The document outlines the objectives and content of a workshop on configuring and customizing gradebooks. Participants will learn to set up points-based and percentage-based gradebooks using the Gradebook wizard, customize gradebook settings like highest/lowest scores and extra credit, describe report categories, and customize and share report results. It provides definitions of important terms and outlines the different ways to grade assignments, set them up in the gradebook, and common report categories. The assignment is to practice these activities in a sandbox by running the Gradebook Wizard, creating assignments, linking them, grading content items and a manual assignment.

1. Veronica Zayas
vzayas@mdc.edu
7-0614

2. Workshop Objectives
As a result of successful completion of the workshop, participants will be
able to:
 Configure a points-based gradebook using the Gradebook wizard
 Configure a percentage-based gradebook using Gradebook wizard
 Customize a gradebook to use highest or drop lowest score
 Configure extra credit
 Describe report categories
 Customize report results
 Save, print, export and send report results

3. Important Terms
 Categories
 Points
 Percentages

4. More Terms
 Use All Assignments: All assignments will be
included.
 Use Highest: The highest grade the student earns will
be used.
 Drop Lowest: The lowest grade will be dropped from
the scale. Avoid this one.

5. 2 Ways to Grade Assignments
 Through the Content Item
Find content item > Submissions > Grade Item > Input
Grades/Comments > Save
 Through the Gradebook Console
Manage Tab > Gradebook > Grade by Assignment
TIP: Avoid Grading by User.

6. 3 ways to setup Assignments in Gradebook
 Linking in Gradebook Wizard
 Through Gradebook
 Via Content Item

7. Most Common Report Categories
 Learner Profile (various)
 WhoDunIt (completion, last logon, grading)
 Grades (for individual student)
 Class (performance of the entire group)

8. TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT:
ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES WILL TAKE PLACE IN SANDBOX
 Run Gradebook Wizard
 Create 2 assignments (Discussion Post & Drop box)
 Link it to the Gradebook
 Grade Content Items
 Manual Assignment

9. Additional Resources
 CTD Open Lab Hours:
http://www.mdc.edu/ctd/openlab.asp
 CTD ANGEL Resources Page:
https://sites.google.com/a/mymdc.net/ctd/angel

10. Workshop Evaluation
2 minutes, I promise 
http://bit.ly/J52xCH
Thank You…