The GW Blackboard Tour: Keeping a Gradebook

Tour Stop 3. Weighting Grades

In addition to the Gradebook being able to automatically calculate your final grades with total points versus earned points, you may assign weights to individual items or categories of items.

Weighting Grades ScreenStep by Step Clicks:
Weighting Grades

 

  1. Control Panel > Gradebook (from Assessment Panel)
  2. Weight Grades link
  3. Select either to assign weights by category or by item
  4. Enter the percentages/weights (the weights cannot exceed 100%)
  5. Submit button