Gradebook: Grade Calculation
The TRACS Gradebook provides three different gradebook styles to use to calculate your course grades; No Categories, Categories, and Weighted Categories.
Points Based Grade Calculation
Category and No Category style gradebook setup both utilize a simple points-based grade calculation.
The Gradebook calculates the user's average by dividing the total points earned by the total possible points of all grade Items.
| Student Name | Item 1 |
Item 2 (100 points) |
Item 3 (100 points) |
Item 4 (100 points) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student, Sam | 88 | 100 | 100 | 77 |
| Student, Suzie | 97 | 100 | 88 | 71 |
Sam Student's grade would be calculated by:
[ (88+100+100+77) / 400 ] * 100 = 91.25%
Suzie Student's grade would be calculated by:
[ (97+100+88+71) / 400 ] *100 = 89.0%
Weighted Gradebook Calculation
A weighted category style gradebook calculation is a bit more complex than a point based gradebook setup.
It's best to think of each category as an individual gradebook.
- Each category calculates the user's average by dividing the total points earned by the total possible points of all grade Items in the category.
- Each user's category average is multiplied by the category's individual weight.
- All category points are then added together to determine the final course grade.
| Exams - 50% | Homework - 20% | Assignments - 20% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student Name | Exam 1 | Exam 2 | Exam 3 | HW 1 | HW 2 | HW 3 | Assn 1 | Assn 2 |
| Student, Sam | 80 | 96 | 88 | 68 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 70 |
| Student, Suzie | 78 | 64 | 94 | 82 | 86 | 84 | 78 | 86 |
Sam Student's final course grade would be calculated by:
| Category | Category Calculation | Category Average |
|---|---|---|
| Exams | [ (80+96+88) / 300 ] * 50 | 44% |
| Homework | [ (68+82+76) / 300 ] * 20 | 15.07% |
| Assignments | [ (64+70) / 200 ] * 30 | 20.1% |
| Final Course Grade | Add Exams, Homework and Assignments averages [44+15.07+20.1] |
79.17% |