A Weighted Grade is a Calculated Column that displays the calculated result of quantities and their respective percentages. Instructors control the visibility of the column in the Grade Center as well as controlling the release of the column to students and other users. For example, an Instructor may create a Weighted Grade column that calculates a quarterly grade (grade for one quarter of the year), in which each Category, such as Test, Survey, and Assignment are given a certain percentage of the final quarter's grade. Alternatively, the Instructor may create a Weighted Grade that is the final grade for a course, with the quarters and exams included in the Weighted Grade.

Instructors can create a Weighted Grade based on any column, or any Category in the Grade Center. Instructors can create any number of Weighted Grade columns, including Weighted Grade columns that include other Weighted Grade columns. For example:

• (Quiz = 20%) + (Homework = 10%) + (Participation = 20%) + (Exam = 50%) = (Quarter Grade)
• (Quarter 1 = 25%) + (Quarter 2 = 25%) + (Quarter 3 = 25%) + (Quarter 4 = 25%) = (Year Grade)

Best Practice: if you typically include multiple columns as a total percentage for a weighted total (for example there are a total of 20 columns for participation points) the best solution is to use categories and tag each of these columns as "participation". Then when you set-up your weighted total you can simply select the category "participation" and indicate the total percent this category will be worth based on 100% total.