Your Quick Guide to Assignments and Grading

Gradelink provides you with multiple grading options, such as calculating final grades in points, letters, or percentages. Just follow this time-saving guide to get your grading set up correctly for your specific needs.

1. Set up Assignment Types

Assignment types are categories used to determine the weight of an assignment or group of assignments within a class. Typical assignment type categories may include Homework, Tests, Quizzes, and Final Exam. Each assignment type contributes a set percentage to the final grade in a class.

The total percentage weight of an assignment type is divided by the number of assignments within that assignment type. For example, if an assignment type of Homework is given a weight of 50%, and five homework assignments are given, each would have a weight of 10% in determining the overall class grade.

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2. Create Assignments

Assignments can be created in the Assignments tab or in the Lesson Plan tool. While creating an assignment, determine the grading style to be used. Gradelink supports grading by percentage, points, or letter grade.

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3. Grading Assignments

Your assignments have been created, students have turned them in, and now it’s time to grade them. The great thing is once grades are entered, they’re automatically integrated into your report cards. Just follow these steps:

1. In the GradeSheet for the class, click on the Grade button.
2. For percentage grades, enter the percentage for each student.
3. For points grades, enter the number of points each student earned.
4. For letter grades, select the letter grade from the drop-down menu.
5. If you want, select an alternate assignment grade from the drop-down list in the grade code column.

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Tracking Sports Eligibility

Gradelink also allows you to set GPA and class grade requirements for students enrolled in sports.

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Watch a Short Video

If you haven't used Gradelink for creating assignments and recording grades, watch these short videos to see how easy it is.

“Gradelink has made it much easier to enter and keep student grades organized. It is effortless to enter assignment descriptions and adjust the weight of the quality for that assignment. I recommend it for a stress-free life.”? —Mark W., Music Instructor

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