Grades Settings for Large Courses

Desire2Learn makes the following suggestions to speed the loading of the grades area if your course has a large number of students:

• Set the number of users to display per page to a low value
• Sort the User List by user instead of grades
• View the User List by section
• Do not show decimal places
• Do not repeat user details or grade item details
• Do not repeat the final grade at the start of the user list
• Do not select the Automatic keep final grade updated option
• Only display one user detail (e.g., Last Name)
• Only display one grade detail (e.g., Points grade)
• Only display grade items and categories that you want to edit while in Spreadsheet View
• Do not create unnecessary items or categories
• Do not create unnecessary calculated or formula grade items
• Avoid making changes to grade schemes or the grade system once grades are assigned
• Only import grade items when data has changed