Gradebook

Overview

The Gradebook posts all Student grades associated with Tests and Assignments. The Gradebook also accommodates scores grades for work completed outside of the Blackboard Learning System. Instructors may also view the results of Surveys through the Gradebook.

The Gradebook opens to the View Spreadsheet page. The Spreadsheet lists Students in rows and graded items in columns. All features of the Gradebook can be accessed through the Spreadsheet.

Items in the Gradebook are categorized. This enables Instructors to:

sort and filter items by category. For example, Instructors may only want to view items in the Exam category on the View Spreadsheet page.
weight categories differently. For example, items in a Homework category may be weighted less than items in an Exam category.

Note: Assessments that are not available to Students do not appear in the Gradebook.

Find this page

Click Gradebook in the Assessment area on the Control Panel to open the Gradebook.

Functions

The following functions are available from the View Spreadsheet page.

To . . .	click . . .
add a Gradebook item	Add Item. The Modify Grade page will appear.
manage items	Manage Items. The Manage Items page will appear.
change Spreadsheet display and options	Gradebook Settings. The Gradebook Settings page will appear.
manage grade weighting	Weight Grades. The Weight Grades page will appear.
download grades	Download Grades. The Download Gradebook page will appear.
upload grades	Upload Grades. The Upload Gradebook page will appear.
modify a grade	the grade that needs to be modified. The View Grades page will appear.
view and modify the details for an Assessment	the Assessment Name. The Item Options page will appear.
view and modify the details for an Assignment	the Assignment Name. The Item Options page will appear.
view statistics for a user	the user’s name. The User Options page will appear.
sort items	an option in the Sort Item by: drop-down list to sort the items by: Category Date Added Position Title Click Go.
view a specific category of Gradebook items	an option in the Filter Items by Category: drop-down list, then click Go. Only items that match that type will appear in the Spreadsheet View.

Gradebook legend

Every Student has a value for every Gradebook item. If the value is not a representation of the grade, it will be one of the following symbols:

Padlock: In Progress. A Student is currently using the Assessment or Assignment.
Dash: No Information. A Student has not taken the Assessment or submitted the Assignment.
Exclamation Point: Needs Grading. The item has been submitted by the Student and needs to be reviewed by the Instructor. Tests that include Essay questions will have this symbol when they are submitted.
Question Mark: Gradebook Error.
Checkmark: Item has been completed by the Student.
Asterisk: Item is not visible.