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| + | <html><h1><b>***UPDATES: PLEASE USE THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ABOUT AVENUE TO LEARN:***</br></br> <a href="https://avenuehelp.mcmaster.ca">https://avenuehelp.mcmaster.ca</a></b></h1></br></br></br> </html> | ||
| ====== Grades ====== | ====== Grades ====== | ||
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| - | How do I setup my grade book in Avenue to Learn? [[https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/Grades|https://documentation.desire2learn.com/en/Grades]] | + | How do I setup my grade book in Avenue to Learn? [[https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/semester_start/-/instructor/faq_grades.htm|https://documentation.brightspace.com/EN/semester_start/-/instructor/faq_grades.htm]] |
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| + | How to Enter Grades: | ||
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| 1. Please ensure your course is **active**. If you have deactivated your course at the end of the term, please activate it so that Mosaic can pull the grades from your Avenue course directly (only active courses will appear). Here are instructions on how to activate your course: http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/help/docs/activate_a_course.pdf | 1. Please ensure your course is **active**. If you have deactivated your course at the end of the term, please activate it so that Mosaic can pull the grades from your Avenue course directly (only active courses will appear). Here are instructions on how to activate your course: http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/help/docs/activate_a_course.pdf | ||
| - | 2. In your Grades tool, **under Settings** (right hand side of the screen), go to the **Org Unit Display Options** tab. Under the Final Grades Calculation, ensure that the "Display how final grade was calculated to users" is checked off (it is NOT checked). This will ensure that students do not see their final grades in Avenue. | + | 2. Please ensure your grading scheme is set to the default Percentage scheme. You can check this by going to **Schemes** in your Grades tool. |
| - | 3. Still in the **Settings** area, under the **Calculation Options** tab, ensure that the final grade released is the grade item you are actually using for calculating your final grades (ie. if you have been using the Adjusted Final Grade, make sure that this is selected in this area of the Settings) - this is the setting by which Mosaic will pull grades from Avenue. If you have the Adjusted Final Grade selected under Settings, but you have not been using that grade item (ie. you have been using the Calculated Final Grade, Mosaic will not pull any grades, as it is looking in that field in Avenue. In this case, you will need to have the Calculated Final Grade checked in this area of the Settings. The default setting until now has been the Adjusted Final Grade. For all new courses starting in the spring 2016, the default will be the **Calculated Final Grade**. | + | 3. In your Grades tool, **under Settings** (right hand side of the screen), go to the **Org Unit Display Options** tab. Under the Final Grades Calculation, ensure that the "Display final grade to users" is not checked. This will ensure that students do not see their final grades in Avenue. |
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| + | 4. Still in the **Settings** area, under the **Calculation Options** tab, ensure that the final grade released is the grade item you are actually using for calculating your final grades (ie. if you have been using the Adjusted Final Grade, make sure that this is selected in this area of the Settings) - this is the setting by which Mosaic will pull grades from Avenue. The default setting is the **Calculated Final Grade**. | ||
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| - | 4. Final grades **must** be rounded, with **no decimals** before being uploaded into Mosaic. The easiest way is to do this directly in Avenue before uploading to Mosaic. You can do this by going into **Settings**, then into the **Org Unit Display Options** tab. There, change the two decimal places boxes to 0 under the Managing View and Student View Display Options. This will change the gradebook to display round numbers with no decimal places. | + | 5. Final grades **must** be rounded, with **no decimals** before being uploaded into Mosaic. The easiest way is to do this directly in Avenue before uploading to Mosaic. You can do this by going into **Settings**, then into the **Org Unit Display Options** tab. There, change the two decimal places boxes to 0 under the Managing View and Student View Display Options. This will change the gradebook to display round numbers with no decimal places. |
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| ==== Loading Grades into Mosaic - Spreadsheet ==== | ==== Loading Grades into Mosaic - Spreadsheet ==== | ||
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| + | <note warning>We strongly recommend that if you use Avenue for your grades, you choose the first method outlined above of pulling the grades from Avenue straight into Mosaic.</note> | ||
| We strongly recommend that if you use Avenue for your grades, you choose the first method outlined above of pulling the grades from Avenue straight into Mosaic. It is the easiest, fastest and most accurate method of submitting your final grades. However, if you choose to use a spreadsheet file to import your grades into Mosaic, here's how to export your grades from Avenue and import them into Mosaic in a csv format. | We strongly recommend that if you use Avenue for your grades, you choose the first method outlined above of pulling the grades from Avenue straight into Mosaic. It is the easiest, fastest and most accurate method of submitting your final grades. However, if you choose to use a spreadsheet file to import your grades into Mosaic, here's how to export your grades from Avenue and import them into Mosaic in a csv format. | ||
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| + | //For questions or concerns, Avenue support is available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at (905) 525-9140 ext. 23757 or by completing the intake form located at http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/support/ // | ||
| - | //For questions or concerns, Avenue support is available from Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM at (905) 525-9140 ext. 23757 or email support.avenue@cll.mcmaster.ca.// | ||
