teachers can't change gradebook categories

[Jeffrey Elkner]

At present gradebook categories are system wide and can only be changed by the manager. Teacher practice regarding categories and weights varies widely. Enforcing a system wide set of categories is a bug. Categories should be customizable by teachers at the section level.

[Tom Hoffman (tom-hoffman)]

Do you REALLY want them set by section? That is, do you want to have to set them individually for each section? Wouldn't by teacher be easier?

[Jeffrey Elkner (jelkner)]

It is a fairly common use case to have a teacher fill a full time position divided between two or more departments (3/4 Math and 1/4 CS or Engineering for example). Each department may have it's own grading policies, so a teacher would have more then one which they are required to adhere to.

Besides, different classes may by there nature require different approaches to grading and different categories as a result. It is a common feature in most gradebooks to be able to set this on at the section level.