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Scores By Assignment

The Scores By Assignment screen is the sixth step/screen used in the 5 steps taken by most teachers when they create a new class. You can also score By Student and by By Spreadsheet.

This screen allows you to update scores for all students at once in a single assignment. You can also add and score an assignment at the same time in this screen with the "add and score" button. Select a class from the pull-down menu at the top of the screen, then select a category from the pull-down category menu. At this point you can select and assignment from the pull-down assignment menu or click the "add and score" button.

Add and Score
The "add and score" button is displayed whenever you have a class and category selected and is much faster than going to the Assignments screen, adding an assignment, and then coming back to the Scores By Assignment screen to score it.

If you click the "add and score" button, you will be able to add an assignment in the currently selected category and score it at the same time. The default value place in the "Points" field of the new is based on the value specified for "Default number of points for new assignments" in the preferences section of your My Account screen.

Remember to click the Save button when you are done updating the fields on the screen. If you do not want to make the changes, click the Cancel button.

Copy
If you have an assignment selected and you are not in the middle of adding a new assignment, you will see a copy button. If you have multiple classes that use the same assignments, you can save time by copying assignments the copy button. You can also copy multiple assignments at a time by using the copy button in the Assignments Screen. After you click the copy button, you see a list of all the currently active classes that contain a category with the same name as the category you are currently using. By default, all of the classes are checked. If you want to copy the assignments to all of the classes, just click the copy button. If there are any classes that should not receive a copy of the assignment, uncheck them before clicking the copy button.

Updating Scores
Click on any field in the Points column. When the cursor is in the field you want to change, enter the new value. You can update as many scores as you want before clicking Save. Remember to click the Save button when you are done updating the fields on the screen. If you do not want to make the changes, click the Cancel button.

Using Keys To Quickly Move The Cursor
Once you have placed the cursor in any field, you can use Arrow keys, Enter, TAB, and Shift-TAB to quickly move the cursor from field to field.

NOTE 1 - Arrow keys are not supported with Firefox 2 browsers on Macintosh computers.

NOTE 2 - Macintosh Safari users should use the down arrow key or the Return key above the Shift key when they want to go down one field because the Enter key on the Numeric Keypad will submit the form.

Click here for help on Non-Numeric Scoring.

Scoring Tip: Teachers normally enter Points Earned in the score fields. However, you can type the percentage a student received and the screen will automatically convert it to points for you. When you type a score followed by the "%" sign, the screen will automatically convert the percentage to points for you.

Quick Scoring
This option allows you to change all instances of a certain score (points) to another score, such as changing every grade point that is a 1 into a 3.

Student ID
Click on a Student ID number. A listing appears with the grades for all the assignments for that student. Click on any of the assignments to view a description. To view a report of all students given this assignment click List All Students .

Number of Unscored Students
The screen indicates the number of unscored students in the top right section of the screen. The number of unscored students is based only on the currently active students. A student is considered active if the student record has no drop date or the drop date is a date in the future.