Sakai: entering final grades as a gradebook item
First: Add the Gradebook tool to your Sakai site
- while logged into Sakai: click on the course tab across the top
- click “Site Info” on the left-hand toll menu
- click “Edit Tools” along the top of the Site Info window
- click “Course Management Tools” menu
- select Gradebook
- scroll to the bottom of the page and click Continue
- at the Confirmation page, you MUST click Finish to complete the action
Next: Add Final Course Grade as Gradebook item
- click on Gradebook in the lefthand menu of your Sakai site
- click gray “Add Gradebook item” button
- input a title, such as Final Course Grade; input 100 points
- the newly-added Gradebook item will appear on the page. Click on the Gradebook item name to input scores for students
- input a numerical score in the box labeled “Points” for each student; when finished, click Save Changes
- Note: Sakai Gradebook cannot accept letter grades. Therefore, you will need to input numerical scores to display students’ final grades:
| Letter grade | Numerical equivalent |
| A | 90-100 |
| B+ | 85-89 |
| B | 80-84 |
| C+ | 75-79 |
| C | 70-74 |
| D | 60-69 |
| F | 0-59 |
If you would like students to see their course grade as a letter in addition to this numerical value, while in the Gradebook, click on the gray Course Grade options button at the top; then, select “Display course grade to students now” under Grade Display heading.