You need to manually select to link a Brightspace Exam / Quiz to Grades either by linking it to an existing or new grade item.

You can tell if a quiz is linked to grades directly from Exams / Quizzes. You can also tell if a Grade Item is linked to a quiz from Grades.

Link an Exam / Quiz to a Grade Item

1. In the Navbar across the top, select Exams / Quizzes (or select Course Admin and then Quizzes)
2. To the right of the exam / quiz you want to link, click the ⌄ and select Edit
   
3. There are several options across the top. Select Assessment
4. Optional: For student to see results right away (i.e., if a quiz can be evaluated by Brightspace, learners can view their results right after they submit) check ☑︎ Auto-publish attempt results immediately upon completion 
   Tip: If you don't auto-publish attempts, you'll need to manually publish them
5. For Grade Item, if the grade item you want to connect to already exists, click the drop down and select it;
6. Otherwise, select [add grade item]
   
   1. Enter a name for the grade item. Tip: Use the same or similar name as the exam / quiz 
   2. Select a Grade Category (required if you use a weighted grade book)
   3. Scroll down and enter the Maximum points
   4. Select additional grade options as desired (e.g., Can exceed max, Bonus, Hide from Users, Availability dates)
   5. Click Save
7. Check the box for Synchronize to Grade Book to ☑︎ ​​​​Automatically update evaluations in grade book when published (otherwise, quiz grades will not show up in grades)
   
8. Adjust other grade settings as desired and select Save (or Save and Close)

How To Know if a Quiz is Linked to Grades (from the Exam / Quizzes tool)

1. Back in the list of Exams / Quizzes, you'll know a quiz is linked to Grades when it shows a ribbon next to the name
    
2. If you see the linked to grade item ribbon but the results still don't show up in Grades, make sure to check ☑︎ ​​​​Automatically update evaluations in grade book when published in the Assessment tab

How To Know if a Grade Item is Linked to/Associated with a Quiz (from Grades)

1. In Grades, you'll know a grade item is linked to an Exam / Quiz from the Association column: Any grade item linked to an Exam / Quiz will show Quizzes ? in the Association column. Click the ? to see which quiz the grade item is linked to: