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Target Audience: Teaching and Administrative Staff

The course takes place on MypPlace over a period of 7 days and participants are expected to engage with the class for around 4 hours during that time.

This session provides an introduction to the MyPlace Gradebook, showing the main functions, before discussing the most common settings, and then how to create, edit, and administrate a structured Gradebook.

The class shows how to set appropriate weightings for different assessments, manage aggregations, import marks, and how to control grade visibility.

Learners are prompted to create their own playground site, and build a gradebook with particular specifications as the class progresses.

Practical exercises are provided to guide the learner through the class, and will cover the following points:

• Accessing the Gradebook.
• Creating and Organising a Gradebook.
• Adding Weighting to Gradebook items.
• Importing Marks.
• Understanding the Grader Report and managing grade visibility.

“Test your knowledge” quizzes are available at the end of each topic, and learners can upload their own completed class to achieve certification in this course.

In this session, you will learn how to:

• Set up a gradebook;
• Categorise and organise the gradebook;
• Manage Gradebook items, and apply appropriate weightings;
• Access and review the Grader Report;
• Understand how and when to release marks.

Prerequisites