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WebCT: My Grades Tool I

In this tutorial we will cover how to enter students’ grade using My Grades tool in WebCT.

Part I: Create new columns to enter students' grade
Part II: Add a My Grades icon into Homepage

Part I: Create new columns to enter students' grade

1. Log in your WebCT and select course.
Note: If you are not sure on how to do this, look at our Log On tutorial.

2. Click Control Panel.

3. Under Basic Control Panel, click Manage Course.

4. Click Manage Students.

5. The screen shows a table, which contains all students of the course and their data, such as First Name, Last Name, and User ID. Again, two columns, Midterm grade and Final grade are created as default. We will add two new columns, assignment and quiz, for this grade book.

6. To create a new column, click the triangle symbol to reveal the drop-down menu. Choose Mange columns, and click Go.

7. Under Organize, click Add column.

8. At the Label textbox, enter Assignment as this sample. At the Type, click the triangle symbol to reveal the drop down menu and select Numeric as column type. Click, Add.

Note. The information below explains different types of column.

Alphanumeric type
It consists of letters and/or numbers (e.g., name, User ID, student number, phone number)

Numeric type
It is strictly numerical information (e.g., numeric grade, student number, phone number)

Calculated type
It calculates final grades

Letter Grade type
It generates letter grades that correspond to the numeric grades in a specific numeric, calculated, or quiz column

Text type
It contains letters and numbers and occupies several lines (e.g., addresses or comments)

Select Box type
It contains the type of information that can be selected from a drop-down list

9. This is the Assignment column you just created. Under Options, you can change column label, align columns, hide columns, release columns, show statistics, and show decimals.

10. Check the assignment column. At Align column, click the triangle symbol to show drop down menu and select Center. Then, click Go.

11. Make sure the assignment column is checked. At Release columns, click the triangle symbol to show drop down menu and select Yes. Click Go.

Note. Without releasing the column, students can’t view specific column at My Grade.

12. Again, make sure the assignment column is checked. At Show statistics, click the triangle symbol to show drop down menu and select Mean Only. Click Go.

Note. This will show the mean score of assignment column.

13. Again, make sure the assignment column is checked. At Show decimals, click the triangle symbol to show drop down menu and select 0. Click Go.

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14. Now, you need to create another column with the name Quiz. Repeat Step 7 - 14.

Note. As you add new columns, they might not all fit on the window screen. If you cannot see a newly added column, move the scrolling bar to the right or click right arrow.

15. To move a column, for example, move the assignment column before Midterm column. Check the assignment column. At Move item left, click the triangle symbol to show drop down menu and select 2. Click Go.

16. Again, move the quiz column after the assignment column and before the Midterm Grade column by following the step 15. The screen looks like below.

17. After you created all columns, click Manage students to enter grades for each column.

18. To enter students’ assignment grade, click on Edit under the Assignment column.

19. Under Assignment, in out of, enter 100. Then, enter the individual student grade into appropriate text box, and click Update.

20. Individual student assignment grade should appear under the Assignment column.

21. Repeat steps 19 -20 to enter students’ grades for Quiz, Midterm Grade, and Final Grade. The screen looks like below. Click the Homepage.

Note. Enable the students view his/her individual grade, you have to add the My Grade icon to the Homepage by following a few steps below.

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Part II: Add a My Grades icon into Homepage

1. At Homepage, under Options: Links, click Add Page or Tool.

2. Under Student Tools, select My Grades.

3. Enter a title for this item, type My Grades. Select both Course Menu and Organizer Page square boxes. Again, make sure Homepage is shown. Make sure that Link shows item title, Link shows icon square boxes and Use default icon radio box are selected. Then, click Add.

4. At the Homepage, you will see My Grades icon as well as My Grades at the course Menu.

Now, your student can now log on to the WebCT, and click on My Grades to view his/her grade.

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