Uploading Grades
View answers to frequently asked questions asked by NIU faculty and staff.
Faculty who maintain a spreadsheet gradebook outside Blackboard can now upload their grades into the Blackboard spreadsheet. The upload feature requires that both the Excel (or preferred spreadsheet) and the Blackboard spreadsheet have the same student names listed. Errors will occur if the names are not identical.
- To simplify the task of maintaining a spreadsheet outside Blackboard, first DOWNLOAD the Blackboard spreadsheet into Excel or preferred program. This automatically populates a spreadsheet with students' names. The download will have a CSV (comma delimited) extension but can be opened in Excel.
- When uploading data, the user will be able to upload one column at a time. To upload a column:
- Open the file containing the grades you wish to upload.
- Save the file as a CSV file. Attempting to upload an Excel file will result in errors..
- From the menu bar, select File click Save As
- Click the down arrow after File Type and select CSV
- Click Upload Grades
- Browse for the correct file
- Select file and Submit
- Click the radio box in front of the column for upload
- Select the column currently in the Blackboard gradebook where the uploaded data will go.
- If a column does not exist, select the last item, Create New Gradebook Item
- Faculty member will be prompted to name a new column and assign points. Prompt will now ask user to select students whose grades should be uploaded.
- Select one, several or all students.
- System will also list scores to be loaded into the designated column in Blackboard.
- If an error message is displayed, use the browser's back button to get back to the Gradebook
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Are you looking for more information related to the Blackboard Gradebook? Review the answers to frequently asked questions regarding the Gradebook tool in Blackboard. Also, consider attending one of the upcoming Blackboard workshops.
Last Updated: 09/05/2007
