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Sakai Gradebook Tool. Michelle Wagner Indiana University. Overview. General Gradebook overview Transition of development from UCB to IU Enhancements for 2.5 Major new features Student summary view Percentage and letter-based grading Categories and weighting
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Sakai Gradebook Tool Michelle Wagner Indiana University
Overview • General Gradebook overview • Transition of development from UCB to IU • Enhancements for 2.5 • Major new features • Student summary view • Percentage and letter-based grading • Categories and weighting • Uploading an entire spreadsheet of grades • Grader permissions
Gradebook Overview • Allows instructors to record, calculate, and communicate grade information • Students may view grade information that has been released by the instructor
Transition from UCB to IU • Originally developed by UC Berkeley • Indiana University retiring legacy system • Needed to achieve functional parity with legacy gradebook tool • IU has now taken over development
2.5 Enhancements • Null grades no longer count toward course grade • “Calculate Course Grades” feature allows instructor to replace all nulls with 0
New Features in 2.5 • Student Summary View • Ability to view and grade on a per student basis • See what the student sees
New Features in 2.5 • Percentage and letter-based grading • Set grade entry type for gradebook • Points, percentage, or letter • All grades will display and require entry according to this setting
New Features in 2.5 • Categories and weighting • Set gradebook to support categories with or without weighting • If weighting enabled, will apply to category • Assign category to gradebook item • Filter gradebook items by category
Calculate Course Grade with Weighting Course grade = (total points earned / total points possible for cat 1) * cat 1 weight + (total points earned / total points possible for cat 2) * cat 2 weight + …
New Features in 2.5 • Upload an entire spreadsheet of grades • Download existing gradebook, edit grades, re-upload • Add new gradebook items with grades via the same spreadsheet
New Features in 2.5 • Grader Permissions • Default grader privileges for users with “section.role.ta” function • May override default grading permissions on a per category and/or section basis • Ability to restrict to “View”