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Weighted grade calculator

Enter each category from your syllabus with its weight and your score so far. Leave a score blank if nothing in that category is graded yet. No login, and nothing leaves this page.

Then plan the final

Once you know your current grade, the final grade calculator tells you what you need on the last exam.

Current course grade

Percent
CategoryWeight %Score %
Weights total 100%
Current grade
84.5%

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Assignly reads the grade data you choose to connect and labels projections as estimates.

How weighted grades work

A weighted course groups assignments into categories such as homework, quizzes, and exams, and gives each category a share of the final grade. Your score inside a category is points earned divided by points possible. The course grade is each category score times its weight, summed.

grade = Σ (category score × weight) ÷ Σ weight

The divisor matters. While the course is in progress, only the categories with graded work are in it, so your grade is out of the weight graded so far. That is why a strong start can look better than the final result: a heavily weighted final exam has not been counted yet.

A worked example

Homework 20% at 92, quizzes 20% at 85, midterm 25% at 78, and a final worth 35% that has not happened. Graded weight is 65%, so the current grade is (92 × 20 + 85 × 20 + 78 × 25) ÷ 65 ≈ 84.5%. Once the final is graded, the divisor becomes 100 and the final alone moves the grade by up to 35 points.

Skip the typing

Assignly connects with your school login and reads your Canvas assignment groups, weights, and scores directly, so your current grade and what-if projections are always based on real numbers instead of a syllabus you copied by hand.

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Weighted grade questions

How do I calculate a weighted grade?

Multiply each category score by its weight, add those products together, and divide by the sum of the weights you used. With weights of 40% and 60% and scores of 90% and 80%, that is (90 × 40 + 80 × 60) ÷ 100 = 84%.

What if my weights do not add up to 100%?

The calculator divides by the total weight you entered, so each category counts as its share of that total. Check your syllabus if the total is off; a missing category is the usual cause.

What happens to categories with nothing graded yet?

Leave the score blank and the category is skipped. Your grade is then out of the weight graded so far, which is how Canvas shows your current grade by default.

How do I get a category score from individual assignments?

Add the points you earned across the category and divide by the total points possible, not the average of the percentages. A 10-point quiz and a 100-point exam in the same category are weighted by points.

Is a weighted grade the same as a points-based grade?

No. In a points-based course every assignment counts by its point value and there are no category weights. Use this calculator only when your syllabus lists category percentages.

Does this calculator connect to Canvas?

No. It uses only the values you type here. The Assignly desktop app connects with your school login and reads your real Canvas categories and scores.

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