Dear Instructors and TAs,
As final exam week approaches, we’ll share a quick and efficient way to record final grades in NTU COOL. We have also included a series of short tutorial videos on grade settings for your reference.
Wishing everyone a smooth and successful end to the semester!
PART I – Quick Review: How can I directly enter semester grades in COOL?
This method is suitable if you normally keep grades elsewhere and ONLY use NTU COOL to record students’ final course grades.
1. Create an assignment specifically for entering Final Grade, and enter the grades there.
2. In the Assignments section, create a NEW assignment group with a weight of 100%, and add the assignment named “Final Grade” to this group.
3. Place all other assignments in the same assignment group and set the weight of this group to 0%. As a result, the grade entered in Step 1 will be used as the final semester grade.
▶ For instructions on entering student grades in NTU COOL, please refer to Newsletter No.19.
▶ For instructions on exporting final grades from NTU COOL to the grading system, please refer to the User Guide.
PART II – Six Gradebook Tips at a Glance!
Our new NTU COOL short-video series, REELY COOL, is now live!
We have compiled tutorial videos addressing the most common grade-setting questions from instructors and TAs. We hope these resources help you become familiar with the relevant features more quickly.
1. Do you want to prevent students from seeing grades before all grading is completed? Or would you like them to see their scores immediately after an exam?
▶ REELY COOL 1 – How to Manually or Automatically Post Grades
2. Not sure how to calculate final grades based on assignments, midterms, and finals?
▶ REELY COOL 2 – Setting Grade Weights with Assignments (Part 1): Using Assignment Groups
3. Prefer a more intuitive grading method? Don't want to deal with complicated percentages and just want to add up quiz and assignment scores directly?
4. Did you know you can achieve weighted grading simply by adjusting the total points for individual assignments, without enabling the weighting feature?
5. Want to motivate students by showing the class grade distribution? Or would you rather limit grade information to avoid receiving numerous end-of-semester grade appeals?
▶ REELY COOL 5 – How to Show or Hide Grade Distribution Charts and Grade Summary Totals
6. Want to see exactly what students see and verify that grade information is displayed as intended?
▶ REELY COOL 6 – Viewing Grades from the Student Perspective
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