Dropping The Lowest Grade
Summary
How to drop the lowest grade.
Body
- Open your Brightspace course and click Grades from the course navigation bar.
- Click Manage Grades near the top-left.
- Click New [A} and select Category [B] from the drop-down.
- Name the category as desired (i.e. Labs, Assignments, Tests, Quizzes, etc.).
- Scroll down and select Distribute points across all items in this category. Enter how much the labs are worth (i.e. 100 points each). Enter the Number of lowest non-bonus items to drop for each user (i.e. 2).
- Alternatively, if you use a weighted gradebook, enter the weight this category holds toward the final course grade (i.e. 20). Select Distribute weight evenly across all items and enter the Number of lowest non-bonus items to drop for each user (i.e. 2).
- Click Save and Close.
- Check the boxes to the left of the grade items that should be part of the category you just created. Click Bulk Edit.
- Scroll to the far-right and, from the Category drop-down, select the appropriate category for each item.
- Click Save when finished.
Details
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Article ID:
140867
Created
Mon 8/1/22 12:51 PM
Modified
Thu 11/14/24 11:06 AM