Grades: Modify Display Options

Only those listed as 'Instructor' (not TAs, for example) can change the Course Display settings.

1. Access the Gradebook and click Grades Settings in the main menu.

2. Click Course Display Options in the top toolbar.

3. Choose how grades details will be displayed to the Instructor and to Students.

See the next step below on Personal Display Settings for additional options that influence the Instructor view. Also, the gradebook's Display Options, including hiding and showing columns in instructor view, can be modified from Enter Grades (see Entering Grades for details).

Instructor View Options:

Number of decimal places to show to instructors: Controls how many decimal places (from 0 - 5, inclusive) will be displayed in the instructor's view of Grades.

When choosing the number of decimal places to display in the instructor and student views, note that the system does not round, but merely stops displaying digits.

Student View Display Options:

Display points to students: Select to display total possible grade in addition to actual grade.
Display weighted grade to students: If using a Weighted grading system, select to display the weighted grade to students.
Display grade scheme symbols: The default is to have this checked so that students see the grade letter/symbol associated with the grade they received.
Display grade scheme color: The default is not to display the grade scheme color associated with the grade received. You must select ‘Display grade scheme symbol’ in order to have the option of selecting to display the associated grade scheme color.
Number of decimal places to display for grade item values: Controls how many decimal places (from 0 - 5, inclusive) will be displayed in the student's view of Grades. The default is to display 2 decimal places for grade item values.
Number of characters to display for Text type grade item values: Controls how many characters students see for "text" type grade items (See Creating Grade Items for details about grade item types); the default is 15 characters.
Display final grade calculation to students: Shows students the formula used to calculate their final grade; the default is to not display the final grade calculation.

4. Choose ICON Personal Display Options in the top toolbar. (These settings affect your personal settings only -- not how students or other instructors see grades. These display options apply to the gradebook in all of your courses.) Options include:

User Details: By default, the student's name is displayed, but you can also choose to display the student's username (name.#), student ID (a numeric ID particular to Carmen), or email address.
Grade Details: Select Points grade, Grade scheme color, and Grade scheme color. Click ICON Get Help for each item for details.
Other Instructor View Display Options:
- Characters displayed: Choose the number of characters to display in Text items.
- Repeat user details: Choose how often user details are repeated on the student list; enter the number of columns (between 0 and 99) displayed before details repeat. (This helps when working with a large number of grade items/columns.)
- Repeat grade item details: Choose how often grade items details are repeated on the student list; enter the number of rows (between 0 and 50) displayed before details repeat. (This helps when working with a large number of students/rows.)
- Repeat final grade: Choose whether to have each student's final grade, either calculated or adjusted, displayed at the beginning of the grades list as well as at the end.
For the Start Page, select a Default Grades Area on which to land when you go to Grades. "Enter Grades" would be a likely choice for most instructors.

5. Click Save when done.