[gradebook2-dev] Question about grading using letter grades

[Thomas Amsler]

Dave,

What version of Gradebook2 are you using? For letter grade type
gradebooks, the grade scale is "static" and cannot be changed.

Best,
-- Thomas

On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Scoville, David J.
<scovildj at miamioh.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> While answering a question for a faculty member about grading with letter
> grades I setup a simple grade scale such as the one below (A-F, no quality
> points of +/-):
> 90-100 = A
> 80-89.99 = B
> 70-79.99 = C
> 60-69.99 = D
> 0-59.99 = F
>
> In this scenario, assigning an A is like giving someone a 95%, it appears to
> take the "average" so to speak. B=85%, C=75%, D=65% and F=58.333…%
>
> Why 58.333…% for an F? How was that number arrived at?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> --
> Dave Scoville
> Learning Systems Coordinator
> Miami University
> 307F Laws Hall
> Oxford, Ohio
> 513.593.4478
>
>
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