Use Grades settings to control how the grade book appears to you, what learners see, and how Brightspace calculates grades.
You can configure personal display options, course display options, and grade calculation options from the Settings page in the Grades tool.
Choose the setting you need
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| Change how the grade book appears to you. |
Personal Display Options
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| Change what learners see when viewing grades. |
Org Unit Display Options
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| Change the grading system, final grade settings, or how ungraded work is calculated. |
Calculation Options
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Configure your personal grade book view
Personal display options control how the grade book appears to you. These settings do not affect what learners see.
- From your course navbar, select Grades.
- Click Settings.
- Click the Personal Display Options tab.
- Configure the User details, Grade details, Grade book table options, and Additional personal options described in the following sections. For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
- Click Save.
User details
Choose which learner information appears in your grade book. Available options can include:
- Username
- Org Defined ID, such as a student number
For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
Grade details
Choose which grade information appears in your grade book. Available options can include:
- Points grade
- Weighted grade
- Grade scheme symbol
- Grade scheme color
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Note: To display the grade scheme color, you must also enable the grade scheme symbol. |
For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
Grade book table options
Configure how information is displayed in the grade book table:
- Number of characters to display for text items: Controls how much text is displayed for text grade items and categories. Text that exceeds the limit is truncated.
- Number of columns before user details repeat: Controls how often learner information repeats across the grade book.
- Number of users before column header repeats: Controls how often column headings repeat down the grade book. Enter 0 if you do not want headings to repeat.
For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
Additional personal options
- Repeat Final Grades: Display final grades in additional locations within the grade book.
- Start Page: Choose the page that opens by default when you navigate to Grades. Options can include Enter Grades, Manage Grades, Settings, Schemes, and Setup Wizard.
For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
Configure what learners see
Org Unit Display Options control the default grade information learners see in your course.
- Navigate to Grades > Settings.
- Click the Org Unit Display Options tab.
- Configure the Decimals displayed, Learner grade details, and Additional learner display options described in the following sections.
- Click Save.
For more information about an option, select theHelp ? icon beside its name.
Decimals displayed
Choose the number of decimal places displayed for grades. You can display from 0 to 5 decimal places.
Learner grade details
Choose which grade details learners can see:
- Points grade
- Weighted grade, when using the Weighted grading system
- Grade scheme symbol
- Grade scheme color
For more information about an option, select the Help ?icon beside its name.
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Note: To display the grade scheme color, you must also enable the grade scheme symbol.
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Additional learner display options
For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
- Grade Details: Select the grade details that learners can view, including points grade, weighted grade, grade scheme symbol, and grade scheme color.
- Decimals Displayed: Specify the number of decimal places displayed for grade items.
- Characters Displayed: Specify the number of characters displayed for Text grade items.
- Final Grade Calculation: Select Display how final grade was calculated to users to allow learners to view how their final grade was calculated.
- ePortfolio Artifacts: Select Allow users to add their grades to their ePortfolio to allow learners to add grade information to their ePortfolio.
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Tip: Review learner display settings before releasing grades to confirm that learners see the intended grade values, symbols, and final grade information. |
Understand grade calculation and display precision
Brightspace can calculate grades using more precision than is displayed in the grade book. As a result, the displayed grade may appear rounded even though Brightspace uses the underlying value in calculations.
- Displayed decimal places control how many decimal places instructors and learners see.
- Calculation precision determines the underlying value Brightspace uses when calculating grades.
- Changing the number of displayed decimal places does not change the underlying grade value.
For more information about an option, select the Help ? icon beside its name.
Example: A grade calculated as 89.996% may display as 90.00% when two decimal places are shown, while Brightspace continues to use the underlying value for calculations.
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Note: If a displayed grade appears inconsistent with a grade scheme symbol, review the underlying percentage, the number of decimal places displayed, and the starting percentages configured in the grading scheme. |
For information about grade scheme ranges, refer to Create grading schemes using the Grades tool.
Configure grade calculations
Calculation Options control how Brightspace calculates grades, handles ungraded work, and releases final grades.
- Navigate to Grades > Settings.
- Click the Calculation Options tab.
- Configure the Grading system, Final grade released, Grade Calculations, Automatically keep final grades updated, and Automatic Zero for Missed Submissions options described in the following sections.
- Click Save.
Grading System
Select the grading system used to calculate final grades:
For more information about an option, select the ? icon beside its name.
For help choosing a grading system, refer to Grading system types.
Final Grade Released
Choose which final grade you will release to learners:
- Calculated Final Grade: The final grade calculated automatically from grade item scores.
- Adjusted Final Grade: A final grade you can manually adjust without changing individual grade item scores.
For more information about an option, select the ? icon beside its name.
Grade Calculations
Choose how ungraded grade items affect calculations:
- Drop Ungraded Items: Exclude ungraded items from grade calculations until a grade is entered.
- Treat Ungraded Items as 0: Include ungraded items as zeros in grade calculations.
For more information about an option, select the ? icon beside its name.
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Important: Changing how ungraded items are treated can significantly affect learner grade calculations. Review your grade book carefully after changing this setting. |
For guidance on missing, excused, or excluded work, refer to Handle missing or excluded work.
Automatically keep final grades updated
Enable this option to recalculate the Final Calculated Grade whenever a grade item score changes. If this option is disabled, a calculator icon appears in the instructor view to indicate the final grade is out of date and requires manual recalculation.
Automatic Zero for Missed Submissions
Use automatic zero grading to assign zeros to supported activities when required work is not submitted by the due date. Automatic Zero applies only to supported activities with future due dates and does not apply retroactively.
For complete setup guidance and supported activity types, refer to Automatically assign zeros for missing work.
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Note: Many calculation and display settings are also available through the Setup Wizard. |
Video: Grades tool settings
Watch the following video for an overview of settings in the Grades tool.