Desire2Learn 8.3
Setting up Your Gradebook
Step 3: Setting Display Options
This document covers the third of the five steps you should complete when setting up your gradebook in D2L: Setting Display Options. The selections recommended in this document are designed to help you easily complete the gradebook setup while giving you the most flexibility in maintaining your gradebook.
NOTE: Even if you copied your gradebook over from a previous semester, you must complete the steps outlined in the first three documents (Steps 1-3) of the Setting Up Your Gradebook series.
Other documents that you will want to refer to include the following:
- Step 1: Selecting a Grade Calculation System
- Step 2: Selecting a Grade Scheme
- Step 4: Creating and Setting Up Categories
- Step 5: Creating Grade Items
To set display options:
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From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click GRADES
The User List pane appears. -
In the Grades Area widget, click GRADES SETTINGS
The Personal Display Options pane appears. -
From the Managing View Display Options section, select the options you would like displayed when viewing your gradebook:
User details
Selections in this category display the username, email address, or Org Defined ID of the students in your gradebook. These options can be especially helpful if you have two or more students with the same name, and need to differentiate them in the gradebook.
Grade details
Points grade displays the total number of points accrued for each grade item (e.g., 9/10). Grade scheme symbol toggles whether or not a Grade scheme symbol is displayed in the user list when associated with a grade item. Any custom grade schemes will also appear in this list. Grade scheme color displays colors that are associated with a letter grade in any given grade scheme.
Characters displayed
By entering a number in the adjacent text box, you can set how many characters of a grade item or category will be displayed on the User List. The value set must be between 0 and 50.
Repeat user details every ___ items
This is the number of grade items that appear consecutively before the student information is repeated. About 5-7 is recommended.
Repeat grade item details every ___ users
This is the number of users that appear before the column header is repeated in the User List.
Repeat final grades
These options allow you to repeat the calculated final grade at the start of the User List, repeat the adjusted final grade at the start of the User List, or both.
EXAMPLE:
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To set additional display options, click ORG UNIT DISPLAY OPTIONS
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Select the options you want students to see when viewing your gradebook:
Decimals displayed
Specify the number of decimal places you would like to see when viewing the gradebook.
Submission view display options
Everything in this sections pertains to the students'; view.
Grade details
Points grade displays the total number of points accrued for each grade item (e.g., 9/10). Grade scheme symbol toggles whether or not a Grade scheme symbol is displayed in the user list when associated with a grade item. Any custom grade schemes will also appear in this list. Grade scheme color displays colors that are associated with a letter grade in any given grade scheme.
Decimals displayed
Specify the number of decimal places you would like to display.
Characters displayed
Specify the number of characters you would like to display for a text grade item.
Final grade calculation
This option shows the final grade calculation formula to the students, and is ignored when the Formula grading system is used.
EXAMPLE:
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Click SAVE
