{"id":23282,"date":"2023-07-24T13:25:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltsadev.sheridanc.on.ca\/apps\/wordpress\/learning-and-technology-portal\/?p=23282"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:25:09","slug":"choosing-a-grade-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/choosing-a-grade-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Grade System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Choosing a Grade System<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe grading system determines how the grade items in your grade book contribute towards the users&#8217; final grades.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18605\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Gradebook-Wizard-Step-1.png\" alt=\"Gradebook WIzard 1\" width=\"371\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Gradebook-Wizard-Step-1.png 456w, https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Gradebook-Wizard-Step-1-199x300.png 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are three different Grading Systems:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grade items can count as a percentage of a final grade worth 100%.<\/li>\n<li>Grade items can be worth a certain amount of points that are totalled for a final grade.<\/li>\n<li>You can define a custom formula for how grade items contribute to a final grade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Weighted:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose the weighted grade system if you want items to be calculated as a final grade percentage.<\/li>\n<li>You must choose the weighted grade system if you want students to have an ongoing view of their final grades.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weighted is the most common grade system instructors use and default in SLATE.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: Assignment One is assessed out of _\/50 points and is worth 25% of the final grade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Points:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Choose the points grade system if you want to calculate the final grade by totalling the points users receive on a grade item.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Example: &nbsp; Assignment One _\/20 &nbsp; &nbsp; Assignment Two _\/100 &nbsp; Final Exam _\/200 &nbsp; &nbsp;Final Grade: _\/320<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Formula:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose the formula system if you want to calculate the final grade based on conditions around grade items\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Example: &nbsp;Midterm Exam _100 *Student must achieve 60% or higher.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Choosing a Grade System &nbsp; The grading system determines how the grade items in your grade book contribute towards the users&#8217; final grades. &nbsp; &nbsp; There are three different Grading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":233},"categories":[20],"tags":[94],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}