Using the gradebook>>Creating & managing categories
Gradebook items must belong to a gradebook category. Categories provide a way for you to organize, view, and weight different types of class work. CourseCompass provides a number of predefined categories such as Exam, Paper, and Homework, but you can also create your own categories.
By default, gradebook items for assignments you create are placed in the Assignments category. Tests and surveys you add to a content area are placed in the Exam category. TestGen tests you add to a content area are placed in the TestGen category.
You can change the category to which gradebook items have been assigned. For example, you can change the category for a deployed survey from the default Exam category to the Survey category.