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Add/Modify a Gradebook
The Gradebook enables Instructors
to manage all aspects of Student grades.
Gradebook Items may be added or modified
from the Modify Gradebook Item page. Instructors
may add items and grades to the Gradebook
for work that has been done outside the
Blackboard Learning System. For example,
if Students manually hand in a project,
the Instructor may add the Item and all
of the grades for the project to the Gradebook.
Follow the steps below to open the Modify
Gradebook Item page.
1. Log onto Blackboard at
http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are
teaching, click the link of the desired
course.
3. Click the "Control
Panel" button (the bottom-most button
located to the left of the screen).
4. Select Gradebook in Assessments
Section.
5. Select Add Item.
OR
1. Log onto Blackboard at
http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are
teaching, click the link of the desired
course.
3. Click the "Control
Panel" button (the bottom-most button
located to the left of the screen).
4. Select Gradebook in Assessments
Area.
5. Select the name of a Gradebook
Item.
6. Click Item Information
on the Item Options page.
Fields asscoiated with the Gradebook:
Item Name:
Enter a title for the new Gradebook item.
When editing an Assignment
or Assessment created in the course, be
aware that changing the Item Name will only
change the Item Name in the Gradebook. It
must also be changed in the content area
if Students are to see the new name.
Category:
Select a category, such as Homework or Quiz,
from the drop-down list.
Description:
Enter a description of the Gradebook Item.
Date:
Select a date for the Gradebook Item from
the drop-down list, or click the Calendar
icon and choose a date.
Points Possible:
Enter the maximum number of points possible
for this item.
Display As:
Select how the grade should be displayed
from the drop-down list.
Options
Make item visible to Students:
Select Yes to enable Student to view the
item. Select No and Students will be unable
to view the item.
Include item in Gradebook score calculations:
Select Yes and this item will be included
in Gradebook calculations. Select No and
this item will not be included in calculations,
such as the Total column, or grade weighting.
Add/Modify a Gradebook
The Gradebook enables Instructors
to manage all aspects of Student grades.
Gradebook Items may be added or modified
from the Modify Gradebook Item page. Instructors
may add items and grades to the Gradebook
for work that has been done outside the
Blackboard Learning System. For example,
if Students manually hand in a project,
the Instructor may add the Item and all
of the grades for the project to the Gradebook.
Follow the steps below to open the Modify
Gradebook Item page.
1. Log onto Blackboard at
http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are
teaching, click the link of the desired
course.
3. Click the "Control
Panel" button (the bottom-most button
located to the left of the screen).
4. Select Gradebook in Assessments
Section.
5. Select Add Item.
OR
1. Log onto Blackboard at
http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are
teaching, click the link of the desired
course.
3. Click the "Control
Panel" button (the bottom-most button
located to the left of the screen).
4. Select Gradebook in Assessments
Area.
5. Select the name of a Gradebook
Item.
6. Click Item Information
on the Item Options page.
Fields asscoiated with the Gradebook:
Item Name:
Enter a title for the new Gradebook item.
When editing an Assignment
or Assessment created in the course, be
aware that changing the Item Name will only
change the Item Name in the Gradebook. It
must also be changed in the content area
if Students are to see the new name.
Category:
Select a category, such as Homework or Quiz,
from the drop-down list.
Description:
Enter a description of the Gradebook Item.
Date:
Select a date for the Gradebook Item from
the drop-down list, or click the Calendar
icon and choose a date.
Points Possible:
Enter the maximum number of points possible
for this item.
Display As:
Select how the grade should be displayed
from the drop-down list.
Options
Make item visible to Students:
Select Yes to enable Student to view the
item. Select No and Students will be unable
to view the item.
Include item in Gradebook score calculations:
Select Yes and this item will be included
in Gradebook calculations. Select No and
this item will not be included in calculations,
such as the Total column, or grade weighting.
Add/Modify a Gradebook
The Gradebook enables Instructors to manage all aspects of Student grades. Gradebook Items may be added or modified from the Modify Gradebook Item page. Instructors may add items and grades to the Gradebook for work that has been done outside the Blackboard Learning System. For example, if Students manually hand in a project, the Instructor may add the Item and all of the grades for the project to the Gradebook.
Follow the steps below to open the Modify
Gradebook Item page.
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching, click the link of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel" button (the bottom-most button located to the left of the screen).
4. Select Gradebook in Assessments Section.
5. Select Add Item.
OR
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching, click the link of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel" button (the bottom-most button located to the left of the screen).
4. Select Gradebook in Assessments Area.
5. Select the name of a Gradebook Item.
6. Click Item Information on the Item Options page.
Fields asscoiated with the Gradebook:
Item Name:
Enter a title for the new Gradebook item.
When editing an Assignment
or Assessment created in the course, be
aware that changing the Item Name will only
change the Item Name in the Gradebook. It
must also be changed in the content area
if Students are to see the new name.
Category:
Select a category, such as Homework or Quiz,
from the drop-down list.
Description:
Enter a description of the Gradebook Item.
Date:
Select a date for the Gradebook Item from
the drop-down list, or click the Calendar
icon and choose a date.
Points Possible:
Enter the maximum number of points possible
for this item.
Display As:
Select how the grade should be displayed
from the drop-down list.
Options
Make item visible to Students:
Select Yes to enable Student to view the
item. Select No and Students will be unable
to view the item.
Include item in Gradebook score calculations:
Select Yes and this item will be included
in Gradebook calculations. Select No and
this item will not be included in calculations,
such as the Total column, or grade weighting.