Within
the MyFIRE system, deleting a grade item or category is available when a grade
item or category is no longer relevant to a course. The following steps
demonstrate how to delete a category or grade item successfully in
MyFIRE.
1. Access the desired course in MyFIRE.
2. In the navigation bar at the top of the page, select grades.
3. Select manage grades.
4. Locate the item that
should be deleted.
5. Determine if the item is a grade category or grade item. If the item to be deleted is a category, continue to
step 7.
a. Grade Category - Grade
categories have a light blueish-gray background color on the manage
grades page.
b. Grade Item - Grade items
have a white background color on the manage grades page.
6. For a grade item, view the the association
column. Does the association column have either assignment, discussion, or
quiz listed?
a. If the association column is empty and the grade item is not
associated, continue to step 8.
b. If the
item is associated with a learning tool (assignments, discussions, or quizzes), additional steps will need to occur to
disassociate the grade item prior to deleting the grade item. Select the question
mark icon to view which assessment activity is associated to the grade
item.
i. Once done reviewing the
associated assessment, select Ok to close the pop-up window.
c. At the top of the page, select the instructor tools tab
in the navigation bar.
d. In the drop-down menu, select course admin.
e. When the page refreshes, select the learning
tool (assignments, discussions, or quizzes) that is associated to the grade
item.
f. When the learning tool page opens, locate the assessment that is connected to the grade item.
g. Select the drop-down arrow to the right of the
title.
h. From the drop-down menu, select edit.
i. When editing the assessment, locate the grade item field.
i. In
Assignments, the grade item field is located on the main page. Select the in
grade book drop-down menu, and then select not in grade book.
ii. In
Discussions and Quizzes, the grade item field is located under the Assessment tab.
1. When the drop-down menu appears, change the grade item to none.
j. Select save and close after the editing the grade item
field to save the changes in the assessment.
k. Repeat steps 6b-6j for each learning tool assessments
that need to be disassociated from the gradebook.
7. Once finished disassociating the learning assessments, navigate
back to the grades tab and select manage grades.
8. At the top of the Manage Grades page, select more actions.
9. When the drop-down menu appears, select delete.
10. Locate the desired grade item(s) you want to delete and select
the checkbox to the left.
11. Then select delete at the bottom of the page.
12. A pop-up window appear to confirm the selection. Select delete.