignment types must equal 100.
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.. note:: Do not include the percent sign (%) in this field.
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* **Total Number:**
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The number of assignments of this type that you plan to include in your course.
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* **Number of Droppable**
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The number of assignments of this type that the grader will drop. The grader will drop the lowest-scored assignments first.
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.. _set_assignment:
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Set the Assignment Type for Graded Subsections
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After you configure assignment types, as you are organizing your course,
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you set the assignment type for Subsections that contain problems that are to be graded.
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You can designate a Subsection as one, and only one, of the assignment types you configured. You can also set a due date.
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See :ref:`subsections` for instructions on configuring a Subsection.
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Within a graded Subsection, you create problems of the type designated for that Subsection.
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You should not mix problems of different assignment types in the same Subsection.
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For example, if you want to create a homework assignment and a lab for a specific topic, create two Subsections.
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Set one Subsection as the Homework assignment type and the other as the Lab assignment type.
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Both Subsections can contain other content as well as the actual homework or lab problems.
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.. note:: You can create problems in Studio without specifying that the Subsection is an assignment type. However, such problems will not count toward a student's grade.
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See :ref:`Working with Problem Components` for instructions on creating problems.
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.. _student_view:
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The Student View of Grades
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Once a grading policy is in place, students can view both their problem scores and the percent completed and current grade in the **Progress** tab for the course.
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.. image:: Images/Progress_tab.png
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:width: 800 |