Brightspace – Grading: Granting Exemptions

Exemptions

You are able to exempt a student from a particular grade or exempt a student from multiple grade items.

By Grade Item

1. Go to Grades & Feedback > Grades > Enter Grades
2. Scroll to the grade item to be exempted
3. In the column header, click the action button (down-arrow next to title of column)
4. Choose Enter Grades
5. Scroll down to find the list of students and select the student by putting a checkmark by their name
6. Click Exempt (from the row of blue links just above the columns (You can also check and Unexempt from there to reverse it)
7. Save and close

By Student

1. Go to Grades & Feedback > Grades > Enter Grades
2. Scroll to the student to be exempted
3. In the column header, click the action button (down-arrow next to title of column)
4. Choose Bulk Exemptions
5. Scroll down to find the list of grade items and select the item by putting a checkmark next to it
6. Save

For more information about exemptions, please see documentation on the Brightspace Community web site.

Related Grade Articles

• Brightspace – Grade Book: Set Up and Use
• Brightspace – Grading
• Brightspace – Grading: Manually Enter into the Gradebook
• Brightspace – Grading: Publishing Options