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Configure Course Gradebook in Toddle

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SummarySet up your course gradebook in Toddle for different grading methodologies
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Access Course Gradebook Settings

Toddle has support for different grading systems and criteria. Whether you use score/points feedback, or standards, you will be able to configure you gradebook settings appropriately. This includes being able to:

  • Configure Grading methodology
  • Choose Grading categories
  • Configure Reporting period calculations
  • Configure Cumulative period calculations
  • Configure Final grade settings

To get to your Course Gradebook Configurations:

  1. Click Settings in the bottom left of the window
  2. Click Course settings
  3. In the top navigation menu, click Grading configurations

Configure Grading Methodology

This menu will let you choose which grading methodologies you want to use for your current course. You can choose from:

  • Score/letter-based grading
  • Standards-based grading

Select one of them, or both! Your course can support both grading methodologies if you so choose. More information about configuring these is below.

  1. Navigate to Grading configurations
  2. Under Grading methodology, click the dropdown
  3. Check Score/letter-based grading, Standards-based grading, or both!

Choose Grading Categories

Enable Grading Categories

Riverdale has created a set of Grading Categories that you can choose to use in your classes. In the Grading categories section of Grading configuration, you will be able to select which ones you want to use. Additionally, you will be able to decide if:

  • You want Grading categories to just be unweighted labels for assessments OR
  • You want Grading categories to be weighted categories to calculate the student's grade

To enable grading categories:

  1. Navigate to Grading configurations for your course
  2. Under Score calculation setup make sure Categories is checked
  3. Under Category calculation method, select either Weighted categories or Unweighted categories

Choose Categories and Weights

The categories you are able to use are as follows. This is an extensive list meant to work for all departments across campus. If your standard(s) are not listed here, please reach out to a member of the Tech Team, and we will check and see if we're able to add it.

Grading category choices: Homework, Tests, Quizzes, Projects, Class Work, Essay, Presentation, Review, Oral Presentation, Lab Report, Diagnostic, Formative, Practice, Ungraded.

Note: the category names are standardized here for better reporting and collaboration. You can weight categories however you would like!

  1. Navigate to Grading configurations for your course and make sure Categories is checked and enabled
  2. Under Categories, use the dropdown menus to change existing category names
  3. To add an additional grading category, click + Add new
  4. Adjust the weights appropriately according to your preferences

Configure Other Gradebook Settings

Under Grading configurations, you will find these other additional sections for gradebook settings:

  • Reporting period calculation - this is for Fall and Spring grade settings in your course
  • Cumulative period calculation - this is for the year long grade calculation
  • Standard calculation setup - this is for selecting a grading scale for your course (number to letter-grade mappings)

Depending on your course/department, the expectations for these settings might be different. Please consult with your department chair or course coordinator for more details about this.