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Gradebook

The gradebook shows your released grades and lets you explore hypothetical scenarios with What-If calculations. Your instructor controls which grades are visible by releasing individual gradebook columns; unreleased columns do not appear here at all.

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Viewing Your Grades

Open the Gradebook page from the course menu. Grades are organized by category. Use Expand All / Collapse All to show or hide grouped columns at once. Each grade card shows:
  • Column name (e.g., “Homework 1”, “Final Grade”)
  • Your score out of the maximum points
  • Percentage earned
  • Status indicators for missing, excused, incomplete, or calculated values
  • Magic wand icon when a What-If simulation is active
  • View Submission link, if the column is linked to an assignment
For calculated columns (those using expressions), the displayed value reflects only the grades that have been released to you. For example, a “Homework Average” column will average only the released homework assignments.

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Expand and Collapse Groups

When related columns are grouped together (e.g., “Homework 1”, “Homework 2”, “Homework 3”), the gradebook can collapse them to show only the most recent or relevant column per group. Use Expand All to see every individual column.

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Understanding Incomplete Values

Some calculated grades show warnings about incomplete or unreleased dependencies:
  • Missing dependencies: Grades that feed into the calculation haven’t been entered yet
  • Unreleased dependencies: Grades that feed into the calculation haven’t been released
These warnings explain why a calculated grade might be lower than expected, or why it might change once more grades are released.

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What-If Simulations

What-If must be enabled by your instructor. If it’s disabled, the gradebook is view-only and a notice appears at the top of the page.
What-If mode lets you plug in hypothetical scores to see how they would change your calculated grades and overall course grade — useful for understanding the impact of upcoming work or for planning where to focus.

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Using What-If Mode

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Click a grade card

Tap any released, editable grade card to open it for simulation.
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Enter a hypothetical score

Type the score you want to test in the input field.
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Press Enter

The simulated score is applied and shown with a magic wand icon.
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Check dependent columns

Any calculated columns that depend on the grade you changed update automatically.

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Clearing Simulations

To return to your actual grade for a card:
  1. Click the grade card with the simulation
  2. Clear the input field
  3. Press Enter
Dependent calculated columns automatically revert to their actual values.

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Limitations

  • You can only simulate grades for manual columns and assignment-linked grades
  • Calculated columns (averages, weighted totals, final grades) are read-only — they update automatically based on your simulations
  • Released columns only: you can’t simulate unreleased columns
  • Columns with instructor overrides can’t be simulated
  • What-If values are local to your browser and not saved between sessions
  • Simulations are not visible to your instructor and don’t affect your actual grades
What-If is a planning tool. It does not change your real grades or notify anyone.