Exporting and downloading student grades

At the end of the course or a grading period, you can download student grades by generating a CSV or Excel file of the grade book.

1. Go to the Course and click Grades from the navigation bar.

2. Click the Export button. This will take you to the Export Grades page.

3. In the Key Field section, choose whether the export file identifies the students using their Org Defined IDs, usernames, or both.

4. In the Sort by section, select how the export file will organize the students’ details.

5. In the Grade Values section, select how the export file will present existing grade item scores. Selecting Points grade will show the total points achieved by the student. Selecting Grade Scheme will show the percentage achieved by the student.

6. In the User Details section, choose whether the export file also includes the first name, last name, and email address of the student.

7. In the Choose Grades to Export section, select the grades you want to include in the export file.

8. Once done, choose between exporting to a CSV file or Excel spreadsheet file. A pop-up window will appear. Wait for the export file to be created and click on the Download button.

9. Wait for the download to finish and click on the Close button.

Archiving and downloading your course content

In Brightspace, you may save your courses for the purpose of re-offering them later without building them again from scratch. Archiving courses lets you download copies for back-up or archiving.

1. Go to the Course and click Course Admin on the navigation bar. If this is not visible from your Course navigation bar, ask your administrator to make it visible in your course.

2. At the Course Administration page, click Import/Export/Copy components.

3. At the Import/Export/Copy Components page, select Export as Brightspace Package and then click the Start button.

4. At the Select Course Material page, check Select All Components to download all components, or only check the components you want to download. Per component, select Export all items if you want all items of that component to be downloaded. If you want to only select certain items, select Select individual items to export. Once done, click the Continue button.

5. If you you selected Select individual items to export, you will be brought to pages which will allow you to select specific items to download per component. Once done, click the Continue button.

6. At the Confirm Components to Export page, click the Continue button.

7. At the Export Course Components page, wait for the package to be created and click on the Finish button.

8. At the Export Summary page, click the link to download the export Zip package. If a pop-up window appears, select Save File and click the Ok button to start downloading the zipped package. The download may also automatically start depending on your computer or browser settings. Wait for the download to finish. The zipped package is now saved on your computer.