Gradebook - Exclude Grades

This tutorial describes how to exclude a single grade from the overall course grade in the Gradebook. How you exclude a grade will depend on your gradebook set up.

Step 1

Click Grades at the top of your course and on the resulting page select Gradebook Setup from the dropdown.

Image showing the Gradebook setup option within the dropdown

Step 2 Locate the item you want to exclude from the overall grade column.

If there is a checkbox next to the Weights area, check the box next to the Weights area for the item. This will allow you to edit the weight for the item. Change the weight to 0.0. 

If there is no checkbox next to the Weights areacontinue to Step 4.

Image highlighting the checkbox associated with a sample assignment

Step 3 Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save Changes button. You're done!

Image of the Save Changes button

Step 4 In the gradebook setup page, use the drop-down menu to choose Single View.

Image highlighting the Single View menu

Step 5 Using the Select grade item dropdown menu, choose the assignment you wish to exclude from the gradebook.

Image showing the Select Grade item dropdown

Step 6 In the right column, you can choose All to exclude everyone's grade for this assignment, or you can check a box next to individual students' grades to exclude them. This will result in the grade for this assignment being excluded from the overall course grade.

Image highlighting the All option and the aforementioned Checkbox

Step 7  At the bottom right of the page, click the Save button. You're done!

Image highlighting the Save button in blue


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