Three types of columns
In the Grade Center, three types of columns appear: user, calculated, and grade. Each column has a menu with options. The options that appear vary based on the type of column.
When you create or edit columns, you can select settings to display the data you want in the Grade Center. You also can hide and show columns, associate columns with categories and grading periods, and rearrange columns.
About user columns
In a new course, six default user columns appear in the Grade Center grid:
- Last Name
- First Name
- Username
- Student ID
- Last Access
- Availability
You can't delete or edit default user columns. You can hide all but the first user column in the grid. If you need to hide the first column, you can rearrange the user columns on the Column Organization page. But, at least one user column must show. You can also freeze user columns so that they remain in place as you scroll in the grid.
On the Users page, you can make a user unavailable. In the Grade Center, the User Unavailable icon appears in an unavailable user's column. However, the user's row isn't hidden in the grid. Unavailable users can't access your course.
To sort a column, select the column heading. For example, you can sort the Last Access column. Users who accessed your course most recently appear first in the list. The sorted list remains in effect until you change it or log out.
External grade column
The results in the external grade column are shared with your institution as your students' grades for your course. You decide which column is set as the external grade. In new courses, the default total column is the default external grade column, and the External Grade icon appears in the column header. You can't delete the default total column until you set another column as the external grade.
To set the external grade, open a column's menu and select Set as External Grade. The External Grade icon appears in the column header you chose and no icon appears in the default total column header.
If you copy or restore a course, the external grade column you chose remains as the external grade column.
Menu options
Each column's menu displays options that are specific for that column.
In the Grade Center, you can't change the Item Name of columns created automatically for gradable items, such as tests and assignments. You can edit the name of a gradable item in your course and the name will change in the Grade Center.
On the Edit Column page for auto-created columns, you can type a different name in the Grade Center Name box. The name you provide appears only to you in the Grade Center grid. Students won't see this name. The name of the item in your course isn't changed.
Automatic deletion of grade columns
If you delete a content folder in a content area that contains graded items with no attempts, the corresponding columns are also deleted from the Grade Center.