Hiding Exam Grades

Publishing Midterm and Final Exam grades when you want the results hidden from students

You can publish quiz grades to the Grades page without students receiving their mark or feedback. We’ll use a Final Exam quiz as the example below, but the same principle can be applied to any quiz, midterm, or Dropbox assignment.

First, hide the corresponding grade item so students will not see their grade in the Grades page. Navigate to Grades. Click the dropdown arrow beside the corresponding Final Exam grade item and select “Hide from Users".

Check the Submission Views tab to ensure students will not see their marks on the Quizzes page. Navigate to Quizzes. Click the Final Exam quiz to edit. Navigate to Submission Views. Click the “Default View” link. Under View Details, ensure the checkbox beside “Show attempt score and overall attempt score” is unchecked. Save to return to the Submission Views tab, then Save and Close.

Check the Assessment tab of the quiz to verify that the Grade Item is selected and Auto Export to Grades is selected.

Now, you can safely publish the grades without students seeing their mark. Navigate to Quizzes. Click the dropdown arrow beside the Final Exam quiz and choose “Grade”. Ensure that you have the maximum number of users displayed per page by selecting “200 per page” at the bottom right. Use the checkbox at the top-left of the grid to select all students and exam attempts. Click “Publish Feedback”. It is safe to ignore the warning message “Users will receive feedback on publishing. Do you want to continue?” if you have followed the steps above. Click “Yes”. Your grades have now been sent to the Grades page without students seeing their mark. If you have multiple pages of students in your class (200+), repeat these steps for each page of students.

Troubleshooting

If the above steps do not cause the quiz grades to be sent to the Grades page, the Quiz is likely not connected to a corresponding grade item. Navigate to Quizzes and click the Final Exam quiz to edit. Choose the Assessment tab. From the Grade Item dropdown menu, choose the grade item that corresponds with the Final Exam. If no grade item exists, proceed to the Grades tool to create and hide the quiz column.