Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center An Introduction to its Capabilities Advantages of Bb Grade Center Keeping track of your students Communicating with your students Opening the Grade Center 1. Open the Control Panel Opening the Grade Center 2. Grade Center is under Assessment Grade Center Layout Adding a Grade Column Creating Graded Content Assignments, Tests, Graded Discussions Creating a Column Manually New Grade Column Manual (see next) Calculated Columns Weighted (see next) Total Average Min/Max Grade Column Interface Weighted Column Interface Display Options • Sorting by Column • Hiding Columns • “Organize” Columns • Smart Views Grading an Assignment 1. Student Submits 2. Click on the Dropdown next to a ready grade cell 3. Select Grade Details 4. View Attempt Some Advanced Features • Grading Schemas • Smart Views • E.g., “Needs Grading” • Setting Grading Periods • Moving Columns Around • Upload/Download • Categories Getting Help Contact me through email for questions/appointments Rob Garfield, james.garfield@qc.cuny.edu QC’s Blackboard Page: qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/edtech/blackboard/ Stay in the loop: Check the CTL Website for workshops: www.qc.cuny.edu/ctl Subscribe to Socrates/Read QC Mailer for event announcements Help me Help you! Imagine that I’m blind! Clearly State your goals/How you want it to work Give as many details as you can about the problem Help me Help you! (cont) Not so easy to help “My Grade Center is Broken” “The totals are not right and students can’t figure out their grades. Help!” Easier to help “In my Economics 101 course, I’m trying to give extra credit on Quiz #3, but my total average column is computing the percentages as if the extra credit adds to the total possible points.” “I want my students to be able to see what grade they need on the final exam to pass the course. How do I set up such a column?” Bb 9.1 Transition Until May 18th, every course is available in Bb 8 Between May 18th and May 24th ONLY Spring 2012 courses are available in Blackboard 8 On May 24th, all courses available on Bb 9.1 EXCEPT Spring 2012 courses which remain on Bb 8 On June 15th, all courses are on Bb 9.1 Timeline: http://cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/CIS/functions /bb/timeline.html