What is the Gradebook?
The Blackboard Gradebook is a key tool for instructors. In the Gradebook, you can add new gradable items, grade assessments, track student performance data , and archive the grades, archive student submissions and archive student responses, which is good file management practice. Consider reviewing this Blackboard Help resource dedicated to helping you setup your Gradebook, assessing your students’ learning, and track student performance and data.
How do I Grade and Manage Coursework in the Gradebook?
You can grade coursework and manage gradable items from 3 different views:
- Gradable items list,
- Student view,
- and the Grid view.
You can also create calculated columns to calculate your weighted grades, which can make marking a lot easier. You can customize the Gradebook with features that allow you to organize your columns, create grading schemas, group items into categories, hide columns from students until you are ready to share their grades, as well as many others.
The following list of resources will help you learn about this tool:
- Navigating the Gradebook Page.
- This page provides a high-level overview of the Gradebook, describing all the features and buttons to get you familiar with the tool.
- Creating a Manual Grade Column.
- This page walks you through the steps on how to create a grade column.
- Setting up the Overall Grade.
- This page shows you the steps on how to calculate the student’s overall grade.
- Edit or Delete an Item in the Gradebook.
- This page shows you the basics of how to edit or delete an item in the Gradebook.
- Grading Student Submissions.
- This page provides an overview of how to grade student submissions, post the grades, and provide feedback to your students.
- Override a Student’s Grade.
- This page shows you how to manually change a student’s grade.
- Uploading Grades to Gradebook.
- This page shows you how to upload your Gradebook after you’ve worked with it offline.
- Downloading Grades to Gradebook.
- This post shows you how to download your Gradebook so you can work offline.
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