Verify Grade Schema in Brightspace Course

John Jay courses are created in Brightspace with the John Jay Undergraduate Grade Schema set as the default for the calculation of final semester grades. However, a different schema must be used for graduate level courses.  We recommend all instructors verify the schema set for their courses and changing the schema if needed.  

Access Schemes  

  1. In the course, select More on the Course navbar. Select Grades on the drop-down menu.  

Course Navbar drop-down menu highlighting the Grades link with a black box.

  

  1. On the Grades page, select the Schemes link.  
Grades page displaying multiple links. Schemes link is highlighted with a black box.

 

  1. On the Schemes List page, multiple CUNY college schemes will appear. Scroll down the page to the John Jay schemes.  

John Jay Undergraduate Schema listed highlighted by a black box.

To view the percentages and assigned Letter grades, select the Grade schema name in blue. Please note that John Jay Grade schemas are the official schemas used by the college for final grades and cannot be edited. 

John Jay Undergraduate schema displaying percentages associated with the letter grades.

  1. By default, the John Jay Undergraduate Schema for Final Grades is selected by displaying the checkmark in the left side column. To change the Grade Schema to the Graduate Schema if needed, select the checkmark in the right-hand column directly across from the Graduate Schema title.  

Select the schema that you want to be the default schema for the course.

 

  1. A confirmation box will appear. Select Yes to change the Grade Schema. This change will be applied to the grade items within your Gradebook in the course.  

Select Yes on Schema Confirmation page to hold changes.

Important Note: 

If you have manually created and assigned a schema to a grade item in a course and then later change to the default schema on the Schemes page, the change will not automatically be updated in the course.  You must manually update the grade schema in the course. 

To verify what schema is applied to all grade items, do the following:  

  1. Go to Grades. Select Manage Grades.  

Manage Grades link on the Grades page.

 

  1. On the Manage Grades page, check the Select All box to highlight all Grade items. Select Bulk Edit.  

Bulk Edit selection to apply changes to multiple grade items at once.
  1. On the Bulk Edit page, under the Grade Scheme column, view and change the schema for that specific grade item by selecting the drop-down arrow.   
Bulk Edit page displaying the Grade Scheme column.

Select the new schema from the drop-down menu and select Save to retain changes. 

Drop-down selection showing John Jay Undergraduate Grade schema choice.

For more information and assistance, please email Office of Digitial Learning - Learning Management System Support at LMS.faculty@jjay.cuny.edu