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Sorting the Grade Center

To facilitate Grade Center viewing, faculty, graders and TAs may sort all visible columns within the Grade Center on different criteria.  This section outlines the steps for sorting the Grade Center.

  1. Click the Control Panel button on the left side of the screen in your Course homepage.
    Control Panel Button
  2. Under Assessment, click Grade Center.
    Click Gradecenter
  3. Click the down arrows next to the right of the Sort Columns By label.
    Sort Columns
  4. Select Sort Columns By to apply.
    Select Criteria

    Sort Columns by Options

    • Layout Position – columns are displayed in the order in which the user has organized them.
    • Categories – user defined categories or default categories are used to sort the Grade Center columns.
    • Due Date – gradable columns are sorted by the instructor defined due date
    • Creation Date – columns are sorted by the date they were created in Blackboard.
    • Points Possible – points possible are used to sort the columns.
    • Display Name – columns are sorted by their display names.

  5. The columns are sorted.
    Sorted
    Note: Here the columns are sorted in ascending order according to the number of Points Possible.

Showing Users

  1. Click the Control Panel button on the left side of the screen in your Course homepage.
    Control Panel Button
  2. Under Assessment, click Grade Center.
    Click Gradecenter
  3. Click Manage from the Action Bar of the Grade Center.
    Click Manage
  4. Click Show/Hide Users from the Manage dropdown listing.
    Show/Hide Users
  5. Place a check next to the users to make visible again.
    Select Users
  6. Click the Show Users button to unhide the selected users.
    Show Users
  7. The selected users are now visible again and their status has been set back to Shown.
    Shown  
  8. Click the Submit button to save the changes.
    Submit
    Note: A Success message is displayed and the selected users are displayed.
    Success

Hiding Users

  1. Click the Control Panel button on the left side of the screen in your Course homepage.
    Control Panel Button
  2. Under Assessment, click Grade Center.
    Click Gradecenter
  3. Click Manage from the Action Bar of the Grade Center.
    Click Manage
  4. Click Show/Hide Users from the Manage dropdown listing.
    Show/Hide Users
  5. Place a check next to the users to hide.
    Select Users
  6. Click the Hide Users button to hide the selected users.
    Hide Button
  7. Hidden users are grayed out and their status is set to Hidden.
    Hidden
  8. Click the Submit button to save the changes.
    Submit
    Note: A Success message is displayed and the hidden users do not appear in the Grade Center listing.
    Success

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Are you looking for more information regarding the Blackboard Grade Center? Review the answers to Blackboard frequently asked questions as well as Blackboard tutorials. Also, consider attending one of the upcoming Blackboard workshops.

Last Updated: 09/24/2009