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This article is for faculty and staff who wish to learn more about using Grade Center categories for organization and to drop grades.

Each column in the Grade Center 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 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 Calculated Columns.

Viewing Categories for Existing Columns

  1. Under Control Panel in Course Management, click on Grade Center.

  2. Select Full Grade Center.

    Full grade center option.

  3. Click Manage at the top of the Grade Center. 

  4.  Click Column Organization.

    Column organization under manage.

Creating New Categories

  1. Click Manage at the top of the Grade Center, and then click Categories.

    Categories in manage menu.

  2. Click Create Category at the top left of the screen.

  3. Enter a name for the category.

    Entering a name for the category.

  4. Click Submit.

Editing the Category for an Existing Column

  1. Access the Column Organization view of the Grade Center.

  2. Check the box(es) next to the column(s) where you want to edit the category.

    Changing the category.

  3. Click Change Category to…
    Change category option.

  4. Select a category in the pop-up menu.

  5. Click Submit.

Using Categories to Drop the Lowest Grade

  1. Change setting to Selected Columns and Categories when indicating which columns to include in a Calculated Column. 

    Selected columns and categories option.

  2. Select a Category to add to a Calculated Column Formula.
    Test category.
    Note: First check Column Organization view to be sure the category includes only the columns wanted in the calculation. Edit categories if needed.

  3. Use the lower arrow to the right of the Category Selection to move the category over.

    Image of lower right arrow.

  4. Once the category is moved to Selected Columns box, a set of options will appear. Enter the number of Lowest Grades to drop.

    Selected columns options box.

  5. Click Submit.

For more information or assistance with HuskyCT, contact the Educational Technology Office at edtech@uconn.edu or (860) 486-5052.

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