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Set up grading categories and drop-lowest
A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 6 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.
How to set up grading categories and drop-lowest
- 1Open your class's Gradebook, open the More menu in the page header, and click Grading
- 2Under "How should this class be graded?", pick Equal weight (simple average), By individual assignment weight, or By assignment type (category)
- 3In the first two modes, type a number in Drop lowest scores to exclude each student's lowest N scores from their average (at least one score always counts)
- 4For category mode, click Add category and fill Type (it must match an assignment's Type exactly, e.g. Quiz), % weight, and Drop (lowest N scores in that category only) — the class-wide Drop lowest box goes away in this mode
- 5Watch the Total reach 100%
- 6Click Save — the line under the gradebook title shows the rule in use
Part of Gradebook, report cards & transcripts
Enter grades in a spreadsheet-style grid, post them once, and watch report cards and transcripts assemble themselves — plus the What-If views families use on their side.
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