Add Gradebook Items and Categories
OVERVIEW
A gradebook in a Learning Management System (LMS) is a digital tool used by educators to record and track students' academic progress and performance.
A gradebook functions as a central repository for storing and managing students' grades, assignments, assessments, and other relevant academic data. It allows teachers to input and calculate grades, generate progress reports, and provide valuable feedback to students. It often includes features such as weighted grading, customizable grading scales, and the ability to generate comprehensive reports for students, parents, or administrators.
The gradebook plays a crucial role in facilitating effective communication between educators, students, and parents, enabling all parties to monitor and assess academic performance efficiently.
USE CASE EXAMPLE:
Implementing a Comprehensive Training Program
Background: A company is conducting a comprehensive training program for its employees to enhance their skills and knowledge in different areas related to their roles. The HR department is responsible for managing and monitoring the training progress, while supervisors are tasked with assessing the employees' performance and providing feedback.
- Customized Training Modules
- Categorized Assessment Criteria
- Assignment of Weightage and Grading Criteria
- Individualized Feedback and Performance Reports
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
By leveraging the feature of adding items and categories in the grade book, the LMS facilitates a more organized, comprehensive, and data-driven approach to training and performance assessment, enabling the company to enhance employee skills, improve job performance, and ultimately achieve its business objectives.
MANUAL GRADE ITEMS
Manual grade items are useful if you want to track offline events such as work completed prior to using Pluto LMS, in-person events, presentations or anything else that is not tracked online.
Step 1: To add a manual grade item, in the "Gradebook setup" tab, click on "Add grade item."
Step 2: Define your grade item, then click on "Save changes."
After saving, your new manual grade item will be displayed in your gradebook.
Step 3: You can now easily grade learners in the "Single view" tab.
Step 4: Select your grade item and enter your learners' grades and optional feedback.
Once you're happy, you can click on "Save."
If you have large amounts of data, you can Bulk Import Grades.
ADD GRADEBOOK CATEGORY
Step 1: To add a gradebook category, in the "Gradebook setup" tab, click on "Add category."
Step 2: Add a category name and optionally define the category settings, then click "Save changes."
Once a gradebook category is created, you can move any grade item into that category by clicking on the move icon next to the item you want to move.
For example, moving "Manual grade item" into "Gradebook category":
After clicking on the move icon next to "Manual grade item", that item becomes "mobile" and you can click on any of the boxes to move it into that box.
Once complete, your activity will be moved.
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