Since no grading categories exist for this course, the Instructor must add and
configure them. The "Add New Category" page asks for the name of the category, its
percentage weighting, its scoring method, and its assessment allocation.
The percentage weighting is the amount of the overall course grade that is
allocated to the sum of assessments for that category. The scoring method
describes all assessments in that category. If a typical assessment score is 45
points out of 50, select "Points". If a typical assessment score is B+, select
"Letter Grade". The assessment allocation for letter grade scored assessments
is equal.
The assessment allocation option gives an Instructor control in assigning a default
weighting to point scored assessments. Within the category if all points for all
assessments have equal weight, select "By Points". Instead, if all assessments have
equal weight regardless of their respective points possible, select "Equal". For
example, say there are two assessments, "Homework 1" worth 10 points, and "Homework 2"
worth 20 points. When "By Points" is selected Homework 2 is
worth twice as much as Homework 1. When "Equally" is selected both Homework 1
and Homework 2 are equal in worth. Further granularity control in weighting
assessments is found under the Assessments link.
The number of of droppable assessments allows the Instructor to drop any number of
lowest scores within this category for each student. (eg. For best 8 out of 10, you
would choose to drop the lowest 2 assessments.)
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