Create OLX Grading Policy

Create OLX Grading Policy#

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You create a grading policy file to specify how problems are graded in your course.

Create the Grading Policy File#

You define policies for your course in the grading_policy.json file.

Save the grading_policy.json file in the policy/<course-name> directory.

The <course-name> directory must match the value of the url_name attribute in the course.xml file.

Course Policy JSON Objects#

GRADE_CUTOFFS

The minimal grade for passing the course, and receiving a certificate if offered.

GRADER

For each assignment type:

  • drop_count: The number of assignments of this type that can be dropped when calculating the final grade.

  • min_count: TBD

  • short_label: The label for the assignment type shown on the student’s Progress page.

  • type: The name of the assignment type.

  • weight: The percentage of the total grade determined by

    assignments of this type (for example, 0.5 for 50%). The total value for all assignment types must equal 1.0.

Example Grading Policy File#

{
    "GRADER": [
        {
            "drop_count": 2,
            "min_count": 1,
            "short_label": "HW",
            "type": "Homework",
            "weight": 0.3
        },
        {
            "drop_count": 0,
            "min_count": 1,
            "short_label": "Midterm",
            "type": "Midterm Exam",
            "weight": 0.3
        },
        {
            "drop_count": 0,
            "min_count": 1,
            "short_label": "Final",
            "type": "Final Exam",
            "weight": 0.4
        }
    ],
    "GRADE_CUTOFFS": {
        "Pass": 0.41
    }
}

See also

About Graded Subsections (concept)

What is Open Learning XML? (concept)

Example of an OLX Course (reference)

Getting Started with OLX (quickstart)

What is the OLX Course Structure? (reference)

Maintenance chart

Review Date

Working Group Reviewer

Release

Test situation

2025-11-06

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