Setting Up the Overall Grade (Weighted Total) | Blackboard Ultra | Seneca Polytechnic

Use a Weighted calculation to assign percentage weights to Gradebook categories or individual items.

Set up a Weighted Overall Grade

1. Select Gradebook.
2. Select the Settings gear beside To Do.
3. Under Overall Grade, select Manage overall grade settings. If Overall Grade has not been configured, select the available setup option.

   

4. Select Weighted as the calculation type.

   

5. Choose whether items within each category are weighted proportionally or equally.
6. Assign the required percentage to each category or item. The total must equal 100% before the calculation can be saved.
7. Select the exclude icon to remove categories or items that should not contribute to the Overall Grade.
8. Select the unlink icon when an item should be calculated independently of its category.
9. In Overall Grade Settings, select how the grade is displayed. Percentage is generally the clearest display for a weighted calculation.
10. Turn Show to students on when the Overall Grade is ready, then select Save.

Weight items within a category

• Proportionally: Items with larger point values contribute more within the category.
• Equally: Each item receives an equal share of the category weight.

Edit category calculation rules

Select Edit calculation rules beside a category to drop selected highest or lowest scores, or use only selected scores within that category.