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Final Grades that include exemptions
For final grade items, grade exemptions affect the scores as follows: * Exempted items are excluded from the calculation. These grade items are treated as empty grades, not as 0 if Treat Ungraded Items as 0 is turned on. * If all items are exempted, there are no grades to use to calculate a final grade. The final grade…
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Create Grading Schemes using the Grades tool
A grade scheme enables you to organize learners performance on grade items into levels of achievement. It can include any number of achievement levels, and each achievement level has its own range of acceptable grades and a symbol (such as a numeric value, letter, or text description) to represent it. The Schemes tab lets…
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Create and delete grade categories and items
Grade categories provide a way to sort your grade items and create restrictions and conditions for grade items. They offer a way to sort and characterize learner activities like assignments and quizzes. Create a grade category Grade categories organize and group related grade items into sections in your grade book and…
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Export grades
To export grades To export grades D2L recommends that you set up your grade book in Brightspace even if you want to enter grades in a CSV or TXT file. You can then use the Export Grades option to create an appropriately structured file. On the navbar, click Grades. On the Enter Grades page, click Export. In the Export…
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About automatic transfer of overall score to a learner's grade
You can automatically transfer the overall score of a numeric rubric to a learner's grade. A score transfers automatically only when the rubric has an overall score. Numeric rubrics include the following types: * Point analytic * Custom point analytic * Percentage holistic When multiple rubrics are present in the rubric…
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About Brightspace rounding rules
When rounding, Brightspace Grades tool automatically applies the Round to Half Even rounding rule when assessing answers that contain decimal places that end with the number 5. Grades with decimal places that end with 5 will round down for even numbers before 5 and round up for odd numbers before 5. Note: Currently, there…
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Grading systems types
Brightspace supports three types of grading systems: Weighted, Points, and Formula. Each system calculates the final grade differently and offers flexibility in how grade items contribute to the overall course grade. Choose the grading system that aligns best with your course structure, assessment strategy, and grading…
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About exemptions
Video: Exemptions Overview Using exemptions, an instructor can provide an implicit reason why a learner does not have a score for a grade item or an activity. A blank grade or a zero (0) grade can mean that the learner hasn't submitted the item, that the item has not been graded, or that the learner has failed the item.…
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Create a grading system
You choose how grade items contribute to the final grade by selecting a grading system in Grades. Brightspace supports three grading system types: Weighted, Points, and Formula. Choose the option that matches your course design, then set up your grade book. Choose your grading system Your grading system controls how each…
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Grade book Mastery View
The Grade book Mastery View is an additional page of the Grades tool that provides an overall suggested level of achievement for each outcome and each learner within a course based upon a selected calculation method. The overall level of achievement can be automatically suggested or manually evaluated. In addition,…