Mass Updating Missing Assignments for Grading Period

Mass updating missing assignments for a Grading Period enables you to apply the same settings to multiple students' assignments at once. You can update the Missing checkbox as well as add a score of 0 to unscored assignments. This process can be completed as often as necessary while the grading period is open. Additionally, only assignments from the most specific grading period will be updated. For example, clicking mass update assignments from the Quarter 3 grading period will not update assignments attached to the Midterm 3 grading period, even though they technically fall within the date range.

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Audio Transcript

Mass updating missing assignments for a grading period allows you to modify the settings for multiple students’ assignments at once, rather than having to do so individually. For example, you could update all past due unscored assignments as 0 and missing. To begin the process, we’ll head over to the Gradesheet within the Gradebook module. Let’s update missing assignments for Art I. From here, we’ll enter scoring mode and then select Midterm 3 to begin mass updating assignments. We want to mark any unscored past due assignments as 0 and missing, so we’ll choose the corresponding option. Let’s save our changes. We can then see how our changes applied to the Gradesheet. If needed, we could also return to how the Gradesheet displayed prior to making our changes with the Undo option. To apply our modifications again, we could use the Redo option. Now that you know how to mass update missing assignments for a grading period, you can be sure that any missing assignments on your Gradesheet are accounted for.

Procedure

Mass updating missing assignments for a grading period allows you to modify the settings for multiple students’ assignments at once, rather than having to do so individually. For example, you could update all past due unscored assignments as 0 and missing. To begin the process, we’ll head over to the Gradesheet within the Gradebook module. Let’s update missing assignments for Art I. From here, we’ll enter scoring mode and then select Midterm 3 to begin mass updating assignments. We want to mark any unscored past due assignments as 0 and missing, so we’ll choose the corresponding option. Let’s save our changes. We can then see how our changes applied to the Gradesheet. If needed, we could also return to how the Gradesheet displayed prior to making our changes with the Undo option. To apply our modifications again, we could use the Redo option. Now that you know how to mass update missing assignments for a grading period, you can be sure that any missing assignments on your Gradesheet are accounted for.





  1. Select Menu > Teacher Access > Gradebook.
  2. Select Gradesheet under Features.

    If you have already opened a gradesheet in your current session, you return to the most recently opened gradesheet. To select a different class, click Class List near the top right of the screen.

  3. Verify you are in the correct school year by checking the information at the top left of the screen.
  4. Click the tile of the class where you wish to update missing assignments for the grading period.
    You see the Gradesheet, which displays students, Grading Periods, Assignments, and Scores for the class.
  5. Click Enter Scoring Mode near the top right of the screen.

    Entry fields display under each assignment column.

  6. Click within the grading period header for the grading period where you wish to mass update missing assignments.

    You see the Grading Period Options drop-down menu.

  7. Select Mass Update Assignments from the menu.

    You see the Mass Update Assignments window.

  8. Select the appropriate radio button to indicate which assignments to score.

    If you select Mark Unscored Past Due as Missing, the system will check the box for Missing on all assignments that are past the due date and do not have a score entered.

    If you select Score Unscored Missing as 0, the system will add a score of 0.00 to all assignments that currently have the box for Missing checked and do not have a score entered.

    If you select Mark Unscored Past Due as 0 and Missing, the system will add a score of 0.00 and check the box for Missing on all assignments that are past the due date and do not have a score entered.

  9. Click Save near the bottom right of the window to save your changes.

    You return to the Gradesheet, where the appropriate assignments are updated. All changes are highlighted within the updated cells. You see a message near the top left of the screen indicating, "All successful changes have been saved," followed by the date and time. If you selected the wrong option, you can click Undo near the top right of the screen to revert your changes. You can also click Redo near the top right of the screen to reapply the changes if necessary.

  10. Click Exit Scoring Mode near the top right of the screen. 

    The entry fields under each assignment column are disabled.

Results

You have successfully mass updated missing assignments for a grading period.