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How to Delete Columns in Grade Book

November 8, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Grade Center – Deleting a Column

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. Click on the chevron (down arrow) in the grade column that you’d like to remove
  6. This will open a menu.  Click on Delete Column.  A warning message will pop up, click OK.  Be aware that this will also delete any grades or record of grades that have been entered in that column.
  7. If Delete Column does not appear in your list, the column is connected to an item that is deployed in your course.  You’ll have to remove the item from within the course, which will enable Delete Column in your Grade Center.

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How to Organize Grade Center Columns

November 8, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Organizing Grade Center Columns

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. Click on the Manage button at the top of the Grade Center and choose Column Organization
  6. Notice the four-sided arrow icon  to the left of each Grade Center line in the list
  7. Click on the arrow icon , hold down the left mouse button and drag the item to the place on the list where you’d like it to appear in the grade center
  8. Click Submit to save your changes

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How to Edit Columns in Grade Center

November 7, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Editing Grade Center Columns

Once Grade Center Columns are created the instructor may want to Edit the Column’s name or other attributes of that column.  Editing Grade Center Columns can include a variety of items which are listed at the bottom of this training document.

To open the grade center:

    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. Click on the action link  next to the column name you’d like to edit
    6. This will open another screen with a variety of actions you can perform to this column
    7. Choose Edit Column Information to open the screen where you’ll make your changes
    8. Enter your changes
    9. Click Submitto save

Below is a grid with the various column changes you can make with explanations:

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Creating a Calculated Column in Grade Center

November 7, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Grade Center – Create Calculated Column

Create Calculated Column for Blackboard 9 is used to create a column where you would want to add a column in the Grade Center to total, average or weight your grades.  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 on the right of your screen.
  5. Select Create Calculated Column.  This option is used if you want to create a column where you will have Blackboard 9 calculate an Average, Minimum/Maximum, Total or Weighted column.
  6. Required fields for you to enter are Column Name and Points Possible.

  7. 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).
  8. Under Options, you have three choices to select:  Include This Column in Grade Center Calculations; Show this Column to Students; Show Statistics.
  9. Once you’ve created your grade column, click Submit to save your changes.

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Creating a Column in Grade Center

November 7, 2011 in BB Tutorials, Faculty

Grade Center – Creating a Column

Create Column for Blackboard 9 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 Grade Center.  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 on the right of your screen
  5. Select Create Column.  This option is used if you want to create a column where you will manually enter grades.
  6. Required fields for you to enter are Column Name and Points Possible

  7. 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)
  8. Under Options, you have three choices to select:  Include This Column in Grade Center Calculations; Show this Column to Students; Show Statistics
  9. Once you’ve created your grade column, click Submit to save your changes.

Click here to download this tutorial, 18 BB9 Tutorial Grade Center Create Column!

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