How to use the grade center in your BlackBoard course

1. Using the Grade Center

2. Formerly known as the Grade Book

◦ The Grade Center link is located in the Control Panel’s
assessment area
Includes enhanced features for more efficient

grading
◦ Ability to automatically calculate mid-term grades
◦ Easily add or remove assignments included in various
grading periods
◦ Drag and drop capabilities

3. Click
Control Panel

5. Any assignments, tests, discussion boards or other course
activities that are created with a point value inside
Blackboard are automatically entered into the grade center.

6. Use the Manage drop
down menu to select
Organize Grade Center

7. Drag the shaded areas to rearrange the order in which items
appear in the grade center

8. The Manage menu also contains options to

upload or download grades, show or hide
participants and set grading periods
Click grading periods in the manage menu

9. Click Add
Grading Period

10. 1. Provide a Name
and Description
2. Select dates
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3. Select option

11. Click Add
Calculated Column
drop down menu
and select “Total”

12. Complete
the form
Select the
period

13. Select Options
Read
this
Click to allow
students view
Mid-term grade in
My Grades

14. Grading Period
added to
Grade Center

15. Click to add a
graded component
such as attendance

16. Include Column
and Display names

17. Select options
and click submit
Click to allow
students to see grade
in the My Grades
area

18. Attendance
added to
Grade Center
Scroll
The order in which the columns
appear can be altered under
the manage drop down menu.

19. Use drop down menu to
Organize Grade Center
Click the + to see all items included in
Mid-term grade

20. Students can view grades by clicking Tools and then
selecting My Grades. Students will be able to click on
the grade to view the submitted assignment.

21. Click
Grade
History

22. Download
Record
Select
Period

23. Click
Reports

24. Include
Report
Name

25. Select Options

26. Select Options

27. Report can be printed
For more information contact Lisa Hawkins at hawkinsl@cua.edu