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For a long time, I have always believed that if a number of assignments are lumped under one category, and if there are more than one category in the gradebook, those assignments must bear equal number of max points or the calculation would not be correct. It seems that there are exceptions.

Exception 1: there is only one category called "course grade" and the gradebook is in "point" mode.
Exception 2: there are more than one category, and the gradebook can be of "point" or "percentage" mode, but the weight of each category are numbers in terms of points, such as "auto-calculate." That is the last line on the Category screen shows the total points of the course (such as 600) and 100%.

Any others?

Here is an email I received from a faculty:

"Very often, in fact I'd say most of the time, when I try to download or
export a file from ANGEL at home, I get a Message Box saying "Getting File
Information Default.asp from cms.psu.edu. It just sits there, I've waited 15
minutes at times before cancelling. Today, I wanted to export the responses to
a survey. I have not had this happen at Behrend. I am connected to the
Internet via Roadrunner using a cable modem. This is seriously affecting my
ability to use ANGEL. "

He had tried the following as adviced by ANGEL Support:
1) Disable any and all firewalls. This includes window's firewall and/or
any 3rd party firewall you may be using. Once disabled, please try to access
ANGEL again. - No luck.

I saw a gradebook built like the following:

Just want to share with everyone that if someone uses the High Contrast Black or Black and White color theme in an ANGEL course, she/he will not be able to see the grades under Report tab because the font color blends in the background! You can see the grades by highlighting the screen or changing to a different theme.

Students have two options if they want to see grades on ANGEL:

Option 1: Report tab -- choose Grades under Type . This option displays the overall but not the class average of each assignment.
Option 2: Report tab -- choose Learner Profile under Type , and Gradebook under Select Data. This option displays the class average ("course average") but not the overall grade.

If an assignment is hidden ("Do not allow users to view this item" checked under Edit - Access ), students will not be able to see their grades if they use Option 2, however, Option 1 won't be affected.

Is there a way to let the professor decide whether class average should be displayed in Option 2? I have a few faculty members not wanting to show the class average.

Does anyone know how to set up 3% tolerance in grading a fill-in-the-blank type of question in ANGEL quiz? Does anyone know how to use the "Grading" in combination with "Precision" field in editing that question? Thanks!