If you would like to download a copy of your gradebook for offline review, you can download them in any of the following formats: OpenDocument spreadsheet, Plain text (i.e. csv), Bear Tracks (covered in more detail in its own article), Excel, and XML. Each export format contains two sections: 'Grade items to be included' and 'Export format options'. The latter option will vary slightly depending on which format you choose, possibly specifying other parameters for you to set.

• OpenDocument and Excel have the same 'Export format options'.
• XML requires that you had specified a Grade item ID number beforehand.
• Plain text allows you to choose the following separators: Tab, Comma, Colon, Semicolon

Please note that starting in December 2022, Bear Tracks will no longer accept excel files when uploading grades. Instructors should export eClass grades using the Beat Tracks format or as plain text (which both produce .csv files.) Gradebooks exported as excel files will not upload into Bear Tracks. Instructors should also ensure to save files as .csv (as opposed to the native excel formats (.xlx or .xlxs) if they are using Excel on their local machine to store or adjust grades files.

In this example, we will be exporting eClass grades in the .csv format. 

To export grades:

1. From the Grades area or the Gradebook setup (Step 2-3 from this article), click the Export tab.
   
2. Choose a format from the menu. For this example, Plain text file was selected.
   
   
   
3. Include/exclude as many items as desired. A Select all/none button is at the bottom if needed.
   
   
   
   Note: If no grades are selected (or required), exporting the gradebook will provide only a list of all the students in the course along with their CCIDs and email addresses.
   
   
4. Specify the Export format options.
   
5. Click Download and get your exported Gradebook.

Uploading offline grade files

If you wish to upload your offline document, please be sure to review this article on importing grades back into the grader report.