Gradebook View

Viewing the class gradebook and filtering columns and users.

Student grades are posted in the Gradebook. The Gradebook allows instructors to track assignment grades and store both SIMnet and non-SIMnet related grades. Instructors only have access to gradebooks for the classes they are assigned to teach. If one of the classes for which the instructor or administrator is assigned to teach is a member of a campus that has the gradebook enabled, then the Gradebook section will be visible. Access to Gradebook settings and features will vary depending on instructor role.

Viewing the Gradebook

The Gradebook provides administrators and instructors with tools for changing the ways in which grades are calculated and displayed, as well as means to change the grades manually. There is one gradebook per class. The new Results section in the Course Manager contains both the Gradebook and Reports. The Gradebook section contains gradebooks of all classes for which the instructor or administrator is assigned to teach.

Navigate to the Gradebook section by clicking Grades and selecting Gradebook.

Expand the Classes menu to select a class. The Gradebook loads the grades for your selected class.

Administrators who do not have access to a class Gradebook under the Results section can view the gradebook from the Actions menu in the Classes section.

Navigate to the Classes section. Click the Actions menu for the class you want and select Gradebook. The Gradebook then displays grades for that specific class. If no gradebook is available for the selected class, you will have the option of selecting a Class Overview report instead.

Filtering Grades

You can filter the gradebook by User to view the grades of a single user, based on first name, last name, email, username, or student ID. You can also filter the gradebook by Columns to view a particular assignment or assignment type. Lastly, you can filter by Grades on multiple conditions. You can filter by any or all filter types simultaneously or separately.

To Filter by Users:

Navigate to the Class section. Click the Filter icon to expand the filter options.

Type desired user data (first name, last name, email, username or student ID). The results will automatically update as you type.

To Filter by Columns:

Navigate to the Classes section. Click the Filter icon to expand the filter options.

If you would like to filter only by a particular assignment title, type desired column name.

If you would like to filter by a particular assignment type, click the All Types drop down list and select an assignment type. You may select more than one assignment type at a time.

To Filter by Grades:

Navigate to the Class section. Click the Filter icon to expand the filter options.

Select the meet ALL conditions option if you would like results from students who meet all grade conditions you set or select meet ANY condition if you would like results from students who match any individual grade filter.

Click the Plus icon to add a new grade filter.

Select a column in the Select a column window.

Click the Use this column button.

Click the Operator drop-down menu to select an operator for your grade filter.

Type a condition into the text box.

You can add as many additional filters as desired. If necessary, click the orange Minus button to remove any filter. Click the Apply grade filters changes button to apply your grade filter(s).

Warning: Changes to a grade filter are not applied until you click the Apply grade filter changes button.

Note: To remove all filters, click the Clear Filters button at the top of the Filters section.

Emailing Users Directly from the Gradebook

You can directly email users that match the filter criteria from the gradebook, such as all students who got below a certain grade on an exam.

Navigate to the Class section. Click the Filter icon to expand the filter options.

Create the desired filter.

Click the check box at the top of the filter results. The Email Selected Users button appears.

4. Open Message center

Click the Email Selected Users button. A new email group is created.

5. Email selected users

Complete and send the email.

Note: You can email selected users without creating a filter. Click the checkbox in front of the user's name and then click the Email Selected Users button.

Changing Column Order

You can change the order of columns on the Column Order tab.

Columns are listed vertically from 1 to the last column in the gradebook. Click and drag the icon on each column to move it to the desired location in the gradebook.

Pinning Gradebook Columns

You can add a number of columns that will stay at the left end of the grid when scrolling.

Click the Gradebook Actions & Settings menu the upper right of the Gradebook.

Select Column Order from the drop-down menu.

Enter the desired number of pinned columns in the # of pinned columns text box. The first columns corresponding to that number will automatically be pinned.

Note: To prevent a gradebook that doesn't scroll horizontially, the # of pinned columns is limited to 10.