Entering or editing grades

Note: To complete these procedures, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

Entering grades

Note: If you use the Add to Gradebook option in Assignments, Forums, or Tests & Quizzes, you must enter grades via the appropriate tool.

To enter grades for items in Gradebook:

1. In your site's menubar, click Gradebook. If you are not already on the main page of the Gradebook tool, click Gradebook Items or the reset button ( 
   
    ) to the left of the tool name.
   
   
2. Click the title of the item for which you want to enter grades.

   Note: To display more students than the default view, use the Show drop-down list. To display specific groups or sections of students, use the View drop-down list.

3. Enter each student's grade for the item into the box following the appropriate name. Scores must be greater than or equal to zero, and may contain up to two decimal places. You may leave a box blank if you are waiting on a student's grade.
   
   
4. To add comments for students, click Edit Comments. Type your comments in the text box.
   
   
5. When you are finished, click Save Changes. A grade history log indicating the date entered, the grade, and the submitter is created for each score. Click the Log icon to view the details for an entry.

Editing grades

To edit previously entered grades in Gradebook:

1. In your site's menubar, click Gradebook. If you are not already on the main page of the Gradebook tool, click Gradebook Items or the reset button ( 
   
    ) to the left of the tool name.
   
   
2. Click the title of the item for which you want to edit grades.
   
   
3. On the Gradebook Item Summary page, current grades for individual students for this particular item will appear in editable fields following each student's name. To edit a grade for a student, change the grade in the appropriate field.
   
   
4. To add comments for students, click Edit Comments. Type your comments in the text box.
   
   
5. When you are finished, click Save Changes. The grade history log will record the date of each grade change, the updated grade, and the name of the user who made the change. Click the Log icon to view the details for an entry.

Note: Scores submitted via external tools such as Assignments, Forums, and Tests & Quizzes cannot be edited in Gradebook. These scores must be changed in the source tools.