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Instructor Documentation (Higher Ed)

Manage Grades in the Grades tool

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The Manage Grades page is where you build and maintain the structure of your grade book. From here, you can create grade categories and grade items, organize assessments, import grade items, review grade item associations, and update your grade book throughout the course.

After choosing your grading system, use Manage Grades to build the structure that supports grading in Brightspace.

What can I do in Manage Grades?

If you want to	Start here
Create grade categories and grade items.	Create, delete, and restore grade categories and items
Import grade items from a CSV file.	Import grade items
Update multiple grade categories or grade items at the same time.	Bulk edit grade items and categories
Restore a deleted grade item.	Restore a deleted grade item
Review changes made to grade items.	Manage grade book event logs

Navigate to Manage Grades

From your course navbar, select Grades.
Click the Manage Grades tab.

The Manage Grades tab in the Grades tool.

Common management tasks

Use the Manage Grades page throughout the term to organize and maintain your grade book.

Create grade categories and grade items.
Reorder grade categories and grade items using More Actions > Reorder to match your course structure.
Review grade items that are not assigned to a category.
Verify that category weights total 100% when using the Weighted grading system.
Review which grade items are associated with Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes.
Review the Event Log or View Event Log, depending on your Brightspace version, to audit changes made to grade items.

Video: Manage Grades in the Grades tool

Watch the following video for an overview of the Manage Grades page, including how to organize your grade book and manage grade categories and grade items.

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Bulk edit grade items and categories

Use Bulk Edit to update multiple grade categories or grade items at the same time. Bulk Edit is useful for changes such as updating categories, maximum points, weights, or grade schemes.

Navigate to Grades > Manage Grades.
Select the check box beside each grade category or grade item you want to edit.
Click Bulk Edit.

The Bulk Edit button on the Manage Grades page.

Update one or more available properties:
- Name and Short Name
- Max Points, for supported Numeric grade items
- Weight, when using the Weighted grading system
- Bonus and Can Exceed
- Exclude from Final Grade Calculation, when using the Points grading system
- Grade Scheme
- Category, to move grade items between categories

The Bulk Edit page showing editable grade item and category properties.

Click Save.

This is the paper note and pencil icon used for notes.

Note: Some fields in Bulk Edit may be hidden or read-only depending on the grading system, grade item type, category distribution settings, or formula and final grade restrictions. To change an unavailable field, edit the grade item or category directly.

Restore a deleted grade item

If you cannot access the Event Log or restore a grade item, contact your administrator for the proper permissions.

Navigate to Grades > Manage Grades.
On the Manage Grades page, select More Actions > Event Log or View Event Log, depending on your Brightspace version.
Locate the deleted grade item and select Restore.
Navigate to Enter Grades and confirm that the learner scores were recovered.

Note:

You can restore Numeric, Selectbox, Pass/Fail, and Text grade items.
Formula and Calculated grade items cannot be restored. You must recreate these items manually.
Restoring a grade item also restores its associated grades when the learner data still exists.
Restoring a grade item does not restore its association with an Assignment, Discussion, or Quiz. You must re-establish the association in the applicable activity.
Deleted grade categories cannot be restored through the Event Log. Deleting a category does not delete the grade items it contains. Those items remain in the grade book as standalone items at the top level.

For complete instructions, refer to Create, delete, and restore grade categories and items.

Next steps

After opening Manage Grades, continue building and using your grade book.

Create grade categories and grade items to organize your assessments.
Create grading schemes to display grades as percentages, letter grades, achievement levels, pass/fail results, or other custom values.
Configure grade settings to review calculations, display options, and final grade settings.
Enter grades to begin evaluating learner work and recording grades.

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