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Depending on how you have set it up, your gradebook will calculate course grades differently. For more information on setting up the Gradebook, see Using categories and weighted grades in Gradebook. The following examples will help you understand how the different choices in Gradebook Setup will affect how students' course grades are calculated.

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Depending on how you have set it up, your gradebook will calculate course grades differently. For more information on setting up the Gradebook, see Using categories and weighted grades in Gradebook. The following examples will help you understand how the different choices in Gradebook Setup will affect how students' course grades are calculated.

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• Displaying grades as points with weighted categories
• Displaying grades as points with simple categories and no weighting

Displaying grades as points with weighted categories

In this example, the instructor has set up the gradebook with weighted categories and has chosen to enter the grades as points. This view can be found by clicking All Grades > Grades for [Student Name].

The course grade is calculated as follows:

Category essays (70% weight)

Total (Essays): 50% (50/100)*100

Category labs (30% weight)

Total (Labs): 100% (100/100)*100

Overall course grade (Essays and Labs): 65%

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Displaying grades as points with simple categories and no weighting

In this example, the instructor has set up the gradebook with simple (unweighted) categories and has chosen to enter the grades as points. This view can be found by clicking All Grades > Grades for [Student Name].

The course grade is calculated as follows:

Total: 180 points

Course grade: 85.71% (180/210)