InteGrade Pro
Working with Scores
Bonus Points
Three different ways to give bonuses or
extra credit:
• Give a student more than 100% on a task.
• Add points to a task type.
• Add to the overall spreadsheet grade -scores on bonus tasks cannot be shown as
letter grades – will show up as n/a on
reports.
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To add extra points for an individual
grade:
• Select Tasks.
• Select New Task.
• Click Next. Type in the name you want to
use for the bonus points.
• Select the task type, and type 100 in the
“Out of” Box.
• Type in the maximum possible number of
points in the “Maximum Allowed Score”
box.
• Enter the grade on the spreadsheet.
Extra Credit – New
Enter Student’s Score
“Out of Raw” = 100; Maximum allowed = 110.
BUT note the next slide…
Enter Student’s Score
You can enter a score that exceeds the
maximum allowed.
Bonus Points
When you give a student more than
100% on a task:
• Will increase specific score for task.
• Will increase overall average.
• Entering nothing will not have an
affect on mark (grade) for the
student or students.
Bonus Points
When you give a student more than 100%
on a task, the number of percentage
points this contributes to the final
grade depends on :
• How many tasks are set up.
– In task type for Weighted Type
– For entire spreadsheet for Total Points
• The task type weighting (on Weighted
Type spreadsheets.
Changing extra points for an Existing
Task
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Select Tasks.
Select Edit Tasks.
Select the task to have points added.
Click on the Points tab.
In the “Maximum Allowed Score” box, type
in the value for a grade of 100 plus the
maximum number of extra credit points
(ex: 110).
• Enter the new grade on the spreadsheet to
reflect the extra credit points.
Extra Credit – Existing Task
Extra Credit – Individual Grade
Note the upper right-hand indicator for the
extra points.
To add points to a task type
• Select Tasks.
• Select New Tasks.
• Create a task of the type you want to
use for your extra credit points (ex:
Quiz Bonus).
• Select the task type (Quiz).
• Leave “Out of Raw” box at 0 (Zero).
• Enter the number of points for the
student on the spreadsheet.
To add points to a task type
Task Bonus Points
• Assigned points will be added
directly to the type’s total.
• Percentage points contributed to the
final (mark) grade depends on setup –
see Help on this topic for details and
example.
Using Help for Specifics on Bonus
Points
Bonus Points – Adding Directly to
Overall Spreadsheet Grade
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Select Setup.
Select Grading Rules.
Click on the Task Sets tab.
Click New Type. For the name, type in
*bonus* -- you must put an asterisk
before and after the word bonus.
• Click on Create.
• Click Close.
Bonus Points: Setup
Bonus Points: Setup
Note: 0 for weight.
Bonus Points – Adding Directly to
Overall Spreadsheet
• Create Task for the *bonus* type.
• Indicate “Out of Raw” box – 0 (Zero).
• Scores for this task will add points
directly to overall mark (grade).
Note: Weighted Type SS -- will add
percentage points; Total Points SS -will add points.
Bonus for Term
Bonus for Term
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Curving Scores
in InteGrade Pro
Curving Scores: Overview
Curving can be used to compensate for a
task that was too difficult or too easy.
Curving does not affect Excused scores,
but it affects scores under a Drop
label. An Incomplete score (INC)
remains incomplete when curved.
Curved scores CANNOT be UNCURVED—
know how to compensate before trying
the method.
Curving Scores: Overview
There are two ways to curve scores;
both methods retain the students'
z-scores for the task being curved:
– Curve High/Low This method curves
all scores to fall between specified
high and low scores/limits.
– Curve Mean/Standard Deviation This
method curves all scores to a new
mean and standard deviation.
Curving Scores
1. From Tasks, click
Curve Scores.
Using High/Low
2. From Curve
Scores form, select
High/Low.
Curving Scores
Using High/Low
3. When you have the list
of tasks for the class,
highlight (select) the
task to curve.
4. Click Next.
Curving Scores
Using High/Low
5. Enter the new low and
high scores for the
specific task you have
chosen to adjust.
6. Click Next.
Curving Scores: Using High/Low
7. Select where to place
curved scores.
Replace scores
OR
Put in a New task AND
Check the task name.
8. See next slide
for important
notes.
Curving Scores: Using High/Low
You can choose to
•replace the old scores
•or add a new task with the changed
scores.
If you choose to add a new task, it
will be named using Curved and the
original task name; for example
“Curved Hyperbolic Trigonometry
Quiz.”
Curving Scores: Using High/Low
NOTE:
Because curved scores cannot be
“uncurved”, think about selecting “Put
scores in a new task” and later delete the
original task when you are satisfied with
results.
OR
Consider changing its scale factor to 0.0
instead to prevent it from affecting the
totals. This provides a safeguard if you
need to undo curving later.
Curving Scores: Using High/Low
9. Select where to place
curved scores.
Replace scores
OR
Put in a New task AND
Check the task name.
10. Click Next.
Curving Scores: Using High/Low
11. Read the screen
carefully.
12. Click Curve.
Curving Scores: Using High/Low
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Curving Scores: Using High/Low
• Review changes.
• Decide to delete orginal or change
scale factor to 0.0.
• Make adjustments.
Curving Scores: Mean/Standard Deviation
Setting the mean
– (add or subtract points from the average of
a task).
– For example if class average on a task is
71%, but you want to add 5 points to every
student’s grade – change the mean to 76%.
Setting the standard deviation
(expand or compress the range of scores
for a task).
Curving Scores
Curving Scores: Adding Points
To add points to all students’ scores for a task
using Mean:
• Select Class whose scores you want to curve.
• FromTasks, select Curve Scores.
• Select Mean/Standard Deviation and click
Next.
• Select the task to curveclick Next.
• Type in the new mean. The number of points
added the mean will be the number of points
added to EACH STUDENT’S Score.
• Click Next.
• See Next Screen.
Curving Scores
Curving Scores
Curving Scores
Curving Scores: Mean/Standard Deviation
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Curving Scores: Adding Points
To add points to all students’ scores for a
task using Standard Deviation:
• Select TasksCurve Scores.
• Select Mean/Standard Deviation and click
Next.
• Select the task to curveclick Next.
• Type in the new Standard Deviation. The
number of points added the mean will be
the number of points added to EACH
STUDENT’S Score.
• Click Next.
• See Next Screen.
Curving Scores: Adding Points
To add points to all students’ scores for a task
-- Continued:
• You will be asked if you want to replace the
old scores or add a new task with the
changed scores. If you choose to add a new
task, it will be named using Curved and the
original task name.
• Click Next.
• See Next Screen.
Curving Scores: Adding Points
To add points to all students’ scores for
a task -- Continued:
• You will see a window reviewing what
you asked to be done.
• Click Curve, or go Back and change
what you need to change.
Curving Scores: Using Means/Standard
Deviation
• Review changes.
• Decide to delete original or change
scale factor to 0.0.
• Make adjustments to mean and/or
standard deviation.
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