Description:

The Grade Center in Blackboard helps instructors to reduce the amount of time spent managing student performance. The grade center can calculate grades, organize student-submitted assignment documents, record the last time each student has accessed the course and document point-and-click rubrics that can be used to facilitate scoring of assignments.

The grade center is very customizable. Instructors can select which grades are displayed to students on their My Grades page, supply feedback to the students, create weighted columns and exclude certain assessments from final score calculations. Faculty can create grade columns for any activities or requirements they want to score such as projects, class participation or attendance. Data in the grade center is archived each week and can be retrieved from backup.

Students can benefit from seeing achievements or instructor feedback and, if necessary, adjust their approach to learning to improve performance.

Topics in this Quick Hit Session:

• Creating a Manual Column in the Grade Center
• Manually Enter Grades
• Column Organization
• Weighted Total Setup

This Quick Hit session will focus on how to create an interactive rubric and how to apply and use it with a Blackboard assignment.

Throughout the semester, the iSchool FCTL will host Quick Hits – 15 minutes sessions.  These sessions will be held in HH206F with an 8 people maximum in attendance.  Session time:  12:00 – 12:15 pm.