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Teaching Software: Illinois Compass

Showing Students Their Grades

Students access their grades in Illinois Compass by clicking on the "My Grades" icon. Instructors can control which grades their students are able to access, and they can change the order in which students see their grade columns.

Releasing Grade Columns

Instructors can determine which columns in the grade book they wish their students to see by releasing or not releasing the grade book column.

To access the Grade Book, select the Teach tab, and under Instructor Tools select Grade Book.

Screenshot of Teach and Grade Book tabs

Screenshot of Grade Book button

Click on the gray arrow next to Grade Book Options and select Column Settings.

Screenshot of Column Settings button

For the desired column, toggle the Yes/No link on the Release to Student row to Yes.

Screenshot of Release to Sutdents row in Column Settings Screenshot of Toggle Grade Visibility

The column is now visible to students.

Organizing Columns in Students’ My Grades View

To arrange columns in the students' My Grades view, instructors must arrange their columns under the View All tab. The order of columns in any other view will not be reflected.

Select the Teach tab, and under Instructor Tools select Grade Book.

Screenshot of Teach and Grade Book tabs

Screenshot of Grade Book button

From the Grade Book screen, click on Reorder Columns.

Screenshot of Reorder Columns button

Click on the selection box of the column that you would like to move.

Click on the Insert Selected Items Above icon to move the column above the selected column.

Screenshot of Reorder Columns

Confirm that the column has been moved to the correct place. Click Save.

The columns will appear in this order in the students' My Grades view.

Screenshot of Confirm Column Move


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