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Gradebook - Calculating Weighted Average (Weighted Mean of Grades)

A weighted average allows you to assign weight to activities while not adjusting each activities' point value. 

If you use weights or weighted totals to determine the students' overall grades in your course, you may need to use categories when organizing the gradebook. For a tutorial on creating categories click here. 

Step 1

Click on the Grades tab in the upper menu of your course

Image showing the Grades tab Selected
Step 2

In the drop-down options menu, click on Gradebook setup

Image showing the Gradebook setup option within the dropdown

 
Step 3

On the resulting page, locate the row that shows a folder with the name of the course.

Select the three-dot drop-down and click Edit Category.

Edit category
Step 4

There will be a pop-up window with the edit options. Choose Weighted Mean of Grades in the Aggregation area.

For more information on grade aggregation, click here.

When finished, click Save.

Edit category and Save button
Step 5

On the resulting Gradebook setup screen, you'll now see a text box that allows you to type in a number for each category you have created.

Referring to your syllabus, type in the number of percentage points you wish to assign to each category.

Make sure to hit Enter after entering a number to confirm the weight change. 

Percentage points


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