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Set up your Grade Book
You must set up a Grade Book before you can use the Grades tool. A grade book contains the following elements: * Grading systems: Enables you to set how grades display to students, how they update in the grade book, and how you want to deal with ungraded items. Choose from Weighted, Formula, or Points systems. * Grade…
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Manage final grades
You can manage the final grades of your students by calculating final grades for single users, manually recalculating final grades, or entering adjusted final grades. Calculate final grades for a single user You can also calculate final grades for individual students. To calculate grades for single users From your course…
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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 teacher. Depending on the type of activity being reviewed, the indicator appears based on your interactions with the student's submission. Assignments Figure: The Assignments…
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Remove the grade association for a graded LTI content topic
If you want to stop an LTI tool from sending grades to the Brightspace grade book for a specific activity, you can remove the grade association from the LTI content topic. This allows the LTI activity to remain accessible to learners without deleting the associated grade item. To remove the grade association from an LTI…
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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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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 Grades
The Grades tool provides a series of features to create and manage your grade book. By leveraging these features, Brightspace offers a flexible and powerful gradebook that removes technical barriers and empowers users to teach and assess however it makes sense for their courses. Requirements The following are required to…
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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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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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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…