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Frequently asked questions
for Instructors and Designees

Support Hours

• When can I expect a response to e-mail questions about eGradebook that are received after 5 pm or on weekends?

Classes

• How do I get back to my list of classes in eGradebook?
• Can I combine classes that have the same assignments?
• Can I copy my assignment(s) from one class to other classes?
• How can I see what classes I taught last semester and what the assignments were in those classes?

Assignments

• How do I add new assignments to my Assignment page?
• How can I edit the details of an assignment after it has been created?
• How do I view a list of my assignments?
• How do I sort my assignments by date or type?
• How do I view assignments for individual students?
• Why can’t students see all the assignments that I have entered?
• How can I provide specific assignment-related information to my class?
• Can I copy my assignment(s) from one class to other classes?
• What do I need to know about Extra Credit Assignments?

Grades, statistics, and uploading scores

• How do I turn my grades on?
• How do I see a spreadsheet view of my students, assignments, and grades?
• How can I post letter grades instead of number grades for my students?
• Is eGradebook able to drop the lowest scores (for example, the lowest quiz score)?
• How do I assign weights to different assignment types?
• How do I download my scores into a spreadsheet?
• How do I format a spreadsheet for upload into eGradebook?
• How can I use a single spreadsheet to upload grades to multiple unique numbers?
• How do I view the student performance statistics for an assignment such as mean, standard deviation, due date, and total points?
• I have chosen to display statistical data to my class. Why does the standard deviation appear for only some and not all of my assignments?
• How will manually entering a score on the Student Roster page for an assignment effect all of the statistical calculations?
• I want to add points to everyone’s assignment as a curve. Is there a way to do this without entering scores by hand?
• My class has ten sections and I have made one of the sections the "parent" of the other nine, and have set the option to display the statistics to the students. However, the students only see the statistics for their particular section. Is it possible to enable statistics for the overall class (i.e. all ten sections)?

Student views and student lists

• What do the students see when I use comments or turn statistics on?
• How do I view a list of my students?
• How do I view a list of my students' grades for a specific assignment?
• How do I view what a student sees in his/her eGradebook?
• How do I manually enter student scores?
• Can I add students to my class roster?
• Why can’t students see all the assignments that I have entered?

Scantron forms and scanning services

• If I use the Measurement and Evaluation Center's Scantron bubble sheets (Scantrons) for tests, how do I get the test results into the eGradebook system?
• What if I have multiple keys and forms for my Scantron tests? Do all these get loaded into the eGradebook?
• How do I add a score to the roster if one of my students misses a test and needs to take it later?
• How do I manually add or update an answer key?
• What does Hand Scored mean?
• What if I have used the MEC's Scanning Services, have a key and the student results, and then need to change a students total points?

Error Messages

• What does a Broker Error mean?
• I received an email saying "The FINAL GRADE value you are uploading for student UTEID... is not a valid final grade value for this student's final grade schema." What does this mean?
• What if I get another error in eGradebook not listed above?

Miscellaneous

• What is a Designee and how do I set one up?
• What browser should I use to work within eGradebook?
• I teach multiple sections of the same course and have assigned my TA as a Designee. Why does she have access to only one section?
• How do I submit feature suggestions to the eGradebook development team?
• What's the difference between eGradebook and the grade book on the Blackboard?
• What URL should I provide to my students so that they can view their grades?
• How can I, or my TAs, receive training on how to use eGradebook?

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