The purpose of this article is to explain how to navigate the enter grades page in the Brightspace Grades tool.
View and Enter All Grades
Step 1
Click Course Admin
on the top navbar
Step 2
Click Grades
from the Course Admin tools list
Step 3
Standard View: shows all of the students, grade columns, scores entered, and final grades
- Students in the course
- Running calculation of final grade based on current scores entered
- Grade items not in a grade category
- Grade Category heading
- Individual grade items within a grade category
- Students in the course
- Final grades
Step 4
Spreadsheet View: allows you to enter grades into any of the grade columns. To get to Spreadsheet View, click Switch to Spreadsheet View
Step 5
Enter grades directly into the gradebook table.
- Enter numeric grade
- Click
Save
View and Enter Grades for Single Grade Item
Step 1
From Enter Grades
- Click the next to grade item name
- Click
Grade All
Step 2
- Enter numeric score for the grade item
- Click
Save and Close
TIP: You can also enter grades for assessments students are not submitting through the Brightspace system, such as class presentations or participation. First, create a grade item for the assessment as you normally would, then follow the steps above to enter the scores.