Override Grades

Faculty can override grades using the following three methods:

  • Override a grade for an individual question in an assignment or test.
  • Override the final grade for an assignment or test.
  • Override the overall grade for a student.

Override the Grade on an Individual Question

  1. Access the student’s test or assignment submission.
  2. Edit the grade pill directly to adjust the score for that question.
  3. If needed, you can change the question or correct an answer for all students by clicking the ellipsis (…) and selecting Edit/Regrade.
  4. Enter the updated grade and save your changes.

Override the Final Grade on an Assignment or Test

There are three ways to override a student’s final grade for an assessment:

From the student submission view

  1. To override the final grade on a test or assignment, navigate to the top of the student’s submission and directly edit the grade pill. The grade that appears under the final grade represents the grade for this submission.
    Overriding the final grade pill in the top right corner of the student view.
  2. To add feedback, on the right side enter your feedback in the feedback box.
    The 'overall feedback' area, where instructors can leave feedback for students, on the right side of the page.
  3. Select Save Changes.

From the list view in the Gradebook

You can override a student’s grade from either the Gradable item tab or Student tab.

  1. In the Gradebook, select the title of the assessment you would like to override. The assessment submission page will open up.
  2. On the assessment submission page, locate the student’s grade you would like to override.
  3. Under the grade column, select the grade pill and change the grade. Delete the previous grade and enter the new grade. When you click away, it will automatically save.
    The grade highlighted in the student's grade column, where you can change the grade for the assessment.

From the grid view in the Gradebook

  1. In the Gradebook, select the cell in which you want to override. Delete the previous grade and enter the new grade. When you exit, it will automatically save. To post the grade to the student, select Post.
    Override the final grade by changing the grade tile in the Gradebook.
  2. However, if you override the final grade without grading the submission (multiple submissions require grading for each submission), the New Submission notification in the Gradebook will not disappear.
    New Submission doesn't disappear if you leave some submissions ungraded, so make sure to post!
  3. Ensure that each submission has a grade. For an Assignment without questions, you can enter the grade directly into the submission’s grade pill.

Override the overall grade

  1. Access the Overall grade from Gradebook. A window should open which displays a list of students in the course and their Overall grades.
    The Gradebook, with a red square around the 'overall grade' in the 'gradable items' area.
  2. Find the student that needs their grade overridden. Click inside the cell.
    The overall grade for each student, which is beside their name in the grade column.
  3. Enter in their new grade. The cell should turn grey which indicates that the calculated Overall grade has been overridden by a manual entry.The new grade now has a grey pill.
  4. To undo the override, click inside the cell and remove the grade. This removes the manual entry and populates the cell with the calculated Overall grade.

Revert an overall grade override

Unless there is an exceptional reason to do so, it is not recommended to override the Overall Grade. Once you do this, it stops calculating the Overall Grade and what you entered will remain until you change it again.

Please Note: When you override Overall Grade, the grade pill turns to gray.

Showing a gray pill as the result of editing Overall Grade

To revert the override, simply click the pill, then select “Undo Override”.

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