Prerequisites to enable grading for a Course

What you need to do, in order to allow grading students' Courses.

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Overview

This article covers the things required to be set up or defined, in order to allow faculty users to grade students that are enrolled in a Course‍.

Note: Before doing this, please ensure that you have set up the Grade Settings‍.

Supported grade criteria structure

There are two grade criteria structures supported:

Basic

This is the basic structure where all grade criteria are setup without any parent grade criteria. Each of the grade criteria will contribute to the final grade according to the weightage (%) defined. The following are some samples:

Type	Sample Configuration
Single Criteria	Exam = 100%
Multiple Criteria	Practical = 30% Writing = 30% Exam = 40%

Advanced

This is the advanced structure where grade criteria could be grouped under a parent grade criteria. The weightage (%) defined in the parent grade criteria will contribute to the final grade. Please note that ONLY ONE LEVEL of parent-child grade criteria is supported. The following are some samples:

Type	Sample Configuration
Single parent with child criteria	Exam = 100% Test A = 10% Test B = 30% Test C = 60%
Multiple parent with child criteria	Practical = 50% Practical A = 30% Practical B = 70% Exam = 50% Test A = 10% Test B = 30% Test C = 60%
Combination of simple and advanced structure grade criteria	Writing = 30% Practical = 30% Practical A = 30% Practical B = 70% Exam = 40% Test A = 10% Test B = 30% Test C = 60%

Type

Sample Configuration

Single parent with child criteria

Exam = 100%

Test A = 10%
Test B = 30%
Test C = 60%

Multiple parent with child criteria

Practical = 50%

Practical A = 30%
Practical B = 70%

Exam = 50%

Test A = 10%
Test B = 30%
Test C = 60%

Combination of simple and advanced structure grade criteria

Writing = 30%
Practical = 30%

Practical A = 30%
Practical B = 70%

Exam = 40%

Test A = 10%
Test B = 30%
Test C = 60%

Enabling grading in Course

Course grading configuration

Navigate to the Course tab, select a course record.
Configure the following grading configuration (see also: Grade Settings)‍ :
- Grade Setting Type:
  - Educational Institution - The grade settings from educational institution will be used in the grading wizard.
  - University Department - The grade settings from university department will be used in the grading wizard.
  - Academic Program - The grade settings from a specific academic program will be used in the grading wizard.
- Grading Academic Program:
  - Optional. This is only required if you choose to use "Academic Program" grade setting type.
- Grading Frequency:
  - Weekly - This allows you to grade a student weekly (by ISO week). A new set of Term grades and grade records will be stored.
  - Term - This allows you to grade a student by Term‍.
- Grade Type:
  - Value - The grade value (e.g. A) will appear as a picklist for faculty to select.
  - Score - The grade score will appear as an input field for faculty to enter the score.

Note: RIO Education supports different grade system at Institution/Department/Academic Program levels, which allows for flexible grading. For instance, you can define specific Grade Settings for a Program, and set a Course's Grade Setting to that of the Academic Program, so that it will have Grade Settings from Program.

Grade criteria

Click on the Grade Criteria tab to define the grade criteria.
Ensure that the following is set:
- Grade Criteria Name - This will appear as the grading header in the grading wizard.
- Course.
- Sequence - The sequence of the grade criteria that appears in the grading wizard.
- Weight - The weightage in percent (%) of this grade criteria that contributes to the total.
- Parent Grade Criteria - Optional. Only used if you are setting up the advanced structure.

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