Grading Software

Grading is inevitable for most teachers. It is a way not only to record progress and ability, but also to motivate or punish students. Grading software is a wonderful tool to help teachers manage their records and communicate graded performance back to their students. MicroGrade Workshop 1 To prepare you for the real experience of tracking grades, a simulation exercise has been provided using MicroGrade. MicroGrade can be found under the Program menu on the Language Center computers, in the 302 Assignments folder on your flash drive, or a free trial version can be downloaded from MicroGrade. For additional help see Tech Support on the Micro\Grade website or browse this MicroGrade Tutorial PowerPoint. Input the data below into MicroGrade.

Category Weights Homework 10% Quizzes 25% Midterms 30% Final Test 35% Total 100%

Fill in the blanks by using MicroGrade in these various senarios.

1. Using the Percentage Weight of Cats and Assigns method where the category percents are listed below and each assignment is

weighted by points. Give the final grades.

Students Carlton, Simon Fakaofaofa, Appleton Jones, Tom Pagulian, Sheena Smith, Mu Jung Zamaguchi, Kenta Letter Grade AB+ B+ B+ B A Percent Grade 92.4% 87.5% 87.8% 86.5% 83.6% 99.6%

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2. Keeping the same grading method as above, this time drop 1 Homework assignment, 1 Quiz, and 1 Midterm. Give the final grades below. Students Letter Grade Percent Grade Carlton, Simon A 94.2% Fakaofaofa, Appleton Jones, Tom Pagulian, Sheena Smith, Mu Jung Your Own Name B+ AAB A 89.6% 92.1% 90.4% 85.4% 99.9%

3. Using the total point method, what is the final grade for each of the students? (Remember to undrop the dropped assignments) Students Letter Percent Total Grade Grade Points Carlton, Simon A93.1% 417/448 Fakaofaofa, B+ 88.8% 398/448

Appleton Jones, Tom Pagulian, Sheena Smith, Mu Jung Zamaguchi, Kenta

AB BA

90.2% 85.5% 81.7% 99.3%

404/448 383/448 366/448 445/448

MicroGrade Workshop 2 Recycling skills is an important part of learning. Sometimes this happens naturally. Other times it is by design. In this simulation, it is by design. Often times a class begins and a few days or weeks later a new student arrives and is enrolled in your class. Delete or remove the Green box below and then the Red box to reveal the new students information. Add the new students information. Calculate his grade under the different methods listed in MicroGrade Workshop 1.

Students Carlton, Simon Fakaofaofa, Appleton Jones, Tom Pagulian, Sheena Smith, Mu Jung Zamaguchi, Kenta

Letter Grade AB+ B+ B+ B A

Percent Grade 92.4 % 87.5% 87.8 % 86.5 % 83.6 % 99.9%

Total Points 417/448 398/448 404/448 383/448 366/448 445/448 370 /448

Comelately, Johnny

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90.5%