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Assigning point values or weighted values to course content is the third step in
your Gradebook setup process. Once you've decided which items to show in the Gradebook and in
which Units each item is gradable, you can assign point values or possible points to
each item.
From the Assign Points/Weights page, you can assign weighted values to content, create extra
credit items, and create practice assignments by excluding an item from the
course grade.
If you want the Gradebook to calculate up-to- date grades for your students,
you must assign point values to your Gradebook items.
If you assign points for each gradable item, the Gradebook uses this value and the
students' actual achieved points to calculate grades for each student at the content item
level, the Unit level, and the overall course level;
or if you do not assign points possible to a gradable item, nothing displays in the points
possible field when you and your students view the Gradebook.
Assign points: On the Tools menu, click Gradebook.
Click Setup Gradebook, and then click the Assign Points/Weights tab.
Enter the points possible for each gradable item.
Gradebook calculates student percentages based on the Total Points assigned to each gradable
content item.
If you click Insert Points, you can see the assigned points to the exam content items you
created. If you have not created an exam yet in your course, the
Insert Points link is not visible.
Click Save Changes.
Apply weighted values: From Setup Gradebook, click the Preferences.
Click the checkbox for Use weighted calculations, then Save Changes.
Click the Assign Points/Weights tab.
In the fileds provided, Enter a weighted percentage for each assignment.
Click Save Changes.
Although it's not required, the sum of your weighted percentages should equal 100%.
Always assign weighted percentages to the items you want counted toward the final
course grade. If the Weighting feature is turned on and you do not assign a weight percentage
to a gradable item, that item is not counted toward the final course grade
(essentially, the item carries a weight of 0%).