This training guide will walk you through using the eCampus Ultra gradebook and related tools. In addition to basic grade entry, tests, and grading with a rubric, you’ll also see how to monitor grades from the Retention Center tool, work in an offline spreadsheet, and create weighted calculations.
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The Item column shows the Overall Grade and the names of all gradable items (Assignments, Tests, Discussions, etc.)
The Overall Grade will not display an actual grade or any details here, since its purpose is to show each student’s grade in the course. Click Overall Grade to see each student’s grade.
Clicking a number in the Grading Status column (x to grade) opens the item that needs to be graded.
Clicking the Post x grades button in the Post column will reveal the grade to the student and add the item’s grade to the Overall Grade calculation.
Clicking the ellipsis (…) allows you to send a reminder to students, access the settings for the assignment or delete it.
Clicking the item/assignment name opens the actual gradable item to the Submissions tab, which displays a list of all students, their submission status, grade on the assignment, and posted status.
Clicking the ellipsis at the far right of the column for a student enables you to grant an exception or exemption for this student.
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The Grades view displays the overall grade for each student and the scores students have received for each assignment, test, or other graded item in a spreadsheet. Click on in the title header of any gradable item (column header) to open and view/to send a reminder, edit the item. Click on a student name to view that student’s grades, download submissions, view item statistics, or delete the column. You can also sort on any column by clicking the double-arrows next to each column’s title.
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A purple banner icon to the left of the name indicates the student has an accommodation.
Clicking New Submission enables you to view that student’s submitted item and grade it.
Clicking a student’s name brings up a list view of that student’s work. This view also contains links in the upper right corner to:
Student Activity: a timeline showing the student’s hours per week in the class by date.
Accommodations: a panel on which to set an accommodation for the student.
Send Message: a panel for sending a message within eCampus.
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The Gradebook offers ways to monitor student’s performance at a glance.
In the Student viewGrades and Students views, the overall grade oval is color-coded to show the students' grades:
Green = A
Lime green = B
Yellow = C
Orange = D
Red = Fail
Also in the Students view, grades for individual items are color-coded.
Grades for Discussions include analysis of students' responses according to sentence complexity, lexical and word variation, and critical thinking level.
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Grade responses one student at a time or one question at a time. Click the tabs in the upper left corner of the grading screen to switch between students or questions.
Annotate the student responses on their submissions.
View previous submissions to compare versions.
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By default, percentages will be allocated equally to all categories, even if you are not using that category.
To remove a category that you are not using, click the circle with a line through it.
The removed categories now have a purple icon. Allocations are recalculated to show the weights according to only the categories that are used in the course.
You can change the weight of categories by clicking within a category’s cell and entering a different weight. All weights must total 100%.
To view the items within a category, click the inverted caret.
Within the category, you can exclude an item’s score from the calculation, or unlink an item from its category.
For each category, you can click Edit calculation rules (to the right of the category name) to choose to drop the lowest or highest scores, or to use only the highest or lowest score, or to use just specific scores.
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