How Helium Calculates Your Grades

Helium supports point-based grading as well as weighted grading.

For points based grading, your class grade is calculated as the total number of earned points over the total number of possible points. Assigmnent categories do not play a role in points-based grade calculations.

For weighted grading, your class grade is calculated against the weight of each category, so the final grade is the average score of each category multiplied by its weight, over the sum of all weights. In weighted grading, each assignment contributes to the overall grade based on its category's weight.

Missing or Ungraded Work

• Assignments are not included in grade calculations unless they Complete is checked and Grade is set
• A missed assignment needs to still be marked as Completed and have its Grade set to "0" to be reflected in the grade calculation—simply leaving Grade blank will not cause it to affect grade calculations
• In classes with weighted grading, categories that have no Weight are ungraded—assignments placed in this category are ignored by the grading system, even if Grade is set
• The start/end dates you set for the term and the class can impact what grades are calculated and how grades are shown, so be sure all assignments are within the date range of the class and term in which they are to be graded

Overall Category Grade

The overall grade of a category is a flat average of all graded assignment's in that category. Even in classes with weighted grading, weights would only play a role when comparing assignments in different categories, so this is not taken in to consideration when simply looking at an individual category's grade.

Overall Term Grade

The overall grade of a term is a flat average of each class's current grade. How your specific institution calculates this overall grade may be different, based on relative credits, weights, or some other system, and Helium does not currently offer term-level grading beyond flat averages.