In-progress grades are the course grades Populi displays for students before they are finalized in a given course. Here are some things to know about how they're calculated, together with a few other items worth knowing.
Calculation
In-progress grades are calculated from graded assignments.
- Technically, all student course grades begin as "0" or "F" (or whatever your grade scale's failing grade might be). Before any assignments are graded, the student will not see any in-progress grade for the course.
- In Pass/Fail courses, the starting point for all students is "100" or "P".
- As assignments are graded, the grade calculation now has something to work with. The student can see his in-progress course grade as soon as his first assignment grade for a given course is entered.
- The calculation is based on the weights given to your assignment groups (if you're using them—if you're not, then each assignment point is weighted the same).
- Ungraded assignments (whether because you haven't graded them yet or skipped grading them) are not included in the calculation—they are considered "Excused" for the purposes of the grade calculation.
- Options like drop-lowest and extra credit are automatically factored in as you enter grades.
- Course faculty, academic admins, and registrars can manually over-ride an in-progress grade by editing it in the course gradebook.
Other things to remember
- In-progress grades only display to students when the course Progress setting is set to Visible to students. This goes for regular courses as well as Pass/Fail courses.
- Pass/Fail courses display the highest passing grade (according to your Pass/Fail Grade Scale in Academics > Settings) until an assignment grade is entered.
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