Grading Schemas

A numeric score appears as the grade by default when you grade an item. You can choose to display grades in other ways with grading schemas. A schema takes the points scored on an item and compares them to the item's total points possible to derive a percentage. This percentage is then mapped to a score range and displayed as a grade, such as a letter (A, B, C) or Pass/Fail. You can have up to 100 grading schemas per course.

1. Open the Grading Schema

   a. Go to your Gradebook and select the Settings
   
   
   
   b. Click on Manage Grade Schemas. From here, you can create new grading schemas and customize existing ones. The changes you make will only apply to the course you are in
   

2. Adding a new Grading Schemas

   a. Select the Add option to add a new Grade Schema. Then enter the Schema Name (up to 64 characters) and click the Add button. This will create a new grade schema in your course with two rows by default. Each row has a Grade Name and a Grade Range. 
   
   b. Copy a grading schema by clicking the Copy icon, and enter a Schema Name, and click Copy.
    

3. Editing your Grading Schemas

   a. Add a row by clicking the plus sign where you want to add a row and select Add Grade Below
   
   b. Edit a row by clicking on the row and revising the Grade Name or Grade Range %. Start from the bottom row and work your way up. Edit the value and move to the next row. You can make the uppermost value greater than 100%. For example, if a student earns 100% or more, you can assign A+ to those scores.
   
   
   c. Delete a row by clicking the three dots and select Delete
   
   
    

4. Copying items and courses 
   
   If you copy assessments and activities from other courses that you teach, they keep their grading schemas. If you copy an entire course, all grade schemas are included, even if they're not aligned to any gradable items. 

5. Choosing the grading schema for an assessment 
   
   Instructors can choose the best grading schema for each assessment in their course. All grading schemas in your course appear in the Grade using menu when you create graded items, and also in existing graded items. 
   
   

6. Gradebook calculations and grading schemas.
   
    The calculation schema displays grades as points, letters (A, B, C), or a percentage with the grading schema you choose for each assessment. The schema takes the points scored on an item and compares them with the item's total possible points to get a percentage. This percentage is mapped to a range of scores and displays a grade, such as a letter. 
   
   Example: 
   For the total grade, a student's raw numeric score is 88 out of 100 points possible. In a grading schema in which a percentage of 87 to less than 90 equals a B+, the student's score of 88 results in a B+.