. To create assignments, you must first set up categories of classroom activities, such as classwork, homework, quizzes, tests, etc., and then assign a mark type to these categories. Creating assignment types also lets you share individual assignments that use those categories.
GradeBook allows a variety of mark types including points, letters, percentages, pass/fail, and more, but it is recommended that you use points as the mark type for all assignment types. GradeBook then translates the student averages into the appropriate letter grade based on the grading scale setup option you select.
It is not recommended that you use both letter and number mark types within the same class if the class uses traditional report cards because GradeBook is then unable to calculate an average. In classes that use standards-based report cards, it is possible to combine letter and number mark types within the same class to calculate students’ grades depending on the calculation method used for each assessment. But generally, best practice is not to combine letter and number mark types within the same assessment calculation. See “Custom Setup 2 Grading Scale for Standards-Based Report Cards.”
Assignment types must also be associated with the classes that will use them. If you want to share assignments between classes, you must use the same assignment types in all of the classes that share assignments. Assignment types that are used in classes that have been shared with you by another teacher display with .
If necessary, you can also quickly convert assignment types that are used in multiple classes.