Columns

Columns are used to manage student grades and information and may be either manually or automatically created by the Assessment tools. The two most left columns are frozen and allow you to see the student's names while managing their grades.

 

Creating a Column

You may add columns to track various elements of student progress. While Blackboard online quiz and assignment grades are automatically added to the Grade Book, you may have other in-class activities or homework that you want to record in Blackboard.

When a column is created, a column field must be selected to indicate the type of data that will be contained in the column. Column fields can be Alphanumeric, Calculated, Letter Grade, Text, and Numeric or Selection List.

Field type Contains Used For Examples
Alphanumeric letters, numbers fields that have no numeric significance

last name, first name, student number, letter grade
Calculated a formula based on one or more numeric fields in the database computing numeric results generating totals or averages for a set of columns
Letter Grade A letter grade creating a letter grade based on a column(s) with a decimal grade or points  
Text text Inserting additional information about a record; access through a View button in the text column addresses or general comments
Numeric Digits calculated fields

assignment or midterm marks

 

Selection List any value pre-programming a choice of entries for a field so as to make column editing easier and more efficient indicating different section numbers within the same course, different goupr numbers

Step 1. Click the Teach Tab.

Step 2. Click the Grade Book button in the menu bar.

Step 3. Clcik the Create Column button and select a column type. The column settings display will appear.

Step 4. Fill-in the column setting, which vary by column type and then Click Save. The new column will be placed to the right of the very last column (the far right) in the Grade Book.

 

The order of the columns is what students see when they look at their grades. See information on Reordering Columns

You can default attributes (decimals, release columns, etc...) for each column type by clicking on Column Settings link on the Grade Book Options menu, so that each time you create a column its attributes will be automatically determined by the column defaults.

 

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