Frequently Asked Questions

Marks are only sent to ISIS when you carry out the final grade mapping step. Please see our guidance on How to submit your marks to ISIS (mapping your marks).

If you believe you have carried out this process but your SPS team cannot see the marks in ISIS, please contact Learning & Research Systems for advice.

Yes. Calculated columns i.e. Grade Centre columns which are a computation of other Grade Centre columns, may be mapped.

Important
The total points possible in the calculated column must match the points possible recorded in ISIS for the assessment (provided in the email confirming assessment's inclusion in Grade Column Mapping). If it does not, please contact Learning & Research Systems for advice.

Yes. The end mark is what needs to be mapped rather than marks for the individual elements. This can be done either by creating a manual column in the Grade Centre to record the end mark, or if the individual elements have grade centre columns, by using a calculated column.

Mapping should only be carried out once marking is concluded. ISIS and Blackboard Grade Centre columns can only be mapped once.

If you have made changes after the columns have been mapped, you must contact your School SPS team and ask them to update ISIS manually.

Where a student has numerous attempts and potentially numerous marks, only the mark for the most recent attempt will be used. This is regardless of what attempt you have set to be visible in the Grade Centre.

No. Instructors see both the ISIS Grade Centre column and the Blackboard Grade Centre column in the Grade Centre. Students will only see the Blackboard Grade Centre column in My Grades.

Please be aware that the default setting is for Blackboard Grade Centre columns to be visible to students, however, it is possible for an instructor to hide them.

Marks are extracted ready to be imported into ISIS at the point that mapping is carried out. If marks are entered directly into the ISIS Grade Centre column, this does not automatically send those marks to ISIS.

The Blackboard Grade Centre column will record all the history behind the marking process including multiple attempts; overriding of marks; and feedback to students etc. The ISIS Grade Centre column will only contain the latest mark.

The following Blackboard tools can have Grade Centre columns which can be mapped:

• Wikis
• Blogs
• Journals
• Discussion Boards
• Self and Peer Assessments
• Tests

When you create the item in your course, you need to ensure that you set it to be ‘Marked’ and enter a ‘Points Possible’ value.

When a course is created in Blackboard is has two default calculated columns in the Grade Centre: ‘total’ and ‘weighted total’.

When a course is copied from one module run into another, if the instructor selects to copy the Grade Centre, then all the columns will be copied into the new course, whether or not they are being used. If you see duplicated columns, it is most likely that this is as a result of copying the Grade Centre and you should delete any unused or duplicate columns.

The Grade Mapping tool is accessed from the Course Control Panel under Course Tools, and then Grade Column Mapping. If you do not see any any ISIS Grade Columns listed, you will need to speak with your School SPS team to get it setup in ISIS.

When the columns have been mapped in Blackboard, the marks will immediately be extracted ready for import into ISIS. The marks are usually imported by your School SPS team within 24 hours.

You will need to speak to your School SPS team to check if the student has withdrawn from the module.