Creating and Applying Grade Schemes

A grade scheme is a way of organizing users’ performances on grade items into levels of achievement. A grade scheme can include any number of achievement levels. Each achievement level has its own range of acceptable grades and a symbol, such as a numeric value, letter, or text description, to represent it. You can create your own grade schemes or use schemes set up by your organization. The table below shows some grade schemes with examples.

Creating a Grade Scheme

Step 1: Select Grades on the navigation bar.

Step 2: Select the Schemes tab and select New Scheme.

Step 3: Enter a Name for the scheme. You can also enter a Short Name (optional) to display in the grade book.

• Define your grade ranges by entering the symbol you want to display for the grade range in the Symbol column. E.g., “A” or “Excellent” or “4.0”

• Enter the lowest grade to include in the range in the Start % column.

Note: The first range starts at 0 and ends at the next range’s Start %.

• Select the color you want associated with the range in the Color column.

• Enter the value for the end range in the Assigned Value % field.

• Select Add Ranges to add additional grade scheme levels

• Select the Trashcan icon beside a grade scheme level to delete it.

Managing a Grade Scheme

Step 1: On the Schemes tab, select the course scheme that you want to edit.

Step 2: Edit the fields as desired.

Step 3: Select Save and Close to save your changes and return to the Grade Schemes tab.

Note: You cannot edit some of the properties of a grade scheme if a grade item is using it.

Setting a Default Grade Scheme

Step 1: From the Grade Schemes tab, select the Set As Default check icon beside the grade scheme you want to make the default.