Grading schemes within D2L can live at the Organization level or at the Course level. A grade scheme enables you to organize users’ performances on grade items into levels of achievement. You can create your own grade schemes for a course or use schemes set up by our organization. Please see the Best Practices and Steps for Grading Schemes below for DMU guidance.

Grading Scheme Best Practices

• College grading schemes should be utilized when calculating a final grade for letter grade courses.
• The grading scheme can be applied directly to the Final Calculated or Final Adjusted Grade item or It can be set as the default grade scheme for the entire gradebook if you want to see letters next to each item in the gradebook instead of percentages.
  {Note: In January 2022, the COM Grading Scheme was updated. Moving Forward, all Final Grade schemes should use the "2022 Updated COM Grading Scheme" for all Letter Grade courses.}
• If a grade item needs a unique grading scheme, these can be created at the Course Level {see "Creating a Course Grading Scheme" below}
• Set the Display view for Managing and student view to display 2 decimals.

Updating Organization Grading Schemes for a Grade Item

1. On the navbar, click Grades.
2. On the Manage Grades page, click the arrow next to the grade item you wish to update
3. In the Grading area, select from the Grade Scheme drop-down list.
4. Click Save and Close

Updating the Default Grading Scheme for a Gradebook

1. On the navbar, click Grades.
2. Select the Setup Wizard and select Start at the bottom of the page.
3. Continue to Step 4: Choose Default Grade Scheme
4. Select the College Grade Scheme here to set this as the default scheme for all grade items and categories
5. Continue through the Setup Wizard and select Finish to finalize the change.

Creating a NEW Course Grading Scheme

1. On the navbar, click Grades.
2. On the Schemes page, click New Scheme.
3. In the General area, enter the scheme Name.
4. In the Ranges area, define the ranges in your grade scheme.
   • Symbols and start percentages are required for each range. Depending on how your course is setup on Colleague these should be one of the following: 
     • Letter Grade:  A+,A,A-,B+,B,B-,C,F
     • Pass Fail: P,F
     • Credit No Credit: Cr, Nc
   • In the Start % column, start with the lowest level and work your way up. i.e. In order to achieve a P a student should achieve >= 70%. If you want this to be accurate to the second decimal the Scheme will need to be specified to the 3rd decimal.
   • To associate a color with each range in the grade scheme, click the Color context menu and select the color. Associating colors with grade scheme ranges provide learners with a visual indicator of their achievement. These color associations display in your grade book.
   • In the Assigned Value % field, enter the numeric grade you want learners to achieve when you evaluate them using the grade scheme. If you do not assign a value in the Assigned Value % field, the Start % is used as the default.
5. Click Save and Close

Grade Display

1. On the navbar, click Grades.
2. Click the Blue settings button in the top right,
3. Under the Org Unit Display Options tab you can adjust the Decimals Displayed in the gradebook. There are two versions of this setting one for Managing View (Instructors) and another for Student View.
4. Set both Managing View and Student View to display 2 decimals for the grade scheme to work best.