Display Points AND a Letter Grade

Case Study

Margaret wants to see her student's running total points and the letter grade based on the running total.

By default, every course shell comes with two grade columns: Total and Weighted Total.  Margaret will modify the Total grade column in order to see the points and letter grade (either could be used).

• Go to the Grade Center
• Click the contextual menu for Total grade column.
• Select Edit Column Information

• In Section 1 of the Modify Total Column screen, look for Primary Display. Choose Score from the drop-down menu..
• For the Secondary Display, select Letter from the drop-down menu.

• In Section 3, look for Calculate as Running Total. Near the bottom of the section, select Yes.

• Set other options as desired.
• Click Submit.

Margaret will now see her student's running score and a letter grade based on that running total.*

Keep in mind that students only see the primary display; in this case, the score.

* Caution -- Running Totals can be dangerous!
Be very careful with running Total and running Weighted Total.  At the end of the semester, turn running Total and running Weighted Total off.  Otherwise, if a student has missed an assessment or failed to turn in an assignment and does not have a grade for that item in the Grade Center, the student's total score will be higher than deserved. 

If you decide to use running Totals at the end of the semester, you must enter a grade of 0 for any missed item. 

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