Northern Illinois University

Teaching with Blackboard

Grade Center

Grade Center

Students in Class Amost entirely redesigned, and newly named, the Grade Center exhibits new capabilities and vast improvements over the previous Gradebook. Some of the new features or improvement include the following:

  • A redesigned tool bar, titled the Action Bar, through which multiple functions are possible
  • The ability to create and print Reports, such as final grades, to hand out to students or other interested parties
  • Inline editing: the ability to enter grades directly through the Grade Center spreadsheet
  • New grade calculations, Average grade and Minimum/Maximum grade, and improvements to the creation of Weighted grades and Total points grades
  • Smart Views - the ability to categorize students into groups based on selected criteria. These views can be displayed in the Grade Center.
  • A multitude of ways to customize the display of the Grade Center
  • The ability to create grading schema: multiple grading scales that match assessment grades to chosen grade displays, such as text and percent grades.

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