Assignments and Grading: Build Your Gradebook in bCourses

August 27, 2024 - 2:00-3:00 PM

Location: This is an online event. Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation

Intended Audience: Academic Support Staff, Faculty, Graduate Student Instructors, Instructors

This session will guide you through effectively setting up and managing your Gradebook—from weighting grades to configuring advanced settings like Grade Posting Policy. You’ll learn how to create and manage Assignment Groups, apply grading rules tailored to your teaching style, and set up new assignments with associated Gradebook columns. 

This session will run for 45 minutes, with an additional 15 minutes reserved for questions. 

➡️Register for this event here!⬅️ 

Registrants will be sent a Zoom link and bCal invite as the workshop date draws near.

***Registration for this session will close one hour before the session***

Unable to join us for this workshop? Join us on September 9 at 10:00 AM for another session. Click here to register. You can also engage with our asynchronous offerings on this topic: Getting Started with bCourses: Assignments and Grading or receive customized assistance by emailing bcourseshelp@berkeley.edu or by scheduling a 1:1 consultation.

This event is part of the "bCourses Essentials: Building Effective Courses" learning path. Be sure to check out this learning path and explore its other components!

Facilitators:

Picture of the facilitator, Peter Heckel Peter Heckel assists instructors with academic technologies such as bCourses, iClicker Cloud and Poll Everywhere, and implements initiatives and programs to make sure instructional tools are meeting faculty needs. Prior to working for Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL), Peter taught for 14 years in Oakland public schools.
Picture of the facilitator, CMC Catherine McChrystal (she/her) is the Learning Tools Team Lead and lead administrator for bCourses. In this role, she works to understand instructor needs to influence service improvement projects for supported academic technologies. She holds a master's degree in Educational Technology and is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Learning & Instruction. Prior to joining RTL, she served as an instructional designer at UC Berkeley and as the training program lead for the YouTube Policy team.