Final Grades
Users Guide| Manage Grades | Enter Grades | Grades Schemes | Grades Settings | Setup Wizard | Final Grades
You can calculate Final Grades by individual students or by the entire class (you can filter/sort the entire class by Users, Sections, or Groups on the main Grades page by using the "view by" drop down menu).
Editing the Properties
The properties of the Final Grade Item are changed by clicking on the Adjusted or Calculated Grade column name on the main Grades List page (in Manage Grades area). The Properties has these options:
- Change the Display Name
- Allow the Semester Grade to exceed 100% - "Allow final grade to exceed points"
- Change the Grading Scheme dropdown menu
- Release Statistics to students - "display class average to everyone" and "display grade distribution to everyone"
Calculating and Releasing Final Grades
There are three parts to students' Final Grades. You need to tell D2L to
- Recalculate the Calculated grade,
- Transfer Calculated Grades to Adjusted Grades and
- Release the Final Grade to students.
To adjust a single student
click on his/her name in the User List page in Enter Grades. A screen like the one below will show up.
Click the calculator icon next to Calculated Final Grade to update the calculations.
Then click the Transfer Grade icon 
to Transfer Calculated Grades to Adjusted Grades. You can now adjust grades in this area as needed.
Then check the checkbox to Release Final Grade.
Save.
Please note: Once you manually overwrite a single students grade you can never again Transfer Calculated Grades to Adjusted Grades for the whole class because it will overwrite the student you manually changed.
Calculating Final Grades for All Users
From the Users list in the Enter Grades, select the Grades icon (
) beside the Final Grade column to enter and modify final grades for all users. You will have a list of students and a toolbar at the top of the screen:
User List: Main page of Enter Grades
Final Grades : where you are now
Final Grade Statistics: Will display stats about your students' final grades
Event Log: Displays all of the changes in the Grades tool
Recalculate All: Click this to update all of the calculated grades for the students
Transfer All: Click this to Transfer all of the Calculated Grades to Adjusted Grades
Clear All: This will erase all adjusted grades for the class
Release All: Click this to release the Final Grades column to your students
A small calculator icon may appear in the Calculated Grade column besides a user. This means that the calculated grade is no longer up to date for that user. Press this icon to update this user's final grade.
You can also enter Final Comments for the ENTIRE CLASS by selecting the Show details and overall comments link at the top of the student listing
You can also add comments for any individual user by clicking the Comment icon 
on their row. The Final Comments will be available to the User and the Private comments will not.
Note: If you have selected to automatically keep final grade update in the Grades Settings the final grade page will already be kept up to date. Also the final grades area is also dependant on what you have setup as the Final Grade properties (Allow score to Exceed point total and Grade Scheme that is in use by the Final Grade - you can have a different scheme for each Item in the Grade book).