The gradebook is populated with students when they’re enrolled in your course. You’ll see all the coursework that’s specific to the course you’re in. You can grade coursework, manage items, and post grades.

Gradebook Views

• List view shows all items in the gradebook by their title
  • Click on the item title to see student data and submissions.
• Grid view shows all items and all students in a spreadsheet like view.
  • For a details, click on any student or gradebook item.

Gradebook Settings

• Gradebook settings include:
  • Providing notifications expectations for Student Performance. The system will let you know if a student does not meet expectations.
  • Making adjustments to Grading Schemas (enhancements to be able to use/apply multiple grading schemas is coming sometime before fall semester)
  • Overall Grade calculations
  • Using Auto-zeros
  • Manage Categories to identify grading item icons, grouping grading items to assist with Overall Grading
  • Create and manage Rubrics
• Search and Filter the Gradebook for specific views of the data
  • Search from List View
    • Search for a submission receipt
    • Within a specific grading item:
      • Student Name
    • Filters from Grid View:
      • Merged course sections
      • Student Name
      • Groups
      • Gradable items, and
      • Categories

About Override Grades

• Override grades are grades you assign manually, for example, if you type in the grade pill in the gradebook. An override label appears next to the grade alerting you to the fact that an override occurred.
  • Sometimes a grade change results in an override grade. An override grade takes precedence over all other grade entries, including rubrics and any attempts with a grade.
• Revert an Override Grade – You can clear an override grade by selecting the final grading pill for the grading item and deleting the manually entered grade. The grade will then revert to the attempt or rubric grade (even if they are ungraded, it will be null).

Setting Exemptions, Date and Time Exceptions, and Accommodations

• Grade Exemptions can be added with or without scores for a gradable item. Students will not be held to the expectations for that gradable item when an exemption is added. The gradable item will be ignored as a part of the overall grade.
• Exceptions apply to single assessments or gradable items for an individual student due to extenuating circumstances.
• An Accommodation applies to all due dates or time limits in your course for an individual student.
  • More on how accommodations work with groups

— Karly Good, ITS

The University Curriculum Committee meets one last time this year, to review proposed courses that cover our Areas of Inquiry and serve as First Year Seminars.  If you plan to submit a course, please do so by April 6 so that committee members have time to read and review.  You can find details about all the AOIs and their learning outcomes here; you can find the submission forms for each AOI and FYS, here.  Professor Mary McCarthy is chair of UCC this year, feel free to let her know if you have questions.

— Renée Cramer, Deputy Provost

You’re invited to join a group of dedicated faculty and staff to talk about teaching and artificial intelligence like chatbots and text-to-image generators. At each of the sessions, listed below, we’ll have a brief opening presentation, then a chance to mingle—café style—to get feedback on and brainstorm about your particular instructional concerns related to the technology, including a table to conversation about the question of our value in light of the technology, and a table where you can get ideas for incorporating AI into your class’ work. We’ll have two sessions via Zoom, and two in person—if you come in person, we’ll provide light refreshments.  The sessions will be:

Thursday, March 23, 12:00 – 1:00 via Zoom
Tuesday, March 28, 11:00 – 12:00 in person
Monday, April 3, 12:00 – 1:00 via Zoom
Friday, April 7, 11:30 – 12:30 in person

Please register here. You’ll be able to pick your session and modality on the Eventbrite link.  We will email you the zoom link the morning of, if you attend on the 23rd or 3rd.

And, please sign up now for Books for Breakfast on April 7 and April 21 from 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. We will meet to eat good food and talk about a lovely book: Helen Sword’s Air and Light and Time and Space: How Successful Academics Write.

— Renée Cramer, Deputy Provost

Drake faculty and staff who exemplify the Core Value Commitment to Mission will be recognized at the next Provost’s Drake Social on Monday, March 20, in the Cowles Library Reading Room, beginning at 4 p.m.

To nominate a colleague, please use this Qualtrics form. Feel free to fill out multiple forms. All those nominated will be recognized on a rolling display at the event.

What do we mean when we talk about Commitment to Mission at Drake? We look for colleagues who act with integrity, purpose, and optimism in service to both our students and our community.

When you nominate colleagues, be prepared to describe how each colleague meets this description. Several nominees will be chosen at random for prizes!

Refreshments will include wine, beer, soft drinks, and an assortment of light snacks. Keep in mind that this is a family friendly event—bring your children and partner!

—Madison Bemus, Office of the Provost