Assessment & Evaluation: Grading Schemes

Introduction

A grade scheme (aka grading calculation) is defined by an instructor, department, or institution. Schemes are composed of different levels of achievement based on learners’ performances. A common example is scheme levels containing value ranges with an assigned letter grade. 

For example

Resources

• Email steinhardt.technology@nyu.edu for assistance.

Strategies

• We recommend finding out if your department or institution has a uniform scheme. 
• Add the scheme into your syllabus to…
  • Support transparent grading expectations.
  • Guide the students’ and instructors’ understanding of the class progress. 
• Your scheme can be used in Brightspace’s Gradebook to save you time grading and importing final grades into Albert
  • Feel free to request a consultation with an Instructional Designer via Steinhardt.technology@nyu.edu