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Ultra Gradebook

Ultra Gradebook

The Grade Center in Scholar has been replaced by a completely new Gradebook tool.  It functions completely differently from the Grade Center.

To access the Gradebook click the Gradebook link at the top of the screen.

Gradebook

The gradebook has four views: Overview, Student, Gradable Items, and Grades you can click on the view toggle to change it.

Gradebook views

The Overview tab has a list of all items that need to be graded and/or posted.

Overview tab

If you choose Gradable Items, you can click on the assignment to grade it.

Gradable Items View

If you are looking at Students, you can click on the student to view and edit all that student's grades.

Students View

Grades view is more like a traditional gradebook.  You'll see your students as rows and the assignments in columns.

Grades View

To grade a student's work, you can click the View button. After you grade a student's work, you'll need to post the grade so that they can see it.  Click the grade and choose Post.

View and Post

To post all grades for a particular assignment, click that assignment and choose post.

Click Post

Adding Columns

Just like with the original Grade Center, any tests or assignments collected in Scholar automatically get columns. You should NOT add gradebook columns for these items.  If you want to add a column for something that is collected outside of Scholar, hover where you'd like it in either the Gradable Items view or the Grid View and click the plus sign.  Then choose "Add Item".

Add Item Grades view Add Item Gradable Items view

Once you do that, the column information popup will appear on the right.

Give the column a name.

Column title

Next, you can control whether the column is visible to students and set a due date for the non-Scholar assignment.

Visibility and due date

You can choose whether you're displaying the grade on percentage, points, or a letter, and how many total points the assignment will be.

Grading Methods

Finally, choose the grade category that you want the assignment to be in.  This is especially important with how the Ultra Gradebook does calculations.

Grade category

Click Save at the bottom and the column will be created.

Overall Gradebook Settings

To change the overall settings for the Gradebook, click the gear icon at the top right.

Grade settings

You can change the translation of percentages to letter grades by clicking the grade schema link.

Grade Schema link


If you've set up an overall grade, you can set notifications to come to you and your students when their grade falls below a percentage you choose and/or they've been inactive for a certain amount of time.

Student performance


You can have Scholar automatically assign zeroes to students that don't submit assignments by the listed due date.  These grades can be updated later, and students with accommodations will not be penalized.

Assign automatic zeroes


Click "Manage overall grade settings" to set up the overall grade.  This will be discussed in a later section.

Manage overall grade settings


Next you can control the categories in the Gradebook. Scholar has several built-in categories, but you can add your own by clicking Add New Category.

Add new category

Type a name and press enter.

Add category

You can change the name of or delete a category that you create by clicking the three dots next to that category.

Category menu

Overall Grade

The overall grade is completely different from how it worked in the Original Grade Center.  If you haven't set up an overall grade for the course, there will be a button at the bottom of your Gradebook.  Otherwise, you can click the link in your Gradebook options.

Overall grade settings

Overall grades can be calculated by weighted percentages, total points, or advanced calculations.  The first time you set up the overall grade, you'll be asked which you want to use. If you want to use advanced calculations, please