Assessment: There may be multiple assessment items within a Unit (and within a Project). Only the assessed items with weightings greater than zero will contribute to the overall grade.
Normalised Grade or Submission State: Where a Mark Type is used (other than 'None') and a grade is given to a student, it will be converted to a normalised grade between 0-100. Submission states may also lead to a normalised grade being given, or award a null state to the assessment, so that it is not counted toward the overall grade.
Weight: The weight is selected when the Due Work Item, Quiz or Project is created.
Overall Grade or Current Grade Average: The overall grade (for a Project or Class) is calculated by adding together all weighted grades (normalised grade x weight), then dividing by the sum of all weights.
The current grade average is calculated based on available results, so if you have only marked some but not all weighted assessment items, the grade average will be calculated as follows:
Note - Whether a result is available is dependent on a few factors, including whether it has been assessed, whether the results have been published and whether the results have been made visible to the audience. A student's current grade average can also vary depending on the audience viewing the student's grade report. This is based on the mark visibility of a piece of due work. So, if a published piece of due work is visible to staff and students, but not parents, then it is likely the current grade average will appear differently for teachers and students, than it will to parents.