A little about myself

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A little about myself

• Alicia Harkless
• Originally from Tuskegee, Alabama
• Learning Systems Technician with the Ed Tech
  Dept.
• Have been with Troy University e-Campus almost
  2 years
• Graduated from Troy University in 2007 with
  dual B.S. degrees in Political Science and
  Criminal Justice
• Graduating with a Masters in Public
  Administration on May 8th 2009 from Troy
  University

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I would like to take this opportunity to thank
the sponsors of this session
Stick around for the entire session as prizes
will be given away towards the end of the session.
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Managing the Grade Center

• Grade Center Best Practices

• Adding a Grade/Calculated Column
• Removing a Column
• Weighted Total
• Running Total
• Modifying Column
• Managing Grade Center
• Viewing Test
• Test Statistics
• Clearing Exams

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Managing the Grade Center

• Adding Columns
• 1. Click on the Grade Center link in the
  Assessment section of the course Control Panel.
• 2. To add a new column (ex. assignment) click
  the Add Grade Column button.
• 3. Under Column Information
• A. Provide a brief Description of the item
  (Optional)
• B. Select a Primary and Secondary Display
  options (what youd like the grade
  to be Displayed As (ex. letter,
  percentage, etc)
• C. Select the Category
• D. Enter the Points Possible
• It is important to select a category when
  adding columns. If Instructors use a weighted
  total column for calculations, they are
• able to select the categories that includes
  the group of selected assignments, test or
  documents instead of each individual column.

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Grade Center Management Contd

• Deploying test and/or quizzes in Blackboard
  automatically creates columns within the Grade
  Center.
• Graded discussion board forums, as well as
  assigning a link to Assignments, generates a
  column in the Grade Center
• Never add a column for tests, Graded discussion
  forums or assignments that are linked using the
  Assignment tab under the Learning Unit category.

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Removing Columns

• To remove columns within the Grade Center, first
  click on the chevron (double down arrows) next to
  the title of the column.
• Next, select Remove Column and click OK
• As a safeguard, columns that are attached to
  Test, Quizzes, or Assignment that include grades
  will NOT have the Remove Column as a selection.
  This is also true if the Instructor selects
  External Grade for a column.

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Weighted Total

• Click the Add Calculated Column tab.
• - Selected Weighted Total button
• Under Column Information
• - Provide a brief Description of the item
• - Select a Primary and Secondary Display options
  (what youd like the grade to be Displayed As
  (ex. letter, percentage, etc)

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Weighted Total Contd

• Instructors can select documents using two
  features Columns to Select and/or Categories to
  select
• -Columns to select allows the instructors to
  select the individual assignment, test, or quiz
  (ex. Final Exam as 30, Senior Project 20)
• Categories to Select allows the Instructor to
  choose a group of documents that contain similar
  items (ex. All assignments, all quizzes, all
  projects in the course)

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Weighted Total Contd

• Running Totals- select yes or no based on
  Instructor needs and preferences
• Select No for including in Grade Center
  calculations. Instructors can choose whether to
  make the column visible to students.
• - Click Submit

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Running Total

• Running Total allows the instructor to have
  Blackboard calculate the scores of all
  assignments.
• An Instructor would select Yes for the running
  total if he/she wants Blackboard to calculate
  actual grades. That means if a student does not
  submit an assignment and the instructor does not
  Manually key in a grade of zero (0) Blackboard
  will not calculate the missing assignments in the
  final grade. Instead it will ONLY calculate the
  scores for columns that have a grade.

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Running Total Contd

• An Instructor would select NO for the running
  total if he/she wants Blackboard to calculate all
  columns regardless if a grade has been entered.
  However, the grades will be lower as Blackboard
  is calculating all of the columns assigning a
  zero (0) to columns without grades.
• The better selection of the two is to select No
  as it will give the Instructor an accurate final
  grade, assigning a zero (0) until a grade is
  entered. Unless the Instructor allows students to
  choose between assignments or projects then
  selecting Yes to running total is more
  appropriate.

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Modifying Column

• Click on the Grade Center link in the Assessment
  section of the Course Control Panel.
• From the Grade Center, click on the title of the
  column you wish to modify and select Modify
  Column.
• From the Modify Column page, select any of the
  item options you would like to change and modify
  information and settings as desired.
• When finished click Submit to save.

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Managing Grade Center

• To make changes to the layout, hide/unhide
  columns or to freeze columns in place,
  Instructors should use the Manage feature.
• Go to the Gradecenter, click on Manage and scroll
  down to Organize Grade Center.
• From the Organize tab, Instructors can move
  columns to be in sequential order, hide or unhide
  columns or freeze IMPORTANT columns.

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Viewing Test

• From the Grade Center, under the exam column,
  click on the chevron next to the grade, tablet or
  exclamation point icon.
• Click on Grade Detail
• Select View Attempt
• Instructors will see the exam that Blackboard has
  on file for that student.

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Test Statistics

• Instructors using the test feature in Blackboard
  can gather statistics on how students answer
  questions within quizzes and test.
• From the Grade Center, click on the chevron
  (double down arrows) next to the title of the
  test.
• Scroll down to Attempt Statistics
• From here the Instructor is able to view the
  collective data of how students answered each
  question.

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Clearing Exams

• Before Instructors clear exams, he/she should
  VERIFY that the student is not in the exam.
• From the Grade Center, under the exam column,
  click on the chevron next to the tablet/pencil
  icon.
• Scroll down to Grade Detail
• Select Clear Attempt
• Click OK

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