Skip to content

Creating a Grade Column

  • Grades

Grade items are usually created when you create an assignment, quiz, or graded discussion topic. When you create an assignment, discussion, or quiz that is assigned points or completion, make sure you set it as In Grade Book if you want it to be listed as an item in the grade columns and included in your final grades column. This process is called associating the grade. If you set an assignment to Not in Grade Book, it will not appear in the grades columns or be included in the final grade calculation.

You can also manually create a grade column by following the instructions below:

  1. On your course homepage, navigate to Grades.
  2. In the Grades tool, click Manage Grades.
    The Manage Grades tab in the Grades tool.
  3. Click New > Item.
    creating a new item
  1. 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. The default grade scheme for CUNY courses is Percent, but you can select other grade schemes, such as BMCC Letter Grade, from the drop-down menu.
    • 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.

      Note: Only Numeric, Selectbox, and Pass/Fail grade item types support associations for grading and actively contribute to grade book calculations.
  2. In the Properties tab, enter the details for your grade item.
    Note: The fields in Properties will vary based on your chosen Grade Item Type. To learn more about a particular field in Properties, click the Get help on (? icon) beside the field.
  3. 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 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.
  1. In the Objectives tab, click Associate Learning Objectives to add learning objectives to the grade item.
  2. Click Save and Close.

Leave a Reply