Grading a Journal

To motivate students to post insightful contributions, you can make a journal count for a grade. When you create a journal, they are automatically set to ungraded. You will need to enable grading for a journal. Once you enable grading, a column is created automatically in the Gradebook.

To enable grading:

1. Open a journal, select the Settings icon. The Journal Settings panel will open on the right.
   
2. Under Details and Actions, select the check box for Grade Journal.
   
3. After you’ve enabled grading, you can set the participation due date, choose the grade unit and the maximum points. You can also add a rubric. 
4. Select Save once you are satisfied with your choices.

Grading a journal

1. At the top right corner of the journal, select Grades and Participation.
   
2. On the Grades & Participation page, select students’ names to open pages with their contributions. Type a grade and feedback for this student at the top of the page.
   
3. When you’re ready to reveal the grade to the student, open the menu and select Post.

Additional Resources

• Grade Journals – a Blackboard Help resource