Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Adding a graded discussion topic

You can connect discussion topics to the gradebook and assess your students’ discussion posts to give them feedback on their performance.

• Who is this for: Online Instructors
• What is required: A D2L course that uses discussions

Option 1: Attaching a discussion to an existing grade item

1. Click on the Discussions link from the course navbar
2. Click on the drop-down menu of the discussion topic to which you want to attach a grade item, and choose Edit Topic.
3. In the Grade Out Of area, click Ungraded, select the In Grade Book option, and choose Edit or Link to Existing.
4. Select the Link to an existing grade item option, choose an available grade item to associate with the discussion topic in the drop-down menu, and click OK to save.
5. Click Save and Close to save.

Option 2: Add a grade item to a discussion topic

1. Click on the Discussions link from the course navbar
2. Click on the drop-down menu of the discussion topic to which you want to attach a grade item, and choose Edit Topic.
3. In the Grade Out Of area, click Ungraded and enter a point value in the field provided to create a grade item for the activity. The grade item will be made with the same name as the activity.
   • Optional: Click the In Grade Book option and select Edit or Link to Existing to add/change a grade item or Reset to Ungraded to remove it.
4. Click Save and Close to save.