What can be 'averaged' in iDoceo?
Short answer: Anything, any column with any kind of content. Even icons.
Elaborated: Each column in your grade book has a 'Grade type' or 'Grading scale' asigned. This allows iDoceo to combine different kind of columns and grade scales in a single calculation and represent it in a 'Calculation' column which in turn has a grade scale or type assigned as well.
This basically means that you can mix any kind of columns in the average and the result can be represented as a grade, percent, or any other grade type , even your own.
A brief introduction
In this article, we will explain different kinds of calculations and its results with different grade types. In essence all boils down to the same steps:
- Assign a 'Grade type' to each column, either a score, a grade or your own grade types.
- Add a column > Calculation > Weighted average
- Select the columns that you'd like to take into account (by tapping on its headers)
- Choose the Grade type that will represent the Result (i.e. A to F, or 0 to 100 for a percent)
- (optional) Assign the weight on each column. By default it calculates same weight for all columns.
A Custom Weighted average
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In this example we are calculating the average of Test 1, Test 2 and Test 3 .
The grade type on all four columns (including the calculation) is set to generic with Total points = 100.
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After adding the average calculation, you will have to tap on the headers of the columns you would like to take into account to obtain the result
![](/images/idoceo4/average_01.jpg)
Here is the final result
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Simple Average
- Add a Category / Folder . Tap on the plus sign on the right top of the gradebook
- Choose the Grade type Result and the Calculation desired (i.e. 0 to 100 and Weighted Average
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- Add as many columns as needed inside the folder, by tapping on the folder's Three points and after that, tap on Add Column .
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- Its done ! You can start filling the cells with the exam's grades, The main folder's column will show the average result without further configurations.
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Representing the result as a text grade
In our previous example, the calculation's grade type was set as generic Max points = 100. To show the result as a grade from A to F just change the Grade type result to "Text grades A to F".
or in bulk: Tap on Tools (top bar) > Select your columns > Edit > Grade type
You can create your own grades or edit the current ones. Main menu > Grade types
Here is the final result
![](/images/idoceo4/average_03.jpg)