What are calculated columns?
Calculated columns carry out calculations on other columns, whether those other columns are individual grade columns or are themselves calculated columns. Many instructors only use one calculated column: the Weighted Total, which appears in each Grade Center by default. However, instructors may create additional calculated columns to perform specific calculations, such as totaling raw scores, weighting grades for one type of work, determining averages, and displaying high/low scores. There are four types of calculated columns: Total, Average, Weighted, and Minimum/Maximum. • Totaling is adding raw scores without any further computation. • Averaging is calculating an average without any weighting. • Weighting is averaging while assigning more relative importance to some grades than to others. • “Minimum/Maximum” allows instructors to display either the highest or the lowest grades from among all grades or from a set of grades. To create a calculated column: • Click the “Add Calculated C
