"Drop ungraded items" and "Treat ungraded items as zero"

The following article details the steps required to change your Grade Book settings between "Drop ungraded items" and "Treat ungraded item as zero."

Please note that the course layout, steps, and screenshots shown below may differ slightly for your campus.

Overview of Grade System Options

There are two options for how the Grade Book can treat items that have yet to be graded: they can be filled in with zeros as placeholders, or they can be left blank so that only items that have already received grades impact a student’s average.

1. Treating ungraded items as zeros effectively starts each student with an average of zero and has them gradually build towards 100% as grades come in.  A zero with an asterisk will display for each grade item that has yet to be participated in and graded.
   
    

2. Dropping ungraded items effectively starts each student with an average of 100% and causes their grades to decrease as they lose points on class activities.  With this setting, ungraded activities appear in the grade book with dashes rather than zeros.
   
   Note: By default, every new grade book is set to drop ungraded items.  A Grade Book must be manually set to treat ungraded items as zero if that is your preference.

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Switching Between the Two Options

1. In your Grade Book, click on Settings in the upper right corner underneath the navigation bar.
   
    
2. Go to the Calculation Options tab.
   
    
3. Scroll down towards the bottom of the screen and select your preference of “Drop ungraded items” or “Treat ungraded items as zero.”
   
    
4. Click Save at the bottom of the screen.  You will then need to click Close to exit the settings menu.
    
5. Closing out of the settings menu will bring you to the Manage Grades area of the Grade Book.  To review your grade display and ensure that settings were updated correctly, click Enter Grades in the top left corner underneath the navigation bar.

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