Online Gradebooks

With technology becoming more and more dominating in our society, online gradebooks is becoming very popular.  There are many benefits to using the online gradebook, especially for the parents.  Teachers are able to use these online gradebook for many things, including posting grades and notifying of due dates.  If a student was absent when the assessment was given, and needs to make up the test it cannot be handed back to the rest of the class until this student takes the test. Which is a benefit of the online grading towards the students, the students that took the test can see online if the grades were posted. 

When using online gradebooks students and their parents are also informed of the progress, or decline in grades, throughout the marking period.  The students’ grade at the marking period would be less of a discrepancy of a false grade because all of the grades have been posted for the course.  I also believe that the online grading allows students to be held a little more responsible for the grades they are earning.  By having a student’s grades posted, which can be frequently checked, the student will know at all times how they are doing.  If a student looks at their grades and notices that they are not doing well, they are responsible to do what is necessary to raise their grade.  Simply, I think the excuse of “I didn’t know I was doing bad” will be eliminated.