Grading Schemes
Define your letter-grade and GPA scale — for example, 90–100% = A = 4.0 — and choose how each course calculates its grades.
A grading scheme is the scale that turns a percentage into a letter grade and a grade point. For example: 90–100% is an A, worth 4.0. You set this up once and reuse it across your courses.
Building a grading scheme
A scheme is a list of bands. For each band you set:
- The percentage range (for example, 90–100%).
- The letter or label (for example, A, B+, Pass).
- The grade point (for example, 4.0) — the scheme is GPA-style.
- A passing threshold, so the system knows which grades count as a pass.
A simple example:
| Percentage | Grade | Grade point |
|---|---|---|
| 90–100% | A | 4.0 |
| 80–89% | B | 3.5 |
| 70–79% | C | 3.0 |
| 60–69% | D | 2.0 |
| Below 60% | F | 0.0 |
Managing your schemes
You can:
- Create a new scheme.
- Edit an existing one.
- Set a default scheme that new courses use automatically.
- Delete a scheme you no longer need.
How each course calculates grades
Separately from the scale itself, each course has its own grading setup. Here you choose how marks are combined into a final grade:
| Setting | Choices | What it controls |
|---|---|---|
| Calculation method | Weighted · Simple average · Credit-based | How the individual marks are combined. |
| Rounding & decimals | Your choice | How precisely grades are shown (for example, one decimal place). |
| Retake policy | Best score · Average · Replace | Which mark counts when a learner retakes an assessment. |
| Ungraded items | Treat as zero (optional) | Whether work the learner never submitted counts as a zero. |
A quick guide to the calculation methods:
- Weighted — each assessment carries a weight you choose. See Weighted grading.
- Simple average — every assessment counts equally.
- Credit-based — grades are combined by credit value.
A quick guide to the retake policies:
- Best score — keep the learner's highest attempt.
- Average — average their attempts together.
- Replace — the latest attempt replaces the previous one.
If you turn on treat ungraded items as zero, a learner who skips an assessment gets a zero for it instead of having it ignored. Leave it off if you only want to grade what was actually submitted.
Good to know
- The scheme decides the scale; the course's grading setup decides the maths. You can reuse one scheme across many courses with different setups.
- When a learner submits a quiz, their grade updates automatically and the final grade recalculates — no manual recalculation needed.
- Grades are reported on a marksheet.