This article includes instructions for configuring a Brightspace grade book to display an automatically updated or running total in the Calculated Final Grade column. It is intended for instructors.
The Brightspace Grade Book is used to provide students with access to their scores on individual quizzes, exams, and assignments. It can also be helpful to provide cumulative feedback as the course progresses by configuring the existing Calculated Final Grade column to display an automatically-updated running total across all graded items. Follow the steps below to create a running total:
- In your course site, select Grades in the Nav bar and click Settings on the right side of the screen.
- Click the Calculation Options tab.
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Scroll down to Final Grade Released options and select Calculated Final Grade instead of Adjusted Final Grade. (If you need to make adjustments to the final grade at the end of the semester, return to change this setting to Adjusted Final Grade then. Note: When Adjusted Final Grade is selected, students cannot see a running total of their grades as the semester progresses.)
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Select Automatically release final grade. (This setting releases the grades the first time a Final Grade is calculated from Null to a final grade value.)
- Scroll down to Grade Calculations and ensure Automatically keep final grades updated is checked. (This option automatically adjusts final grades after you change a grade item or calculation option.)
- Click Save.
- Click Yes to confirm the changes.
Note: These changes can also be made using the Setup Wizard:
- From Step 2 of the Setup Wizard, select Calculated Final Grade, check the Automatically release final grade option and click Continue.
- In Step 3, select the Automatically keep final grades updated option and click Continue.
- Then, click Continue on the rest of the pages of the Setup Wizard until the final step where you click Finish.
