Managing grade items and grade book categories

1. Editing grade items or categories
2. Hiding and showing grade items in the grade book
3. Reordering grade items and categories
4. Setting availability for grade items or categories
5. Setting release conditions for grade items or categories
6. Deleting grade items or categories
7. Restoring deleted grade items or categories
8. Associating grade items with course objects
9. Associating grade items or categories with learning objectives

Editing grade items or categories

Edit a grade item or category

1. On the Manage Grades page, click on the name of the category or item you want to edit.
2. Make your changes.
3. Click Save and Close.

Edit multiple grade items or categories

1. On the Manage Grades page, select the check box for each grade item or category you want to edit.
2. Click Bulk Edit.
3. Make your changes.
4. Click Save.

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Hiding and showing grade items in the grade book

You can change which grade items appear in your view of the grade book using Manage Columns.

Hide or show grade items in the grade book

1. On the Enter Grades page, click Hide/Show Columns from the More Actions button.
2. Select the check box for each grade item you want to appear in your grade book.
3. Click Save.

To change which grade item details (for example, weighted grade, grade scheme color) and user details (for example, username, email) appear in your view of the grade book, see Cobra Learning - Changing Grades Settings and Display Options.

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Reordering grade items and categories

1. On the Manage Grades page, click Reorder from the More Actions button.
2. Select a new position for a category or grade item using the Sort Order drop-down list. The positions of other categories and grade items adjust accordingly.
3. Click Save.

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Setting availability for grade items or categories

1. On the Enter Grades page, click Edit from the context menu of the category or item you want to edit.
2. In the Restrictions tab, select one of the following:
   • Category is always visible/Grade item is always visible Users can always see the category or item
   • Hide this category/Hide this grade item Users can never see the category or item
   • Category is visible for a specific date range/Grade item is visible for a specific date range Users can see the category or item during a restricted date range
3. If you select Category is visible for a specific date range/Grade item is visible for a specific date range, use the Has Start Date and Has End Date options to specify when the category or item should be visible. Select Display in Calendar to display the category or grade item in the course calendar.
4. Click Save and Close.

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Setting release conditions for grade items or categories

Release conditions allow you to associate grade items and grade book categories with other items in Learning Environment. For example, you can require that users meet some other criteria, such as completing a quiz or submitting to a dropbox folder, before a specific grade item appears in their grade book.

Set release conditions

1. On the Enter Grades page, click Edit from the context menu for the grade item or category you want to set restrictions for.
2. In the Restrictions tab, do one of the following:
   • Click Attach Existing, then select a tool from the View Conditions for drop-down list. Select the check box for any condition you want to attach, then click Attach.
   • Click Create and Attach, then select a Condition Type from the drop-down list. Complete any additional Condition Details that appear, then click Create.
3. Select from the drop-down list if All conditions must be met or Any condition must be met to access the grade item or category.
4. Click Save and Close.

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Deleting grade items or categories

1. On the Manage Grades page, click Delete from the More Actions button.
2. Select the check box for each grade item or category want to delete.
3. Click Delete.

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Restoring deleted grade items or categories

1. On the Manage Grades page, click Event Log from the More Actions button.
2. Click Restore beside the item or category you want to restore.

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Associating grade items with course objects

You can attach a grade item to individual course objects when editing their properties in the following tools:

• Quizzes
• Dropbox
• Discussions
• Content (only SCORM objects)

Note Completing a quiz included in a SCORM package automatically generates a grade item in the grades list, populated with the quiz results. To manually create a grade item for a SCORM package, see Cobra Learning - Using SCORM in Content.

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Associating grade items or categories with learning objectives

1. On the Enter Grades page, click Edit from the context menu of the category or item you want to edit.
2. In the Objectives tab, click Associate Learning Objectives.
3. In the Add Parent Association dialog that displays, select the learning objective you want to add to the grade item or category. Click Add Selected.
4. Click Save and Close.

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