[ARCHIVED] [ARCHIVED] Assignment Group detailing total percentage attained for Course

[doriansalzmann1]

Hi there,

I have the following scenario attached.

The question that I have is:

How do I show the Assignment Group 1, which equates to 30% of the grade, to show the true value of 22.9% and not the arbitrary value of 73 points.

Thanks for your assistance.

[mzimmerman · Accepted solution]

Hi Dorian,

The assignment group column does not show the percentage earned towards the overall course grade.  It shows the percentage earned within that particular assignment group.  

In your example, you have a student who got 73 out of 100, or 73%, on Assignment 1, and since Assignment 1 appears to be the only assignment in the Assignment 1 assignment group, the assignment group column also shows 73%.  If there were multiple assignments in the assignment group that had grades, the percentage would reflect the cumulative percentage for all the assignments in the assignment group, i.e, total points/points possible for the assignment group.

Mike

[SusanNiemeyer]

Yes, each Assignment Group column shows the percentage earned for that Assignment Group. Here, for example, are the grades of one of my students:

• Weekly Homework (dozens of assignments) - 86%
• Weekly Quizzes (12 quizzes) - 74%
• Exam 1 - 80%
• Exam 2 - 87%
• Final Exam - 63%

The Assignment Group Weights are as follows:

• Weekly Homework - 40%
• Weekly Quizzes - 10%
• Exam 1 - 15%
• Exam 2 - 15%
• Final Exam - 20%

The students' Overall Grade Percentage was 79%. Clearly, her poor performance on the Final Exam brought her grade down. In the end, though, I gave her a B because she was doing well in my class until the Final Exam.

I hope this helps.