Question
How do I transfer exam scores from Quizzes to Grades in my course?
Overview
First, set-up Grades in your course. Then, associate or link Grade items to Quizzes.
Associating Grades with other items, like Quizzes, in your course for benefits like:
- Up to date grade book by syncing grades from other learning activities to Grades.
- Auto-graded Quizzes get published to Grades right away - no data entry needed!
Set-up Grades
Associate Grades with Quizzes
First, turn on the New Quiz Editing and Creation Experience:
- Edit the Quiz.
- If needed, turn on the New Quiz Editing and Creation Experience:
- Click the tab in the top right corner to expand the quiz experience selector.
- Click the Turn it on button.
![Turning on the New Quiz editing experience in D2L Brightspace](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=1a034566-2d4e-4ede-b3eb-d9d49a070c10.png)
Then, follow the steps to associate the Quiz with a grade item:
- Edit the Quiz.
- Add Quiz questions to the quiz first. This assures that the Quiz total points and Grades total points match.
- Then click the Not in grade book menu in the top left.
- Click Edit or link to existing if you wish to link a grade item that is already in Grades with the quiz.
- Click Add to gradebook if you wish to create a grade item and link that new item with the quiz.
- If you selected Edit or link to existing:
- Select the Link to an existing grade item option.
- Select the existing grade item you wish to link to the quiz from the drop down menu.
- Click Ok.
- Click the Save and Close button to save the Quiz.
![Edit or link to existing grades pop up window in Quizzes](https://services.mnsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9588512b-32e3-4ee8-8814-9ec14ca663e9.png&beidInt=2)