This article is intended for instructors looking to set up and manage the Overall Grade in their HuskyCT Ultra Course.
Video Instructions
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Instructions:
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 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 Select an Overall Grade calculation , there are 3 optionsmethod: Points, Weighted, and Advanced. Click on the highlighted “Show example” to view how each section would calculate.
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For guidance on the Advanced column, please reference additional instructions found here: Gradebook Calculations. |
4. Select an Overall Grade calculation method, then click Next.
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Once created, the Overall Grade column will appear as the 1st column in your Gradebook.
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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 displays all course assessments (by category) 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 exclude (or cancelnull) symbolicon. If When an item is excluded, the Exclude symbol exclude icon will be highlighted purple. Click the icon 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 button. (To re-add the item to the category, select the Unlink/link button once againClick the unlink icon to remove an assessment from it’s category. This removes the assessment from the category drop-down so it can be given its own separate percentage. (Click the unlink icon again to add it back to its categpru).
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4. Use the numerical % text box field to enter in the correct percentage, and then use the Lock symbol to ensure that the percentage value does not change input the weight of a given category or assessment. Click the lock icon to lock the percentage value 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: if the total does not add up to 100%, or Ultra will not allow you to proceedit’s not possible to save your progress.
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Editing Calculation Rules for Categories
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To drop grades in a certain category, follow the instructions found here: Dropping Grades in Ultra Course View.
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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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4. When finished, select Save.
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For more information or assistance with Ultra, please contact CETL Educational Technologies at edtech@uconn.edu or 860-486-5052 (M-F 9am-4pm) |