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Blackboard at Carnegie Mellon

Grade Center Tutorials

Adding a Grade Column

Control Panel > Grade Center > Add Grade Column

    control panel grade center

Adding a Grade Column:

    action bar

    Enter and select column settings for:

  • Column Information
  • Dates
  • Options
  • Submit

Enter Column Information:

    add column

    COLUMN INFORMATION  Enter and select column settings for:

  • Column Name
  • Grade Center Display Name
  • Description
  • Primary Display (Score, Letter, Text, Percentage, Complete/Incomplete):
  • primary display

  • Secondary Display (None, Letter, Percentage, Complete/Incomplete):
  • secondary display

  • Category (Assignment, etc):
  • category

  • Points Possible (enter the points possible for the gradable item.)

Set Due Date and Column Options:

    column dates and options

    Enter and select column settings for:

  • Due Date
  • Include in Grade Center calculations
  • Show column in “My Grades” for students
  • Show statistics for column
  • Submit

Success message appears and Gradebook displays new column:

    success column added screen

    SUCCESS: The new column is added at the end of the columns. You may need to scroll horizontally to see it within your screen.

Instructors: For assistance with using Blackboard, contact bb-help@andrew.cmu.edu

Office of Technology for Education, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008