To evaluate an assignment, use the help of a Grade Item: Grade Items represent the course items (usually assignments) that you would like to evaluate in the grade book. Brightspace can calculate and register the final grade for you, but only by attaching a grade item to an assignment,
- Read the article Create Grade Items, if you are unfamiliar with grade items and want to learn how to create a grade item.
- Read more about assessing an assignment in the article Grading Assignments.
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Attaching a Grade Item to an assignment
- Navigate to Course Tools in the navbar of your course.
- Click Assignments.
- In the overview table, search for the assignment to which you want to attach a Grade Item. Click on the fold-out arrow next to it.
- Click Edit Assignment.
- If you have not created an assignment yet: click New Assignment to create one now.
In the Grade Out Of box, you can indicate the maximum number of points that can be earned for this assignment. Here, it is also possible to add or create a Grade Item. If the Grade Out Of box is checked, a grade item with the same name will be created automatically. This default Grade Item is always numerical. To link an assignment to an existing grade item, or to change the type of grade item (to percentage or select box, for example), see the instructions below.
If you remove an Assignment with a Grade Item, the Assignment will disappear but the Grade Item will not automatically disappear. The Grade Item needs to be removed manually from the Gradebook.
Click the In Gradebook box that has appeared after clicking the Grade out of box. You can now:
- Create a new Grade Item with a selectable grade type and scheme or select an already created Grade Item (Edit or Link to Existing).
- Continue without a Grade Item but with a Score Out Of amount (Not in Gradebook).
- Undo the previous steps and not give points to the assignment (Reset to Ungraded).
If a Grade Item has already been attached to another activity then it will no longer show up as an option in the drop-down menu.
In the overview of the Assignments you can see by this icon whether or not a grade item is attached to an assignment. To see which item is attached to the assignment, hover over this icon with your mouse.