Gradebook

New in ME 1.20!

• Ability to link a discussion forum from a course website to a gradebook assessment to allow for inline grading

• Added setting option to allow organizations to permit bonus grades

• Added ability to enter a numeric grade that does not require a denominator

• Added a pencil icon to grading cell so graders more easily know where to enter grades

Improvements:

• Reversed colors used to show late submissions in a course gradebook (red now means late, and black means on-time).

• Fixed bug that was preventing the dropbox setting "Allow graders to see name of the learner they are grading" from correctly being applied

• Fixed bug where dropbox assignment without a due date was displaying to learners as due Dec. 1969

• Cleaned up gradebook export so that assessments with a custom audience only exported results for that audience

• Cleaned up learner view of weighted collections so that collections with no assessment that carries a weight towards the collection visible to learners will not show them 0%

Sample course gradebook

Gradebook is an Elentra module that allows the electronic management of all assessments and learner grades within a course/program. It has multiple capabilities including:

• Recording grades and making them visible to learners and some faculty (e.g., course directors)

• Supporting multiple marking schemes including percentages, numerical grades (e.g., 7/10), complete/incomplete, and pass/fail

• Allowing an organization to have multiple grading scales as needed

• Importing and exporting student grades

• Linking assessments built through Elentra's quiz and exam module to a gradebook for easy transfer of grades

• Allowing electronic submission of assignments through a drop box

• Attaching grading forms (built in Assessment and Evaluation) to gradebook assessments

• Allowing faculty to grade assessments electronically and provide individual feedback to learners

• Notifying a designated person if a learner grade is below a specific threshold

• Creating dashboard notices for learners re: upcoming assignments (this applies specifically to assessments with drop box assignments added)

• Allowing administrators to record comments about grades (e.g. late, excused absence, etc.)

• Using weighted collections in a gradebook to easily distribute weights of assessments within a collection (e.g. quizzes)

• Providing documents to learners through the gradebook (Document Delivery) without the learner having submitted anything

Database Setting Options

Multiple database setting options can be configured for a Course Gradebook.

Database Setting	Use
eportfolio_can_attach_to_gradebook_assessment	Allow a portfolio to be linked to a gradebook assessment.
eportfolio_show_comments_in_gradebook_assessment	Allow comments made on a portfolio artifact to be accessed when grading a portfolio attached to a gradebook assessment.
eportfolio_entry_is_assessable_by_default	Allows for all portfolio artifacts to be accessed when grading a portfolio attached to a gradebook assessment.
eportfolio_entry_is_assessable_set_by_learner	This changes the possible actions in the portfolio but the impact is in the gradebook. Allows learners to define which artifacts will be available when a portfolio is attached to a gradebook assessment.
eportfolio_entry_is_assessable_set_by_advisor	This changes the possible actions in the portfolio but the impact is in the gradebook. Allows portfolio advisors to define which artifacts will be available when a portfolio is attached to a gradebook assessment.
export_weighted_grade
export_calculated_grade
gradebook_assessment_document_delivery_enabled	Enable this setting to allow gradebook administrators to create a folder in a gradebook to provide files to learners (e.g. results from an external exam).
gradebook_passing_grade	Add a value here to be applied in the Student Report Card report (System Report > Learner Reports > Student Report Card)
calendar_assignments_enabled	Used to allow learners to see due dates on their dashboard calendar for any gradebook assessments that include a drop box assignment.
gradebook_adjusted_grades_enabled	Allows you to manually enter an adjusted overall grade for a course gradebook. Useful when assessment policies require that a learner pass an ungraded course component to pass a course, regardless of their calculated grade. (New in ME 1.21)
gradebook_assignment_show_form_options	Allows increased control of how assessment forms used in conjunction with course gradebook assessments can be displayed to learners. Choose to have the option to show only the ungraded form, the graded form, both, or none. (New in ME 1.21)
gradebook_assessment_bonus_marks	Enable this option if you want to be able to enter grades over 100% for course gradebook assessments.