Create A Column in Student Grade Book - Information Technology

Adding a Column to the Student Grade Book

Step 1	From the Designer Links or Control Panel, click Manage Course, and then click Manage Students. The Manage Students screen appears.

Step 2	Under Actions, from the Organize drop-down list on the far right, select Manage columns and click Go. The Columns screen appears.

Step 3	By default, the new column will appear as the last column on the right in the Student table, or you can specify where you want the new column to appear. To accept the default placement of the new column, go to the next step. To specify where you want the new column to appear, select a column in the Student table before you go to the next step; the new column will appear on its left.

Step 4	Under Organize, click Add column. The Add Column screen appears.

Step 5	In the Label text box, type in the column name.

Step 6	From the Type drop-down list, select the column type and click Add. The Columns screen appears with the column added. Click back on the Manage Students breadcrumb to return to the grade book.

A Note on Column Types

Different columns store different types of information. For example, quiz grades are stored in a quiz column, names are stored in an alphanumeric column, and a final grade can be stored in a calculated column so you can include a formula. You can select the column type when you first create a column, or you can convert an existing column to a different type. A column type symbol for each existing column is displayed on the Column screen in the Type row. Column type symbols are defined in the Legend of Column Types below the table.

The following column types are available:

alphanumeric
numeric
letter grade
calculated
text

Note: You cannot create an electronic Quiz column. This column type is generated automatically when an electronic Quiz is created.