Overview

The Grade Center is a feature included in each Blackboard Original course. It is a flexible tool that allows you to calculate running grades, add weights, provide feedback, drop the lowest grades, and more. The best practice for working with the Grade Center is to configure all grading options before the course begins. This is a great way to help your students plan for the course and receive timely feedback.

The Grade Center is accessed from the Control Panel. By clicking on the arrow to the right of Grade Center, the full Grade Center will display. When clicking on the title, Grade Center, default options are available: Full Grade Center, Assignments, and Tests. Additional views can be created using Smart Views. More information is provided, below, in the Resources section.

Resources

• Accessibility Options: Customize the Grading Interface - accessibility options for viewing Grade Center
• Campus Connection Grade Import: Blackboard Learn Original and Ultra - Final Grade Integration to Campus Connection
• Decimals: How Decimals Appear in Grades - learning more about Blackboard calculations for letter grades
• Grade Columns: Types of Grade Columns - three types of columns, user columns, external grade column, menu options, what students see in My Grades
• Grade History: View Grade History - viewing different filters with grade history, download grade history file
• Navigation: Navigate the Grade Center - access the grade center, functions, menus, column & cell menu options, viewing individual row
• Reports: View Grade Reports and Statistics - creating reports, grade statistics, assignments submission confirmations
• Rubrics: Create, Attach and Grade with Rubrics - create rubrics for grading, add rubric to assignment, discussion and/or test questions, student view
• Smart Views: Blackboard Original - Create Smart Views to Filter the Grade Center
• Tasks: Grading Tasks - extra credit, needs grading, override grade, grade details, work offline, manual grading, calculated columns (weighted), and grade curves 
• Weighted Grades: Understanding Weighted Grades - a complete explanation of the way Blackboard calculates weighted grades
• Working Offline: Offline Grading  - enable instructors to grade students offline