8th Sakai Conference

4-7 December 2007Newport Beach

Sakai Gradebook ToolSakai Gradebook Tool

Michelle Wagner

Indiana University

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OverviewOverview

• General Gradebook overview• Transition of development from UCB to IU• Enhancements for 2.5• Major new features

– Student summary view– Percentage and letter-based grading– Categories and weighting– Uploading an entire spreadsheet of grades– Grader permissions

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Gradebook OverviewGradebook Overview

• Allows instructors to record, calculate, and communicate grade information

• Students may view grade information that has been released by the instructor

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Transition from UCB to IUTransition from UCB to IU

• Originally developed by UC Berkeley

• Indiana University retiring legacy system– Needed to achieve functional parity with legacy

gradebook tool

• IU has now taken over development

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2.5 Enhancements:2.5 Enhancements:Terminology and NavigationTerminology and Navigation

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2.5 Enhancements:2.5 Enhancements:Updated “All Grades” ViewUpdated “All Grades” View

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2.5 Enhancements2.5 Enhancements

• Null grades no longer count toward course grade– “Calculate Course Grades” feature allows instructor to

replace all nulls with 0

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New Features in 2.5New Features in 2.5

• Student Summary View– Ability to view and grade on a per student basis– See what the student sees

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Student Summary ViewStudent Summary View

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Student’s View of GradesStudent’s View of Grades

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New Features in 2.5New Features in 2.5

• Percentage and letter-based grading– Set grade entry type for gradebook

• Points, percentage, or letter

– All grades will display and require entry according to this setting

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Setting Grade Entry TypeSetting Grade Entry Type

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Grade Entry By LetterGrade Entry By Letter

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Grade Entry By LetterGrade Entry By Letter

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New Features in 2.5New Features in 2.5

• Categories and weighting– Set gradebook to support categories with or

without weighting– If weighting enabled, will apply to category– Assign category to gradebook item– Filter gradebook items by category

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Set up categories without weightingSet up categories without weighting

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Set up categories with weightingSet up categories with weighting

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Calculate Course Grade with Calculate Course Grade with WeightingWeighting

Course grade = (total points earned / total points possible for cat 1) * cat 1 weight + (total points earned / total points possible for cat 2) * cat 2 weight + …

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Gradebook items with categoriesGradebook items with categories

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New Features in 2.5New Features in 2.5

• Upload an entire spreadsheet of grades– Download existing gradebook, edit grades, re-

upload– Add new gradebook items with grades via the

same spreadsheet

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Import GradesImport Grades

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New Features in 2.5New Features in 2.5

• Grader Permissions– Default grader privileges for users with

“section.role.ta” function – May override default grading permissions on a

per category and/or section basis– Ability to restrict to “View”

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Grader PermissionsGrader Permissions

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Questions?Questions?