The Weighted Grading System The weighted system calculates grade items as a percentage of a final grade worth 100%. Categories are assigned a weight (or percentage) of the final grade. For example, you may have a set of chapter quizzes which, taken together, represent 15% of the final grade. Weights can also be assigned to […]
Category: Grades
Editing Gradebook Categories and Items
After you create a grade book category or item, you can edit how and when it is displayed, and apply release conditions to it. Opening a Grade Item or Category to Edit You will be presented with options to edit the item’s Properties and Restrictions. Change properties for a category or item Setting Restrictions for Viewing Grade Items […]
Grade Items
Grade book items represent the individual assignments, quizzes, and other performance measures that you grade students on. Each grade item has its own entry in the grade book. Grade items can be linked to other course objects, such as quizzes or discussion forums, or they can exist independently. Types of Grade Items There are several […]
Creating Gradebook Items and Categories
In Brightspace, you can create gradebook items through the Manage Grades area, or create grade items as you create activities such as Quizzes, Assignment Dropboxes, and Discussions. You can also create categories which help with the organization and calculation of your gradebook items. Gradebook Categories Use gradebook categories to group related grade items into sections. For example, you could […]
Grading Systems
The single most important decision is which grading system to use. Brightspace offers three types of grading systems, Weighted, Points, and Formula. The system that will work best for you depends on how you structure your course grades. If your grade items count as a percentage of a final grade worth 100% use the Weighted […]
Set up your grade book (Grades Setup Wizard)
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.
Grading Quizzes
To grade quizzes, from the quizzes page, click on the dropdown arrow beside the Quiz title and select Grade. Under the Users tab, you will see a list of quiz submissions/attempts by each student. Under the Attempts tab, the different attempts of students are listed. Under the Questions tab, you can view the student responses […]
