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Set up your Grade book
Use the Grades Setup Wizard to configure your course grade book. The wizard guides you through choosing a grading system, setting how final grades release, deciding how ungraded items are treated, and selecting display options for teachers and students. Note: The wizard is the fastest way to set up a new grade book. You…
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Create, delete, and restore grade categories and items
Use grade categories to organize grade items and manage restrictions and conditions in your grade book. Grade categories also help you group and characterize learner activities such as assignments and quizzes. Create a grade category Grade categories organize and group related grade items into sections in your grade book…
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Import grade items
Use a CSV file to quickly add or update grade items in Grades. Before you begin * Ensure your CSV matches the format in the Grades_Sample_Import_File.csv (available on the Import Grades screen). * You need permission to import grades in your course. Import grade items (CSV): From your navbar, click Grades. On the Enter…
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Delete grade items or categories
Note: To delete a grade item or category, you require the Manage Grades permission. Contact your administrator if this permission is not assigned to your role. From your course navbar, click Grades. On the Manage Grades page, click the More Actions button, and select Delete. Select the check box for each grade item or…
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Drop the lowest grade
Instructors can exclude a student’s lowest score from grade calculations in two main ways: * Manually, using exemptions * Automatically, by configuring a grade category to drop the lowest item Manually exempt a grade item Use Bulk edit exemptions to manually exclude a grade item for an individual learner. To exempt a…
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Importing grades
You can enter grades in an external application and import them into Brightspace using a CSV, TSV, or TXT file. You can also create new grade items by adding a column for each new item in your import file. Any grades you import for discussion grade items and assignment grade items are also synchronized back to Discussions…
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Export grades
If you want to enter grades in a CSV of TXT file, you can set up your grade book in Brightspace and 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 Options area, do the following:* From the Export Grade Items For…
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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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Gradebook icons and notifications
An orange warning dot indicator in your gradebook indicates that an activity (such as a discussion, quiz, or assignment) requires attention by the instructor. Depending on the type of activity being reviewed, the indicator appears based on your interactions with the learner's submission. Assignments Figure: The Assignments…
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Managing event logs in grade book
About event logs Event logs maintain a record of changes made in the Grades tool. The logs can be useful when auditing a grade book, managing updates made by teaching assistants, and discussing grades with learners. * User Grade event logs record all of the changes made to a particular user's grades. * Grade Item event…