Granting Exemptions in Grades in D2L Brightspace

Overview

This article is for faculty who need to exempt a specific student from a grade item or exempt MavPass leaders from grades. It gives step by step instructions for how to do this in D2L Brightspace.

How-To

Bulk exemptions in Grades allows you to exempt a specific user from selected or all grade items. Exemptions display the grade item as "Exempt" for Instructors, Teacher's Assistants, and Students.

To bulk exempt in Grades:

  1. Navigate to Grades in D2L.
  2. Click the Enter Grades tab, if you did not default to that tab.
  3. Click the down arrow Action menu next to the student's name you wish to exempt.
  4. Click Bulk edit exemptions from the menu.
  5. Click the Select / Unselect all links or check the boxes next to the items you wish to exempt for the student.
  6. Click the Save and Close button.

You will now see an Exempt message displayed for the selected grade items.

Screen Shot of Enter grades tab with Actions menu expanded for a student

Screen Shot of bulk exemptions menu in grades with all items selected

 

Note: If your Grade Items are associated with Discussions, Assignments, or Quizzes, the Exempt message will also display when evaluating those associated assessments.

 

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