Hi Folks -

With this latest release, we are now allowing schools to opt into a new Assignment Center experience for students and parents. This Idea has been implemented as part of that new set of features. If your school is interested in learning more about activating this feature in your database, a Platform Manager will need to go to Core > Settings > Activate new features. From there, you can find some enablement materials to better inform yourself on the changes. When your school is ready, the feature can be enabled on that new Activate new features page.

For this particular feature, students can now see the max points an assignment is worth both on their new Assignment center and from their Assignment detail page. The factor of an assignment, however, is not included in this point total.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

-Mike

Grading should be transparent to the students. This is one of the most important tenets in Grading for Equity. I had no idea until right now that my students were unable to see the total point values of ungraded assignments in their Assignment Centers or even on the assignment detail.

It explains why my students were freaking out sometimes about minor assignments designed to help them form understanding.

(side note: I also realize that students can't see when the "factor" of an assignment is different than 1! For example, I gave a 20-point practice test, and then scaled it down to 1 point. BUT, the students see this in their gradebooks still as a 20-point assignment. This is confusing and not at all transparent).

This suggestion has been here 3.5 years with no action. Why doesn't blackbaud think kids want to understand how they are being assessed?

Yes!  I hope this gets higher priority--the idea that students cannot see the point value ahead of time seems unusual, and goes against the idea of transparency. It impacts the ability of our students to self-govern.

Agreed! We would like our students to be able to see which assignments are being graded, and how much the assignment is worth when it is assigned, not only after it has been graded.