Today’s top tip: Please note that when an assessment is hidden from students, it will not be visible to them in the Gradebook. Once the assessment becomes available, it will be listed for students to see. This is a different behavior from Blackboard Original. (As explained in Tip #4. Tip sheet is https://humber.ca/facultyblackboard/knowledgebase/troubleshooting-assessment-visibility-in-gradebook/)

Here are five Gradebook Setup Tips from your team in Innovative Learning.

“How do I set up Overall Grades?”

Tip #1: *Important Use the weighted grading calculation to show students the running total of their overall grade. Assign the weighted percentage values to each gradable item according to the assessment plan or structure of your published course outline.

“How do I post Midterm Grades?”

Tip #2: Calculate and share midterm (and final) grades with your students using the overall grade column. Verify that all gradable items or categories have been assigned the correct weighted percentage values, and only those counting towards the midterm grade are included.

Tip #3: Check the box “Base calculation on points earned out of total graded points” so students see their actual grade earned to date. If left unchecked, the overall grade would factor in all other assessments not yet administered or graded, and therefore would show skewed student grades.

“Why can’t my students see their grades?”

Tip #4: In the content page, assessment item(s) and the content folder where they are located need to be made ‘visible to students’ so students can view their grade. Confirm the configuration of the release conditions to show course content to students during the given time period.

“I copied a past course and now gradebook is assigning automatic zeros. What should I do?”

Tip #5: Gradebook assigns automatic zeros for past due assessments by default, even for past courses that have been copied. Disable automatic zeros from the gradebook settings to ensure that grades are not negatively impacted, and students are credited for all their work.

Need additional support? The ILSupport Centre (ILSC) is here to help.

The Interpretive Centre has launched On Location, a limited-time exhibition in our Third Floor Gallery, which features a selection of press kit photographs from the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre’s permanent collection showcasing six films shot on the Lakeshore Grounds between the late 1970s and the 1990s.

Join us in our Third Floor Gallery in the Student Welcome and Resource Centre to view On Location.

Orange shirts are a symbol of recognition of the Indigenous children who were forced into the Indian Residential Schools and the horrors that they experienced. Wearing these shirts honours the victims and survivors of schools and acknowledges the lasting impact that the system has had on Indigenous communities, families and individuals. Although the last Residential School closed in 1996, the consequences live on through intergenerational trauma in a plethora of effects. By wearing your orange shirt on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, or at Humber College's Walk for Reconciliation on September 25, you are acknowledging your commitment to reconciliation and supporting the Indigenous peoples and communities that have been subjected to this horrific system.

How to receive an orange shirt: 

1. Register on the event webpage.
2. Donate to any of the listed organizations listed on our webpage, with a minimum of $10 or more.
3. Bring the receipt/proof of donation to the IGNITE Office from Monday, September 18 to Friday, September 21 at both campuses to receive one (1) of 200 of Patrick Hunter's/Humber IE&E Orange Shirt.
4. Wear your IE&E x Patrick Hunter Orange Shirt on event day, and tag Patrick Hunter, Humber, IE&E and Ignite in your stories.

Are you unable to attend the walk at the Lakeshore Campus? You can support the cause by donating to one of the listed organizations on Humber Indigenous Education & Engagement's website. These organizations provide services to survivors of the Residential School System and those who face the challenges of the intergenerational traumas that live within Indigenous communities, families and individuals.