Adding Assignments to the Gradebook
Much of the initial setup of the gradebook happens automatically. As you create your assignments and other graded items, they will be added to the gradebook with the point values you've assigned.
The main graded activities which teachers use are:
- Assignment (Student can type into the web page, or upload a file)
- Turnitin Assignment (Student's work is passed through plagiarism checker)
- Lesson (Kind of like a PowerPoint with optional quiz questions inside)
- Quiz (Multiple choice, matching, or short answer questions)
- Forum (Yes, you can optionally grade these discussion forums)
For something to appear in the gradebook, you simply create the activity in the class. This is where you’ll set the points value of the assignment. You’ll also put dates / deadlines, and the prompt and details of the assignment.
In an ideal world...
We wouldn’t have grades. But if that’s not possible, they would at least be easy to calculate, and give students accurate feedback as to their progress in the course and serve as motivation to carry on.
More specifically, in an ideal iLearn shell, grading would be easy because:
- Everything has a simple point value, which ultimately reflects its proportion within the final grade. (Example: 5 quizzes, worth 5 points each, make up 25% of the final grade, in a class where all the points add up to 100.)
- This is all figured out early, and no last minute changes to points are made, especially once assignments are in play and points have been scored.
Looking at students' work and grading it
After some time, you’ll actually do the grading. You’ll see this info when you go back to the assignment activity:
Click View / Grade all submissions to get started.