Grading Scenarios
Scenario 1: Final calculated grade using Points system
You offer a number of online training courses that use similar content, but adjust the course content depending on your users’ interests and skill levels. You set up specific courses by importing course content from a master course. You do not want to change the weight of each grade item to make every course grade book balance, so you use the points system and keep each grade item’s maximum points the same. You grade basic tasks out of 5, intermediate tasks out of 10, and advanced tasks out of 15. You give users who receive at least 70% on all grade items 10 bonus points. You allow users to exceed the maximum points for a grade item, but not the final grade. Because you often allow some users to skip advanced tasks, you drop ungraded items from the final grade calculation.
You set up grade items with the following properties:
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Project 1 |
Project 2 |
Project 3 |
Project 4 |
Project 5 |
Project 6 |
Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Maximum Points |
5 |
5 |
10 |
10 |
15 |
15 |
10 |
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Can Exceed |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
|
Bonus |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
You assign the following grades for the user Frank Catcher:
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Project 1 |
Project 2 |
Project 3 |
Project 4 |
Project 5 |
Project 6 |
Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Maximum Points |
6 |
8 |
9 |
8 |
15 |
-- |
10 |
You release the calculated final grade to Frank. It is calculated as follows:
|
Grade item |
Calculation |
|---|---|
|
Project 1 |
= 6/5*100 = 120% |
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Project 2 |
= 8/5*100 = 160% |
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Project 3 |
= 9/10*100 = 90% |
|
Project 4 |
= 8/10*100 = 80% |
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Project 5 |
= 15/15*100 = 100% |
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Project 6 |
= Dropped Note: Dropped grade items are not included in calculations; grades are calculated as if the item does not exist. |
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Bonus |
= 10/10*100 = 100% Note: Bonus points are added on top of the final grade. |
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Calculated Final Grade |
= (6+8+9+8+15)/(5+5+10+10+15)*100+10 = 46/45*100+10 = 112.22% = 100% |
Scenario 2: Final calculated grade using Weighted system
You are teaching an introductory science course in which users are graded on four labs, their participation in discussion topics, and a final examination. You allow users to drop their lowest grade on a lab. You also provide bonus grades to users who act as moderators for discussion topics. If a user does not submit a lab, you leave it ungraded and treat ungraded items as a grade of 0.
You set up grade items and a Labs category with the following properties:
| Labs | Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Lab 3 | Lab 4 | Discussions | Moderator | Exam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Category |
Labs |
Labs |
Labs |
Labs |
Labs |
None |
None |
None |
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Maximum points |
n/a |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
5 |
100 |
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Weight |
50% (for entire Labs category) |
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|
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25% |
25% |
25% |
25% |
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|
|
|
Bonus |
n/a |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
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Drop lowest |
1 |
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|
|
|
|
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You assign the following grades for the user Frank Catcher:
| Labs | Lab 1 | Lab 2 | Lab 3 | Lab 4 | Discussions | Moderator | Exam | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Frank Catcher |
n/a |
0 |
8 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
71 |
You release the calculated final grade to Frank. It is calculated as follows:
| Grade item | Calculation |
|---|---|
|
Lab 1 |
= Dropped Note: Dropped grade items are not included in calculations; grades are calculated as if the item does not exist. |
|
Lab 2 |
= 8/10*25/(25+25+25)*100 = 26.67% towards the category = 26.67*.5 = 13.33% towards the final grade Note: Lab 1 is worth 33.33% of the Labs category even though it is assigned a weight of 25%. This is because the lowest lab grade is dropped and there are only three labs contributing to the category. |
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Lab 3 |
= 0/10*25/(25+25+25)*100 = 0% towards the category = 0*.5 = 0% towards the final grade See the note for Lab 1. |
|
Lab 4 |
= 7/10*25/(25+25+25)*100 = 23.33% towards the category = 23.33*.5 = 11.67% towards the final grade See the note for Lab 1. |
|
Discussions |
= 8/10*10 = 8% towards the final grade |
|
Moderator |
= 3/5*5 = 3% on top of the final grade Note: Bonus items are added to the final grade after other calculations. Do not include a bonus item’s weight in your total when balancing your grade book. |
|
Exam |
= 71/100*40 = 28.4% towards the final grade |
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Calculated Final Grade |
= 13.33+11.67+8+3+28.4 = 64.4% |