Managing the Grade Center – Overview

The Grade Center for Blackboard 9 is similar to the Grade Center in Blackboard 8, with a few minor changes.  To view the Grade Center in Blackboard 9:

1. Log into Blackboard and open your course
2. Navigate to the course Control Panel (lower left of page)
3. Click the Evaluation link
4. Click the Grade Center link which will open the Grade Center page to your right
   
5. Clicking on the Manage button at the top of the Grade Center will bring up a list of options: Grading Periods (to define terms, quarters, semesters); Grading Schemas (used to translate percentages or scores into grades ); Categories (used to classify grades into groups that can be used for weighting grades); Smart Views (used to organize views based on instructor criteria); Column Organization (used to freeze/unfreeze columns, hide or show columns, edit categories of columns, edit grading periods of columns); Student Visibility (used to hide users from instructor’s view to reduce the number of rows for ease of grading); Send Email (allows instructor to send email while in Grade Center).
   

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