Sharing Current Grades in D2L

Instructors may make adjustments or customize what students see as their current (cumulative) grade. By default, students are able to see their scores on individual grade items, but course settings may affect if a student can see a cumulative grade during the term. This page contains guides for:

Publishing current grades
Hiding current grades
Creating a text item to share grades

Instructors can check if your students can see their current, cumulative score in the gradebook.

Go to Grades.
On the Enter Grades tab, locate the "Final Grades" column.
Select Enter Grades.

Note: Inside the “Final Grades” column, the grade item itself may be called Final Calculated Grade or Current Grade. Instructors may also customize the name of this item.

Identify which icon shows next to a student’s current grade:
- A Closed Eye icon indicates that students cannot currently see this grade. To make this visible to students, instructors will need to publish this item.
- An Open Eye icon indicates that students can currently see this grade. To hide this grade from students, instructors will need to retract the item.

Publishing Current Grades

If students have (1) already received at least one score in the gradebook and (2) students final grade currently shows a Closed Eye icon, this indicates that students cannot currently see their cumulative grade. For students to see this column, it must be manually published.

Go to Grades.
Select the dropdown arrow next to the "Final Grades" column title.
Select Enter Grades.
Select the dropdown arrow [A] next to the Final Grades page heading.
Select Release All [B].
Select Yes.
Select Save and Close.

Hiding Current Grades

If students have (1) already received at least one score in the gradebook and (2) students final grade currently shows an Open Eye icon, this indicates that students can currently see their cumulative grade. Instructors may choose to hide this column, for example, if final grades are curved and displaying the current grade may lead to student confusion.

Go to Grades.
Select the dropdown arrow next to the "Final Grades" column title.
Select Enter Grades.
Select the dropdown arrow [A] next to the Final Grades page heading.
Select Unrelease All [B].
Select Yes.
Select Save and Close.

Note: If instructors would like to share a custom or adjusted cumulative grade column with students, we recommend creating a Text grade item. Instructors can enter text or numeric values to display to students; this column is informational and does not affect the overall grade calculation.

Creating a Text Grade Item

Go to Grades.
Select Manage Grades [A].
Select New [B].
Select Item [C].
Select Text.
Enter a name.
(Optional) Select or create a category.If an existing category is selected, some fields on this page might be automatically filled based on the grade category settings.
Select Save and Close.

Note: Final grades calculated or entered in D2L are not official. Instructors must enter final grades in Campus Connect for grades to appear in official DePaul student records. See Submitting Final Grades for more information.

NEXT STEPS

After releasing cumulative grades in the course, instructors might want to email students to let them know that their scores are available. View Emailing Students via the Classlist for more information.