Grade Center - Adding Items
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Adding Items
Note: When you create assignments and tests, they are automatically integrated in the Blackboard Grade Center, so you would only need to update their grades. However, for grading items that cannot be submitted electronically, use the following procedure to create new entries:
- From the Grade Center, click on Add Grade Column.
- Enter a title for your grading item at Column Name.
- If you wish to give it a nickname, type it in at Grade Center Display Name. Leaving this field blank will display your item by its Column Name.
- Enter a description for your grading item in the Description.
- Use the drop down menu to pick a Primary Display. This is a required field and determines how scores will be dispalyed in the Grade Center (for instructors) and My Grades (for students). The format in which you assign grades will also be based on your selection for Primary Display.
- You may also use the drop down menu to pick a Secondary Display. This is an optional field, which affects the Grade Center (instructors) view only.
- Use the drop down menu to select a Category for your item. Categories are used to group similar types of grade items together.
- Enter the maximum grade for your item at Points Possible.
- Creation Date shows when the item was created.
- Due Date allows you to set when the item will be due. This date is for your own reference and may be useful when sorting items in the Grade Center view.
- Select the Options for your item.
- Submit.
- After an item is added, you can always go back and modify it: click on the double down arrow button (
) for your item and select Modify Column.
