Using the Gradebook can help you and your students stay on track with course due dates and performance tracking. With the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook, faculty have more options for monitoring student progress, posting grades, and searching for specific assessments or students. View the information on this page to learn more about the grade center features.
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Gradebook Overview
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From within the course, select Gradebook from the course navigation.
Gradebook Views
In Ultra Course View, you can access the grade center in a List or Grid view. You will have unique functionality depending which view you are inthere are three views that each offer unique functionality. Continue reading to learn more.
List View
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Select List View
Gradable Items
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The Gradable Items list is your default view of the course Gradebook. You can view all the coursework you’ve assigned and your grading progress. You can also access the management functions. You can select an item’s title to open a new layer. See whose submissions need grading and who hasn’t received their grades yet.
View a list of your students along with columns for Student ID, Username, and Last Access. Select student names to view their submissions on their individual Student Grades page. In the Status column, you can see completed work, items that need grading, and grades you need to post.
From this view you can:
Sort and reorder columns
Quickly view assigned Categories, Due Dats, and Grading Status
If there are graded items that have not been posted, you will see a button that says Post. Whenever you see this button, there are grades that students are unable to view.
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Add a Gradable Item (columns not tied to assessments)
Add a row for a gradable item that is not tied to an assessment in the LMS, such as a participation grade or paper that is handed to you in person rather than uploaded online.
For assignments that are collected in person, it is recommended that you create an Assignment on the Content page. When creating the assignment, check Collect Submissions Offline. This will prevent students from submitting to Blackboard, but provide them with the assignment details within the course context.
Hover over the horizontal bar where you want to add the new gradable item
Select Add
Select Add Item
Enter the Gradable Item Details
Title
Visibility (by default, this item is hidden from students)
Due Date (Note: You can remove the due date by selecting the date and deleting the text)
Set the grade display
Set the points
Set the category
Optional: add a description
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Find the gradable item that needs to be moved.
Hover your cursor on the right side of the row, to the left of the three dots (...) until two small arrows appear
Select the arrows and drag the item to your desired location.
Items rearranged in list view are automatically rearranged the same way in grid view.
Grid View
Grid View is a more traditional view of the Gradebook.
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Open the Gradebook tab
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Grades
Grades view mirrors the traditional spreadsheet style grade book.
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Filtered Views (by student, group, assessment, or child course for merged courses)
Select Filter to open the Filter Criteria panel.
Select the criteria you want to filter your view by:
Merged Courses - If your courses have been merged, select the child course ID to view students from the child course only.
Students
Groups
Gradable Items
Categories
Students
View a list of your students along with columns for Student ID, Username, and Last Access. Select student names to view their submissions on their individual Student Grades page. In the Status column, you can see completed work, items that need grading, and grades you need to post.
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Download/Upload the Gradebook
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You can download the full Gradebook or select rows from your Ultra courses.
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Select Download from either the List or Grid View
Choose whether you want to download the Full Gradebook or Grade History
Select the columns to download
Choose the file type to export as
Choose whether to save to your device (default) or to the course content collection
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In either view, you can edit the Gradebook settings by selecting the Settings icon in the top right of the Gradebook.
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Grade Schemas |
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Grade Schemas are how grades display for a particular column. By default, you can display grades as Points, Percentage, Complete/Incomplete, Letter Grades, or Letter Grades Rounded Up. | |
Student Performance | Receive alerts in your activity stream about student performance and activity if they are inactive for x amount of days or or if their overall grade drops below a certain percentage |
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. Note: you will need set up the overall grade calculations in advance |
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Automatic Zeros |
Receive alerts in your activity stream about student performance and activity
If a student misses a due date, they will automatically receive a zero on that assessment. If late submissions are accepted, they can still submit and have their grade overridden by the instructor. | |
Overall Grade | Set up your overall grade calculation. The most popular calculation type is Weighted, but you can also use Points or an Advanced Calculation. For assistance setting up your overall calculation, email academiccomputing@fairfield.edu |
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Grade Categories |
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Blackboard courses are set up with several categories. A category is always assigned by when an assessment is created and can be changed in the assessment settings. You can also add your own categories. | |
Course Rubrics | View, manage, or create new rubrics to tie to your assessments. Select Generate to use the AI Design Assistant to create a rubric based on your description and complexity levels. |
Overall Grade
In Ultra Course View, you can set up your final grade calculations using the Overall Grade column. You can choose between three options for the Overall Grade Calculation:
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If you will be using categories for your weighted grade, verify that all grade book items are assigned to the correct category.
Open the Overall Grade Edit Settings panel and choose Weighted to view the Weighted options.
Exclude any categories that do not have an associated column.
Below the category name, you'll see the text "0 items".
Select the Exclude button to the right of the category's percentage box.
The category will be grayed out and you won't be able to edit it unless you select the Exclude button again to include it.
You'll notice that the other categories percentages automatically adjust so that the total always equals 100%.
Unlink an item from its category to weigh it independently.
Expand the category and select Unlink for the row associated with the item you want to weigh independently.
The item will display outside of the category with it's own percentage associated with it.
Assign Values. Once you've identified which items and categories you will include the overall weighted grade, begin entering the percentages for each item or category.
After entering each value, press enter on your keyboard or click anywhere outside of the text box. The item/category row will lock.
Unlock the row if you need to make changes to the assigned value.
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