At first glance, your total grade may not seem to match up with how you’re doing in every category. Every assignment is worth a different amount of points and every category of assignments (Homework, Quiz, Exam, etc.) is worth a different percentage of your total grade.






Within a category, each assignment is weighted based on the total points possible. The points earned on each assignment are summed and then divided by the total points possible for that category. 

Below is an example of this. 

138 divided by 160 (136/160) = .8625 = 86.25% 

So you would have an 86.25% in the Homework category.


To calculate your total grade, first all the categories are calculated as we have just described.

Then each category score is converted to a decimal by moving the decimal point two places to the left (ex. 75.5% becomes .755) and multiplied by the weight it’s worth in the total grade. You can find the weight it’s worth below the category title in your gradebook. The gradebook is currently only available for World Language titles, so you may not have a gradebook at all. If you’re in a World Language course and still don’t have a gradebook, it is because your instructor has not turned it on. 

After multiplying each category score by its weight, the new totals for each category are added together to give you the total score (in percent). 

Below is an example of this. 

21 + 36 + 25.88 = 82.88%

So your total grade would be an 82.88% 

Note: If a category has zero submissions, the weight of the other categories with submissions increases proportionally to add up to 100%.