How Do I Enter Completion Grades?

[TimDaniel]

Completion grades have several uses.  They can be used to track situations where a student completed an assignment too late for assessment, tracking non-assessed tasks, or tracking submission of permission forms.  Completion grades are not included in the determination of overall grades - they are treated as excused. 

If an entire assignment is to be treated as a Completion assignment, such as handing in permission forms, teachers need to decide if they want it to appear on assessment reports and missing task reports.  To exclude it from reports, make the assignment a hidden assignment using the checkbox in the assignment settings, otherwise it will appear.

Note that a grade of Complete can be assigned to any assessment, whether the entire assignment is a completion assignment or not.  It is then treated as an excused assignment. This is a way to communicate to students and parents that an assignment was handed in, but not assessed.

Percentage/Letter Grade Classes
If making a completion assignment, best practice is to make the total points zero. The assignment can optionally be hidden from students using the Hidden checkbox.



Completion grades are entered by typing COMP into the grade box for each student as shown below. 


Performance Scale Classes (Simplegradebook Pro Only)

If making a completion assignment, it is best practice to select the Practice Assignment checkbox in the assignment.


Completion grades are selected from the dropdown list available by right-clicking in the grade box, or from the radio button in the grading popup that appears when clicking on the grade box.