Instructions: Creating a New Category
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Special Notes
Creating and managing categories is the first step to creating a Weighted Total Column.
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What is the grade center?
In the Grade Center, all cells and column headers have a menu. For example, a test column's menu includes options for Column Statistics and Grade Questions. For a non-grade column, such as First Name, you only have the options to hide the column and sort the cells.
Where are the icons in Grade Center?
In the lower-right corner of the Grade Center, select Icon Legend to view the icon descriptions. Icons can appear in the Grade Center cells, attempt menus, column headers, on the Grade Details page, and on the Needs Grading page.
Three Types of Columns
- In the Grade Center, three types of columns appear: user, calculated, and grade. Each column has a menu with options. The options that appear vary based on the type of column. When you create or edit columns, you can select settings to display the data you want in the Grade Center. You also can hide and show columns, associate columns with categories and grading periods, a…
About User Columns
- In a new course, six default user columns appear in the Grade Center grid: 1. Last Name 2. First Name 3. Username 4. Student ID 5. Last Access 6. Availability You can't delete or edit default user columns. You can hide all but the first user column in the grid. If you need to hide the first column, you can rearrange the user columns on the Column Organization page. But, at least one user col…
External Grade Column
- The results in the external grade column are shared with your institution as your students' grades for your course. You decide which column is set as the external grade. In new courses, the default total column is the default external grade column, and the External Gradeicon appears in the column header. You can't delete the default total column until you set another column as the ext…
Menu Options
- Each column's menu displays options that are specific for that column. Example: Edit column names In the Grade Center, you can't change the Item Nameof columns created automatically for gradable items, such as tests and assignments. You can edit the name of a gradable item in your course and the name will change in the Grade Center. On the Edit Column page for auto-created …
Automatic Deletion of Grade Columns
- If you delete a content folder in a content area that contains graded items with no attempts, the corresponding columns are also deleted from the Grade Center. More on deleting containers and content
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