| Special Marks |
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The page is where you can customize Special Marks to use as scores, such as Excused (ex), Missing (/), Absent (abs), Incomplete (inc), ✓+, etc. If your grade scale is based on percents, each mark may be worth a percent or "-" for excused; but for rubric grading systems all marks are excused (since rubrics are typically used for skills assessment). "Missing" is used to report assignments that were not handed in. This is the only way to count assignments as missing on reports and parent alerts (blanks scores are considered ungraded and zeros are considered failed, but not missing). You cannot rename this, but you can customize the mark and score value. Only you see the mark or abbreviation, like "/" or "ex". Students and parents only see the full description, like "missing" or "excused", so you don't need to explain your marks to them. The same marks are used for all your classes/subjects. Checkmarks are supported, like ✓, ✓+, ✓-. Just type \ (the backslash above the return key, not a regular slash) and it will automatically change to a checkmark when you leave the text box.
Note: Internet Explorer 6 cannot display the checkmark character (they appear as a little box), so you'd need to use Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, or Safari instead. For students and parents this is not a problem because they see only the description of the special mark, like "good", instead of the checkmark itself, like "✓+". |
