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by Jennifer Peters, Seneca Libraries and the Teaching & Learning Centre
in the September 2020 issue
We use the Grade Centre to record grades and track students’ progress in the course, but do you use some of the time-saving features in the Grade Centre?
A popular assessment technique is to assign multiple smaller or shorter assessments and then drop one or two of the lowest grades. For example, students are assigned five homework exercises where only the top four grades will be counted, or ten pop quizzes where only the top eight grades will count towards their final grade. It’s an effective approach to reviewing smaller chunks of content, increasing engagement, and providing students flexibility should they struggle during a particular time. But when it comes to grading, you will have a lot of calculating to do!
Instead, try assigning a category to the grade centre columns for that assessment and then use the Weighted Column to do the calculating for you.
Watch a video demonstration of the process:
Watch the video demonstration in Microsoft Stream.
Or, see the breakdown of steps below:
Once you start to enter grades in the assessment columns, you will see the weighted column change. Try it out using Student Preview to get a real sense of what it will looks like to students.
View the September 2020 issue of the Academic Newsletter.
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