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Papers and exams

The gradebook: every mark, the weighted average and the rank

The gradebook is the sheet a teacher fills at the end of every term: each student, their mark on every test and exam, their average, grade and rank. On Dirassa Plus it fills itself from your marking: you don’t copy a single mark. You choose the coefficients once, the average is computed for everyone, and everything follows any mark you change. In this lesson Mourad opens the calligraphy gradebook: two tests and an exam, 22 students. The same gradebook serves a maths tutor preparing the baccalaureate, or a trainer combining three assessment modules.

  • About 5 minutes
  • 6 steps

Who can do it: Needs access to marking. Changing coefficients and saving the gradebook is for whoever manages the course.

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In 6 steps

  1. 1From the course’s “Papers” tab, or any paper’s page: “Gradebook”.
  2. 2A row per student, a column per published test and exam, then average, grade and rank.
  3. 3Choose the counted papers and each one’s coefficient, the method and absences; then “Save gradebook”.
  4. 4Read the cells: not sat yet, being marked, absent; and a “Partial average” for anyone missing something.
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  1. 5Pick the group, then “Export CSV” for Excel or “Print”.
  2. 6“Certificate from this gradebook”: a certificate that reads its average and follows every change you save.

Before you start

  • Publish at least one test or exam in the course: practice papers don’t enter the gradebook.
  • Mark the open questions: an answer awaiting your marking shows as being marked, not as a mark.
  1. Step 1 of 6

    Open the “Gradebook”

    Two ways in: the course’s papers tab, or the top of any paper’s page.

    • From the courseThe papers tab → “Gradebook”, beside the filters.
    • From a paperThe “Gradebook” link beside its title, on the results page.
    • When it’s neededAs soon as the course has a published test or exam.

    TipAsk Noqta “open the gradebook” from any page of the course, or start the gradebook tour to see each part on the page itself.

    All the details

    In the course, the papers tab: beside the filters, the “Gradebook” button, shown once a test or exam is published. From any paper’s page (results and marking), the “Gradebook” link beside its title. The gradebook opens with the course’s name, and “Papers” to go back. If there’s nothing to count yet: “No papers to count yet” with “To papers”.

    On screenGradebookPapersNo papers to count yetTo papers
  2. Step 2 of 6

    Reading the gradebook

    Four numbers on top, then the table: a student per row, a paper per column.

    • The numbers“Students”, “Class average /20”, “10 and above”, “Incomplete results”.
    • The columnsEach test and exam out of 20, then “Average /20”, “Grade” and “Rank”.
    • Before releaseMarks as you marked them, even before students see them.

    TipThe gradebook shows your marks before release: review the averages before you close the exam and issue certificates.

    All the details

    On top, four numbers: “Students”, “Class average /20”, “10 and above” (16/19: among complete results) and “Incomplete results” (how many students don’t have a complete average yet, in warning colour). Then the table: the “Student” column — click its header to switch between “Student · by rank” and “Student · by name” — then a column per paper: its name, “Exam” or “Test”, its coefficient, and “closed” or “hidden” where relevant. Then “Average /20” (or “Total /20”), “Grade” and “Rank”. At the bottom: marks out of 20 as you marked them, even before students see them; grades on the baccalaureate scale; rank among complete results.

    On screenStudentsClass average /2010 and aboveIncomplete resultsStudent · by rankStudent · by nameExamTestclosedhiddenAverage /20Total /20GradeRank

    Heads-upThe mark counted is each paper’s “Attempt that counts” (the best or the last), exactly as for the certificate.

  3. Step 3 of 6

    Coefficients, method and absences

    Choose what counts and how much, then save: averages change before your eyes even before saving.

    • “Count …”A box above every column: untick it and the paper fades out of the average.
    • The coefficient× 0.5 to × 5; the gradebook suggests exams × 2, tests × 1.
    • “Missed a paper”“no average until they sit it” or “zero once it closes”.

    TipA diagnostic test at the start of term? Untick “Count”: it stays visible in the gradebook without entering the average.

    All the details

    Above each column, a “Count …” box and a “Coefficient of …”. The first time, the gradebook reads: “Not saved yet: suggested coefficients (exams × 2)”. Mourad’s example: Ruqaa test × 1, Naskh test × 1, final exam × 2. Under the numbers, a bar: “Method” — “Weighted average” or “Points total”; and “Missed a paper” — “no average until they sit it” or “zero once it closes”. Every change recomputes the table at once, with “Unsaved changes”. Then “Save gradebook”: “Gradebook saved.” — and if certificates are built on it, they recheck their students.

    On screenNot saved yet: suggested coefficients (exams × 2)MethodWeighted averagePoints totalMissed a paperno average until they sit itzero once it closesUnsaved changesSave gradebookGradebook saved.

    Heads-up“zero once it closes” counts the zero only when the paper closes: until then the student still has time to sit it.

  4. Step 4 of 6

    The cells: a mark, being marked, absent

    Every cell tells the truth: a mark, or why there isn’t one; hover it for the detail.

    • “—”Not sat yet: the paper is open and they haven’t sat it.
    • “marking”Awaiting marking: an answer awaits your marking.
    • “abs” or 0Absent, paper closed; or 0 in red with “zero once it closes”.

    TipLots of papers awaiting marking? Open marking from the menu: the answers wait for you one by one.

    All the details

    Each cell holds a mark out of 20 (red below 10), or its state: “—” (not sat yet: the paper is open), “marking” (awaiting marking) or “abs” (absent: paper closed); with “zero once it closes” it becomes 0 in red (absent: counts zero). Anyone missing something has no average yet: their cell names the paper waiting or missing, and hovering it shows “Partial average: 14.5/20”. They don’t enter the ranking until their results are complete. So the rank stays true: among complete results only, and equal averages share a rank.

    On screennot sat yetmarkingawaiting markingabsabsent: paper closedabsent: counts zeroPartial average
  5. Step 5 of 6

    Groups, Excel and printing

    A gradebook per group, a file Excel opens with the right separators, and a clean printout.

    • “Group”“All students” or one group: averages and rank within it.
    • “Export CSV”Opens straight in Excel, with your locale’s decimal separator.
    • “Print”The table alone, without buttons or unticked papers.

    TipA gradebook for parents or school management? “Print”, then “Save as PDF” in the print window.

    All the details

    If the course has groups, the gradebook offers “Group”: “All students” or one group, and the class and rank are computed within that group. “Export CSV” downloads a file named after the course: student, each paper, average, grade, rank — it opens straight in Excel with your locale’s separators. “Print” prints the table alone: buttons and unticked papers disappear.

    On screenGroupAll studentsExport CSVPrint
  6. Step 6 of 6

    “Certificate from this gradebook”

    Once saved, a one-click certificate that reads the gradebook’s average; every change you save applies to it.

    • One clickA new certificate with source and average already chosen.
    • It follows the gradebook“Certificates computed from this gradebook: …” — every save rechecks their students.
    • Tiers and rankAdd a “certificate of excellence” and the rank in its conditions.

    TipBuild every certificate of the course on the gradebook: one coefficient changes in one place, and everything follows.

    All the details

    After “Save gradebook”, “Certificate from this gradebook” appears: it opens “New certificate” for this course (or the chosen group) at the template step, with the conditions ready: lessons completed and the gradebook average. If certificates already read it, the gradebook says so: “Certificates computed from this gradebook: … Any change you save here applies to them.” Change a coefficient and save: the certificate rechecks by itself, and anyone newly eligible receives it. In any average-based certificate’s conditions, choose “Gradebook” instead of “Chosen here” to link it to the gradebook; Noqta suggests it when the course has a saved gradebook.

    On screenCertificate from this gradebookChosen hereGradebook

    Heads-upCertificates already issued don’t change with the gradebook: only those not yet issued do.

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Questions

Do students see the gradebook?

No. It’s for you and your team. The student sees their result on each paper once released, and their average on the certificate card if it counts.

Why do some students have no rank?

Their results are incomplete: a paper not sat or awaiting marking. The rank counts complete results only.

Do practice papers enter the gradebook?

No: only published tests and exams.

I changed a mark in marking: does the gradebook change?

Yes, at once: the gradebook is read from your marking every time it opens.

The file opens in Excel with mixed-up columns

The gradebook writes separators and decimal marks for your dashboard’s language. With Excel in another language, use “Data → From Text” and pick the separator.

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