{"id":1287,"date":"2022-05-10T15:24:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T05:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2023-06-27T14:03:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T04:33:55","slug":"preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Gradebook in FLO\u00a0is used to record the grades for every assessment. Using\u00a0the Gradebook\u00a0benefits students by allowing\u00a0for\u00a0consistency, efficiency and ease of grade and feedback access, and helps\u00a0make\u00a0grade recording and calculation simpler.\u00a0There are recommended steps for preparing your FLO\u00a0Gradebook for the best student experience.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to access\u00a0the Gradebook is by clicking\u00a0<strong>Grades<\/strong>\u00a0in the side navigation menu in any FLO topic:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1288 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png\" alt=\"Navigation menu in FLO\" width=\"217\" height=\"209\" \/><br \/>\nTo prepare\u00a0your FLO\u00a0Gradebook for the best student experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure the names of assessment activities in your FLO site (and hence the\u00a0Gradebook) are the same as the names in the SAM. Consider punctuation for consistency\u00a0(e.g., Assessment 1: Literature review, Assessment 2: Self-reflection essay, etc).<\/li>\n<li>Make sure weightings for all assessments in your topics add up to 100.<\/li>\n<li>If you have any NGP items, make sure that they do not have a weighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1289 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/Gradebook-setup.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"549\" height=\"368\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hide your topic total before the topic becomes available to students.<\/li>\n<li>Sort your assessment items in the\u00a0Gradebook so they are in a logical order (e.g., Assessment 1, Assessment 2, etc).<\/li>\n<li>If you have different parts in an assessment, consider creating categories to organise them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1290 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/gradebook-2.png\" alt=\"Gradebook categories\" width=\"555\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use the\u00a0<strong>User report<\/strong> in Gradebook to confirm what the students see.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please see the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flo.flinders.edu.au\/mod\/glossary\/showentry.php?courseid=151&amp;eid=87358&amp;displayformat=dictionary\"><strong>Gradebook FLO Staff Support<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Gradebook in FLO\u00a0is used to record the grades for every assessment. Using\u00a0the Gradebook\u00a0benefits students by allowing\u00a0for\u00a0consistency, efficiency and ease of grade and feedback access, and helps\u00a0make\u00a0grade [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[20,773],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flo","tag-flo","tag-gradebook"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Preparing for grading: using Gradebook - Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook - Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The\u00a0Gradebook in FLO\u00a0is used to record the grades for every assessment. Using\u00a0the Gradebook\u00a0benefits students by allowing\u00a0for\u00a0consistency, efficiency and ease of grade and feedback access, and helps\u00a0make\u00a0grade [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-10T05:54:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-27T04:33:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cilt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cilt\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cilt\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dab70ed7267b5a60bb7aba125c6ccf27\"},\"headline\":\"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-10T05:54:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-27T04:33:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":218,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/42\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/nav-menu.png\",\"keywords\":[\"FLO\",\"gradebook\"],\"articleSection\":[\"FLO\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/\",\"name\":\"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook - Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/42\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/nav-menu.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-10T05:54:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-27T04:33:55+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dab70ed7267b5a60bb7aba125c6ccf27\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/42\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/nav-menu.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/42\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/nav-menu.png\",\"width\":329,\"height\":337,\"caption\":\"Navigation menu in FLO\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/10\\\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/\",\"name\":\"Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/dab70ed7267b5a60bb7aba125c6ccf27\",\"name\":\"cilt\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f32636135b892c28e324d2e25fe10d5a77077cc3557df06c8e84fe755c5891fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f32636135b892c28e324d2e25fe10d5a77077cc3557df06c8e84fe755c5891fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f32636135b892c28e324d2e25fe10d5a77077cc3557df06c8e84fe755c5891fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cilt\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\\\/cilt\\\/author\\\/cilt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook - Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook - Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching","og_description":"The\u00a0Gradebook in FLO\u00a0is used to record the grades for every assessment. Using\u00a0the Gradebook\u00a0benefits students by allowing\u00a0for\u00a0consistency, efficiency and ease of grade and feedback access, and helps\u00a0make\u00a0grade [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/","og_site_name":"Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching","article_published_time":"2022-05-10T05:54:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-27T04:33:55+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"cilt","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cilt","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/"},"author":{"name":"cilt","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/#\/schema\/person\/dab70ed7267b5a60bb7aba125c6ccf27"},"headline":"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook","datePublished":"2022-05-10T05:54:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-27T04:33:55+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/"},"wordCount":218,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png","keywords":["FLO","gradebook"],"articleSection":["FLO"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/","url":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/","name":"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook - Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png","datePublished":"2022-05-10T05:54:51+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-27T04:33:55+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/#\/schema\/person\/dab70ed7267b5a60bb7aba125c6ccf27"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2022\/05\/nav-menu.png","width":329,"height":337,"caption":"Navigation menu in FLO"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/2022\/05\/10\/preparing-for-grading-using-gradebook\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Preparing for grading: using Gradebook"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/","name":"Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/#\/schema\/person\/dab70ed7267b5a60bb7aba125c6ccf27","name":"cilt","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f32636135b892c28e324d2e25fe10d5a77077cc3557df06c8e84fe755c5891fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f32636135b892c28e324d2e25fe10d5a77077cc3557df06c8e84fe755c5891fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f32636135b892c28e324d2e25fe10d5a77077cc3557df06c8e84fe755c5891fa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cilt"},"url":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/author\/cilt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.flinders.edu.au\/cilt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}