D2L Brightspace: Grades

Overview

FACULTY: There are multiple ways to set up grades in D2L’s grade book. This article will focus on two: setting up the grade book in the Manage Grades section of the grade tool first, and setting up the grade book as you create the activities in the course.

Note: If grade categories are desired, they should be created in the Manage Grades section first. While the user can create new grade items as they create other activities, the interface does not include a way to create new categories to put the grade items in.

Article Sections

• Creating grade categories
• Creating grade items in Manage Grades
• Attaching a grade item to a new quiz, assignment, or discussion
• Creating grade items in a quiz, assignment, or discussion
• Deleting grade items

Creating grade categories

Grade categories allow you to group grade items for a more organized grade book. You can also drop the lowest grade item in a category.

1. From your course home page, select Grades in the navigation bar.
2. Select Manage Grades from the secondary menu below the navigation bar.
3. Select the New button, and select Category from the drop-down menu
4. Enter the name for the category in the Name text field
5. Select the Save and Close (if only one category is needed) or Save and New (to continue creating categories)

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Creating grade items in Manage Grades

1. From your course home page, select Grades in the navigation bar.
2. Select Manage Grades from the secondary menu below the navigation bar.
3. Select the New button, and then select Item from the drop-down menu.
4. Select Numeric from the list of grade item types (most grade items are numeric).
5. Enter the name for the grade item in the Name text field.
6. Use the Category field to select the appropriate category for this grade item.
7. Set the Maximum Points for this grade item.
8. Fill the rest of the form as needed.
9. Select Save and Close if you are finished creating grade items, or Save and New to begin creating another grade item

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Attaching an existing grade item to a new quiz, assignment, or discussion

These steps work for quizzes, assignment folders, and discussion topics.

1. From the action menu for the discussion topic, quiz, or assignment folder, select Edit.
2. Enter a title for the discussion topic, quiz, or assignment.
3. Navigate to the Grade Out Of section and find the In Grade book button
   1. If you do not see the button, you may have to click into the Points text field to get the button to appear
4. Select the Not In Grade Book button, and select Edit or Link to Existing
   
5. In the pop-up window, select the radio button next to Link to an existing grade item and select the grade item you want to connect in the drop down menu.
   
6. Select the OK button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

Creating grade items in a quiz, assignment, or discussion

Note: Grade Categories must be created first if they are to be used.

1. Begin creating the activity and enter a title for the discussion topic, quiz, or assignment.
2. Enter a point value in the Grade Out Of field
3. Select the In Grade Book button, and select Edit or Link to Existing
   
4. In the pop-up window, select the radio button next to Create and link to a new grade item.
5. Under Grade Category, select the appropriate category, if used.
   
6. Select the OK button at the bottom of the pop-up window.

Deleting grade items

For a grade item to be deleted, it cannot be connected to an activity. Use the steps under Attaching a grade item to a new quiz, assignment, or discussion to Reset to Ungraded.

1. From your course home page, select Assessments in the navigation bar and then select Grades.
2. Select Manage Grades from the menu below the navigation bar.
3. Select the More Actions button and select Delete from the dropdown menu
4. Select the checkbox in the row of the grade item you want to delete.
5. Select the Delete button at the bottom of the screen.