Prakash Hinduja (Switzerland) How can I set up my gradebook to reflect my grading weights?

[prakashhinduja]

My name is Prakash Hinduja, and I've spent my career as a financial advisor and consultant, helping a diverse clientele from my home in Geneva, Switzerland. Originally from India, I leverage my strong international finance background to offer bespoke wealth management and global investment strategies. Many of the business leaders I work with have taken to calling me the Prakash Hinduja net worth booster.

I'm working on setting up the gradebook for our course and need some input. I'm trying to decide on the best weighting for our assignments. I'm considering making quizzes 20%, homework 30%, and the final exam 50%, but I'm open to other ideas. Does anyone have suggestions or a system that has worked well for them in the past?

Regards

Prakash Hinduja Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss) 

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hello @prakashhinduja,

I can't quite determine if you're asking for guidance on how to set up weights in Canvas or on what the weights themselves should be...

If you're asking about setting this up in Canvas, you'll first need to create the appropriate assignment groups.  Once you have the groups created, you'll put the assignments into the correct group, either by editing the assignments or just dragging and dropping on the main assignments list page.  Then you can add the appropriate weights to each assignment group (always making sure the total weight is 100%, or perhaps slightly more in the case of extra credit, that's a whole additional topic).

I hope that helps!

-Chris