Hide and Make Visible Grade Items in Student View and Instructor View

Hide and Make Visible Grade Items in Student View and Instructor View

To Hide a Grade Item from Learners

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

    Image of the Course Navbar highlighting the More selection and the Grades link.

  2. Select Manage Grades from the top menu.

    Image of the Manage Grades link.

  3. Find the grade item you want to hide. Select the Actions menu (downward arrow) next to the item and choose Hide from Users. Students will no longer see this grade item on their Grades page.

    Image of Actions menu and Hide from Users selection.

Important Note: If you are hiding a grade item that is associated with the Assignment or Quiz Tool page, students will still be able to see and access their grade within the tool page for that assessment. 

Make a Grade item Visible to Students

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

    Image of More on the Course Navbar and Grades link in drop-down menu.

2. Select Manage Grades from the top menu.

Image of Manage Grades link.

3. Find the grade item you want to make visible to learners. Select the Actions menu (downward arrow) next to the item and choose Make Visible to Users. Students will see the grade item on their Grades page. 

Image of Action Menu and Make Visible to Users option.

Important Note:  The hidden icon (eye with slash through it) will be visible next to any grade item that is hidden from learners. For more information on Brightspace icons access D2L Brightspace Icon Legend. 

To Hide a Grade Item in Instructor View

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

    Image of More link on Course Navbar and Grades link on drop-down menu.

    2. On the Enter Grades page, select More Actions. Select Hide/Show Columns. 

    Image of Enter Grades page, More Actions menu.

    3. Deselect the Grade item box of the Grade column that you wish to hide from the Grade book. Select Save. 

    Image of the Hide/Show Columns

    4. A reminder will show at the top of the Grade book page that some grade columns are hidden. Please note that hiding a grade column from instructor view will NOT hide it from learners. Hiding a grade column will NOT remove it from the Final Grade Calculation. 

    Image of note on Enter Grades page as a reminder that a Grade Item is hidden from Instructor View.

To Make a Grade item Visible in Instructor View

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

Image of More link on Course Navbar and drop-dwon menu showing Grades link.

2. On the Enter Grades page, select More Actions. Select Hide/Show Columns. 

3. Select the Grade item box of the Grade column that you wish to make visible again from the Grade book. Select Save.