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Creating a Numeric Grade Item (Points Based)

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  1. From your course Homepage, click 'Grades' in the Navbar then click 'New'. From the drop-down select 'Item'.
D2L interface showing how to add a grade item: go to Grades, click New, then select Item.

2. Select Numeric as the Grade Item Type.

Image show the Numeric option highlighted on the New Item screen

The following steps are all done on the same page.

3. Enter in the name for your Grade Item.

New grade item screen in D2L showing a Numeric type with “Test” entered in the Name field under the Properties tab.

4. To add to an existing Category, click on the drop-down box. To create a new Category select New Category, title the Category and select any relevant settings then click Save.

Grade item settings showing fields for Name and Short Name, with a dropdown menu to select or create a Category.
New Category window with “Mod 2” entered in the Name field and a Save button highlighted at the bottom.

5. Enter in the amount of points for the Grade Item, then click Save and Close. Alternatively, if you are creating multiple Grade Items you can click Save and New.

At this time if you have any other desired settings for the Grade Item, select them before hitting Save and Close or Save and New.

Grading section showing “Maximum Points” set to 10. “Save and Close” button is highlighted.

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