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title: "Letter Grade Schemas in Ultra Course View"
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This article is intended for faculty who want to know how to work with letter grades in the HuskyCT Gradebook in the Ultra view.
# **Overview**
Letter grade schemas are used to automatically calculate student letter grades based on a percentage-based grade schema. HuskyCT courses include a default letter grade schema, but instructors can edit existing schemas or create new ones based on their specific grading policies/plans. Letter grade schemas can be used to display letter grades for any Gradebook column and are commonly used to display letter grades for midterm or final grades.
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# **Video Instructions**
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# **Viewing and Editing Existing Grading Schemas**
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1. Navigate to your **Gradebook.**
2. Click the gear icon in the upper right hand corner.
3. Under **Grade Schemas**, click **Mange Grade Schemas. **
4. On the left hand side, you will see a list of all the grading schemas in the course. Select the grading schema you want to view or edit.
5. Click on either the **Grade Name** for the row you want to edit or click the 3 dots on the end of the row and click **Edit** to change the **Grade Name** and **Grade Range** for a given row. To add a row, hover over the light gray lines in the table and click the purple plus sign that appears. You then must specific a **Grade Name** and **Grade Range** for the new row.
6. Click **Save** in the lower right corner once complete.
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# **Creating a Grading Schema**
- Instructors can create multiple different grading schemas to meet their teaching needs.
- Created schemas can be edited, duplicated, or deleted.
- Schemas cannot be deleted if they are in use by one or more assessment item.
Creating a Grading Schema From a Copy
> ✅ Follow these steps if you are only making slight changes from an existing Grading Schema
1. Navigate to the **Gradebook. **
2. Click the gear icon in the right corner.
3. Under **Grading Schemas**, click **Manage Grade Schemas. **
4. On the left hand side, select the grade schema you want to clone as the basis for your new grade schema.
5. Click the Copy Icon located to the right of the Grade Schema name.
6. Enter the name of the Grade Schema Copy and click **Copy. **
7. A copy of the Grade Schema will appear on the left hand side, you can now select this copy and make any desired changes.
Creating a Blank Grading Schema
> ✅ Follow these steps if you are creating a schema vastly different from one existing in the course
1. Navigate to the **Gradebook. **
2. Click the gear icon in the right corner.
3. Under **Grading Schemas**, click **Manage Grade Schemas. **
4. On the left hand menu, next to **Course Schemas**, click **Add. **
5. Enter a name for the new schema and click **Add** to create the Schema.
6. A new grading schema will be created on the left hand menu, you can now select this newly created schema and make any desired changes.
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# **Assigning Grade Schemas to Assessments **
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1. Find the Assignment (or other content) you want to add the schema to.
2. To the right, click on the “gear” icon for **Assignment Settings.**
3. Under **Grading and Submissions**, select **Grade Using** and select the Schema you created.
4. Click **Save.**
> ⚠️ If you intend to push your grades from HuskyCT to Student Admin/PeopleSoft, the letter grade values must be conventional **A** through **F** letter grades. While the **Grading Schemas** feature does allow you to enter different text other than letter grades, your grades will not push successfully if they are not in a format Student Admin recognizes.
> ℹ️ For more information or assistance with HuskyCT, please contact the** Educational Technology Office** at [edtech@uconn.edu](mailto:edtech@uconn.edu) or **(860) 486-5052 **