How do I add a column to the Grade Center?
In the Grade Center, three types of columns appear: user, calculated, and grade. Each column has a menu with options. The options that appear vary based on the type of column.
User column: Students are automatically added to your Grade Center through Banner enrollment.
Grade Column
Columns that are automatically added for gradable content like assignments and tests
Columns that are manually added for graded content submitted/gathered outside of Blackboard.
Calculated Column: Columns that gather data from groups of columns to create a total, weighted total, average, or minimum/maximum value.
Instructions
You can create grade columns for activities that took place outside of class, such as a science fair or a juried art show. Or, you may assign credit for participation or attendance at an event. For manually added items, no submissions exist. The column is populated when you assign the grades.
In the Full Grade Center, select Create Column.
On the Create Grade Column page, type a name. This will show in the Grade Center and show to students in their My Grades section.
Optional: type a brief description.
Choose the Primary Display mode for this column. This is how the grade shows to you in the Grade Center and to students in the My Grades section of the course.
Score: A numeric grade is the default setting.
Letter: A letter grade appears. This value comes from the default Grading Schema in Blackboard.
Text: Text appears in the column when you create and associate a text grading schema.
Percentage: A percentage appears. For example, 21/30 appears as 70%.
Complete/Incomplete: When a student submits an item, a check icon appears in the column regardless of score.
Optional: Choose a secondary display to show to you in the Grade Center.
Optional: Choose a category association for this column.
Assign a point value in the Points Possible box. Entries must be numeric.
Optional: Provide a due date.
Select the Options:
Include this Column in Grade Center Calculations: Select Yes to make the column available for potential inclusion when creating calculated columns.
Show this Column to Students: Select Yes to display the column to students in My Grades.
Show Statistics (average and median) for this Column to Students in My Grades: Select Yesto include statistical information with the grade value when shown to students.
Click Submit.
When you edit the Grade Center column for a test, the options to Include this Column in Other Grade Center Calculations and Show Statistics (average and median) for this Column to Students in My Grades may not be available. The options are unavailable if you selected the option to Hide Results for this Test Completely from Instructor and the Grade Center on the Test Options page.