Adding a Column to the Student Grade Book

Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1

From the Designer Links or Control Panel, click Manage Course, and then click Manage Students. The Manage Students screen appears.

graphic of the Manage Students option
Step 2

Under Actions, from the Organize drop-down list on the far right, select Manage columns and click Go. The Columns screen appears.

graphic of the Manage Columns option
Step 3

By default, the new column will appear as the last column on the right in the Student table, or you can specify where you want the new column to appear.

  • To accept the default placement of the new column, go to the next step.
  • To specify where you want the new column to appear, select a column in the Student table before you go to the next step; the new column will appear on its left.
image of column locations
Step 4

Under Organize click Add column. The Add Column screen appears. 

graphic of the add column option
Step 5

In the Label text box, type in the column name.

graphic of the column label screen
Step 6

From the Type drop-down list, select the column type and click Add. The Columns screen appears with the column added. Click back on the Manage Students breadcrumb to return to the grade book.
image of student breadcrumb
A Note on Column Types:

Different columns store different types of information. For example, quiz grades are stored in a quiz column, names are stored in an alphanumeric column, and a final grade can be stored in a calculated column so you can include a formula. You can select the column type when you first create a column, or you can convert an existing column to a different type. A column type symbol for each existing column is displayed on the Column screen in the Type row. Column type symbols are defined in the Legend of Column Types below the table.

The following column types are available:

Note: You cannot create an electronic Quiz column. This column type is generated automatically when an electronic Quiz is created.

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