Weighted Grading
Give each assessment a weight toward the final grade — for example, Midterm 20%, Final 50%, Participation 30% — and let the system do the maths.
Weighted grading lets you decide how much each assessment matters in the final grade. A final exam can count for far more than a weekly quiz, just by giving it a bigger weight.
This page assumes you have chosen Weighted as your course's calculation method — see Grading schemes for where to set that.
How weights work
You assign each assessment (or each course inside a larger program) a weight % toward the final grade. The weights add up to 100%.
A simple example:
| Assessment | Weight |
|---|---|
| Midterm | 20% |
| Final exam | 50% |
| Participation | 30% |
| Total | 100% |
The system then:
- Takes each assessment's score.
- Applies its weight.
- Adds them up into a weighted average.
- Rounds the result to your chosen number of decimals.
- Maps it to a letter grade and grade point using your grading scheme.
Makeup and alternative assessments
If you offer a makeup or alternative version of an assessment, the whole group counts as a single weighted slot — not two. The learner's grade uses whichever version they actually took. See Makeup assessments for how these groups are set up.
It updates by itself
When a learner submits a quiz, their grade for that assessment updates immediately and the final grade recalculates automatically. You never have to add up weights by hand.
What the learner sees
- Their grade on each assessment.
- A final grade that reflects how much each piece counted.
- An up-to-date result as soon as new work is graded.
Good to know
- Make sure your weights add up to 100% so the final grade reflects what you intend.
- Weights can be applied to individual assessments, and in larger programs, to whole courses inside the program.
- The weighted final grade is what appears on a learner's marksheet.