Exclude Lowest Assignment Mark for a Default or Custom Setup 1 Class

The Exclude Lowest Mark option can automatically determine the lowest assignment mark for each student in one or more classes based on all of the student’s assignment scores during a grading period, and then you can decide whether or not to exclude the mark on an individual basis. GradeBook displays the recommended lowest assignment mark to exclude, the student’s calculated overall average before and after the recommended lowest score is excluded, accompanied by a symbol indicating the affect of excluding the recommended mark on the student’s average.

GradeBook can only exclude one assignment mark as the lowest mark during a reporting period. If you use the Exclude Lowest Mark option multiple times during a grading period and a different mark has become the lowest, the previously excluded mark is re-included, and the new lowest mark is excluded. However, you can manually exclude an assignment from a student’s grade multiple times during a reporting period. GradeBook’s automatic calculation does not consider assignment marks that were manually excluded by a teacher, nor does it apply to classes that use Custom Setup 2 grading scale.

You can print a copy of the Exclude Lowest Marks screen for your records. The excluded assignment marks display on the GradeBook Grid and Assignment Marks screen where you can manually undo or reverse the exclusion, if desired.

1.On the Teacher Home Page, below Administration, or on the Class Dashboard, below GradeBook Administration, click Exclude Lowest Mark.

Note: The Exclude Lowest Mark link does not display on the Class Dashboard if the class uses the Custom Setup 2 grading scale option.

2.On the Exclude Lowest Marks screen, in the Select the Grading Period drop-down list, select the desired grading period. The current grading period or grading period that is currently open for report card entry is the default.

3.In the Select the Classes to Include area, select the desired class(es) or class group(s). If you came from the Class Dashboard, the class or class group you were in is selected by default.

4.In the Select the Assignment Types to Include area, deselect any assignment types you do not want to include in determining the lowest mark. All assignment types are selected by default.

GradeBook displays the recommended lowest mark to exclude, the student’s overall average before and after the recommended lowest score is excluded, the associated assignment, assignment type, and weight, as well as a symbol indicating the effect of excluding the recommended mark on the student’s average.

Note: Click Previous in the lower left corner of the screen to return to the Exclude Lowest Marks selection screen to select different assignment types, if desired.

6.In the Exclude? column, in the row for each student, select or deselect the checkbox to indicate the assignment marks to exclude. Checkboxes are selected by default for all recommended lowest assignment marks in which excluding the mark improves the student's average.

Note: On the Exclude Lowest Marks screen, students display in the order you selected on the Class Roster screen, if applicable. If you hid a student on the Class Roster screen, the Exclude Lowest Marks screen hides the student.

Note: Assignments that are not selected are not excluded when you click Exclude Marks.

Note: Assignments denoted by

indicate that excluding the lowest mark adversely affects a student’s average and are not selected by default. However, you may choose to exclude that assignment mark.

7.In the Enter a mark comment field, modify the default comment “Lowest mark dropped” followed by the current date, if desired.

Note: This comment displays inside brackets [Lowest mark dropped mm/dd/ yyyy] in the Comments field on the Assignment Marks screen for the student in addition to any existing comments.

The confirmation message “The Following Marks were Excluded on [current date]:” displays at the top of the screen.

Note: To print a copy of the Exclude Lowest Marks screen for your records, at the top right of the screen, click Print.

Note: To continue to exclude lowest marks for the another class, click Exclude More Marks in the upper right corner of the website banner to return to the Exclude Lowest Marks Selection screen.

“Exclude Lowest Assignment Mark Symbols” displays the symbols in the

column (Delta symbol) indicating the effect of an excluded assignment mark on a student’s average before the mark is actually excluded. Once the recommended mark has been excluded, additional symbols display in the Excluded column indicating the status of the excluded assignment mark.

Exclude Lowest Assignment Mark Symbols
Symbol	Description
	Student’s average increases.
	Student’s average decreases.
	Assignment has already been excluded.
	No assignment found to exclude.
	Assignment successfully excluded.
	Assignment has not been excluded.

If you decide that you no longer want to exclude an assignment mark for a Default or Custom Setup 1 class, you can undo or reverse the exclusion manually for each student.

1.Navigate to the assignment that was excluded and that you now want to be included.

2.On the Assignment Marks screen Marks tab, in the Exclude drop-down list, select the blank option for the student whose assignment mark you no longer want to exclude.

The Exclude option has been removed from the Exclude column, and any comments in the Comments field have been removed.