In the Grades tool, if a grade book is not set up or imported for your course, you will see the Grades Setup Wizard page when you first navigate to the tool.
Note: If you cannot select the Automatically release final grade option, contact your administrator and request that they grant you permission.
- Navigate to Grades.
- Click Setup Wizard.
Figure: The Setup Wizard tab in Grades.
- On the Grades Setup Wizard page, click Start.
- Select your Grading System (Weighted, Points, or Formula), then click Continue.
Figure: Choosing your grading system.
- On the Step 2: Final Grade Release page, choose how you want to release final grades. You can select the following:
- If you want users' final grades to be released automatically when you create them, select Automatically release final grade, then click Continue.
Note: If an instructor changes the final grade value after the final grade is automatically released, the final grade is not released again with the new value. This might occur if an instructor grades an additional item that changes the calculated final grade item. Student final grades that already have a value are not automatically released when this variable is turned on. The grades are only released the first time a Final Grade is calculated from Null to a final grade value. - Choose how you want to treat ungraded items. If you selected Automatically release final grade, D2L recommends that you select Drop ungraded items so that the released grades better reflect the users' current grades throughout the term.
- If you want final grades to automatically adjust after changing a grade item or calculation option, select Automatically keep final grade updated.
Figure: The Final Grade Released page.
- Click Continue.
- On the Grade Calculations page, select how you want Ungraded Items to be treated. You can choose to:
- Drop ungraded items: Items that are not graded will not count towards the final grade.
- Treat ungraded items as 0: Items that do not have a grade inputted are counted as 0 in the final grade.
- Select the Automatically keep final grade updated checkbox if you want to always keep learners' final grades updated.
Figure: The Grade Calculations page.
- Click Continue.
- On the Choose Default Grade Scheme page, select your default grading scheme.
- Click Continue.
- On the Managing View Display Options page, in the Number of decimal places to display field, enter the number of decimal places to display to users who enter grades using the grade book.
Figure: The Managing View Display Options page.
- Click Continue.
- On the Student View Display Options page, select your Grade Details, the number of Decimals Displayed, the number of Characters Displayed, and the Final Grade Calculation display.
Figure: The Student View Display Options page.
- Click Continue.
- On the Grades Setup Summary page, review your selections.
- Do one of the following:
- To make changes to your grade book setup, click Go Back.
- Click Finish.
Video: Grades Tool Setup Wizard
