Are you looking for a way to share grades and feedback with your students in a timely manner? An important feature of Course Site, Lehigh’s Learning Management System, is its gradebook. The gradebook allows faculty to provide feedback, assign grades, and communicate grades on activities, assignments, and quizzes with students on a timely basis. Sharing this information with students can contribute to student engagement and motivation.

The gradebook can help you streamline your course management tasks, such as:

• Automatically calculating running midterm and final grades.
• Reducing the need for separate email communication by keeping all grades in one place, eliminating the need to track them manually in Excel.
• Providing tools to offer more detailed and substantial feedback to students.
• Helping you efficiently track and manage attendance.

Additional benefits of using the Course Site Gradebook, particularly for students:

• Increases transparency and allows students to see their progress in the course at any time.
• Automatically calculates student standing based on the grades you enter.
• Matches most syllabus grading schemes.
• Saves time by calculating midterm and final grades automatically.
• Helps reduce student anxiety by offering real-time grade updates.

We invite you to join us for an online session with CITL Instructional Technologists to learn how to set up your gradebook and streamline your workload while providing students with information that will help them better navigate their coursework throughout the semester. You will have guided access on building a gradebook that reflects your grading plan.

Training will be offered on the following dates:
Thursday, September 26, 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday, October 1, 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday, October 9, 12:00 p.m.

Register now.

If none of these times work for you, we are happy to schedule a one-on-one meeting or a workshop for your department. Please submit a request to the Instructional Technology team to set up a personalized session.

For more information, see our documentation on the recommended setup for your gradebook.

In alignment with Lehigh’s Inspiring the Future Makers Strategy, the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning provides faculty with essential tools they need to enhance student success and retention. By utilizing the gradebook, you contribute to a learning environment where students can track their progress in real-time, helping them navigate their coursework and take ownership of their academic journey.