The Gradebook records student grades for assignments in the categories
selected in the Gradebook Setup. The Gradebook is disabled by default but
can be enabled by the instructor for each class.
To enable the Gradebook, do the following:
Select a class.
From the Gradebook sub-navigation, click on
Gradebook Setup.
Click on Enable the Gradebook for This Class.
Alternatively, the Gradebook can be enabled from the Class
Summary page. Once on the Class Summary
page, locate the Gradebook section, and click on
Enable Gradebook.
The following types of assignment categories can be used by the Gradebook:
Pie Progress
Time
Topics
Objectives (Chapter Completion)
Scheduled Assessments
Quizzes
Tests
Homework
External Assignments
When configuring the Gradebook for a class, the instructor can choose any
selection of these assignments. Also, it is possible to use these kinds of
assignments and not include them in the Gradebook configuration; for
example, the instructor may choose to set up a series of Homework
assignments for the class to prepare students for Quizzes or Tests, but
not make the Homework assignments part of the grade.
The External Assignment category assignments require specific components
(goals or assignments) to be added via the Gradebook Setup page, in order
to be included in the gradebook
(Secs. 7.1.1 and
7.6.5).
NOTE. The full benefit of the ALEKS Gradebook will be obtained if the
configuration is thought out carefully before the beginning of the class,
and then left unchanged while the class is in progress. In particular,
if the students have begun to complete assignments, and grades for the
assignments appear in the Gradebook, changes to the configuration may be
confusing to students when they check their Gradebook data.