Accessing the Grade Book Exploring the Grade Book Interface Creating Columns Creating a Letter Grade Column Creating a Calculated Column & a Formula Reorder & Hide/Show Columns

Creating Columns Your Grade Book has a number of columns that are created by default. You can also create additional columns to store information about your students or to assist you with managing and calculating grades. The following table describes the types of columns that you can create and offers some suggestions for use. Column Type Suggestions for Use Alphanumeric:  allows you to enter a short string of text or numbers. An easy column to create for entering letter or number grades. You could also create an alphanumeric column titled E-mail Address in which to enter section members' external e-mail addresses. Calculated: displays the numeric result of a formula that you create for that column. The formula can reference any other columns that contain numeric information: numeric columns, other calculated columns, quiz or assignment columns. You could create a calculated column that uses a formula that averages grades for the assignments, quizzes, and midterm for the first half of the semester to generate interim grades. Grading form: allows you to select performance criteria from the associated grading form. You could create a grading form column for teaching assistants to use to grade students' participation in study group sessions. Letter grade: generates a letter grade based on the values of a numeric or calculated column. You can edit the numeric ranges that determine which letter grade is assigned. Use a letter grade column to automaticly convert midterm and final grades from calculated columns into letter grades for electronic submission to banner. Numeric:  allows you to enter numeric values only. You could create numeric columns for recording numeric grades from a variety of quizzes, homework assignments, etc. Selection list: allows you to select from a drop-down (selection) list of one or more values to describe or grade students            . You can create the values and determine the order in which they appear in the list. You could create a selection list column titled Class and specify the words, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and  Senior. Text: allows you to enter an extended amount of words, phrases, or paragraphs. You could create a text column to record detailed grade-related notes. Creating a grade book column Click the Create Column button in top left of the grade book screen Select your column type from the drop down menu Enter the name for your column and choose your column settings on the column settings screen, then click save. Your new grade book column will be placed on the right end of the grade book by default so scroll to the right if necessary. Resources How do I Create Columns ? Step By Step Instructions (PDF) courtesy Blackboard, Inc. How Do I Add Information to Selection List, Calculated, and Letter Grade Columns in the Grade Book? Step By Step Instructions (PDF) courtesy Blackboard, Inc.