Gradebook Assignment Types

Gradebook Assignment Types#

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Assignment types, and their weight, must be determined for each course.

For example, a course might have the following assignment types.

  • 10 homework assignments, worth a total of 50% of the grade;

  • A midterm exam, worth a total of 20% of the grade;

  • A final exam, worth 30% of the grade.

By default, a new course has the following four assignment types.

  • Homework

  • Lab

  • Midterm Exam

  • Final Exam

You can use these assignment types, modify or remove them, and/or create new assignment types.

To view or modify assignment types, view the Grading page from the Settings menu.

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To create a new assignment type, at the bottom of the Grading page, select New Assignment Type, then configure the fields described below.

Note

In a large online course, some number of learners will experience personal emergencies, technical problems (such as power blackouts or loss of internet access), or other issues. It is not always possible to grant individual extensions to every learner, but some amount of flexibility for managing such issues can be provided by designing longer deadlines and allowing droppable assignments.

Assignment Type Fields#

Configure the following fields for each assignment type.

An image of the top part of the Grading page in which you can see the range for grades and set the grace period.

  • Assignment Type Name:

    The general category of the assignment. This name will be visible to learners.

    Note

    All assignments of a particular type count the same toward the weight of that category. As a result, a homework assignment that contains 10 problems is worth the same percentage of a learner’s grade as a homework assignment that contains 20 problems.

  • Abbreviation:

    This is the short name that appears next to an assignment on a learner’s Progress tab.

  • Weight of Total Grade:

    The assignments of this type together account for the percent value set in Weight of Total Grade.

    The total weight of all assignment types must equal 100.

  • Total Number:

    The total number of subsections in your course that contain problems of this assignment type.

  • Number of Droppable

    The number of assignments of this type that the grader will drop. The grader will drop the lowest-scored assignments first.

See also

About Problems, Exercises, and Tools (concept)

Guide to Problem Types (reference)

Working with Problem Components (reference)

Guide to Problem Settings (reference)

Best Practices for Providing Feedback (concept)

Adding Feedback and Hints to a Problem (reference)

Configure a Hint in a Problem (how-to)

Awarding Partial Credit for a Problem (reference)

Set the Assignment Type and Due Date for a Subsection (how-to)

Adding Tooltips to a Problem (reference)

The Learner View of a Problem (reference)

The Advanced Editor (reference)

Add Hints via the Advanced Editor (how-to)

Modifying a Released Problem (reference)

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2025-11-16

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