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 Options and Things to Try
Scoring:
This gradebook averages across all assignments taking into account their "relative weight."
Running Average = (Sum of PERCENTi*WEIGHTi)/(Sum of WEIGHTi)

Here are two different ways to weight your assignments:

1.) Weight the typical assignment as 100%, and then weight others relative to the typical assignment
Ex: Weight most assignments 100% with a few larger assignments at 500% to each count 5 times as much

2.) Weight each assignment what percent you want it to be of the total grade
Ex: Five homeworks at 10% each and two tests each at 25%

Note that assignments can be marked as "Excused" and then not count for the particular student

Letter Grades:
Score Grade Freq
0F 6
60 D- 0
64 D 0
67 D+ 0
70 C- 0
73 C 0
76 C+ 0
80 B- 1
83 B 0
86 B+ 2
90 A- 0
94 A 0
96 A+ 1

For Coloring:
Color the Table Yes
Green if Above 85
Yellow if Above 0

For the following Things To Try if you mark Tried It in the darker boxes you will get more instructions.

Things to Try:
Set up autosave Not Yet
Add a total row Not Yet
Add demographics Not Yet
Filter and sort Not Yet
Make helper colns Not Yet
Give extra credit Not Yet
Track absences Not Yet
Change color scheme Not Yet
The little graphs Not Yet
Excused assignments Not Yet
Show more screen Not Yet
More marking periods Not Yet

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Version 1.6dpercent
Website (tentatively)
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 Options and Things to Try

assignments taking into account their "relative weight."

Ti*WEIGHTi)/(Sum of WEIGHTi)

ht your assignments:

s 100%, and then weight others relative to the typical assignment

with a few larger assignments at 500% to each count 5 times as much

ercent you want it to be of the total grade

d two tests each at 25%

ed as "Excused" and then not count for the particular student

These letter grades are referenced on the Data Entry sheet for each student.
If you want to delete rows of this table, simply delete the whole row.

The 5 bar sparkline charts have cutoffs based on D-, C-, B-, and A-.
Ex: Anything above B-, but below A- is a B.

7
6
5
# of Students

4
3
2
1
0
F D- D D+ C- C C+ B- B B+ A- A A+

Use colors inside the table using the following color thresholds
Color grades 85% or higher green
Color grades 0% to 85% yellow, and below 0% red

ngs To Try if you mark Tried It in the darker boxes you will get more instructions.

Change Excel's main settings to autosave every 3-5 minutes

Click in the table, and under table options in the ribbon, click total row
Click on the plus box above column K
Click on the dropdown boxes in the header row of the main table
Helper columns are useful for retakes, notes, and curving grades
Use zero points and say 100% weight
This is completely optional, but a hidden sheet is built in
Under Page Layout in the ribbon, change the color scheme
Change the 'sparkline' histogram ranges
Type Excused or excused in one of the assignment scores
Double click on the ribbon tab title like 'HOME' for the ribbon to hide
If you have another marking period, save a new copy of this gradebook

Date this gradebook this version was last updated

This version for Excel 2013+ calculates a grade directly using percentages
http://web.mit.edu/jabbott/www/excelgradetracker.html
Can be contacted at jabbott.mit@gmail.com
Please reach out to me with any feedback, concerns, and questions
 Here is a PivotTable that can be used to summarize and show scores. Th
Class Average of Running Average this is very POWERFUL.
1 36.0 First, always click on the table and then under PivotTable Tools-> option
Total Result 36.0 To change which score(s) are shown, click inside the table. Drag and dr
If you have not already, you can add more demographic data for your s
expanding the plus box above cell K.)

Total
40.00

35.00

30.00

25.00
Average of Running
20.00

15.00

10.00

5.00

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PivotTable Tools-> options, click refresh to update the data.

e the table. Drag and drop fields into the four spots. Have fun!
ographic data for your students. (See the hidden columns by

Average of Running Average

Grade Report
Here you can make grade printouts for one o
[Your School] - First, customize the header to the left how
Teacher: [Your name] - Fill the cells in the rightmost column to the
Class: [Your Class] little square in the bottom right of the selecti
Date: 09-Dec-2023
- You can now hide row 15.
- Fill the cells in the bottommost row down
Note 1: You might need to delete any extra a
General Comments: Note 2: If you inserted new columns in the d
- Adjust the print area (under page layout) t
- When printing, check to see with print preview
Note 3: this works by having set "print titles" on
Also note: You got this! But definitely ask someo
Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 12
Student Student 1
Running Average 100.0
Letter Grade A+
Weight Date Assignment Points Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 100.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 100.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 100.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 100.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 100.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
Grade Report
[Your School]
Teacher: [Your name]
Class: [Your Class]
Date: 09-Dec-2023
General Comments:
Parent Signiture:
Here you can make grade printouts for one or all of your students.
- First, customize the header to the left however you would like. The general com
- Fill the cells in the rightmost column to the right until you get all the students.
little square in the bottom right of the selection.
- You can now hide row 15.
- Fill the cells in the bottommost row down until you get all the assignments.
Note 1: You might need to delete any extra assessment types row(s) if you have
Note 2: If you inserted new columns in the data entry sheet and things are not a
- Adjust the print area (under page layout) to cover all the area.
- When printing, check to see with print preview that everything appears correctly. You
Note 3: this works by having set "print titles" on this sheet that repeat, and adjusting th
Also note: You got this! But definitely ask someone if something is confusing. You can ke

0 1 11 13
Student Student 2
Running Average 89.6
Letter Grade B+
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 80.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 66.7
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 80.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 96.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 100.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
 Grade Report Grade Printouts
Here you can make grade printouts for one or all of your students.
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customize
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Date: 09-Dec-2023
row 15.
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Note 1: You might need to delete any extra assessment types row(s) if you have not used all six.
Note 2: If you
General inserted new columns in the data entry sheet and things are not appearing quite right, expand the plu
Comments:
- Adjust the print area (under page layout) to cover all the area.
- When printing, check to see with print preview that everything appears correctly. You can print just one page if you want just
Note 3: this works by having set "print titles" on this sheet that repeat, and adjusting the margins to get only 1 student at a tim
Also note: You got this! But definitely ask someone if something is confusing. You can keep these instructions for reference if d
Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 14
Student Student 3
Running Average 82.5
Letter Grade B-
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 100.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 80.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two Excused
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 80.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 80.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
 Grade Report Grade Printouts
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Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 15
Student Student 4
Running Average 87.8
Letter Grade B+
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 100.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 100.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 100.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 80.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 90.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
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Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 16
Student Student 5
Running Average 0.0
Letter Grade F
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 0.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 0.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 0.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 0.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
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Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 17
Student Student 6
Running Average 0.0
Letter Grade F
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 0.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 0.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 0.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 0.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
Grade Report
[Your School]
Teacher: [Your name]
Class: [Your Class]
Date: 09-Dec-2023

General Comments:

Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 18
Student Student 7
Running Average 0.0
Letter Grade F
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 0.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 0.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 0.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 0.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
Grade Report
[Your School]
Teacher: [Your name]
Class: [Your Class]
Date: 09-Dec-2023

General Comments:

Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 19
Student Student 8
Running Average 0.0
Letter Grade F
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 0.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 0.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 0.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 0.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
Grade Report
[Your School]
Teacher: [Your name]
Class: [Your Class]
Date: 09-Dec-2023

General Comments:

Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 20
Student Student 9
Running Average 0.0
Letter Grade F
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 0.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 0.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 0.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 0.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 6 0.0
Grade Report
[Your School]
Teacher: [Your name]
Class: [Your Class]
Date: 09-Dec-2023

General Comments:

Parent Signiture:

0 1 11 21
Student Student 10
Running Average 0.0
Letter Grade F
Weight Date Assignment Pointed Earned
100% 1/20/2015 Homework One 0.0
100% 1/25/2015 Classwork One 0.0
100% 1/27/2015 Homework Two 0.0
500% 1/30/2015 First Test 0.0
100% 1/31/2015 Project 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 2 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 3 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 4 0.0
0% 12/30/1899 Assessment 5 0.0
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