DE Oracle @ UMUC

Setting up Your Gradebook

CSI Staff

Staff Writer

Center for Support of Instruction

Published: January-February 2005

Category: » Webtycho » Gradebook-assignments-portfolio

1. This Camtasia Video demonstrates how to set up 3 basic types of assignment in the Gradebook and check them. (individual assignments, group assignments, and class participation.)

• Flash version
  (best for high-bandwidth Internet connections such as DSL or LANs) - If not already installed, the free Flash player can be downloaded from adobe.com.
  
  
• RealPlayer version
  (streaming file, suitable for lower-bandwidth Internet connections such as dialup) - If not already installed, the free RealPlayer can be downloaded from real.com.

2. The DE Oracle's Gradebook FAQs provide answers to common questions:

• Q&As on setting up assignments in the Gradebook
• Q&As on managing student assignment submissions
• Q&As on the student view of assignments/Gradebook

3. The WebTycho Help site gradebook links give basic "how-to's":

• create new assignments
• preview students' assignments folders
• manage assignments
• view/grade submissions of student work
• compute grades
• export gradebook to Excel
• import assignments from earlier terms
• record grades for work not submitted through assignments folder
• edit grades
• verify grading through student portfolios