Bb Grade Center: Hide Scores from Students

Case Study

Robert has 10 practice tests (self tests). He allows students to take the practice tests as often as they want, but he:

Does not want the scores included in grade calculations.
He does not want students to see their scores in the Grade Center.

When Robert deploys each practice exam, a grading column is automatically generated in the Grade Center.

View of the Grade Center showing 3 columns for self tests.

To keep the exam column from displaying in the student view:

Go to the Grade Center
Click the arrows next to the column title.
Select Edit Column Information.

The menu for Self Test 1 is displayed with the option Edit Column Information highlighted.

Scroll to Section 3 of the Edit Column Screen.
Select No for Include this Column in Grade Center calculations
Select No for Show this Column to Students
Select No for Show Statistics (average and median) for this column to Students in My Grades

The Options section is shown with all three options set to No.

Click Submit

The "Self Test 1" column now has a "No" symbol (red and gray null symbol) which means Column Not Visible to Users. Students will not see the item in My Grades.

Grade center screenshot showing null symbol. Students now cannot see Self Test 1.

The instructor still sees the column.

Robert now decides he does not want to see the column either.

Click the arrows next to the column title.
Select Hide Column from the menu.

The Self Test 1 column menu shows the Hide Column option.

The column is immediately hidden. As the "Success" bar below states, the column can be shown again by going to Manage and Column Organization.

The Self Test 1 column is hidden. A message informs the user that the column can be displayed again from the Column Organization page.

Repeat the steps for each of the other self tests.

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