This information guides you on how grades are viewed in your grade book. For more detailed information, download part of our Bb Vista training manual. The section, Mastering Your Grade Book and Managing Your Course, downloads the PDF that explains the grade book. There is also the online Bb Vista Help feature. When in your grade book, select the Help link at the top of the screen. You will find valuable information to help you set up your grade book.
My Grades Tool
Any grades that are released to students will appear in the My Grades tool. In My Grades, students in your class can see their own grades. To add the My Grades tool review this section of the Quick-Start Guide to Bb Vista. Once added, you can view the My Grades tool when in the Student View tab of your course.
The order of the grades that the students see in the My Grades tool is based on the order of the columns in the View All tab. To set up a specific order, go to the grade book and select the View All tab. Follow the instructions for Reordering and/or Releasing columns.
Releasing Grades to Students
You can release any column in your grade book to students. They can view any released grades in the My Grades tool. You may not want to release some columns: a text column used to describe the student, a pre-test score, the default Midterm and Final calculated columns that are in many grade books.
To release columns to My Grades:
- Select the Grade Book Options button.
- Select Column Settings.
- One of the rows in the Column Settings is Released to Students. If a column is released to students the word “Yes” will appear; “No” means it is not released.
- To change the release status for one column, click on the word “Yes” or “No” and it will change accordingly.
Original setting:
After clicking on the Yes and No links:
- If you have multiple columns that need setting, select the check boxes above each column.
- Select the Release or Do Not Release buttons.
- The release status for the columns will change to reflect the button you selected.
