When you create a weighted column, you can include:

  • All Grade Columns: Include all individual grade columns in the Grade Center.
  • Selected Columns and Categories: Include specific grade columns and categories (and the associated columns).
  • Selected Columns from a Grading Period: If grading periods exist and you have chosen a category, include only the grade columns that have been associated with a specific grading period.

Simple Weighted Column for First Quarter

You create a weighted column based on two columns and two categories:

  • Assignments Category = 25%
  • Chapter Quizzes Category = 25%
  • Midterm Test = 20%
  • Final Test = 30%

Use the following steps to create a weighted column:

  1. In the Gradebook, hover your mouse in between two Gradebook column and then click the + sign.  This will add a new column in between these two columns:



2.  Click Add Total Calculation:




3. Select Weighted at the top and assign your percentages:




4.  Be sure to click Save in the lower right corner after making changes on this screen.




Alternatively, you can edit your overall grade column and make it a weighted column as well.  Just click Overall Grade and then click Edit:



It brings you to those same options to choose weighted and then assign percentages.