​Blackboard Grade Center

• Go to the Gradebook tab and select the Grades sub-tab
• Select the Gradebook settings (Right corner)
  • You can also click the Set it up prompt if it already shows on your screen

Overall Grade Column

Your calculation screen will look like this for Points: 

• A No Category folder at the bottom is NOT included in your total calculation 
  • You can assign items to a category through the Gradebook settings, select Manage Gradebook items. You can then check the box of items you want added to the same category. Select Edit Category and choose the category. Repeat until all graded items are in a category. 
• A purple slash means the item is excluded from the grade calculation too. 

• In the top right corner you can change the display between Letter, Points, Percentage, or Complete/ Incomplete
  • If you want to have multiple displays, set your Overall grade column to Points or Percentage. This column allows more characters. 
• Click Save and the blue x to return to the gradebook

Secondary Total Column

• Click on the line next to the Overall Grade column
• Select Add Total Calculation 

• Add a name to your new column
• Confirm the total points is correct
  • Double check if your course has a No Category folder at the bottom as these items are not included in the calculation. 
• Select in the top right corner if you want it to be Letter, Points, Percentage, or Complete/ Incomplete
• Click Save and the blue x to return to the gradebook

Grid view

Students are listed on the left (Name, ID, Overall Grade). Each gradable item has its own column on the right.

In the gradable item columns:

• Select the Needs Grading icon (a page with a pencil in the corner) to open the submissions view, filtered to Needs Grading, for that item.

• Select the Post Grades icon (a paper airplane) to post all grades for that item at once. A confirmation dialog appears before anything posts.

• Select the item's name to open the Assessment Details panel.

• Select an individual grade cell to open the Grade Details panel.

The To Do panel

In the gradebook, select To Do to open a panel of grading tasks over the gradebook.

• Needs grading: lists submissions ready for grading, oldest ungraded submissions first, so you can prioritize. Select an item to open the submission and start grading. Peer assignments aren't listed here.

• Needs posting: lists graded assessments that are ready to post.

• Needs reconciliation: lists grades that require reconciliation.

Students 

The Students view lists the names of all your students with their dates of last access and their overall grades. You can view overall grades if you’ve set up the overall grade for the course. Students with grading accommodations have a purple flag with their name.

• You can directly message students and add accommodations from the Students view.
• Search for particular students by name, username, or student ID. If you don’t see usernames, your institution’s privacy policies are keeping usernames hidden.
• Select a student’s name to go to their student overview.

Delete Grade Center Columns

Follow these steps to remove unwanted columns in your grade center. For example, duplicate copies of the Total or Weighted Total columns that came in from a course import process (please note that you must have one copy of each of those columns in your grade center to enable final gradebook submission).

1. In your course shell go to the Gradebook tab and select grades.

2. Click on the gradebook item to open the drop-down menu. 

3. At the bottom of the list, select Delete Column and click OK. This cannot be undone.

*Note: If the Delete Column option is not displayed then that column is still linked with a graded activity within your Blackboard course shell. You will need to delete that activity (e.g. Assignment, Test, Discussion Board) before removing the grade center column.

When you create a gradable item, it automatically appears in the gradebook and is associated with the appropriate category. You can use categories when you create calculated items, such as an assignments average.

To create a new gradebook category, select the Settings icon in the gradebook. In the Gradebook Settings panel, select Add New Category and type a name.

Each time you create a graded item in your course, you have the option to change the grade category so the item is grouped into one of the custom gradebook categories. On the Gradebook Settings panel, select the custom category in the Grade Categories menu. Selecting No Category lets instructors remove a category from an item without needing to assign another category.