Entering or editing grades

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Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

Enter grades

Note: If you use the Add to Gradebook option in the Assignments, Tests & Quizzes, or Forums tools, you must enter grades via the appropriate tool.

To enter grades for items into the Gradebook:

1. Click Gradebook in the menubar.
   
   
2. Click the box next to the item for which you want to edit grades in the item list.
   
   
3. Enter each student's score for the item into the box following his or her name. Scores must be greater than or equal to zero, and may contain up to two decimal places (e.g., 9.25). You may leave a box blank if you are waiting on a student's grade.
   
   
4. To add comments for students, click the student's name.


5. In the Student Summary page, click the Comments tab. Type your comments in the text box below the item you wish to comment on. Click Close when you are done typing a comment.

Edit grades

To edit previously entered grades in the Gradebook:

1. Click Gradebook in the menubar.
   
   
2. Click the title of the item for which you want to edit grades in the item list.
   
   
3. On the Item Summary page, current grades for individual students for the particular item will appear in editable fields in the Points or Percentages column. To edit an item score for a student, change the points in the appropriate field.
   
   
4. To add comments for students, click the student's name.


5. In the Student Summary page, click the Comments tab. Type your comments in the text box below the item you wish to comment on. Click Close when you are done typing a comment.
   

Note: Scores submitted via external tools such as the Tests & Quizzes, Assignments, and Forums tools cannot be edited in the Gradebook. These scores must be changed in the source tools. You may edit comments using the same process listed above for editing grades.