Manage Grades: Items & Categories

The Manage Grades tab is where instructors are able to create new grade items and categories, organize existing items/categories, and quickly view some grade item properties.

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Tabs available at the top of the Grades page.

Creating a New Grade Category

1. Go the to Manage Grades tab in the Grades tool.

2. Select New.

3. From the drop-down menu, choose New Category.

4. Specify the desired details of the new grade category.

5. Set any specific restrictions:

   • Hide from users: Hide restrictions from learners.

   • Has Start Date: Set a Start Date for the grade category.

   • Has End Date: Set an End Date for the grade category.

   • Display In Calendar: Display Start and End Dates in the course Calendar.

   • Release Conditions: You can Attach Existing conditions or Create and Attach conditions.

6. Select Save and Close if finished, or Save and New to continue making another new category.

Adding Items to a Category

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Assign a category to a grade item.

When creating a new item, under the Properties tab use the drop-down under Category to choose which category that item will belong to. Remember to click Save or Save and Close when finished.

If adding an existing item, click the chevron beside the item you want to move to a category and click Edit. Then under the Properties tab use the drop-down under Category to choose which category that item will belong to. Remember to click Save or Save and Close when finished.

Creating a New Grade Item

1. Go the to Manage Grades tab in the Grades tool.

2. Select New.

3. From the drop-down menu, choose New Item.

4. On the New Item page, choose a Grade Item Type from the following:

   • Numeric: Grade users by assigning a value out of a specified total number of points.

   • Selectbox: Grade users by selecting the grade scheme level that best matches their achievement. Selectbox type grade items cannot be created until at least one org unit grade scheme has been created.

   • Pass/Fail: Grade users using a simple pass or fail grade scheme.

   • Formula: Automatically grade users using a custom formula based on their achievement for other grade items.

   • Calculated: Calculate users' cumulative achievement across multiple grade items.

   • Text: Provide comments in the grade book that are not calculated in the final grade.

5. In the Properties tab, enter the details for your grade item.

6. In the Restrictions tab, enter the following information:

   • Hide from users: Hide restrictions from learners.

   • Has Start Date: Set a Start Date for the grade item.

   • Has End Date: Set an End Date for the grade item.

   • Display In Calendar: Display Start and End Dates in the course Calendar.

   • Release Conditions: You can Attach Existing conditions or Create and Attach conditions.

7. In the Objectives tab, click Associate Learning Objectives to add learning objectives to the grade item.

8. Click Save and Close.

Associating an Assessment with an Item

Assessments like quizzes and assignments cannot be linked from the Grades area. Although the instructor can create a grade item for this assessment, it must be linked from the assessment itself (ie. by editing the assignment) with the exception of Rubrics. Read more about associating a grade to an Assignment, Quiz, or Discussion.

Rubrics with existing/new grade item

Rubrics can only be associated with grade items through grade item properties. Grade Items cannot be created from the Rubrics tool.

1. Go the to Manage Grades tab in the Grades tool.

2. Select New.

3. From the drop-down menu, choose New Item.

4. On the New Item page, choose a Grade Item Type.

5. On the Properties tab scroll down to Rubrics.

   • Add an existing rubric.

   • Create a new rubric in a pop-up window to then attach.

6. Click Add selected once the desired rubric is chosen.

7. Save and Close.