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Create a grading system
You can determine how to set up your grade book using the Grades tool. You can choose a grading system that best reflects your approach to evaluation. The grading system determines how the grade items in your grade book contribute to users’ final grades. There are three options: * Grade items can count as a percentage of a…
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Grading systems types
Selecting a grading system is the first step in setting up your grade book. Weighted The weighted system calculates grade items as a percentage of a final grade worth 100%. The maximum points you assign to individual grade items can be any value, but their contribution towards the category they belong to and the final…
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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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How grade exemptions affect calculations
Grade exemptions affect any calculation that depends on the values of the constituent grade items. Category scores that include exemptions For category scores, grade exemptions affect the scores as follows: * Exempted grade items are excluded from the calculation of category scores. The grade item is treated as though it…
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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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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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Set up your Grade book
If a grade book is not set up or imported for your course, the Grades Setup Wizard page is displayed when you first navigate to the Grades tool. Note: If you cannot select the Automatically release final grade option, contact your administrator and request the permission for your role. Navigate to Grades. Click Setup…
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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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Import grade items
Navigate Grades. On the Enter Grades page, click Import. Figure: The Import option in the Enter Grades tab. Under Import File, click Choose File. Locate the file you want to import and click Open. Select Create new grade item when an unrecognized item is referenced if you want to be able to create new grade items from the…
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About Brightspace rounding rules
When rounding, Brightspace automatically applies the Round to Half Even rounding rule when assessing answers that contain decimal places that end with the number 5. Answers with decimal places that end with 5 will round down instead of round up. Note: Currently, there are no options to change rounding rules. Example One…