Blackboard Grade Book Overview
Use the menu on the left to proceed though this tutorial

  1. Accessing the Grade Book
  2. Exploring the Grade Book Interface
  3. Creating Columns
  4. Creating a Letter Grade Column
  5. Creating a Calculated Column & a Formula
  6. Reorder & Hide/Show Columns













    Exploring the Grade Book Interface

Grade Book is similar in appearance and function to a spreadsheet. It contains five tabs:

grade_book_tabs

Each tab presents different columns of data related to section members. The table below summarizes the information displayed on each tab.

Grades
  • displays the Last Name, First Name, User ID, and Role columns, and any grade-related columns
  • use this tab to view, enter, and override grade-related information
Members
  • displays the Last Name, First Name, User ID, and Role columns, and any non grade-related columns
  • use this tab to view and enter any descriptive information about course members
View All
  • displays all columns in the Grade Book, grade-related or not
  • this tab displays all columns by default, but like any other tab you can hide columns
Custom View
  • like the View All tab, it also displays all columns
  • use this tab to create a customized view of Grade Book columns
SCORM Grades
  • displays the Last Name, First Name, User ID, and Role columns, and any columns that are automatically added for gradable SCORM modules

Within each tab, data is presented in a grid of rows and columns:
  • Each row contains the data for one section member. By default, members are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can sort by other columns.
  • Each column contains a type of data. Some columns, such as Last Name and First Name, appear by default and cannot be deleted. Other columns are created automatically when you create a grade-related content item, such as a quiz or an assignment. You can also create your own columns.
grade book rows and columns

Default and Automatically Created Grade Book Columns

The following columns appear in the Grade Book by default and cannot be deleted:
  • Last Name, First Name, User ID, and Role. These columns contain section members' information. They appear automatically and are generated by information taken from enrollment records.
  • Midterm  and Final. These columns are used to generate students' midterm and final grades. They are designed so that values from these columns can be exported to Student Information Systems (SIS) like our banner system. By default, these columns have a column type of Alphanumeric. 

    When you create the following items, a corresponding column is automatically added to the Grade Book:
    • Assessment, Assignment, and Discussion Topic. When you create a gradable assessment, assignment, or discussion topic, a corresponding column is automatically added to the Grade Book. When the item is graded, the grades are automatically added to the column.
    • SCORM. When a SCORM module is imported, a corresponding column is automatically added to the Grade Book. SCORM columns are only available from the SCORM tab.

Resources


Find and sort by a column ?

Flash movie on sorting by column values
courtesy Blackboard, Inc.

Enter grades into a column ?

Step-by-step instructions (PDF)


View column statistics and change a grade ?


Flash movie on viewing column statistics and changing a grade
courtesy Blackboard, Inc.