Grade Schemas
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Grade Schemas take the actual points scored from a Grade Item and compare it to the total points possible for that item to derive a percentage. This percentage is mapped to a range of scores in order to display a grade. (The Grade Center includes a copy of a default grading schema). When a Grading Schema is employed, and depending on the grade display option, the Grade Center will translate the entry according to the Grading Schema and display the corresponding value. |
Accessing Grade Schema Settings
Once in In your Blackboard course, open the Gradebook tab of in the course navigation menu. Once in this tab, you will want to open the Gradebook settings by clicking
Find and click the gear icon to the right of your screen underneath below "Student Preview." This will open a sidebar menu panel" to access the Gradebook settings.
The first section of the Gradebook Settings is "Grade Schemas." In this section, find the link that reads "Manage Grade Schemas" and click to open the Grade Schema settings.
Managing Grade Schemas
EditingAdding New Grade Schemas
By default, Blackboard will have the SU Letter grading schema already created and ready for use within your course. If you need wish to edit or delete a particular Grade Name or Grade Range %, click the three dots to the right of the table row that you want to make changes to and you will see "Edit" and "Delete" options appear for that row.
In turn, if you would like to add a row to the grade schema, hover your mouse in between the two rows that you want to add an item and a highlighted line and plus sign will appear. Click the plus sign to add a row and type the "Grade Name" and "Grade Range %". Whether editing, deleting, or adding rows, always be sure to click the black Save button located in the bottom right hand corner.
Adding New Grade Schemas
use a difference grade schema, follow the instructions below.
To create a new grade schema, click the "
Add" button located underneath the "Grade Schemas" title menu of the page. This will open a pop-
When the pop up menu to type a title for the schema. Once you have typed appears, type your preferred title, click .
Click the black "Add" button on the pop up menu to save and create a table for the new grade schema.
In order to edit this new schema, you will follow the same "Edit," "Delete," and "Add" functions that are listed in the above section, "Editing Existing Schemas." Let's create this new
Editing a Grade Schema
Once you have created a new grade schema template, you can now edit the table to fit your needs.
Let's create an example schema to adhere to the following grading scale:
A = 90%-100%
B = 80%-90%
C = 70%-80%
D = 60%-70%
F = 0%-60%
When you create a new Grade Schema, the table that is created will only have two rows and the rows are defaulted with the Grade name "A" and "F" and the grade Range % as "50%-100%" and "0%-50%" respectively. The grading scale example above shows that you need five different rows in the table so you will need to add three rows, hovering the mouse between the two existing rows until the plus sign appears and clicking the plus sign three times.
The system will automatically generate potential Grade Range % that evenly distribute remaining percentages between the existing rows, but the Grade Names will stay empty until they are given a title. Because the system defaulted to a Grade Range % that do not match the grading scale needed, you will need to edit both of the columns. To do this, you will first need to title the new rows with a "Grade Name." The rows will be titled Once the rows are added, type the needed "Grade Name" for each respective row.
In our current example, we will name these rows "B," "C," and "D," (as the Grade Names rows "A" and "F" already exist in within the table. Once these rows are titled, you will now see ).
To edit the Grade Range %, either click the three dots to the right of each row that will give you the ability to edit the Grade Range %. Additionally, you can the row to open the "Edit" option, or simply click on the percent or name that needs to be edited and the text will appear in editing form.
An explanation of how Blackboard interprets a schema setup
A student will have the letter grade of D recorded if the grade entered is between 60% up to not including 70%. The only difference would be the letter grade of A; it would be a grade that is between 90% up to and including 100% and would be recorded as an A. The percentage range given for each grade value must begin with the lesser value listed first. The values must always overlap so you will notice that Blackboard automatically determines the upper percent of your Grade Range based on the previous row to ensure this happens.percentage that you want to edit and an editable text box will appear.
Please note that only the lower bound percent of the grade range can be edited.
You will notice in the screen grab below that the upper bound percentages automatically change based on changes that were made in the previous row.
When all edits are made, be sure to click the black "Save" button in the lower right hand corner.
