A Category is used to organise Grade Items into groups in the Grades tool. It can convert the sum total of all the Grade Items in the Category in accordance with specified weightings. The outcome of this calculation is seen as a Subtotal. Categories can also be set up to drop a specified number of items with […]

This table provides an overview of common MyLO tools, and their relationship to Grade Items. It also takes into account electronic Rubrics, Turnitin and Grademark.  Dropbox  Discussion Topic  Quiz  ePortfolio Standalone Grade Items Attach a Grade Item or use a standalone Grade Item? Attach a Grade Item If you are not using a Rubric*, or […]

We do not recommend creating different Grade Items or Categories for different cohorts, unless the submission methods used for each cohort are substantially different (see scenarios on next page). Markers can easily change the marking environment to view a specific group of students. This means there is no need to create separate Dropbox Folders or […]

You can easily change how you see grades in the Grades tool. For example, you may wish to see only the Grade Scheme, or you can choose to see Points, Weighted and Grade Schemes presented. These instructions will show you how. Note that these changes will apply only to YOUR view of the Grades tool. […]

Before you start building your Grades tool, you should make a decision about the grading system that you’re going to use. This decision will impact on the options you will have available to you when setting up Categories and Grade Items. You can download a printable version of this explanation (complete with pictures) if you […]

These instructions will show you how to set up the default for how students will see their Grades inside your unit. If you’re not sure whether to select a Grading Scheme (or what that scheme might look like), you will find this post helpful.

You can easily change how students see their Grades, especially if you do this before you start setting up your Grade Items. You can choose to allow students to see one or all of the views seen in the image below: these instructions will show you how. We wouldn’t recommend showing all of these, as […]

MyLO has a series of Grade Schemes. These control how a score is interpreted to students. The two main Grade Schemes in use at UTAS are: UTAS Grades: students see their score represented as a NN, PP, CR, DN or HD. Percentage: students see their score represented as a percentage. By default, MyLO uses the […]

This table outlines common grading scenarios. Each scenario is linked to a solution that can be implemented in the Grades tool, to help you collect, mark and distribute grades in the most efficient manner possible. Full instructions are provided for each solution (click on the name of a solution to link to the instructions). If […]

Depending on the way you have set up your Grades tool, and the structure of your assessment tasks, you may need to grade un-submitted student work with a value of 0. If you don’t record ANY value against a Grade Item, MyLO will ‘drop’ that Grade Item from a Category or from the Final Calculated […]