d2l gradebook setup and administration james falkofske sctc
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D2L Gradebook Setup and Administration
James FalkofskeSCTC
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Topics
• Start of Course-Final Grade Configuration• Course Grading Schemes• Grade Categories• Grade Items• Editing and Moving Items• Entering Grades and Feedback• Final Grade Preparation• Export / Backup copy for Excel
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D2L Grades Screen
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D2L Organization of Grades
• New Item creates a gradebook column into which you can enter grades
• Grade Items should be assigned to a “parent” Category.
• Pencil icon allows you to enter grades• Feedback icon allows you to add text narrative
about the graded item
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Start of Course – Final Grade Configuration
• Do first – at start of semester• Final Grade calculation
(points recommended;weighted or formula allowed)– Auto-Recalculation– Include / Do not include non-graded items
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Course Grading Schemes
• Grade Scheme (percentage recommended; customized scales allowed)
• Custom themes begin at 0%– Symbol is the letter grade or Likert-scale item– Start (%) is the lowest percentage before this
grade symbol starts to show (90% for A)– Assigned Value (%) is the percentage the student
should earn if you assign this symbol (giving a student an A = 100%)
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Grade Categories
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Grade Categories Tips
• Create long and descriptive NAMES for each item. The Name: is what shows up in the student view. Also provide Descriptions about the assignments requirements – or where to find them in the Content area.
• Create short names for your own Spreadsheet View of the grades list.
• Create all of your Categories before creating items (Quizzes, Exams, Papers, Homework, Projects, Cases, Labs, Attendance, etc.)
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Auto-Dropping Grades from Categories
• The items that can be dropped must all be worth the same amount of points (i.e. 20 pts) and exist in a common Category
• In the Category view, checkmark the Distribute Points Evenly item and then indicate the number of Points per item.
• Indicate the number of highest / lowest graded items to drop (you must enter in a 0 when assignments are due and not turned in for grading)
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Grade Items• Begin by entering Name (student view) and Short
Name (instructor spreadsheet view)• Choose Type:– Numeric (most often)– Checkbox
(attendance/completion)
– Selectbox (Likert)– Text
(project names)– Calculated
(midterm/progressgrades)
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Grade Item
• Specify the Parent Category
• Indicate number of points (if not specified by Category)
• Indicate if bonus points can be earned / or if an extra-credit item
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Editing and Moving Items
• To edit an existing Category or Itemclick on the name to edit text /points
• To change parent, click on Item and modify parent Category
• To modify order in which items appear, click Re-Order
• To Delete an Item, click the Delete iconand then checkmark items to remove
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Entering Grades and Feedback
• Click on Pencil Icon to enter grades for an Item
• Enter in score• Comments “balloon”
for feedback• Recalculate All Grades
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Enter Grade Tips• For completion exercises (and fieldtrips), use the Enter
Grade for All, and then modify grades only for student who did not complete satisfactorily
• Use an Attendance Deduction item for points lost due to missed attendance, and use the Comments to keep track of dates missed
• Create a “Late Penalty” Item worth 0.01 pts possible, and then enter in negative Points Grades for missed items (-5, -10); use Comments to keep track of assignments for late deductions
• Rounding grades up. Create a bonus item and then give everyone enough points to raise their grade by 0.5% (for example, in a class with 300 points, 300 * 0.005 = 1.5 pts)
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Final Grade Preparation• Students cannot see
the final grade untilthe “eyeball” is checked
• Click on Pencil and – Recalculate Calculated Grades– Transfer Calculated Grades to Adjusted Grades– Eyeball – Save
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Creating a Midterm/Progress Grade
• Create a New Item of type Calculated
• Checkmark the items graded todate
• Can be updatedthroughoutcourse
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Export / Backup Copy for Excel
• After each major assignment, Export your Grades area (points only, not Comments)
• Click Import/Export icon; choose Export on next screen
• Select which assignments to Export from list of grade Items
• Click button “Export to CSV file” and save to network or local directory
• Can be opened in MS Excel
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Assessment Hints
• Many assignments, each worth smaller weight – to keep students on-task
• Provide Comments on grades; use Private comments to document information for instructors only (academic misconduct, late work, etc.)
• Open Grades in one browser and the item to grade in another (right-mouse-click on My Home)
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