This guide pertains to Ultra Course View.
If your course is in Original Course View, see the Original Course View tutorial collection.
Grading Actions
The following summary of grading actions will assist faculty with using the Gradebook more efficiently.
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When you create an assignment there is a settings option that allows you to “Post assessment grades automatically.” When you click this option Blackboard will automatically post a student’s grade when the assessment is graded. The feature covers automatically and manually graded assignments, and tests with auto-graded question types. Keep the setting turned off, (which is the default), if you want to manually control grade publication.
In the Gradebook, you have the option of posting all grades at once. In the List View navigate to the assignment and click the Post grades button and then select Post All Grades.
In the Grid View click on the assignment column’s header and select Post from the drop-down menu and then select Post All Grades.
See Posting Grades to learn more.
There are several ways to override a student’s grade. You can perform this task directly in the Gradebook by navigating to the assignment column and selecting the student’s grading cell.
There you can change the student’s current grade/score by entering a new value and clicking Post or pressing the Enter key.
If you then open the student’s submission for review you will see the option to Undo the override.
See Override Grades to learn more.
For manually added items, no submissions exist. You assign grades directly on the submissions page. After you type a value, click anywhere outside the grade area to save. You can also provide feedback. Manually added items with grades are posted immediately. If you made the item visible to students, they can see their grades.
Manual Grading of Item Submitted Outside of Bb
If you add a “Due Date” to an assignment’s setting and then manually grade all of the submissions after the due date has passed the Gradebook will automatically display the Not Submitted (late) notification for each student.
In order to remove the notification, you must click on the student’s name and then enter a submission date/time that is prior to the due date.
The student’s attempt will then be updated and the late notification removed.
Assessments can be configured to allow for multiple attempts. Multiple attempts change how the assignment's final grade is calculated. Choose how you want to calculate the final grade:
- Average of all attempts
- First attempt with a grade
- Attempt with highest grade
- Last attempt with a grade
- Attempt with lowest grade
The Grade attempts setting determines how the final grade is automatically calculated, but you have the option to override the grade. Each attempt is subject to the due date you set for the assignment. If a student submits an attempt after the due date, the attempt is marked late. Attempts submitted before the deadline are shown as on time.
You can only override the final grade, not the grades for each attempt.
If you included questions in an assessment, you can open a question's menu and select Edit/Regrade to make changes that affect everyone's assessments. You receive a warning after you save your changes if student submissions exist and regrading will occur.
More on editing and regrading questions.
You can arrange the Gradebook at any time. You have the ability to change the order of items, move items to match the order on the Course Content page or the order you want students to complete the work. In the Gradebook List View, press the Move icon in the row of the item you want to move.
Drag the item to the new location and release. The order you choose also appears in the grid view and on students' Grades pages.
See Organizing the Gradebook to learn more.
You can download the full Gradebook or select columns from your Ultra courses. You can export the file in a comma-delimited (CSV) or tab-delimited (XLS) format. You can import your downloaded file into an application such as Microsoft Excel to do statistical analysis or other ad hoc computational work. You can also upload a grade file you worked on offline and update your Gradebook.
See Download & Upload Grades to the Gradebook to learn more.
You can also easily add calculations to your course Gradebook. A calculation is a formula that produces a numerical result used to view or assign grades, usually based on other graded items. You can create your own formulas and use common arithmetic operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and use group operators (parentheses). The weighted column can be hidden from student view until you’re ready to display it.
See Calculate Grades Using Formulas
The Gradebook uses a Running Total of the Overall Grade which means that grade columns not yet attempted are ignored when calculating the total or overall grade for the course.
See Automatic Zeros in the Gradebook for Unsubmitted Work
See Importance of Automatic Zero's and Running Total: What's the Impact to my Gradebook?