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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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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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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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Create, Delete, and Restore 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
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…