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MCC Daily Tribune

The 5 Days of Brightspace Gradebook: Day 2

Delete and Update Category Weights! 

Welcome to Day 2 of the 5 days of Brightspace gradebook! This week we will run a series of simple tasks that you can do to check your gradebook to make sure it is functioning properly and matches your Course Information Sheet.   

The second tip is to delete unused grade items and edit your category weights.   

  1. You can find this from the Grade Center on the navbar 
  2. Then click on the Grades tab. 
  3. Go to the Manage Grades tab.  
  4. From here, you can use your More Actions button and select Delete. Go through and place a checkmark in each box for the items you want to remove. Delete unused items/categories carefully. This can be done in stages.  
  5. See the video: Delete Unused Items/Categories (Video, 6 min) 
  6. Go to the Manage Grades tab and edit each category with the correct numeric weight. 
  7. See the video: How to Update Weights on Categories (Video, 5 min) 

Tip:  Use two screens (one for the Manage Grades area and another to see if you have grades in the columns).  

Gradebooks are unique to each course, so if you need help, reach out to the Virtual Campus Team during drop-in hours over zoom. See our support hours and zoom link.  

Stay tuned for Day 3 tips! Check out Day 1 if you missed it! 

Andrea Gilbert
Instructional Technologies
04/18/2023