D2L Gradebook Setup: Time Track and Notes

Access to your approved course outline, and details (raw score, weighting) on your assignments

01:10 -- Locate the Gradebook in D2L

01:15 -- Setup Wizard

Defined: Setup Wizard = Summary settings for your gradebook
Keep watching the video [04:12] for an alternative path to choose your gradebook settings

01:40 -- Grade Scheme

Defined: Grade Scheme = A table of grade ranges c/w percentage to letter grade equivalencies
**Check with your area chair as to whether there is a grade scheme you should be using

02:38 -- Grade Item type choice and the Grade Scheme

03:56 -- D2L Grades Export Utility

**Haskayne does NOT use this tool. Please follow the steps shared with you for final grade submission.

04:12 -- Settings: An Alternative to Using the Setup Wizard

Personal Display Options, Student (Org Unit) Display Options, Calculation Options

07:02 -- Manage Grades

Defined: The structure of your gradebook; assessments, respective assignment score totals and weightings
**Best practice: Keep the names of your assignments in D2L as they are listed in your course outline
**Gradebook Category = An assessment directory/folder primarily used for sub-calculation purposes
- For example, you have 5 quizzes but only want any one student's top 4 scores to count
- This video demonstrates what a gradebook category is and how to create one

08:53 -- Releasing the Final Calculated (or Adjusted) Grades

09:10 -- Hiding a Grade Item from Student View

Use this technique in the midst of grading an assessment. Release the grade item for student view once all your grading is complete.

09:41 -- Enter Grades

09:54 -- Review Your Gradebook for Blank Entries