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PlayPosit: Hiding a Bulb Grade Item

Updated on Apr 11, 2024

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If a PlayPosit bulb has been added to a D2L course using the Existing Activities option, then a grade will always be pushed from PlayPosit to D2L every time a student interacts with the bulb. If you do not want the PlayPosit bulb to count as points in the course, then it is best to hide the bulb grade item and then exclude the grade from the student's final grade calculation.

Prerequisites

PlayPosit Bulb added/linked to your D2L course site. To learn more see PlayPosit: Adding a PlayPosit Bulb to D2L.

Step-by-step Instructions

1. Navigate to the Grades section of your D2L course by selecting Assessments, and then Grades.

image showing the D2L content page and the Assesements tab across the top is selected. The Grades option is selected from the drop-down menu.

2. Select the drop-down carrot button next to the PlayPosit bulb you want to hide and select Edit.

image showing the Manage Grades screen in D2L and the downward carrot(╲╱) button to the right of a PLayPOsit Grade Item is selected and then Edit is selected from the drop-down menu.

3. Under the Properties tab, scroll down to and check the box next to the Exclude from Final Grade Calculation option.

image showing the Grading properties for a points course structure in D2L and the checkbox under Exclude from Final Grade Calculation is selected and marked.

Note: If using weighted grades the the Exclude from Final Grade option is not given. You will instead make the Weight of the grade item 0.

image showing the Grading properties for a weighted course structure in D2L and the text box under the Weight category is highlighted and has 0 filled in.

4. Select the Restrictions tab at the top of the Edit Item page and select the box next to Hide from Users. Then, select Save and Close.

image showing the Edit Item screen and the Restrictions tab next to Properties is selected. The Hide from Users checkbox is selected in the upper left corner and the Save and Close button is selected in the bottom left corner.

5. Congrats! This PayPosit grade item is now not impacting the students' grades in the course and hidden from the student view in the D2L grade book.

image showing the PlayPosit grade item in D2L Grades with a hidden symbol and an Exclude from Final Calculation symbol next to the grade item.

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