Grade Schemas

Create a Schema:

1. In the Grade Center, access the Manage menu and select Grading Schemas.
2. On the Grading Schemas page, select Create Grading Schema and provide a name and an optional description.
   • The name appears on the Grading Schemas page and in the menus for Primary Display and Secondary Display when you create or edit columns.
3. In the Schema Mapping section, two default rows appear with ranges of percentages.
   • Select Insert New Row Here: Insert more rows for additional values. For example, if you use A, B, C, D, and F for your grades, you need five rows in the table.
   • Select Delete Row to remove a row from the table. At least one row must remain.
   • In the Grades Scored Between boxes, type percentage ranges for the grade values. The percentage range for each grade value must be unique and begin with the lesser value listed first. Also, the values must overlap to avoid gaps that occur when a score falls between two numbers in a range. The range of 80 - 90% includes all grades up to, but not including 90%. The top range does include 100% or whatever your top value is. 
   • In the Will Equal boxes, type the desired display values.  Examples include:
     • A, B, C, D, and F
     • 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
     • Pass and Fail
     • Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory
     • Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, and Poor
   • In the Will Calculate as boxes, type the percentage values to use if you provide a grade manually. The percentages must fall between the corresponding range of percentages in the first column. For example, grades you score manually as A (90 - 100%) will be calculated as 95%. For an item with 100 points possible, if you change the grading schema from letter grades to numeric scores, 95 appears as the grade in the cell instead of A.
   • Click Submit when you have completed your schema.

Associate a Grade Schema:

When you create or edit grade columns, you can select a grading schema in the Primary and Secondary Display menus. The schema you select as the Primary Display is the grade value in the Grade Center and what students see in My Grades. The Secondary Display appears in parentheses only in the Grade Center, next to the Primary Display. Students don't see the secondary value.

1. Access the appropriate Grade Center column's menu and select Edit Column Information.
2. On the Edit Column page, make a selection in the Primary Display menu. If you created customized grading schemas, they appear in the list. 
3. Optionally, make a selection in the Secondary Display menu. The default setting is None.
4. Click Submit when you have selected your desired columns displays.

Additional Information:

Additional information on Grade Schemas can be found on this Blackboard Help page.

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