Deleting Grade Items from the Grade Book in Brightspace

You can delete grade items from the grade book in Brightspace that you no longer need after disassociating them from Assignments, Discussions, or Exams/Quizzes.

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Brightspace, Brightspace for Instructors, Grade in Brightspace

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Instructors, Staff

If you want to delete items from your grades, perhaps because you imported content-including grades-to your Brightspace course, use these steps to do so. Note: Before deleting a grade item associate with a quiz, assignment, or discussion, you must first disassociate it.

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Deleting a Grade Item

Before deleting any grade items, be sure to verify that this is the correct option for you. Deleting items includes deleting all associated grades, removal from calculations, and removal from other tool associations. Consider hiding the items instead. If you have decided that you would like to delete, be sure that you have selected the intended grade items and that there are no associated grades that are needed.

To delete a Grade Item from your Grade Book, follow these steps:

In your Grade Book, go to the Manage Grades tab
Choose More Actions
Select Delete
Choose the grade items you wish to remove
Click the Delete button

Disassociating a Grade Item

If you are unable to select a Grade Item to delete from the Grade Book, it is most likely because the Grade Item is associated with a Discussion, Assignment, or Exam/Quiz. In the Association column in the Manage Grades tab, you will see which association the Grade Item has.

check the third column title association to view which type of content the grade item is connected with

Once you have disassociated the Grade Item from the Discussions, Assignments, or Exam/Quizzes tools, they can be deleted using the instructions above.

Disassociating an Assignment

To disassociate an Assignment, follow these steps:

Go to the Assignments tab from the Navbar or the Course Admin menu
Select the downward facing arrow next to the assignment you wish to disassociate
Click Edit Assignment
Choose the drop down option that says In Grade Book
Select Not in Grade Book
To finish, choose the Save and Close button

Disassociating a Discussion

To disassociate a Discussion, follow these steps:

Go to the Discussions tab from the Navbar or the Course Admin menu
Select the downward facing arrow next to the discussion topic you wish to disassociate
Choose Edit Topic
Choose the drop down option that says In Grade Book
Select Not in Grade Book
To finish, choose the Save and Close button