Instructors can add and modify Grade Display Options in the Gradebook from the Create/Modify Grade Display Options page. Instructors can select a range of numeric grades to be associated with a letter grade, or create new Grade Displays, such as Pass/Fail.
Note: Grade Display Options are case sensitive. An “A” and “a” will not represent the same thing in the Gradebook.
Note: Display Options included with the Blackboard Learning System cannot be modified or removed.
Follow the steps below to open the Create/Modify Grade Display Options page.
Step 1 Select Gradebook on the Course Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Gradebook Settings.
Step 3 Click Manage Grade Display Options.
Step 4 Select Add Display Option.
The table below details the fields on the Create/Modify Grade Display Options page.
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Field |
Description |
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Name |
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Name: [r] |
Enter the name of the new Grade Display Option. |
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Add Symbols and Values |
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System-graded items with a grade of: |
Enter the numeric values of the range for each grade. The system will automatically treat the numbers within each range the same. |
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Manually-graded items entered as: |
Enter the symbol the Instructor will use to manually enter grades. Each symbol will correspond to the range in the System-graded items. |
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Will be calculated as: |
Enter a single numeric value for each symbol in the Manually-graded items column. The number in this row will be used in Gradebook calculations, such as for the final grade and grade weight. |
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Add |
Click Add to add a row in the Add Symbols and Values Section. |
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Remove: |
Click Remove to remove a row in the Add Symbols and Values section. |
The following example demonstrates how a Pass/Fail option looks when created on the Create/Modify Grade Display Options page.
