When grading assignments in Assignments, it’s very convenient to be able to have the scores go automatically to the Grades area. In order to do this however, you must link your assignment to a Grade Item. This must be done in Assignments. Let’s go to the Assignments tab, find the assignment we want to link to a Grade Item, and click “Edit Folder” in the drop down menu next to it:
In the window that appears, click on the drop down menu just to the left of the Due Date box:
In that menu, choose the Edit or Link to Existing option.
If you already have a Grade Item created, you can use the second option shown to link it. In this case however, we don’t have one yet. So, we’ll click the first option, to “Create and link to a new grade item”. Doing so will automatically give the new Grade Item the same name as the Assignment. You also have other options, such as changing the category or the grade type.
When finished, click OK. The new grade item has been created and is now linked to your assignment, meaning it will now appear in the gradebook. Remember to enter the number of possible points in the “Grade Out of” box, and make any other changes you need, and then click Save and Close.
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