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Changing/Editing Grades

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Change Multiple Grades (1 Assignment)

1. By bulk editing using the 'Manage Grades' menu, you can change multiple users' grades for one assignment. Navigate to this menu, the second menu from the left, and find which assignment you wish to enter grades. For this example, we're using 'Assignment Test.'

Image of the Manage Grade menu within the Grades page on the Example D2L course

2. Click on the drop down menu next to the name of assignment, and click the 'Enter Grades' option.

Image of the Manage Grade table of Assignments with the Assignment Test highlighted and labeled 1, and the Enter Grades option highlighted and labeled 2

3. You will be taken to the 'Grade Item' page. Here, you can enter the grades of all users at once for this specific assignment.

Image of the Grade Item: Assignment Test page with the grades column highlighted, an arrow points to another image of a closeup of the Grade column highlighted with grades entered

4. Scrolling to the right of the web page, you can add Feedback as well! Clicking the pencil icon to enter commentary will prompt a pop up window where you can enter text. To save your feedback, click the blue 'Save' button at the bottom of the pop up window.

Image of the Feedback column on the Grade Item: Assignment Test page, another image of the pop up window that allows feedback to be written in the textboxes of Feedback and Private Comments

5. When you are satisfied with the grades and feedback given, click on the blue 'Save and Close' button to return to the course Grades page. If you want to exit without saving your changes, click on the gray 'Cancel' button.

Image of the new student table with the Grade and Feedback columns highlighted with new text and numbers inserted, an image below the table showing the blue Save and Close button, and the gray Save and Cancel buttons
Change Individual Grades (Multiple Assignments)

1. You can also change grades of users for multiple assignments by using the 'Enter Grades' tab, found in the top left menu.

Image of the navigation bar on the Grades page of the Example Course

2. The table shown on the Enter Grades menu will show all different columns of the assignments within the course your users can and cannot see.

Image of the Enter Grades page table showing the demo students and assignments

3. You can see the Final Calculated Grade and the Final Adjusted Grade as well on this page.

Image of the Final Grades columns including the Final Calculated Grade and the Final Adjusted Grade cloumns

4. You can look closer at a specific assignment by clicking on the drop down menu next to the name of each assignment and choosing the 'Enter Grades' option.

Image of the Assignment Test column with the drop down menu open with the Enter Grades option highlighted

5. When you are finished, locate the blue 'Save' button at the bottom of the Enter Grades page. Clicking this button will save your changes to the grades of your users.

Image of the Confirmation pop up window asking if the user wishes to save changes and continue
Grading Systems and Schemes

1. To see more options on the grading system, click on the 'settings' option in the top right of the screen. Click on the Calculation Options option in the Personal Display Options menu.

Image of Enter Grade page with an arrow labeled 1 pointing to the settings option in the top right hand corner. Screenshot of the Personal Display Options page with an arrow labeled 2 pointing to the Calculation Options tab

2. You will be taken to the 'Grading System' page where you can change aspects of the system, the final released grade, or the grade calculations of the students (as highlighted below).

Image of the Grading System page with multiple areas highlighted,  such as the grading system, release, and ungraded items options

3. You can edit the 'scheme' of the grading policy by going to the 'Schemes' tab in the 'Grades' website.

Opening a 'New Scheme' by clicking the New Scheme button on the top left of the page will create a scheme that you can customize for your class. To save any changes, click on the Save and Close button at the bottom of the screen.

Image of the Schemes tab from the Manage Grades page, an arrow labeled 1 points to the New Scheme button

4. Schemes are smart agents that you can customize to keep track of your users. You can choose names and colors to show when students fall below a certain percentage rate, making it easy to see if students are falling behind or not.

Image of the New Scheme page labeled 1 with important textboxes highlighted, an arrow labeled 2 points to the Save and Close button
Extra Credit Assignment

1. If you want to have a grade item be an extra credit item, click on the 'edit' option on the assignment menu.

Image of the Manage Grades page with an arrow labeled 1 pointing to an assignment drop down menu, the Edit button highlighted and labeled 2

2. Click on the 'bonus' checkbox under the Grading section to make it an extra credit assignment.

Image of the Grading page labeled 1 with the highlighted bonus text box and an image of the Bonus checkbox checked

3. Once you click 'Save and Close,' there should be a golden star next to the assignment to show you it is now extra credit.

Image of the Save and Close button labeled 1, and an image of the Manage Grades page with the Example Assignment highlighted and showing a gold star labeled 2
Linking to Assessments in Activity Details

1. To link/associate a third-party assignment to the grade book, go to the desired assignment within "Content." Open the assignment and navigate to the bottom of the page.

Under the 'Assessment' (toward the bottom-right side), you can change the assessment points and choose which grade it is associated with, or create a new association using the '+' button. Click on the 'Save' button when you are finished making changes.

Image of the activity details section highlighted and labeled 1, the assessment points labeled 2, and the plus button labeled 3 for new associations

Congratulations! You can now go on to customize, change, and track users' grades sufficiently within your course!

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