Moving a Column in the Student Grade Book

If you have a student grade book with many columns there may be a time when you scroll over to enter grades in a column and the student names scroll off the screen. One way to handle this is to move the column you wish to grade closer to the student names.

Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1

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

graphic of the Manage Columns option
Step 3

Scroll over to the column you want to move and click in the white box at the top to select it. Note that you can only move one column at a time.
graphic of a column selection
Step 4

From the menu on the right side of the screen under Organize, click on the option to Move item left, using the drop-down arrow to choose the number of times to move it over. Then click on the Go button. Repeat this step until the column is positioned where you want it.
Step 5

Click back on the Manage Students breadcrumb to return to the grade book. You should now be able to see the student names next to the column you wish to grade.
breadcrumb links graphic
Hiding Columns

Another option to handle too many columns in the student grade book is to hide the ones you are not working on. When you hide a column, it is hidden from your display but does not affect how the students see their own grades. You can always reveal the columns at any time.

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