Using the Grade Book

Every time you create an assignment, discussion, or quiz, a column is created in the grade book. There is no way to manually add an assignment to the grade book. Columns are created automatically when you create and publish assignments.

The Gradebook helps instructors easily input and distribute grades for students. Grades for each assignment can be calculated as points, percentages, complete or incomplete, pass or fail, GPA scale, and letter grades, and assignments can be organized into groups for weighting as well

Navigating the Gradebook

The Grade Detail Tray allows instructors to view and enter grades, submission status, and comments for a given student. The Grade Detail Tray also provides access to SpeedGrader.

To access the Grade Detail Tray, click anywhere in a grading cell for an individual student.
Click on the right facing arrow in the cell; the Grade Detail Tray will appear on the right side of the screen.
Student Name - Click on a student's name from the Grade Detail Tray to view an individual student's Grade page.
Move Between Students - Click the left or right arrow next to the student name to navigate between students while remaining in the same assignment.
Move Between Assignments - Click the left or right arrow next to the name of the assignment to navigate between assignments for the same student.
SpeedGrader - Click the SpeedGrader link to be taken to SpeedGrader for this assignment and specific student submission.
Grade - Enter, view, or change student grade in this box.
Status - Enter, view, or change student submission status in this area.
Comments - Enter, view, edit, or delete comments in this box. Students will be able to view this information unless the grade is hidden. (i.e., unless a manual posting policy is in effect and grades have not been manually posted. )

Status Indicator Default Colors

The default colors indicating if a submission is late, missing, resubmitted, dropped, or excused have been updated.

Gradebook Default Color Labels
Color	Default Meaning
Blue	Late Submission
Red	Missing Submission
Green	Resubmitted Submission
Peach	Dropped
Cream	Excused

Filtering Options.

The Filter menu allows you to select assignment group, section, and module. To access the Filter menu in the Gradebook, click on the View menu, then click on the Filters link. More than one filter can be applied at one time.

To remove a filter, go to the View Menu and click on the Filters Link. Click on the filters you'd like to remove.

Gradebook Resources

Video-Guide

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Instructor-Guide: How-do-I-use-the-Gradebook