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Every assignment goes in exactly one category, and the category's weight says\nhow much that kind of work counts. Categories belong to the classroom, so two classrooms can weigh\nthe same kind of work differently.",[53,54],"concept-figure",{"alt":55,"caption":56,"src":57},"A diagram showing the school's default categories copied into a new classroom, where the teacher renames one and changes a weight.","Default categories are a starting copy, not a link. Once the classroom exists, its categories are its own.","/img/concepts/categories-flow.svg",[59,60,62],"h2",{"id":61},"how-a-grade-is-computed","How a grade is computed",[49,64,65],{},"Three steps, each simple on its own.",[67,68,69,77,83],"ol",{},[70,71,72,76],"li",{},[73,74,75],"strong",{},"Each graded assignment becomes a percentage:"," points earned over points possible.",[70,78,79,82],{},[73,80,81],{},"Each category average is the plain mean of its percentages."," A 10-point quiz and a\n100-point quiz pull the same amount within their category.",[70,84,85],{},[73,86,87],{},"The term grade is the weighted average of the category averages.",[89,90,91,107],"table",{},[92,93,94],"thead",{},[95,96,97,101,104],"tr",{},[98,99,100],"th",{},"Category",[98,102,103],{},"Weight",[98,105,106],{},"Average",[108,109,110,122,133],"tbody",{},[95,111,112,116,119],{},[113,114,115],"td",{},"Homework",[113,117,118],{},"20",[113,120,121],{},"90%",[95,123,124,127,130],{},[113,125,126],{},"Quizzes",[113,128,129],{},"30",[113,131,132],{},"85%",[95,134,135,138,141],{},[113,136,137],{},"Tests",[113,139,140],{},"50",[113,142,143],{},"92%",[49,145,146,147],{},"(90 × 20 + 85 × 30 + 92 × 50) ÷ (20 + 30 + 50) = ",[73,148,149],{},"89.5%",[49,151,152],{},"Three details follow from the arithmetic:",[154,155,156,162,168],"ul",{},[70,157,158,161],{},[73,159,160],{},"Weights are normalized by their total."," 20/30/50 and 2/3/5 give the same grade, so weights\nneed not add up to 100.",[70,163,164,167],{},[73,165,166],{},"An empty category is skipped."," A category with no graded work is left out of the average\nrather than dragging it down. Tests count for nothing until the first test is graded.",[70,169,170,173],{},[73,171,172],{},"Blank is not zero."," An assignment left blank is not graded yet and does not count. A zero is\na grade and counts in full.",[175,176,179],"callout",{"color":177,"icon":178},"amber","i-lucide-triangle-alert",[49,180,181],{},"Nine times in ten, \"my grades don't add up\" is a weight. A category set to 40 contributes 40% of\nthe grade no matter how many points sit inside it, so one 5-point assignment in a heavy category\ncan swing a total.",[59,183,185],{"id":184},"default-categories","Default categories",[49,187,188,189,192],{},"Administrators set default categories once, in ",[73,190,191],{},"Settings › Grades",". Give each a name, a weight,\nand a color. When anyone creates a classroom, the form starts with a copy of that list. The teacher\ncan keep it, rename a category, change a weight, or delete the lot and start fresh before saving.",[53,194],{"alt":195,"caption":196,"src":197},"The Grades settings page showing the default categories list with names, weights and colors.","Default categories on the Grades settings page. Every new classroom starts from this list.","/img/concepts/default-categories.png",[49,199,200],{},"Because it is a copy:",[154,202,203,209],{},[70,204,205,208],{},[73,206,207],{},"Changing the defaults changes nothing that exists."," Classrooms created last month keep the\ncategories they were created with. Update them classroom by classroom if they need to match.",[70,210,211,214],{},[73,212,213],{},"The defaults are a suggestion, not a rule."," A teacher who needs a Labs category adds it on the\nclassroom. Nothing in the school settings blocks that.",[59,216,218],{"id":217},"categories-on-a-classroom","Categories on a classroom",[49,220,221],{},"A classroom's General tab lists its categories with their weights. Edit the classroom to add,\nrename, recolor, or reweight them. Changing a weight recomputes every student's term and final\ngrade in that classroom the next time they are read. Nothing is lost; the percentages are weighed\nagain.",[53,223],{"alt":224,"caption":225,"src":226},"A classroom's General tab with its categories listed as pills, each showing a weight.","A classroom's own categories, beside the sections it offers and its year. Changing a weight recomputes every grade in the classroom.","/img/concepts/classroom-categories.png",[59,228,230],{"id":229},"where-categories-show-up","Where categories show up",[154,232,233,239,245],{},[70,234,235,238],{},[73,236,237],{},"The gradebook"," groups columns by category, shows each category's weight in the header, and\ncan filter to one category at a time.",[70,240,241,244],{},[73,242,243],{},"The assignment form"," asks for a category, and every assignment has one.",[70,246,247,250],{},[73,248,249],{},"The student page"," and the family view show the category averages under each term grade, so a\nparent can see that Tests are the problem, not Homework.",[59,252,254],{"id":253},"common-situations","Common situations",[154,256,257,263,269],{},[70,258,259,262],{},[73,260,261],{},"A category needs to count more."," Raise its weight on the classroom. Every grade in the\nclassroom follows on the next read.",[70,264,265,268],{},[73,266,267],{},"A teacher deleted a category the school wants everywhere."," Add it back on that classroom. The\ndefaults only reach classrooms that are created after them.",[70,270,271,274],{},[73,272,273],{},"Two teachers share a classroom and disagree on weights."," There is one set of categories per\nclassroom. Agree, or split the classroom.",[59,276,278],{"id":277},"choosing-defaults","Choosing defaults",[49,280,281],{},"Pick the split most classrooms use and let the exceptions edit. A school where every teacher\nweighs differently is better served by a short list with round weights than by a long list that\neveryone deletes. Colors are only a visual aid in the gradebook; choose ones that stay distinct\nside by side.",[59,283,285],{"id":284},"related-concepts","Related concepts",[49,287,288,289,293,294,297],{},"Categories weigh work inside one term. 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