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If you have not yet created the Overall Grade Column 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 grade.
For the Select an Overall Grade calculation , there are 3 optionsmethod: Points, Weighted, and Advanced. You can click the highlighted “Show example” to view a sample of how each would calculate.
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4. Select an Overall Grade calculation method, then click Next.5. Once Once created, the Overall Grade column has been created it will appear as the 1st column in your Gradebook.
Calculating the Overall Grade
The Overall Grade page will display displays all course assessments (by category) which are available for overall grade calculation.
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2. To remove a category or individual assessment from the calculation, select the Exclude exclude (or null) symbolicon. When an item is excluded, the Exclude symbol exclude icon will be highlighted purple. Click the symbol icon again to re-include it.
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3. To remove an assessment from it’s category (for Overall Grade calculation only), click the Unlink symbol unlink icon. This removes the assessment from the category drop-down and allowing allows it to be given its own percentage, separate from the category. (To re-add the item to the category, click the Unlink symbol againClick the unlink icon again to add it back).
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4. Use the % text box field to input the weight of a given category or assessment. Click the Lock symbol lock icon to lock the percentage value while you are adjusting the other percentages.
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5. The total weight will be displayed below the assessments. Please note that if the total percentage does not add up to 100%, Ultra will not allow you to save your progress.
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Editing Calculation Rules
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for Categories
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To drop grades in a certain category, follow the instructions found here: Dropping Grades in Ultra Course View.
Overall Grade Display Settings
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