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
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Sorting by
Column
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Hiding Columns
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“Organize”
Columns
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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
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Grading Schemas
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Smart Views
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E.g., “Needs Grading”
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Setting Grading
Periods
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Moving Columns
Around
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Upload/Download
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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