This Information is Intended for: Faculty, Researchers, Staff, Teaching Assistants
Last Updated: March 17, 2023
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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
- In the Navbar across the top, select Exams / Quizzes (or select Course Admin and then Quizzes)
- To the right of the exam / quiz you want to link, click the ⌄ and select Edit
- There are several options across the top. Select Assessment
- 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 - For Grade Item, if the grade item you want to connect to already exists, click the drop down and select it;
- Otherwise, select [add grade item]
- Enter a name for the grade item. Tip: Use the same or similar name as the exam / quiz
- Select a Grade Category (required if you use a weighted grade book)
- Scroll down and enter the Maximum points
- Select additional grade options as desired (e.g., Can exceed max, Bonus, Hide from Users, Availability dates)
- Click Save
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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: