# Grade for gradebook **URL:** \ **Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\ **Tags:** csd-unit-1, csd-unit-1-lesson-8\ **Created:** [October 6, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849 "2017-10-06T14:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![stephanie.pendley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@stephanie.pendley](https://forum.code.org/u/stephanie.pendley)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/1 "2017-10-06T14:07:13Z")
I used the rubric for my students’ presentations. They were quite impressive, by the way! But, now I have feedback written down on the provided rubric but I am struggling how to get that to a % for the grade book. How have others converted the App Design Project Rubric to a grade? Not all of my students should receive 100s. ---
**Author:** ![bradleywellsashley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/bradleywellsashley/32/522_2.png) [@bradleywellsashley](https://forum.code.org/u/bradleywellsashley)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2017, 6:39pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/2 "2017-10-08T18:39:30Z")
Stephanie, I think there are a couple of ways to do this. If you can, this might just be a participation grade as we are still in the first Unit and students are getting comfortable - plus the nature of this project is “always in Beta” which it can be improved upon. It seems like all of them did it, so maybe the scale is from 65-100, and there are 9 categories that students had to complete. I sometimes (with journals) give either a 2, 1, or 0. Zero if not done, 1 if done sloppy with no thought and 2 done with thought. This leaves a lot of room to judge students individually on what they are capable of. For this project I think I only gave a couple B’s because they were sloppy, but as students were still making sense of Input/Output/Storage/Processing and trying to come up with something original, some students were impossible to create but I could tell they took a lot of time to do it vs other students that (in the last minute) tried to create a Facebook for the school. I hope that makes sense, I would - if possible - avoid giving grades on the project but focus on the effort, taking into account prior knowledge of the student to see if they put in there best effort. Let me know if you have any other questions - or how you ended up grading them! Brad ---
**Author:** ![stephanie.pendley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@stephanie.pendley](https://forum.code.org/u/stephanie.pendley)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/3 "2017-10-12T18:50:02Z")
Thanks! That helps! I had a couple where the students had no idea what they actually did. They just answered the questions but could never explain what their app did. So they don’t deserve a 100. The effort just wasn’t there. Thanks for your help! ---
**Author:** ![stephanie.pendley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@stephanie.pendley](https://forum.code.org/u/stephanie.pendley)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/4 "2018-08-23T14:58:16Z")
Here is the rubric I came up with and used last year with success. > **[Copy of U1L09 - Rubric - App Design Project](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TNxJUa3R-VECmw6e8ggJ9q9i4yXgyuKXTJH1ksHggL8/edit?usp=sharing)** > > Rubric - App Design Project Project-Specific Rubric Criteria Yes Needs More/ Not Quite/Needed Prompting No - Could not answer when questioned or did not address it Comments The problem is well-defined, including a target audience, details of the... ---
**Author:** ![hartzelld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea666f/32.png) [@hartzelld](https://forum.code.org/u/hartzelld)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/5 "2018-09-26T21:37:59Z")
Thank you for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![ana.trigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@ana.trigo](https://forum.code.org/u/ana.trigo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 2:02am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/6 "2019-08-21T02:02:42Z")
Thank you, I like your rubric. I will use it!! ---
**Author:** ![delilah.heil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@delilah.heil](https://forum.code.org/u/delilah.heil)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/7 "2019-08-22T18:03:12Z")
Thanks. This will be useful. ---
**Author:** ![cynthia\_spann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/45deac/32.png) [@cynthia\_spann](https://forum.code.org/u/cynthia_spann)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/grade-for-gradebook/10849/8 "2019-10-17T02:28:34Z")
Stephanie, Thanks for sharing and all that you do!