D2L Grades: initial setup

Choosing the right grades setup will facilitate ease of use

1. From the Course Home page, click on Grades
2. Click Settings (the small link under Edit Course or Logout at the upper right side of the Grades screen).
3. Click Calculation Options.
4. Under Grading System choose weighted (if grade categories and items count as a percentage of the Final Grade) or choose Points (where total points, not percentages, equal the Final Grade)
5. Skip down to Grade Calculations and choose drop ungraded items
6. Click Save.

Important Note: DO NOT select “Automatically keep final grades updated.” It has an adverse effect upon overall D2L response time. Instructors may update final grades at any time without using this option.

OPTIONAL: At the end of the semester, it is useful to change the “Grade Calculations” setting.  Just click Grades Settings > Calculation Options and select Treat ungraded items as O.

For help creating categories and grade items in your D2L Gradebook, please see the Weighted Gradebook setup tutorial  or the Points Gradebook setup tutorial .