Markbook Weighting

Teachers
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Is there a way to weigh grades? For example: Homework = 10% of overall term grade, etc.

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@ross has been the most active developer of the Markbook, and has built in weighting features. I’ve tagged her here, and I am sure she will offer some advice shortly.

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Hi cswift,

There’s an option to turn on weighting in School Admin > Markbook Settings. Set Enable Column Weighting to yes and save those settings.

With this enabled, there will be a new Weightings button on the Markbook page (next to the Add button) that lets a teacher setup weightings for their courses by percentage. They can then add weightings for different categories, eg: Homework 10%, Assignments 30%, etc. adding up to 100%. This tool adds a new ‘Cumulative’ column at the end of each markbook that shows a weighted average of the markbook grades.

Hope this helps!

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hello. Thank you for the great work!
For some schools the grades for assignments and tests are set at 30% and 70% for exams and not 100% (for all). Can i scale up …can i change the weightings to be 140% and 300% somewhere in the code ,And will this have a negative effect ?

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hello. Thank you for the great work! For some schools the grades for assignments and tests are set at 30% and 70% for exams and not 100% (for all). Can i scale up .....can i change the weightings to be 140% and 300% somewhere in the code ,And will this have a negative effect ?

@ross @admin

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@ross knows this code better than I, so I’ll let her comment. Sounds like it might backfire though…

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Dear @admin @ross please help!!!

I do apologize for my earlier question.

In retrospect , i realize that the cumulative grade will reflect the weightings of each column and not the columns themselves .

My problem however is that no grades show in my cumulative column after setting up each of my columns

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Hi Thomascrown,

The first thing to check is likely the Go Live dates on the columns. This is the date set at the bottom of the Enter Data screen for a markbook column, and tells the system that the column is completed marking. In the View Markbook page, you’ll see a green checkmark over the Edit Data icon if a column is considered complete & is counting towards the cumulative total, otherwise you’ll see a red X. If you see an X you can also hover over the icon to see why it’s not counting.

Also, is the grade scale you’re using with your markbook columns percent-based?

Hope this helps!

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Thank you for your quick response.

  1. Yes, i have set the Go Live dates on all the columns
  2. Yes, the columns are percent based.

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@ross
Hi sandra,
i am using the demo data to test before i actually enter changes on the actual system.Thank you

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Hi Thomascrown,

Sorry for the delayed response. I just answered a similar question and it reminded me of your unanswered post.

It looks like the Default Assessment Scale at the bottom of System Admin > System Settings needs to be set to Percentage for the cumulative average to work. This is probably because it needs a common scale to use between all columns.If you make this change the cumulative mark should appear. If this is the case, I should add a node to the docs so it's clearer.
Hope this helps!
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Thank you its resolve now