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Gradebook visibility

Yildiz.N.829

Hello,

The default for the gradebook sets final grades to invisible. This is a major issue for students since they can see their individual earned grades, but not their overall grade. To add to the problem, despite showing faculty how to turn the visibility on, many assume final grades are already visible. Is there a way to change the default so that it is set to visible and whoever wants to can toggle between visible/invisible?

Thank you,

Yildiz

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Stefanie.B.518

Hello @Yildiz.N.829
You've raised a few different ideas for how we can improve the gradebook experience, however the option for a Final Grade Release that is System Wide is not yet available for Brightspace.

We've filed an internal request on your behalf to recommend these changes for future design and development iterations of the gradebook tool.

The status of these ideas remains in the status "in review" with the Product Team.

Please feel no pressure or obligation, but I can tell from your comments that we would be very lucky to stay in communication with you about these and other ideas you may have for Brightspace improvements.

If you'd be interested in signing up for future User Research Projects with D2L we'd love to connect!
This article provides more information in how User Research Sessions are organized at D2L.

*Note- we try to provide notice for opportunities to engage in these sessions as they come up through our Community Update Discussion ex.

https://community.d2l.com/discussion/1322/great-opportunity-alert-if-youre-a-brightspace-administrator-and-would-like-to-participate-in

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Ashwin.R.8946

Hello Yildiz

Thank you for reaching out to the Brightspace Community.

Based on your description, I think you are asking about the "Final calculated grades" and the "Final Adjusted grades"

The Final calculated grade column is hidden from students by default. The Final Adjusted grade can be set to Auto release from the Grades setting and select "Automatically release final grades" . You can also select to Auto update the final grades.

Additionally, you can also set this as ON by Default from the config variable: d2l.Tools.Grades.AutoUpdateFinalGrade

You can refer to the following document regarding the Grades config variables:

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4418-grades-configuration-variables?utm_source=community-search&utm_medium=organic-search&utm_term=final+grade

Regards

Ashwin Ravi

Yildiz.N.829

Thank you for responding @Ashwin.R.60!

I checked the settings and it was already set as on. Even when the auto release is checked, faculty still have to go to Enter grades and then Release for students to see their final calculated or adjusted grades. I'm looking for a solution in which faculty don't have to go through any of those steps to have students see their overall grade. As grades are entered, the final grade should not only automatically adjust but also be visible.

There's also an issue in which faculty will go through the steps to make the grades in the gradebook visible but then when the class is imported into another class section, the final grades default back to invisible. When faculty teach 4-5 sections, it's a waste of time to do that for each class, and have to do it every semester.

Thanks,

Yildiz

Ricardo.S.8428

Hi @Yildiz.N.829

Thank you for your reply.

I have found the following feature request in the Brightspace Community's Product Idea Exchange (PIE, which I believe addresses your intended workflow:

Final Grade Release --System-Wide (D11045)

It is currently "In Review" by our Dev team so I strongly recommend you upvote it.

The Product Idea Exchange is designed for users like you to send direct submissions to our Product Development organization and has the following advantages:

It allows you to receive direct updates on each request you submit
It allows other community members to vote on ideas
It allows other community members to contribute to and collaborate on each idea
It ensures ideas that have the greatest impact on our clients and end users receive consideration for inclusion in future releases.

We look forward to hearing from you at the Product Idea Exchange!

Stefanie.B.518

https://community.d2l.com/discussion/1322/great-opportunity-alert-if-youre-a-brightspace-administrator-and-would-like-to-participate-in

Yildiz.N.829

Hi @Stefanie.B.518
I'm flattered that you find my ideas valuable. I'm happy to share my ideas on how to improve the Brightspace experience for instructors and students. I signed up to help with future User Research Projects.

Thanks,

Yildiz