If the marks you need to enter are for work submitted outside of Blackboard i.e. a presentation or a piece of artwork or an exam, then you will need to manually create a column in the Gradebook where you can then enter the marks.
QUICK STEPS: Creating a Gradebook column
- From either the Markable items or the Marks tab in the Gradebook, hover between existing columns where you want the new column to be placed and click on the Plus symbol. From the dropdown select Add Item and a flyout will appear from the right.
- Enter a Name for the column.
- The Points Possible defaults to 100. This must match the points possible recorded for the assessment work item in the student record system. If you are not sure what points possible value is set, please check with your School SPS team. The student record system will convert the points value into a percentage.
- If you do not want your students to be able to see the column and marks, you must keep as Hidden from students.
- Select Save and you will see that your column is now added to the Gradebook. This is where you need to add your marks.
Please only add marks for students who did make an attempt. Do not enter a mark of zero for any non-submitting students as this will be interpreted as an attempt rather than a non-submission. Non-submissions should be left blank.
Calculated columns
You can also Grade Map manually created calculated columns - a column where the data from two or more grade columns is used to make the calculation.
Important
The total points in the calculated column must match the total points recorded in the student record system for the assessment. Changing the display type to percentage will not extract the marks as out of 100. If your calculated column's total points does not equal the total points recorded in the student record system, please contact Learning & Research Systems for advice.