Grades

The Grades tool (Gradebook) allows you to create a structure and manage student grades for your course. You can link items from other assessment tools in D2L such as Assignments, Quizzes and Discussions, or you can manually enter grades for in person activities. Once graded by you, the marks automatically feed into the Gradebook from the assessment.  You can add Bonus grade items, drop grade items, exempt students from grade items, etc.  The Grades tool will automatically calculate your final grade and you can export the grades directly to Colleague (myCamosun) to save data entry errors You can also download an EXCEL spreadsheet to save to your computer if necessary.

Students can see their grades as you add them, but do not see the Final Grade until you release it to them. Tutorials for students related to the Grades tool specifically are at the bottom of this page (and also on the D2L for Students page).

Here are some tutorials to get you started.

Creating

• Overview of Weighting Options in the Grades Tool
• Creating a Grade Category (and what that means)
• Creating a Grade Item
• Set Manual Weights for Grade Items in a Category
• Dropping the Lowest Grade in a Category
• Creating a Bonus Grade Item
• Allowing a Grade Item to Exceed its Points Value
• Creating a Mid-Point Grade Item
• Creating a Final Grade Snapshot Grade Item
• Creating and Applying a Custom Grade Scheme

Managing

• Keeping Final Grade Updated
• Deleting Grade Items
• Previewing a Student’s Gradebook
• Changing a Student’s Gradebook View in Settings
• The More Actions Menu – the More Actions menu allows you to Reorder, Restore, Hide and Unhide, and Delete Grade Items and Categories
• Bulk Edit in Grades
• The Grade Item Action Menu (the down arrow next to a Grade Item title)

Final Grades

• Releasing and Exporting Final Grades (with screenshots)
  • • Includes:
  • Overview of Grade Schemes and Related Terminology
  • Required Gradebook Settings for Grade Export
  • Double-Checking the Gradebook Before Releasing Final Grades
  • Releasing (Making Visible) Final Grades to Students in D2L
  • Exporting Final Grades from D2L to myCamosun (Colleague)
• Releasing Final Grades to Students in D2L – Checklist (previous version)
• Releasing Final (Adjusted) Grades to Students in D2L – Tutorial (previous version)
• Exporting Final Grades from D2L to myCamosun – Checklist (previous version)
• Exporting Final “Adjusted Letter Grades” from D2L to myCamosun – Tutorial (previous version)
• Exporting Final “Competency Grades” from D2L to myCamosun – Tutorial (previous version)

Grading

• Entering Grades Manually
• Customizing the Enter Grades Table (so you only see the grade items you want to)
• Exempting Students from Grade Items (to spread their grade amongst remaining grade items)
• Exempting Students from an Item within a Category (to control where that grade goes)
• Saving your Gradebook
• Attaching Feedback to a Grade Item