Customize grade pill thresholds
We have identified an issue with this feature, which has been resolved and is currently undergoing testing. As a precaution, the feature has been temporarily disabled across our test, stage, and production environments. We anticipate re-enabling it as part of our scheduled maintenance release during the week commencing 8th September 2025. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Impact: Administrators
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We added a new system-level setting that allows administrators to customize the performance thresholds and colors used in grade pills across Ultra courses. This update helps institutions align grading visuals with their own policies and reinforce grading expectations in a way that resonates with both students and faculty.
With this update, administrators can:
- Define up to 10 performance levels.
- Choose from 12 accessible, predefined colors.
- Set custom percentage thresholds for each level.
- Ensure that each color is used only once to maintain clarity.
The default configuration matches the existing scale:
- > 90% = green
- 80–89% = yellow-green
- 70–79% = yellow
- 60–69% = orange
- 50–59% = red
Administrators can also choose to turn off colored grade pills entirely, in which case grades appear in white on a black background.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: To configure performance thresholds and colors, select Grade Pill Colors in the Course Settings area of the Admin panel. This is a system-level setting that applies to all grade pills across the institution. Once configured, the custom thresholds and colors are reflected consistently in all grade views.