Navigating the Gradebook

Gradebook features

• Filter your Gradebook in Grid view by students, groups, category, type, and Gradable item.

• Search for assessment submissions (using a submission receipt number).

• Course level accommodations are indicated by the purple flag icon.

• Feedback is shown by the purple message bubble

• Gradebook Settings can be found via the gear icon. From here you can access:

  • Student ID on/off toggle

  • Uploading and download gradebook

  • Grade schemas

  • Student performance alerts

  • Automatic zeros

  • Item Management

  • Grade Categories

  • Course Rubrics

Gradebook Views

List view shows all of your gradable items in a list.

Grid view shows all of your gradable items in a grid.

Students information

To access Gradebook information about a specific student, click on the student’s name in the list of students in Grid view.

• At the top, you can check the student’s last access to the course, their username, Student Activity, course level Accommodations, and also send a message.

• In the main area, you can view the following:

  • Item name - click on the assessment title to access the student’s submission

  • Due date - shows posted due date for the content

  • Status - shows whether the submission has been completed or graded.

  • Grade - view grade, or click on grade to view submission, override the grade, etc.

  • Feedback - a purple text bubble appears if feedback has been provided

• Click on the three dots (…) on a row to add or edit exceptions or exemptions for that student.

Assessment options

How to access the options:

• Gradable Items: Click on the three dots (…) next to an assessment to find the options.

• Grades: Click on the assessment title at the top of the column.

1. Send Reminder: Non-submitters will receive a blind carbon copy (BCC) message stating that the assignment has not been received. Students will not know who else has not submitted.

2. View/Edit or Delete the gradable item.

3. Question analysis shows blackboard generated statistics on results.

4. Download Results can be downloaded as an .xls or .csv file.

5. Download Submissions will create a zip file with all student submissions.

6. Download rubric report will run a report that can be downloaded as a PDF or Excel file

7. Statistics: View grade statistics, status, and grade distribution.

In the grid view, you also have the choice to View submissions and Post all grades.

Submission details and options

• Gradable Items: Click on the assessment name and then the three dots (…) to the right of the student’s name.

• Grades: Click on the the cell that corresponds to the student’s assessment.

• Add feedback for overridden tests, assignment grades, and automatic zeros.

• Once a grade has been given, you need to post the grade to make it visible (unless you have set grades to be posted automatically).

• Add or edit exceptions. Adjust the assessment due date, show on/hide after, and number of attempts for select students or groups.

• Add or edit exemptions. Exempt select students from the assessment.

• Check student activity for their assessment submission via Attempt log

• View student submissions

In the Grid view, you can also:

• Check the submission details

• Check course level Accommodations

• Navigate between submissions with up/down and left/right arrows

Add items, text columns, calculations, and Attendance to the Gradebook

Hover where you would like to add an Item, Calculation, Total Calculation, or Attendance in either the List view or Grades view (at the top of the column).

• Item: Add a manual item for coursework, such as a participation grade. This won’t appear in the Course Content area and will have limited settings.
  Note: instructors will not see the description outside of ‘edit’ mode, students will see it when they click on the item title

• Text-based column: Add a custom text-based column in the Gradebook. You can add up to 32 characters including alphabet, numbers, and special characters.

• Calculation: Add a row for a calculation, such as an average assignments grade.

• Total Calculation: Add a column for a points-based or weighted calculation, which is set up like the Overall Grade.

• Attendance: Add a row for the tool Attendance. You do not need to keep track of attendance via the Gradebook. Mark attendance via the Attendance tool from Details & Actions in the Content area.

Hide Gradebook items

1. Navigate to the Gradebook settings (gear icon)

2. Under Item Management, click on Manage gradebook items

3. Check off all the items you wish to hide and click Edit Visibility in the top right OR toggle the visibility of the items off by clicking on the green check mark on a specific row.

   

   
   

Hide unenrolled students (Students Visibility)

1. Navigate to Gradebook > Gear icon > Students Visibility.

2. Toggle this feature off. The toggle will turn grey with an x.

Note: You can also hide/unhide unenrolled students via the Course Settings on the top right corner of the Course page. Filtering Gradebook data

1. Click on Gradebook and then the Grid view icon.

2. Select the filter icon.

3. Choose the parameters for your filter.

   1. Enter first or last name for student(s).

   2. Enter group name(s).

   3. Enter gradable item(s).

   4. Select specific category / categories.

4. Click Apply.

Filtering by sections in a merged (CLX) course

Multiple course sections can be merged into one Blackboard course shell. Without splitting the shell, reviewing the Ultra Gradebook can be a bit cumbersome. To focus on grades from one section in the Gradebook, you can create a group for each section:

1. Designate a group set: navigate to > Course Groups in the left Details & Actions menu. You can create a New Group Set, Import Group Set, or Edit an existing Group Set.

2. Follow the steps above for filtering for Group sets.

It’s a good idea to give the group set a name such as “Lab section 1”, which will help both the instructor and students know they are reviewing the correct lab information.

At this time, there is no way to save filters within Blackboard. However, you can Bookmark the page, which will save the filters. Use the bookmark to access the filters again in the future

Accessing assignment submission receipts

Search for the receipt number for a particular student:

1. Navigate to the Gradebook > Students view > Student name > and Assessment name.

2. The submission receipt number is located above the student submission in the grading platform.

Identify the assessment that matches a receipt number:

1. Navigate to the Grid view > enter the submission receipt number in the Search gradebook field.

2. The Gradebook grid view will filter to the corresponding assessment.