Grades: Calculating Final Grades

Before calculating final grades:

Go to Grade Settings > Calculation Options to review final grade calculation setup. While there, select the option Treat Ungraded Items as 0. (When this option is unchecked, ungraded items are not included in final grade calculation.)
Go to Manage Grades to verify final grade properties. Confirm or update the Name, Statistics, Grade Scheme and Display Options. If using the Formula method, you should also set up or review your formula for the Calculated and Adjusted Final Grades.

1. Access the Gradebook and click Enter Grades in the main menu to view the Student List.

2. Click Enter Grade at the top of the Final Grades column. Only users with the Instructor or Lecturer role can access this option; users with the TA-Content&Grades, TA-Grader, or Content Editor roles cannot calculate final grades.

You can also calculate final grade for individual students by clicking each student's name.

3. Prepare the adjusted final grade -- only the Adjusted Grades column is transfered to the Registrar. (The process will differ slightly depending on your settings.)

Click Recalculate All to make sure everything is updated. If prompted, choose Calculated Final Grade.
- If you are satisfied with the data in the Calculated Final Grade column, click Transfer All to transfer it to the adjusted grades column.
- If you need to adjust the final grade, click Recalculate All and choose Adjusted Final Grade. (You may be taken directly to this screen if your calculated final grade is automatically updated.) Check which items you wish to include in the Adjusted Final Grade Calculation.
  
  Tip: The image below shows how the Final Grades page should look if grades will be transfered to the Registrar.

4. If needed, make any necessary adjustments to students' scores by typing new values into the boxes for points/percentage earned and for total points/percentage. When done adjusting, click Save to see any changes reflected in the grade symbols.

5. Click Save when done.

After saving, you are ready to release final grades to students -- to do this, check the box at the top-left of the Final Grades list, and click Release/unrelease the final grade for all students. To preview individual students' views of the Gradebook before releasing, see Previewing Grades.

To use Carmen to transfer grades directly to the Registrar's system, see Submitting Final Grades to the Registrar.