Copy gradebook and grade settings to other course

You are able to copy a Gradebook and its settings from one course to another. What you can copy entails: Grade Items and their settings, Grade Categories and their settings, Created Formulas, Created Grade Schemes.  Please note that actual student grades will not be copied. Tip: Select individual items to copy under Grades in case

Formula editor

The Formula Editor is a tool within Grades that can be used to create formulas for Formula Grade Items or for the Formula Grading System. This article explains how the Formula Editor works. Contents: How the Formula Editor works Use the Formula Editor to define a formula that calculates the value of a grade item

Publishing grades

In Brightspace, it is possible to make a grade column invisible to students. This can be useful if you haven’t finished grading all students, or if changes might still be made. To avoid confusion among students, you can choose to keep grades hidden and publish them all at once later. Hiding Grade Items from all

Quick eval

Quick Eval shows which assignments from Brightspace, such as Assignments, Discussions and/or Quizzes still need to be evaluated. Assignments that need to be handed in and evaluated via different tools or plugins (e.g. Pitch2Peer and FeedbackFruits) are not included in Quick Eval. Contents: Course Specific Quick Eval This is a list from one course containing

Giving feedback

You can give feedback to students on the grades you publish. To do this, you need to go to the ‘Grades’ menu.

Setting up retakes

When configuring retakes in Brightspace, keep two key points in mind: How do you access Grades? Click on ‘Grades’ in the navigationbar. 1.  Setting Up Retakes in a Weighted Grading System In a weighted grading system, you can only configure the Gradebook for the retake option where the highest grade counts. For this scenario, we

Create grade items

Grade Items in the Gradebook represent all tasks and activities you want to evaluate within a course. They can be included in the Gradebook as standalone items, or linked to assessment tools such as Discussions, Quizzes, and Assignments. The grades and feedback you enter in these tools are automatically updated in the Gradebook. Table of

Grade Categories

What are Grade Categories? Within a Gradebook, you can create different Grade Items for the various tests, practical assignments, and more grade components. For the overview, it can be useful to divide these Grade Items into categories. To do this, you can  create Grade Categories. Set up Grade Categories if you haven’t set up a

Setting up a Grade scheme

What are grade schemes? A grade scheme in Brightspace is a system used to make grades understandable and present them to students. It is used to convert numerical scores (such as percentages or points earned) into specific labels, such as letters (A, B, C), text (“Pass”, “Unsatisfactory”, “Excellent”), or rounded percentages. Setting up a grade