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This article is intended for faculty who want to know how to work with letter grades in the HuskyCT Gradebook in the Ultra view. Letter grade schemas are used to automatically calculate student letter grades based on a percentage-based grade schema. HuskyCT courses include a default letter grade schema, but instructors can edit existing schemas or create new ones based on their specific grading policies/plans. Letter grade schemas can be used to display letter grades for any Gradebook column and are commonly used to display letter grades for midterm or final grades.

For Original Course View, refer to: Working with Letter Grade Schemas

Video Instructions

Viewing and Editing Existing Grading Schemas

  1. Navigate to your Gradebook.

Ultra Course View Menu with Gradebook Selected

2. Click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner.

Ultra Course View Gradebook with Settings Gear Boxed

3. Under Grade Schemas, click Mange Grade Schemas.

Ultra Gradebook Setting with Manage Grade Schemas Boxed

4. On the left hand side, you will see a list of all the grading schemas in the course. Select the grading schema you want to view or edit.

Ultra Gradebook Grade Schemas with HuskyCT Default Letter Selected

5. Click on either the Grade Name for the row you want to edit or click the 3 dots on the end of the row and click Edit to change the Grade Name and Grade Range for a given row. To add a row, hover over the light gray lines in the table and click the purple plus sign that appears. You then must specific a Grade Name and Grade Range for the new row.

6. Click Save in the lower right corner once complete.

Creating a Grading Schema

You can create multiple different grading schemas in Ultra Course View. Note, that while you can edit a grading schema, once created, you can not delete a grading schema

Creating a Grading Schema From a Copy

Follow these steps if you are only making slight changes from an existing Grading Schema

  1. Navigate to the Gradebook.

    Ultra Course View Menu with Gradebook Selected
  2. Click the gear icon in the right corner.

    Ultra Course View Gradebook with Settings Gear Boxed
  3. Under Grading Schemas, click Manage Grade Schemas.

    Ultra Gradebook Setting with Manage Grade Schemas Boxed
  4. On the left hand side, select the grade schema you want to clone as the basis for your new grade schema.

    Ultra Gradebook Grade Schemas with HuskyCT Default Letter Selected

  5. Click the Copy Icon located to the right of the Grade Schema name.

    An Ultra Grade Schema with the Copy Icon to the far right of the name boxed
  6. Enter the name of the Grade Schema Copy and click Copy.

    Ultra Course Copy Course Schema Diaglog with a name filled in and the Copy button boxed
  7. A copy of the Grade Schema will appear on the left hand side, you can now select this copy and make any desired changes.

Creating a Blank Grading Schema

Follow these steps if you are creating a schema vastly different from one existing in the course

  1. Navigate to the Gradebook.

    Ultra Course View Menu with Gradebook Selected
  2. Click the gear icon in the right corner.

    Ultra Course View Gradebook with Settings Gear Boxed
  3. Under Grading Schemas, click Manage Grade Schemas.

    Ultra Gradebook Setting with Manage Grade Schemas Boxed
  4. On the left hand menu, next to Course Schemas, click Add.

    Ultra Grade Schema with the Add Button Boxed
  5. Enter a name for the new schema and click Add to create the Schema.

    Ultra Course Add Course Schema Dialog with a Name and the Add Button Boxed
  6. A new grading schema will be created on the left hand menu, you can now select this newly created schema and make any desired changes.

Adding a Letter Grade Schema to Content

  1. Find the Assignment (or other content) you want to add the schema to.

Ultra Course Content Page with an Assignment Boxed

2. To the right, click on the “gear” icon for Assignment Settings.

Ultra Course View Assignment with the Assignment Settings Gear Icon Boxed

3. Under Grading and Submissions, select Grade Using and select the Schema you created.

Ultra Course View Assignment Settings Menu with the Grade Using drop down selected

4. Click Save.

If you intend to push your grades from HuskyCT to Student Admin/PeopleSoft, the letter grade values must be conventional A through F letter grades. While the Grading Schemas feature does allow you to enter different text other than letter grades, your grades will not push successfully if they are not in a format Student Admin recognizes. 

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

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