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Gradebook Scrolling Changed
Previously on D2L, we were able to scroll left and right in the gradebook regardless of where we were viewing vertically. Now we have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the gradebook in order to scroll left and right. This does not allow us the ability to view the top of the gradebook while scrolling left or right,…
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Gradebook horizontal scroll bar
Hello! An instructor who used Chrome browser told me the scrollbar which used to appear at the bottom of the screen no matter where were looking now ONLY appears at the bottom of the gradebook. I can't share more specific images for confidentiality reasons, but in the past, no matter where you were on the gradebook page,…
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Does the gradebook automatically change the weighting if you exempt students from assignments
Hi folks…..I have two evaluation profiles in my course outline for students. If they opt out of journals and problem sets, then the weight of their tests goes up by 20 % and is now 70% weighting and the final remains the same 30% weighting. my question is around those students who are opting out of journals and problem…
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How to Prevent D2L from Rounding Up Decimals in Grades
Can you prevent Brightspace from rounding up a grade to two decimal places? I am helping an instructor display up to 4 decimal places for both individual grade items, and for Midterm and Final grades. I have tried everything from changing the Org Unit Display Options on both instructor and student ends, reviewing…
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Applying a Grade Scheme to a Program Level
If we apply a grading scheme to a program level, does it effect open courses? We want it to only apply to future courses in the program, is that possible?
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change the default settings for whether quizzes are in the gradebook and how students view results?
For most of our faculty, quizzes will be part of the grade for the class. When setting up a quiz, the default is for it not to be in the gradebook. While it is in my opinion easy to choose to add it to the gradebook, I am wondering if there is a way for admins to change the default to gradebook, or if faculty could set all…
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Browser Find function no longer works on Enter Grades page
With the recent update to the Enter Grades page (scroll buttons), it seems instructors can no longer use the Find function in the browser (Ctrl+F) to jump to specific columns (grade items). Wondering if anyone has a work-around for finding a grade item quickly on the Enter Grades page?
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Attendance in Gradebooks
Is there a way to include attendance grades into a gradebook and to also be included in the final grading?
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Automatic Publishing - flagging late submissions
Hello, Can there be a feature developed that allows us to still utilize the auto-publish feature, but flag/hold any assignments that are submitted late that require an instructor to manually publish?
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Privacy concerns where sponsor/mentors are able to access the information of all students in a class
Our students are each assigned a mentor who is responsible for their progress through the Brightspace course. The issue is that when the a mentor views their student's progress in the virtual classroom, i.e., grades, assignments, etc., they are also able to see ALL the other student's personal information, grades and…
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How to create choose your own adventure of select x activities of a possible y with only x graded?
Background: I am assisting with creating a Brightspace for a summer research internship program. The course requirements are more of a completion mark than a grade. Students who complete the course activities receive a cocurricular record credit (extra-curricular activities that wouldn't appear on an academic transcript).…
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Setting up a x completed of y number of assignments grade book
Hi there, I am assisting with creating a Brigthspace page for a summer research program. Undergraduate students are required to complete 4 professional development sessions synchronously or asynchronously. It is a "choose your own adventure" pass/fail completion mark. The asynchronous sessions are hosted in VoiceThreads. I…
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Issue with Brightspace update for Grades – Improved navigation within the Enter Grades page
Does anyone know how to remove or roll back this update? This update is very difficult on professors with a large number of students in a class, as the right and left scroll arrows that were added scrolls past the columns too far and also leaves columns showing halfway. When you try to scroll back it goes past the column…
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What happened to scrolling in Brightspace gradebook
Just recently, I found I am unable to scroll in my Brightspace gradebooks. I'm sure I clicked on something. Thanks Cheryl
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Creating Different Learning Paths Within a Course
Hi all, My team wants to create different paths that students can take within a single course based on their area of interest. For instance we have a School Supervisor course. The base content covers basic principles of supervision then each module splits into 2 paths: supervisors of teachers and supervisors of…
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Release Grades
Has anyone experienced a delay when an instructor released grades? I have run into the issue twice this semester. I know one instructor was experiencing latency issues, and the other instructor was on her personal laptop (I'm thinking maybe it needed an OS update, a browser update, or maybe they were using Edge. If anyone…
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Specifying Category during grade import
When I export grades from Brightspace, the column headers include metadata in angle brackets. For example: My Item Points Grade <Numeric MaxPoints:1 Weight:10 Category:My Category CategoryWeight:5> Is there a way to use this same format during import? If I am creating a new item, can I specify which category it belongs in…
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Grade items do not show up when try to link
I imported assignments from another class, but the list of them did not appear under Grades. So I created the list under grades. Now, when I try to link the assignment to the Grade Book. Only "Quiz 1" appears. Do I have to manually recreate the entire list of assignments under Grades again?
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Wish grade items could be separated into formative and summative.
I wish there was a way to indicate if grade items were formative or summative. Since formative do not factor into grade calculation, it would be great to have a toggle button to look at only one type of evaluation at a time.