**Do you want to get an "A" in your courses? Learn how with What If Grades!**

As a student, you can view your grades based on What-If scores so that you know how grades will be affected by upcoming or resubmitted assignments. You can test scores for an assignment that already includes a score or an assignment that has yet to be graded. In the video below, a Morgan professor explains how the "What if" grades work.

Written Instructions

In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.

View your existing grades to see how approximating scores will affect your grade.

Screenshot of View current or total grade

If available, your current grade is displayed in the sidebar [1]. The current grade is calculated by adding up the graded assignments according to their weight in the course grading scheme and applies when the Calculate based only on graded assignments checkbox [2] is selected in the sidebar. This checkbox is selected in the sidebar by default.

If you want to view your total grade, deselect the sidebar checkbox. Your grade will be calculated based on both graded and ungraded assignments.

Test Assignment Scores

You can test different scores on assignments to see how they will affect your final course score.

Follow the steps below:

Locate the assignment and click the score cell.

Locate the assignment and click the score cell

Enter a hypothetical, "What if..." score for the assignment.

Enter hypothetical score screenshot

The Grades page updates the total score with the What-If grade.

What if grade update screenshot

To revert back to your actual score, click the arrow next to the What-If grade [1]. You can also revert scores in the sidebar by clicking the Revert to Actual Score button [2].