Students should be allowed to see a running total of all points from their assignments when a Professor uses weighted categories in the gradebook.  When a Professor has a course out of 1000 points to help students keep track of their grades, this missing running total feature in the gradebook seems to take away from the easy 1000 point system. Students at the end of the semester should see that they have a running total of 850 points that would guarantee them a B in the course no matter what assignments are left, etc.