{"id":23308,"date":"2023-07-24T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ltsadev.sheridanc.on.ca\/apps\/wordpress\/learning-and-technology-portal\/?p=23308"},"modified":"2023-07-24T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:35:08","slug":"creating-grade-categories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/creating-grade-categories\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating Grade Categories"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Creating Grade Categories<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18636\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Grade-Category-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Grade-Category-1.png 415w, https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Grade-Category-1-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Grade categories help you organize the items in the gradebook<\/p>\n<p><strong>Access the Manage Grades Area:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Select <strong>Assessment&gt;Grades<\/strong> from the course navbar.<\/li>\n<li>Select\u00a0<strong>Manage Grades<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Click on the\u00a0<strong>New\u00a0<\/strong>button<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Select <b>Category\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18637\" src=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Create-New-Category-Large-Screen.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Create-New-Category-Large-Screen.png 527w, https:\/\/ltsa.sheridancollege.ca\/digital-learning-support-hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2018\/06\/Create-New-Category-Large-Screen-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>General:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter a <strong>name<\/strong> for the category in the name field.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a <strong>short name<\/strong> if your grade category name exceeds 15 characters.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a <strong>description<\/strong> of the category in the description field\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<h5>\u00a0This is a great place to communicate the grade distribution if you are dropping grade items.\u00a0 Make sure you select &#8216;Allow users to view description&#8217; if you want students to be able to see this area.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 16px\">Grading:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enter the <strong>weight (%)<\/strong> the category will contribute to the Final Grade.<\/li>\n<li>Under the <strong>distribution<\/strong> heading select how you would like to distribute the weight or points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><i>For the weighted system select one of:\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: 13px\">Manually assign weight to items in the category: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px\"> Calculating and setting item weights enables you to control the weighting of individual items that belong to a weighted category.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: 13px\">Distribute weights by points across all items in the category: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Uses the points of individual, non-bonus grade items to determine the relative weighting of each item out of 100%.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b style=\"font-size: 13px\">Distribute weight evenly across all items: <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">Gives all grade items equal weighting in the weighted category regardless of the number of points the individual item is out of.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Display Options<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose your display options<\/p>\n<p><strong>Save and Close<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grades - Create a Category - Points - Instructor\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZjoSnyHnjc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating Grade Categories &nbsp; &nbsp; Grade categories help you organize the items in the gradebook Access the Manage Grades Area: Select Assessment&gt;Grades from the course navbar. 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