Create Column for Blackboard 9.1 is used to create a column where you would enter manual grades such as attendance or an assignment completed where a link was not automatically created in the Blackboard 9.1 Grade Center.

1. Select Create Column.  This option is used if you want to create a column where you will manually enter grades.



2. Required fields for you to enter are Column Name and Points Possible



3. Other choices to make at this time would be:  Primary Display (choose Score which is default; Text; Letter; Percentage; Complete/Incomplete); Category (if you plan on weighting grades by category, this is important to choose); Due Date (students see this in their My Grades view)



4. Under Options, you have three choices to select:  Include This Column in Grade Center Calculations; Show this Column to Students; Show Statistics
5. Once you’ve created your grade column, click Submit to save your changes.

To download this tutorial, click here: BB91 GC Create Column!