Learn.UQ Grade Centre Online Workshop
15. Create a Pass/Fail column
Video Guide
Create Pass/Fail grading schema (YouTube 2m 10s)
For a hurdle assessment, a Pass/Fail column is usually needed. There are two steps involved: (1) create a Pass/Fail grading schema and (2)create a column. If you have a number of hurdles you can add up multiple columns and to show students either Pass or Fail in their My Grades.
Task to complete:
Creating a Pass/Fail Grading Schema
- From the Control Panel, select Grade Centre > Full Grade Centre
- Select Marking Schemas from the Manage drop-down menu
- Click on the Create Marking Schema button
- Enter Pass/Fail in the Name textbox
- Under SCHEMA MAPPING:
- Marks Scored Between: 50% and 100% Will Equal = Pass
- Marks Scored Between: 0 and Less than 50%: Will Equal = Fail
- Marks Manually Entered as Pass: Will Calculate as 50%
- Marks Manually Entered as Fail: Will Calculate as 49%
Creating a Column
- From the Control Panel, select Grade Centre > Full Grade Centre
- Click on the Create Column button
- Enter Seminar in the Column Name textbox
- Select Score from the Primary Display drop-down menu
- Enter 1 in Points Possible textbox
- Under Options:
- select the Yes radio button for the setting Include this column in Grade Centre calculations (if you want to add it up)
- select the No radio button for the setting Show this column to students
- select the No radio button for the setting Show statistics (average and median) for this column to Students in My Grades
- Click on the Submit button
- From the Control Panel, select Grade Centre > Full Grade Centre
- Enter 0 or 1 for all students in the Pass/Fail column.
For more information, refer to the Create a Grade Schema (Pass/Fail) guide.