This article is for faculty and staff who wish to learn more about using Grade Center categories for organization and to drop gradeshow to use Grade Center Categories to organize and group course assessments and calculate grades using Categories.
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Each column in the Grade Center column has a “Category” field. Some Category designations are pre-defined, such as Test, Survey, Assignment, Discussion, SafeAssignment, Journal, and Blog; they are automatically assigned to the corresponding graded activities. All When an assessment is created, its Grade Center column is automatically assigned to the Category that corresponds with the assessment type. For example, when an assignment is created, it is automatically assigned to the “Assignment” Category. Manually created columns that are not linked to assessments are assigned to “No Category.” Calculated Columns are assigned the Category of “Calculated Grade.” Columns that the instructor creates manually are set to “No Category” initially, but this can be edited. Additional unique categories can be created and applied to any column except for You can create new categories with course specific names. You can also change the category of all columns except Calculated Columns. |
Viewing Categories for Existing Columns
Under Control Panel in Course Management, click on Grade Center.
Select Full Grade Center.
Click Manage at the top of the Grade Center. Click Column Organizationthe Manage drop down menu.
Click Categories.
This will display all of the Categories which exist in the course (on the left side) and all of the assessments or columns that are currently in each category (on the right side).
Creating New Categories
Click Manage at the top of the Grade Center, and From the Full Grade Center, click the Manage drop down menu, then click Categories.
Click Create Category at the top left of the screen.
Enter a name for the category.
Click Submit.
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Changing the Category for an Existing Column
Access the Column Organization view of the Grade Center.
Check From the Full Grade Center, click the Manage drop down menu, then click Column Organization.
In Column Organization, you can view the category of each Grade Center column.
To change the category, check the box(es) next to the column(s) where that you want to edit the category.
Click Hover over the Change Category to…
Select a category in the pop-up menu.button, and then select the new category for that column.
Click Submit to save your changes.
Using Categories to Drop the Lowest Grade
Change setting to Selected Columns and Categories when indicating which columns to include in a Calculated Column.
Select a Category to add to a Calculated Column Formula.
Note: First, check Column Organization view to ensure the category includes only the columns wanted in the calculation. Edit categories if needed.Use the lower arrow to the right of the Category Selection to move the category over.Create a new calculated column or edit an existing calculated column.
From the Select Columns section, select a Category and move it to the right side.
Once the category is moved to the Selected Columns box, a set of options will appear. Enter the number of Lowest Grades to drop.
Click Submit.
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