How to set up your gradebook with categories that are specific to your discipline. For example, language classes might use: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Step 1 - Create your categories
1) Go to the Gradebook
From the Administration block on the left, select Gradebook setup.
Check whether you have a Summative category.
2) Create a Summative category if you don't have one
If you have a Summative category, you can skip this bit.
To create a Summative category, click 'Add a category' at the bottom of your gradebook.
Name the category Summative.
Select aggregation method 'Weighted mean of grades'.
Ignore the other settings and click 'Save changes'.
3) Create your own categories
Create your own categories. For our example class above, this will be: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
Click 'Add category'.
Give the category a name (for our example class, this will be 'Speaking').
Select the aggregation method 'Weighted mean of grades'.
Click the triangle next to the Parent category heading to expand the section.
Set the Parent category to Summative.
Then click 'Save changes'.
Repeat the process for each category you wish to create.
Click the 'Save changes' button at the bottom of your gradebook to ensure your new categories are saved.
Step 2 - Organise your categories as you want them to appear
Our example class will now look like the image on the right.
If you wish to move the order in which your categories appear, click the up and down arrow next to its name and then select its new position.
