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Gradebook: Grade Display Type

Learn how to change how grade are displayed in the gradebook.

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how to change the course grade display to a letter, number, a combination of the two, or to award points.

Procedure

  1. From your course homepage, click on Grades.

    Course tabs with an arrow pointing to the Grades tab

  2. Click on the drop-down and select Gradebook setup.

    Grader report dropdown menu with the Gradebook setup option highlighted

  3. To the right of your course name, click the three horizontal dots and then select Edit category.

    Three horizontal dots with Edit category selected in the dropdown menu.

  4. In the Edit category section, click on the “Show more…” link

    Edit category box with the Show more link visible.

  5. In the Category total section, look for Grade display type.

    Grade display type row with a dropdown menu option.

  6. Select your preferred Grade display type from the dropdown menu (“Real” means points).

  7. Click Save changes at the bottom of the page.

  8. Return to your Grader Report page and you will see the change reflected on the page.

You may need to refresh your browser page to see the change

Test your selection to see how it will appear to students.

  1. From your course homepage, click on Grades.

  2. Click on the drop-down and select User report.

  3. Choose one of your students from the dropdown menu.

    Dropdown menu for course users

  4. Scroll to the bottom of the user Grade report to preview what is displayed in the Course total.

Display of grades set to percentage

If this isn’t what you want, repeat the process from the top of this document to choose a different display type.

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