You can choose to make the grade column invisible to students. For example, if you don’t want students to see the grade at all, or if you want to release the grades at a later time. This might be the case if you are unable to grade all students at once or if you want to make adjustments to the grades after grading. To avoid confusion for the students, it is recommended to keep the grades hidden until you can release them all at the same time.
If the assignment is linked to a category, in addition to the above, the category should also be hidden. If the category is not hidden, the category subtotal will remain visible to students.
If you hide a grade column in the Gradebook that is linked to an activity (e.g., an Assignment), the grade will still be visible. To hide the grades for an Assignment, you must hide both the grade column and the Assignment from the students.
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Hide Grade Items for all students
All grade columns in the Gradebook are visible to students by default, except for the Final Grades. Final Grades are only visible once they have been released by the instructor..
- Click Grades in the course navigation bar.
- Click Manage Grades.
- Click the arrow next to the Grade Item and select Hide from Users.
- This will hide the Grade Item and the associated grades from all students. While a Grade Item is hidden, grades can be edited without students seeing them. To make it visible again, click the arrow once more and select Make Visible to Users.
Hide Grade Item using release conditions
When you select Hide from Users, the Grade Item will be immediately hidden from all students. If you click Edit and then Restrictions, you also have the option to hide the grade items for a specific period or group.
- Use Restrictions if the Grade Item should only be available for a certain time period. Under Availability, enter the start and end dates. It will be invisible before the start date and after the end date.
- Select Attach Existing if you want to add an existing Release Condition to the grade, or Create and Attach if you want to create a new one. For more information about release conditions, see this article.
- Select Save and Close.
Hide category
- Click on Grades in the course navigation bar.
- Then, under Enter Grades, click the arrow behind the Category you want to hide.
- Click on Edit.
Hide Assignment
- Click Course Tools in the course navigation bar.
- Click Assignments.
- Click on the arrow behind the Assignment you want to hide.
- Click Hide from Users.
The eye icon with a line through it indicates that the Assignment is now not visible to students.