Enter or Change a Blackboard Grade

Assign grades in the Grade Center
Grades are assigned automatically for online tests and surveys that have no questions that require manual grading. You can manually edit these grades.

You can assign grades in the Grade Center in these ways:

  • Access items to grade from the Grade Center or the Needs Grading page. For some items, such as gradable blogs or discussions, you're taken to the tool where you assign the grade.
  • Manually assign grades in the Grade Center.
  • Upload grades from an external source, such as a comma-separated values (CSV) file or an Excel spreadsheet. You can work offline and then upload grades into the Grade Center.

You can assign grades in any cell in the Grade Center or from the Grade Details page accessed from a cell's menu. When you type in a cell, the grade may be an override grade. Press the Enter key to save your entry. If you don't, you're reminded.


Assign a grade on the Grade Details page
On the Grade Details page, you can view a student's attempts and grade history, assign and edit a grade, and clear and exempt grades.

  • Access a grade cell's menu and select View Grade Details.
  • On the Grade Details page in the Attempts tab, select Grade Attempt and type a grade.
  • Select Save and Exit to return to the main Grade Center page, or select Save and Next to display the next attempt.

Additional information
Additional information on assigning grades can be found on this Blackboard Help page.

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