Creating a Calculated Grade Item

When creating a Grade Item in Brightspace, one of the options is a “Calculated” grade. This grade item will take the numerical point values of other grade items to calculate a grade. This can be helpful in many scenarios. In the guide below, we detail how to use a Calculated Grade Item to give a Midterm grade.

• Identify Grade Items that will contribute to the calculated grade
• Create the calculated grade

Identify grade items that will contribute to the calculated grade

Go into the Grades area of your Brightspace course, and select the Manage Grades tab.

Before creating the calculated grade item, make sure your grade book already contains the items you want to contribute to that grade. In this example there are multiple homework assignments, quizzes, and a midterm highlighted that will contribute to a calculated grade item.

Create the Calculated Grade Item

1. Go into the Grades area of your Brightspace course, and select the Manage Grades tab.
2. Click New and select Item
3. For the Grade Item Type, select Calculated
4. Give your item a name. Ex. “Midterm Grade”
5. Scroll down to select which existing grade items will contribute to the calculation:
6. Make sure that Milestone Grade Calculation is selected
7. Click Save and Close