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      Gradebook Menu

      • Individual View
      • Gradebook History

      The Gradebook Individual View allows instructors to assess one student and one assignment at a time. Fully accessible to screen readers, this Gradebook view allows instructors to sort by section and assignment and contains many of the same settings that are available in the Gradebook. Late policies, posting policies, and some sorting and filtering options are not currently supported in Individual View.

      Like all Gradebook tabs, Individual View is persistent. Once you switch the Gradebook to Individual View, the Gradebook will always display in Individual View until it is switched back to another view.

      Note: If your course includes multiple graders, please note that once you open the Gradebook, all existing Gradebook data is stored in the browser until the page is refreshed. Grades are not dynamically updated with any changes made by other graders in the Gradebook or SpeedGrader.

      1. In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.

      Grades Index Link

      2. Click the Gradebook menu [1], then click the Individual View link [2].

      Gradebook Individual View

      Select Section and Sort Assignments

      In the Select a section drop-down menu [1], select the section you want to view.

      In the Sort assignments drop-down menu [2], select how to sort assignments. You can sort by assignment group and position, alphabetically, or by due date.

      Gradebook Individual View_Select Section and Sort Assignment

      Select Individual Gradebook Settings

      Select any settings you want to display in the Gradebook Individual View.

      To give ungraded assignments a zero grade, click the Treat Ungraded Assignments as 0 checkbox [1].

      To hide student names, click the Hide Student Names checkbox [2]. To display concluded enrollments, click the Show Concluded Enrollments checkbox [3].

      To display the Notes Column in the Student Information section, click the Show Notes in Student Info checkbox [4]. To Allow the Final grade to be overridden, click the Allow Final Grade Override checkbox [5]. To show totals as points instead of percentage,  click the Show Totals as Points on Student Grade Page checkbox [6].

       Notes:

      • The Treat Ungraded Assignments as 0 option may be restricted when multiple grading periods are enabled
      • The Show Totals as Points on Student Grade Page option is only available if you are using unweighted assignment groups in your course

       Select Individual Gradebook Settings

      You can also select additional Gradebook settings by clicking the corresponding button:

      To download scores in a CSV file, click the Download Current Scores button [1]. If you have previously downloaded the gradebook, a link to the most recently downloaded version is provided [red arrow]. Indicates the time and date of that most recent download.

      To upload scores in a CSV file, click the Upload Scores button [2].

      To view the history of grading changes, click the View Gradebook History link [3].

      Gradebook Individual View_Download Upload and Grade History Options

      Select Student and Assignment

      In the Select a student drop-down menu [1], select the name of the student whose information you want to view. If you want to view all students beginning with the first student in your course or section, click the Next Student button. To return to the previous student, click the Previous Student button.

      Student names will be sorted by last name and displayed according to your section preference in the Global Settings drop-down menu.

      Gradebook Individual View_Select Student and Assignment

      In the Select an assignment drop-down menu [2], select the student's assignment you want to view. If you want to view the first assignment in your course, click the Next Assignment button. To view the previous assignment, click the Previous Assignment button.

      Assignments will be displayed according to your sorting preference in the Global Settings drop-down menu.

      View Gradebook Information

      Once you select a student and an assignment, the Grading, Student Information, and Assignment Information sections will display all corresponding content. Scroll down the page to view each of these sections. You can revisit the Gradebook settings at any time to hide and show settings.

      In the Grading section, you can manage the grade for the selected student and assignment.

      To change a student's grade, enter the grade in the Grade field [1]. To excuse the assignment, click the Excuse This Assignment for the Selected Student checkbox [2].

      To view submission details, click the Submission Details button [3].

      Gradebook Individual View_Grade Info

      View Student Information

      The Student Information section displays the student's name [1], secondary ID [2], and course sections [3]. To open the student's Grades page, click the name of the student.

      In the Grades table [4], you can view grades for each assignment group. When grading periods are weighted and the All Grading Periods options is selected, the Grades section displays the weight of each grading period.

      The Grades table also displays the student's final grade [6]. The final grade may not be available when multiple grading periods are enabled.

      Gradebook Individual View_Student Information

      View Assignment Information

      The Assignment Information section allows you manage settings and view information for the entire assignment.

      To open the assignment details page, click the name of the assignment [1]. To open the assignment in SpeedGrader, click the See this assignment in SpeedGrader link [2].

      To download all submissions, click the Download all submissions button [3].

      You can also view the submission types enabled for the assignment [4], the number of graded submissions [5], the number of points possible [6], average score [7], high score [8], and low score [9].

      To send a message to students who meet specific criteria, click the Message Students who button [10].

      To set a default grade for the assignment, click the Set default grade button [11]. To curve grades for the assignment, click the Curve Grades button [12].

      Note: The Message students who button will not display if you are viewing an anonymous assignment.

      Gradebook Individual View_Assignment Information

      Switch to Gradebook View

      To switch to the Gradebook, click the Gradebook drop-down menu and select the Gradebook option.

      Switch to Gradebook View

      You can view the history of all Gradebook changes in your course using the Gradebook History page. Gradebook History is a read-only log that allows you to see who graded each artifact. Options are available to filter grading history by student, grader, artifact, and date.

      For quizzes, you can view historical data for any regraded quizzes.

      Notes:

      • Gradebook history displays changes made within the last 365 days.
      • Gradebook history will reflect any grade changes made to assignments with a manual posting policy, even if grades are not yet visible to students.
      • If you have enabled the Final Grade Override feature option, you can filter by the Final Grade Overrides Only option.

      1. In Course Navigation, click the Grades link.

      Grades Index Link

      2. Click the Gradebook menu [1] and select the Gradebook History... link [2].

      Gradebook History Option

      View Gradebook History

      The Gradebook History page displays recent grade changes in the course. Each grade change lists the date of the change [1], the student whose grade was changed [2], the grader who changed the grade [3], and the artifact where the grade was changed [4].

      Additionally, you can view a summary of the grade before it was changed [5], after it was changed [6], and the current grade for the assignment [7].

      Note: If you are grading in a course where you can only interact with users in your same section, the Gradebook history page will only display results for users within your same section.

      Gradebook History View

      View Anonymous Assignments in Gradebook History

      Any grade changes related to an anonymously graded assignment do not include student names in the search results [1].

      If the anonymous grading option is removed from the assignment at a later time, the Gradebook History page displays an icon showing that the assignment was previously graded anonymously [2].

      Note: Posting grades for an anonymous assignment will remove anonymity from the assignment.

      Gradebook History_Anonymous Assignments

      View Filters

      If you want to locate a specific grade change, you can filter grading history by student [1], grader [2], artifact [3], and start or end date [4].

      Gradebook History Filter Options

      Filter by Final Grade Overrides Only

      To filter the Gradebook History to display only final grade overrides, click the the Final Grade Overrides Only checkbox. The Final Grades Overrides checkbox only displays if you have enabled the Final Grade Override feature option.

      By default, the filter displays both assignment grade changes and override grade changes. If you filter by final grade override, you cannot filter by any other filters.

      Gradebook History Filter by Final Override Grade

      To apply your specified filters, click the Filter button.

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