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Navigate to your Ultra Course in HuskyCT.
On From the top navigation menu, click Gradebook.
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Creating the Overall Grade
If you do have not already have yet created the Overall Grade Column in your Gradebook, click the Settings icon in the top right corner of the Gradebook page.
From the side-menu that appears, scroll down and select Set up Overall Gradeoverall grade.
For the Overall Grade calculation, there are 3 options: Points, Weighted, and Advanced. Click on You can click the highlighted “Show example” to view a sample of how each section would calculate.
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For guidance on detailed instructions for using the Advanced column, please reference additional instructions found hererefer to: Gradebook Calculations. |
4. Select an Overall Grade calculation method, then click Next.
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5. Once the Overall Grade column has been created it will appear as the 1st column in your Gradebook.
Calculating the Overall Grade
1. On this new page, you can view all the categories which are available to be used to calculate the course grade. To view which items belong to each category, select The Overall Grade page will display all course assessments (by category) which are available for overall grade calculation.
1. To view the assessment items included in a category, click the drop-down arrow.
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2. To remove a category or individual item assessment from the calculation, select the Exclude (or cancelnull) symbol. If When an item is excluded, the Exclude symbol will be highlighted purple. Click the symbol again to re-include it.
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3. To give an item its own individual percentage different than that of the category, select the Unlink button, located directly next to the Exclude buttonremove an assessment from it’s category (for Overall Grade calculation only), click the Unlink symbol. This removes the assessment from the category drop-down and allowing it to be given its own percentage, separate from the category. (To re-add the item to the category, select click the Unlink /link button once symbol again).
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4. Use the numerical % text box to enter in the correct percentage, and then use input the weight of a given category or assessment. Click the Lock symbol to ensure that lock the percentage value does not change while you are adjusting the other categoriespercentages.
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5. Lastly, ensue that the total percentage from all the columns and items adds The total weight will be displayed below the assessments. Please note that if the total percentage does not add up to 100%, or Ultra will not allow you to proceedsave your progress.
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Editing Calculation Rules
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Overall Grade Display Settings
To adjust how students view their From the Overall Grade page, navigate to the under Overall Grade Settings section, found directly next to the categories pictured above, specify how the Overall Grade will be displayed to students.
Using From the drop-down menu, there are three different options to select: you can select one of three options:
HuskyCT Default Letter
Percentage
Points
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HuskyCT Default Letter will display the grade as a Letter Grade. To view the percentage ranges used for each letter, or to adjust them, follow the instructions here: Letter Grade Schemas |
3. To show or hide the Overall Grade column to students (or even to hide it), toggle the check mark next to Show to Students.
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