Accessing/Modifying the Grade Schema

Summary

This article will show instructors how to access and modify their course's grade schema.

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Watch the how-to video

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This article is split into three sections:

Accessing the Grade Schema

Modifying an Existing Schema

Creating a New Grade Schema


Accessing the Grade Schema

1. Navigate to the course Gradebook:

The right red arrow is pointing to the Gradebook tab in the course top navigation.

2. On the Gradable Items or Grades view, click the settings gear icon to the right:

The right red arrow is pointing to the Gradable Items tab.

OR

The right red arrow is pointing to the Grades tab.

3. Below Grade Schemas, click the blue “Manage Grade Schemas” link:

Below the Grade Schemas, the blue text Manage Grade Schemas has a red border around it which indicates that you will be clicking it.


Modifying an Existing Grade Schema

Note: Click “Save” in the bottom right corner after making any of the following edits to apply them to the grade schema.

To add a grade to an existing schema, hover over the row where you would like to add the grade and click the purple plus sign:

The right red arrow is pointing to the hollow circle with the plus sign in the middle of it.

Enter a grade name and specify the grade range percentage. Click out of the row to save your entry:

Within the Grade Name text field the letter A was typed in. In the From text field 95 was entered in.

To copy or delete an entire schema, click the ellipsis in the top right corner and select “Copy” or “Delete” from the dropdown menu:

The left red arrow is pointing to the three dotes to open the drop down menu with the options Copy, and Delete.

To edit or delete an existing grade within a schema, click the corresponding ellipsis in the “Grade Range %” column and select “Edit” or “Delete” from the dropdown menu:

The left red arrow is pointing to the three dotes which displays the down menu with the Edit, and Delete are the options.


Creating a New Grade Schema

1. Click “Add” next to “Grade Schemas” on the left:

The Add button has the red border around it to indicate you will be clicking on it.

2. Enter a name for the grade schema in the popup window and click “Add”:

The black box with the white text Add has the red border around to indicate you will be clicking on it.

3. Hover over the line between “A” and “F” and click the purple plus icon to begin adding new grades to the schema:

The right red arrow is pointing to the hollow circle with the plus sign in the middle of it.

4. Enter a grade name and specify the grade range percentage. Click out of the row to save your entry:

Within the Grade Name text field the letter A was typed in. In the From text field 95 was entered in.

5. Click “Save” in the bottom right corner:

Two buttons with the word Cancel in the gray box and the word Save in the black box. The Save button has a red border around indicating that this is the button to click.

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Article ID: 155130
Created
Tue 10/24/23 1:36 PM
Modified
Thu 2/5/26 3:49 PM