Pass/Fail Grade Schema in Brightspace

Pass/Fail Grade Schema in Brightspace

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Using a Pass/Fail grade schema in Brightspace allows instructors to assess learner performance which will display a simple Pass or Fail text instead of traditional numeric or letter grades. It can be applied to any grade item. Please note that this is different than the Pass/Fail Grade item type which will only display points possible to learners and not text. 

Access Schemes 

  1. Select More on the Course Navbar. Select Grades.
Image of Grades on Course navbar.
  1. Select Schemes.
Image of Schemes Link.
  1. Select New Scheme. 
Image of New Scheme Button

Set up your scheme

1. Enter a Name for the Schema. For example, Pass/Fail Scheme

Image of Name of new Schema.


 2. Under Ranges, enter "Fail" for Range 1 under Symbol. The Symbol is what will appear to students on their Grades page.  Set the Start % and Assigned Value % to 0 (or your chosen failure threshold). Setting a color is optional. This will appear in the Grade Scheme Symbol column on the Grades page for the learner. 

Image of Schema Range

3. For Range 2, enter "Pass" under Symbol, set Start % to 1 (or your chosen pass threshold), and Assigned Value % to 100. Click Save and Close to apply changes.

Image of Pass Range

Assign New Schema

Once the Pass/Fail Schema is created, you must assign it to the specific grade item and edit the Student View display options. 

  1. On the Grades page, select Manage Grades link. 
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   2. Click on the Name of the Grade item that you want to set as Pass/Fail. 

Image of Grade item.

  3. On the Edit Items page, scroll down to Grade Scheme and select the Pass/Fail Scheme from the menu. 

Image of Schema drop down selection.

  4. Under Display Options – Student View, select Override display options for this item. Deselect Points Grade and select Grade Scheme symbol. This will display the Pass/Fail only and not the Points Possible of the assessment. Select Grade Scheme color if a color is assigned in the schema. Select Save and Close. 

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Student View of Pass/Fail Schema

Once you assign the new schema and enter a score on your end, students will see their grade like this example:

Learner’s Grade Page - 

Image of Learner's Page Pass Fail

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