Grade Center Functions Workshop

with
David Pedersen, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

In Summer of 2009 Stetson University implemented an upgrade to the Blackboard software. Dr. Pedersen, gave a workshop on the improvements to the Grade Center portion of Blackboard. The videos below have been extracted from this workshop, and are arranged by topic. Pdf's have been made from Dr. Pedersen's Grading Schemes handout, download by clicking here.

To get started:

Please write down the schema you use in your courses

View one of the videos

Open the Grade Center for one of your courses

Try the actions you have just seen using the video as a reference

Introduction to the Grade Center 3:59
Creating Categories 1:52
Creating & Deleting; Columns & Quizzes 4:05
Managing Columns & Views 3:18
Editing Letter Based Schema 4:10
Assigning Values to Weighted Totals 6:10
Grade Entry, History, Details 2:07
Assignment Tools 6:01
Saving & Reports: Making a Backup of the Grade Center 6:25
The Early Warning System The Performance DashBoard Tracking Student Access 3:55
Blackboard OnLine Testing 5:41
Browser Issues in Blackboard 1:25
Changing the Display Settings 1:14