Deleting Grade Items from the Grade Book in Brightspace

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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 unassociate 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:

  1. In your Grade Book, go to the "Manage Grades" tab
  2. Choose "More Actions"
  3. Select "Delete"
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  4. Choose the grade items you wish to remove
  5. Click the "Delete" button
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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. 

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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:

  1. Go to the "Assignments" tab from the Navbar or the Course Admin menu
  2. Select the downward facing arrow next to the assignment you wish to disassociate
  3. Click "Edit Assignment"
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  4. Choose the drop down option that says "In Grade Book"
  5. Select "Not in Grade Book"
  6. To finish, choose the "Save and Close" button
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Disassociating a Discussion

To disassociate a Discussion, follow these steps:

  1. Go to the "Discussions" tab from the Navbar or the Course Admin menu
  2. Select the downward facing arrow next to the discussion topic you wish to disassociate
  3. Choose "Edit Topic"
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  4. Click the "Assessment" tab
  5. Find the Grade Item drop down selector, click on it, and select "-- Choose a Grade Item --"
  6. To finish, choose the "Save and Close" button
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Disassociating an Exam/Quiz

  1. Go to the "Exams/Quizzes" tab from the Navbar or the Course Admin menu
  2. Select the downward facing arrow next to the exam/quiz you wish to disassociate
  3. Choose "Edit"
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  4. Click the "Assessment" tab
  5. Find the Grade Item drop down selector, click on it, and select "None"
  6. To finish, choose the "Save and Close" button
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