Brian Dunbar
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Brian Dunbar commented,
Makes sense. I suspect our institution is probably different from most in that we do not have a grading scale mandated to us - each instructor is free to choose his/her own. Some even use differe...
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Brian Dunbar commented,
Lol, James. Actually, I am still fuzzy on this. Help me understand why it's better to base the grade off a number than a letter. What is the benefit? The benefit of basing it on the letter is th...
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Brian Dunbar commented,
I see what you're saying, Shane. I guess it just makes more sense to me if the "official" finale grade for a student is the letter, not the percentage. Then we never run into issues where transcr...
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Brian Dunbar commented,
James, Not sure I follow. If a B represents 3.0, why does it matter which scale was used to achieve that B? I'm guessing that the transcript is taken from a number instead of the actual letter g...
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Brian Dunbar commented,
The status of this says, "done," but here's the problem. If you click on a student's profile, you can see their name with what they prefer to be called, i.e., "Everett 'Geno' Pyse." Most of my st...
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Brian Dunbar commented,
Adam, I didn't realize this was an option. I don't have administrative privileges, so I wasn't aware that this could be done when entering or editing student information. I'll touch base with the...
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Brian Dunbar created a post,
Student alias
CompletedI have an online class right now where most of the students don't go by their given name (Matthew is Matt, Jeffrey is Jeff, and, oddly, Everett is "Geno", etc.). Could their given name be in the d...
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Brian Dunbar commented,
Argh. Why, Brian, why??!
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Brian Dunbar commented,
There could still be a "default" scale that is the primary one that most of our profs use. If you don't want the default scale, you could activate an alternative scale.
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Brian Dunbar created a post,
Individualized Grading Scales
Not plannedNot every instructor at our institution uses the same grading scale. It would be great if the lead faculty member for each class could specify the grading scale for that course instead of everyone...