Add gradebook items and categories

- [Instructor] In the video,…Setup a Self-Calculating Gradebook we covered configuring…gradebook settings, which determine how your gradebook…and its calculations will operate.…This clip will cover how to add specific items to be graded,…as well as assign those items into categories.…To begin, go to the grades tool,…which in our setup is under the Assessments category.…Once there, you'll choose the area for manage grades.…There's nothing in here yet,…so we're going to choose new,…and here you'll see two options, item and category.…

We'll cover categories in a moment,…but for now let's cover items,…which are useful when you're setting up something…that plays a major part in grade calculation,…like a term paper or project worth 30% of the final grade.…Begin by selecting item,…next you choose the kind of grade item you wanted to create.…The top option is numeric,…where you assign a grade item based on the percentage…of total value achieved,…like 88 points out of 100,…or four out of five.…The second option is a select box option,…