Brightspace/Classes: Dropping the Lowest Grade from a Grades Category

Introduction

This article will teach you how you can drop the lowest grade from a Grades Category either when creating it, or editing it later.

Instructions

1. From the Category’s creation/edit screen (they are identical), click on the Properties tab
2. Scroll down to the Grading section
3. Under Distribution, check the box marked Distribute weight evenly across all items 
4. Checking this box will activate the three text fields underneath it; you can type a 1 into the third and lowest field 
   
5. Click the blue Save and Close button at the bottom.