This article is intended for instructors looking to set up and manage the Overall Grade in their HuskyCT Ultra Course.

Video Instructions

Instructions:

1. Navigate to your Ultra Course in HuskyCT.

2. From the top navigation menu, click Gradebook.

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Creating the Overall Grade

1. If you have not yet created the Overall Grade column in your Gradebook, click the Settings icon in the top right corner of the Gradebook page.

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2. From the side-menu that appears, scroll down and select Set up overall grade.

3. Select an Overall Grade calculation method: Points, Weighted, and Advanced.

4. Once created, the Overall Grade column will appear as the 1st column in your Gradebook.

Calculating the Overall Grade

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.

2. To remove a category or assessment from the calculation, select the exclude (null) icon. When an item is excluded, the exclude icon will be highlighted purple. Click the icon again to re-include it.

3. Click 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).

4. Use the % text field to input the weight of a given category or assessment. Click the lock icon to lock the percentage value while you are adjusting the other percentages.

5. The total weight will be displayed below the assessments. *Please note: if the total does not add up to 100%, it’s not possible to save your progress.

Editing Calculation Rules for Categories

To drop grades in a certain category, follow the instructions found here: Dropping Grades in Ultra Course View.

Overall Grade Display Settings

1. From the Overall Grade page, under Overall Grade Settings, specify how the Overall Grade will be displayed to students.

2. From the drop-down menu, you can select one of three options:

   1. HuskyCT Default Letter

   2. Percentage

   3. Points

3. To show or hide the Overall Grade column to students, toggle the check mark next to Show to Students.

4. When finished, select Save.