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Instructor Documentation (Higher Ed)

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About Grades

Use the Grades tool to create and manage your grade book, calculate final grades, and communicate learner progress throughout your course.

New to Grades? Start with Set up your grade book.

What would you like to do?

Set up your grade book

Configure your grade book: Set up your grade book
Create grade categories and grade items: Manage grades in the Grades tool
Convert percentages to letter grades: Create grading schemes
Configure grade calculations and display settings: Define settings in the Grades tool

Enter and manage grades

Review learner grades and evaluate submissions: Enter grades in the Grades tool
Create and organize grade categories and items: Manage grades in the Grades tool
Review grade calculation and display settings: Define settings in the Grades tool

Prepare final grades

Configure final grade calculation options: Set up your grade book
Review and update learner grades: Enter grades in the Grades tool
Confirm grade categories and grade items: Manage grades in the Grades tool

Review settings and permissions

Configure grade calculations and display settings: Define settings in the Grades tool
Review Grades permissions: Grades permissions
Review navbar permissions: Navbar permissions

Common questions

How do I set up my grade book?

Use the Setup Wizard to configure your grading system, grade calculations, and display options. For more information, refer to Set up your grade book.

How do I enter grades?

Use Enter Grades to review learner grades, evaluate submissions, manually enter or override grades, and import or export grade data. For more information, refer to Enter grades in the Grades tool.

How do grading schemes work?

Grading schemes map percentage ranges to grade values, such as letter grades, achievement levels, or pass/fail results. For more information, refer to Create grading schemes.

Why can't learners view their grades?

Grade visibility depends on your course display settings, grade item visibility, release settings, and whether grade items and final grades are visible to learners.

Recommended setup sequence

Before learners begin submitting work, review your grade book setup in this order:

Configure your grade book using the Setup Wizard.
Create or confirm your grading schemes.
Create grade categories.
Create grade items.
Review grade calculation and display settings.
Confirm how final grades are calculated.

Visual tour of the Grades tool

There are five key areas of the Grades tool that help you create and manage your grade book.

The Grades Tool main page with key points of navigation numbered.

Enter Grades: Review grades, evaluate submissions, import and export your grade book, and manually enter or override grades. For more information, refer to Enter grades in the Grades tool.
Manage Grades: Create and organize grade categories and grade items. For more information, refer to Manage grades in the Grades tool.
Schemes: View, create, and edit grading schemes used to display grades as letter grades, achievement levels, or other custom grade values. For more information, refer to Create grading schemes.
Setup Wizard: Use the guided setup process to configure your initial grade book settings. For more information, refer to Set up your grade book.
Settings: Configure personal display options, course display options, and calculation options. For more information, refer to Define settings in the Grades tool.

Video: Overview of the Grades tool

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Requirements

The following are required to use the Grades tool:

To access and use the Grades tool, you must have the required Grades permissions applied to your role. These permissions can only be accessed by your organization administrator.
To add the Grades tool to your course navbar, you must have the required Navbar permissions applied to your role. For more information about how to add a tool or link to your course navbar, refer to Customize your course navbar.

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Important: You can also locate available course tools by navigating to Course Admin from your navbar. If you cannot find the Grades tool in your Brightspace instance, contact your organization administrator to obtain the required permissions.

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