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.
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 below steps 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.
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Select Calculated Final Grade instead of Adjusted Final Grade. You may need to change this at the end of the semester, but when Adjusted Final Grade is selected, students will not see a running total of their grades as the semester progresses.
- Select Automatically release final grade.
- Click Save.
- Click Yes to confirm the changes.
Note: You can choose settings for a running total while running Setup Wizard, as well. From Step 2 of the Setup Wizard, select Calculated Final Grade and check Automatically release final grade option. Then, click continue to go to the next step of the Setup Wizard.
