The Grading Report: How grades are calculated

This article is intended for instructors only.

Calculating Grades

To calculate grades, we follow these 4 steps:

Step 1 - Converting Min/Max Fields to Percentage

For Min/Max fields (identified by the presence of a "Minimum Score" option), we need to convert their value into a percentage. This requires comparing each participant in the group against everyone else, finding the minimum and maximum values for the entire group, and normalizing each student's value within that range.

Let's take the Number of Employees field as an example:
If Participant A has 16 employees, the group minimum is 5 employees and the maximum is 20 employees, their normalized value would be 73% (calculated by: ((16 - 5) / (20 - 5)) * 100). 

Step 2: Apply the Minimum Score

We then apply the Minimum Score option for each Min/Max field. This ensures that no participant can score lower than this specified minimum. In our example, if the Minimum Score was set to 75%, Participant A's value would be bumped up to 75% instead of 73%.

Step 3: Apply Weight

We then apply the weight assigned to each field. This is a straightforward multiplication:

• Multiply the participant's percentage score by the weight assigned to that field.

Step 4: Sum All Values to Get the Final Grade

Finally, we sum up all the weighted values for each field to get the final grade.

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