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Using Grades Wizard

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click on the Grades Setup Wizard icon
• Make choices about your Grades setup (points vs. weighted, how to treat ungraded assignments, etc.)
• Click Next at the bottom of each screen in the wizard
• Click Finish after step 7

Managing Grades Tool

Create a new item or category

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Manage Grades in the left sidebar
• Click on the New Item button to create a new column or the New Category bottom to create a new category
• Name the item/category and make your property selections
• Press Save

Edit Multiple grade items

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Manage Grades in the left sidebar
• Use the checkbox at the top of the grades listing to select all grades or put a check next to the individual items you want to edit
• Click on the Edit Selected Grade Items icon
• Make your changes
• Press Save

Change an item into a bonus item

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Manage Grades in the left sidebar
• Click on the name of an existing item
• Check the Bonus option under the Grading heading
• Press Save

Re-Order Gradebook items

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Manage Grades in the left sidebar
• Click on the Re-Order icon
• Change the display order in the Sort Order drop-down menu for each item you wish to move
• Press Save

Show or hide points/scheme/color for all grade items

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Grades Settings in the left sidebar
• Check or uncheck points and/or scheme on the Personal Display Options and Org Unit Display Options tabs
• Click Save

Drop the lowest grade(s) in a category

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Manage Grades in the left sidebar
• Create a new category or edit an existing category by clicking on its name
• Check the box to Distribute points evenly across all items
• Set the number of points for each item in the category
• Enter the number of lowest (or highest) grades to drop
• Click Save

Working With Grades

Enter grades in an item

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Enter Grades
• Click on the Grade icon in the item header
• Enter points for each student

Enter grades for a student

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Enter Grades
• Click on a student's name in the listing
• Enter grades for each item for the student
• Click Save

View section or group of grades

• Click the Grades link in the navbar
• Click Enter Grades in the left sidebar
• Use the pull-down menu to select Users, Groups, or Sections

Final Grades

Setup

• Click Grades in the course navbar
• Click Manage Grades in the left sidebar
• Click either the Adjusted or Calculated Final Grade link
• Use pull-down menu to select the Grade Scheme

If your department or program has a common grade scheme, it may be listed here. To view the scheme, click Grades Schemes on the left sidebar

• Use Display options to set what you want you and your students will see in the columns
• Click Save

Final grade calculations

• Click Grades in the course navbar
• Click Enter Final Grades on the Final Grades category
• Click Recalculate All to update all calculations
• If you are releasing an Adjusted Grade, click Transfer All to move the values in the Calculated column to the Adjusted column
• Make any adjustments necessary in the Adjusted Grades column
• Click Save

Release final grades to students

• Click Grades in the course navbar
• Click Enter Final Grades on the Final Grades category
• Press the Release All button to release final grades to all users
• Enter any comments to specific students or the entire class
• Click Save