Use the gradebook

Use the gradebook to report performance and grades. The gradebook automatically records student scores for online work and lets you manually add scores for offline work. Use the links to view results, manage scores, generate reports, and organize your student list. View information for both the whole class and for individual students.

Students can access their own results and monitor their progress in the class.

Using an LMS? You can sync grades to your learning management system gradebook if you work in Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, Moodle, Sakai, or Schoology.

Depending on your course, you can select:

  • Manage Incompletes - Submit scores for incomplete assignments.
  • Change Weights - Customize scoring by weighted gradebook categories or individual assignments.
  • Grade Sync Settings - Choose how scores are sent and select assignments to sync with your LMS gradebook.
  • Offline Items - Create and manage offline assignments.
  • Export Data - Export results data for use in a spreadsheet application such as Microsoft® Excel. See Export quick reports or Export advanced reports.
  • More Tools - Navigate to other student management and reporting options. The options available depend on your course and on whether you work in a learning management system (LMS). You can select:
    • Add/Edit Student IDs - use student IDs in your gradebook and roster.
    • Clear Study Plan - empty a student's Study Plan and remove sample test results.
    • Delete Results - remove students' results for assignments. (Unavailable when your course is delivered in an LMS.)
    • Drop Lowest Scores - omit lowest scores on assignments for your class. (Unavailable when your course is delivered in an LMS.)
    • Edit Roster - change student status in MathXL and MathXL for School courses.
    • Enable Access - let students resume work on an interrupted test.
    • eTextbook Analytics Dashboard - reports the time students spend in the eTextbook, whether on the web or in the mobile app.
    • Import Previous Results - transfer a student's results from another course.
    • Manage Course Recommendations - define the tests and test scores required to determine student readiness for courses.
    • Manage Instructor Access - modify the access permissions of section instructors in the course. (Available only to course owners in some LMSs.)
    • Omit Assignment Results - omit students' results for assignments or reinstate results omitted previously. (Unavailable when your course is delivered in an LMS.)
    • Search/Email by Criteria - email students in your class based on their performance.
    • Show/Hide Assignments - select assignments to hide or show. Hidden assignments do not display in assignments views in the gradebook but do show on other pages according to their settings, weight, and other attributes.
    • Student Tags - assign tags to identify and group students.
    • Set Scoring Options - choose how scores calculate and display.
    • Respondus Monitor Proctoring Dashboard - see recorded sessions and monitoring data in Respondus Monitor Proctoring.
    • Performance Analytics - analyze student performance by course, assignment, or student using Performance Analytics.

To refresh the page with your selected results, choose:

  • Assignments - View assignment results by gradebook category or manage offline categories.

    You cannot display all assignments in courses with more than 2000 students.

  • Student Overview - View each student's average score on assignment and Study Plan work.

    You cannot display overviews for all students in courses with more than 2000 students.

  • Study Plan - View students' progress in their Study Plan.
  • Performance by Chapter or Standard - View class scores on assignments and Study Plan work for a chapter, section, objective (if applicable), or standard.
  • Adaptive Diagnostics - View each student's proficiency for topics associated with an Adaptive Diagnostic test.

See issues that might require your intervention.

  • Inactivity - View and email students who have not submitted any work in the past five days.
  • Work needs grading - View assignments, such as essays, that need manual grading.
  • Skill Builder - View detailed Skill Builder reports.

See Use alerts.

  • Select Class Performance to open a visual overview of students' overall scores.
  • Select a bar in the chart to list of all the students in that grade range and email them or export their information to a .csv file.
  • Select Performance Analytics to see additional visual reports on student results, including:
    • Performance overview - see the average for all assignments.
    • Assignment performance - see scores for assignments.
    • Student performance - see individual student scores.
    • Early alerts - see students who might be struggling.
  • Select a student's name to open their Results page, where you can review their work.
  • Select Additional Details to view students' overall scores and last log in.

Inactive students (for example, section instructors) display at the bottom of the roster in gray type.

See Manage enrollment for more information.

Videos:

Watch: Gradebook Overview (1:24)

Watch: Use the gradebook to teach and assess performance (14:05)

Watch: How to use Performance Analytics (1:20)

 

Updated 06 Feb 2025