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The 5 Days of Brightspace Gradebook: Day 5

Day 5: Miscellaneous Tips

Welcome to Day 5 of the 5 days of Brightspace gradebook! It's the last day of our series. We hope you found some of these tips helpful.

The fifth and final tips are some optional adjustments that you can make in your gradebook. If using the native Brightspace tools, make sure your columns are associated as needed. In a migration from Blackboard, typically the quiz and assignment columns are associated, but the discussion columns are not. Next, if you find that you need to add a manual grade item or a new category, you have the ability to add extra columns and categories as needed. Next, consider adjusting your own personal display settings. While the setup wizard allows you to adjust your student's display settings, you'll need to adjust your own display settings in the Settings area. My favorite setting is the color coding so you can see what you have graded and what you haven't. Finally, feel free to review our video on entering in grades manually, grading assignments, and discussions.

The following videos will give you a quick tour of how to do the suggested tasks above:

All gradebooks are unique, so carefully make sure your grades look appropriate before entering your final grades into Banner.

If you need additional help, reach out to the Virtual Campus Team during drop-in hours over zoom. See our support hours and zoom link. If you prefer to come in person, we will have one on-campus drop-in day on Monday, 12/19 from 9am-noon and 1-4pm in the Virtual Campus Training Room (3-122) in lieu of zoom hours.

Need a recap?

Want more tips and tricks for Brightspace? Considering attending our Tips and Tricks for Brightspace session at the Winter Teaching Institute session on 1/18!

Please remember that our Virtual Campus office is closed from December 24th-January 2nd, so if you have any questions during that timeframe regarding your gradebook in Brightspace, you will need to reach out to our SUNY Help Desk for support at 1-844-673-6786. Records and Registration is your contact for any questions about entering grades in Banner.

Andrea Gilbert
Instructional Technologies
12/16/2022