Viewing Grades

Viewing Grades from This Semester

Each BeachBoard course contains a gradebook that your instructor may use to assess your performance. Instructor use of BeachBoard's Gradebook is completely optional.  In addition, all Instructors post official, final grades - the grades that become part of your permanent academic transcript - not on BeachBoard but rather on MyCSULB.

View Unofficial Grades in BeachBoard

  1. Login to BeachBoard. https://beachboard.csulb.edu/ 
  2. Under Tools, click the View Grades link
  3. Click the name of the course to view grades.

If a particular course’s grade is missing or if you have any questions about a course’s grade, please contact the instructor. Please note that courses and their grades are removed two weeks after the end of a semester.

View Official Grades in MyCSULB

  1. Go to https://my.csulb.edu/
  2. Login to MyCSULB with your campus ID and password.
  3. Click the gray "Student Center" link on the left side of the page. This opens the Student Center page which may take several seconds to load.
  4. Under "Academics," click the "Grades" link.

Your official grades from the current semester will appear in the "Official Grade" column. If a particular course's grade is missing or if you have any questions about a course's grade, please contact that course's instructor immediately. To view your grades from a previous semester, choose that semester in the "Select Term" pull-down list and click the "Change" button.

More Information

Q: Can anyone else see my BeachBoard grades?
A: No. Your grades in BeachBoard can only be viewed by you and your instructor.

Q: When I click on View Grades, why don't I see all of my courses?
A: BeachBoard Services automatically creates a space for every course.  The instructor must manually make h/her course available before you will see it under View Grades.  

Q: Why is my course's Gradebook empty? All I see is a zero under Points Possible.
A: This does not mean you have a zero in the course.  BeachBoard Gradebook use is optional for instructors.

Q: What do the Gradebook symbols mean?
A: Every Gradebook item contains either a numerical value or one of the following symbols:

  • Padlock: In Progress. You are currently using the assessment or assignment.
  • Dash: No Information. You have not taken the assessment or submitted the assignment.
  • Exclamation Point: Needs Grading. This item needs to be manually graded by your instructor. Tests that include Essay questions will have this symbol when they are submitted.
  • Question Mark: Gradebook Error. Contact your instructor immediately.
  • Checkmark: You have completed the item.

Q: Does BeachBoard "round up" or "curve" grades?
A: No. In BeachBoard, an 89.999 is a B+. Your instructor may change this, though, in his or her BeachBoard Gradebook settings.