{"id":2935,"date":"2014-03-17T11:55:24","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T16:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2014-03-17T11:55:24","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T16:55:24","slug":"bb-tip-90-grade-center-understanding-weighted-grades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-90-grade-center-understanding-weighted-grades\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #90: Grade Center &#8211; Understanding Weighted Grades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Grade Center allows you to create weighted grade columns. There are several different ways to calculate weighted totals in the Grade Center.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/weighted-grade-calculations.jpg\" title=\"Weighted Grade Calculation Example\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/weighted-grade-calculations.jpg?resize=354%2C271\" alt=\"Weighted Grade Calculation Example\" height=\"271\" width=\"354\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>For example, you can calculate a weighted total:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>by item<\/li>\n<li>by category<\/li>\n<li>by weighted running total<\/li>\n<li>when dropping the lowest score from a category <\/li>\n<li>in categories with equally weighted items consisting of different point values<\/li>\n<li>in categories with proportionally weighted items consisting of different point values<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"understanding weighted grades\" href=\"https:\/\/experts.missouristate.edu\/display\/KB\/Understanding+Weighted+Grades\">Understanding weighted grades<\/a><br \/>\nExplore Blackboard\u2019s <a title=\"On Demand\" href=\"http:\/\/ondemand.blackboard.com\/\">On Demand Learning Center<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Bb How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit the <a title=\"Bb FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/blackboard-faq\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grade Center allows you to create weighted grade columns. There are several different ways to calculate weighted totals in the Grade Center. For example, you can calculate a weighted total: by item by category by weighted running total when dropping the lowest score from a category in categories with equally weighted items consisting of <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-90-grade-center-understanding-weighted-grades\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Bb Tip #90: Grade Center &#8211; Understanding Weighted Grades\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[158],"class_list":{"0":"post-2935","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-blackboard","7":"tag-grade-center","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-Ll","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10265,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-169-grade-center-understanding-weighted-grades\/","url_meta":{"origin":2935,"position":0},"title":"Bb Tip #169: Grade Center &#8211; Understanding Weighted Grades","author":"Janice Florent","date":"October 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The Grade Center allows you to create weighted grade columns. 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