Setting the Grading Requirements

The Requirements/Grading page allows you to indicate how the grade for the course will be calculated. For each item used in the grading calculations, a percentage is entered here to show how much of the grade is based on that item. The total of the percentages entered must equal 100% or zero.

Some items are mutually exclusive, so when one is checked, the other(s) are dimmed. For example, if you select Midterm Exam, the Take Home Mid Term Exam and Paper in lieu of Midterm options are dimmed.

This page also displays the Final Exam field, which is used by the Registrar's office to create the exam schedule.

Important! If you have not set the Final Exam field to Final, in both the Schedule of Classes and in the Course Catalog, an exam time is not established and a room will not be scheduled for the final exam, regardless of any percentages entered in Final Exam percentage field.

To set the grading requirements:

  1. In the Schedule New Course page group, click on the Requirmnts/Grading tab.
  2. The Final Exam field is set based on the value in the Course Catalog. If it is not correct, select the correct value from the drop-down list:
    Final
    There is a final exam, scheduled by the Registrar's Office during the final exam period.
    Other
    There is a term paper, lab report, or project in lieu of a final, or the final exam is scheduled on the last day of class, or there is no final.
    Take-Home
    The final is a take-home exercise.

    3. The Final Exam field is used to create the exam schedule and must have a value.

  3. Enter a percentage for each item that will be used in the final grade calculation for this course. It is not necessary to enter a leading zero.

    4. Percentages are not required; however, if they are entered, they must total 100%. Grading requirements are printed only if the total value is 100%.