Turning On Your Course

How do I turn on my course so that my students are able to enter it when I'm ready for them to?

All new courses, by default, are turned "off." That means, they're unavailable to your students. To turn a course on

1. Enter the "Control Panel" of that specific course
2. Click on the "Settings" link in the lower-left hand module of the control panel
3. Click on the "Course Availability" link
4. Click the radio button next to "Yes"
5. Click "Submit"

Main Menu Navigation

How do I custom name a main navigation link?

1. Click on “Control Panel”
2. Next, click on the “Manage Course Menu” link in the lower left-hand part of your screen
3. You should now see a list of all the existing main navigation links before you; to change the name of one of them, click on the “Modify” button adjacent to the link you would like to alter
4. In the new screen that appears, type your own customized name for that link into the blank field next to the “Area name” prompt
5. When finished, click on the “Submit” button

How do I get rid of a main navigation link?

1. Click on “Control Panel”
2. Next, click on the “Manage Course Menu” link in the lower left-hand part of your screen
3. You should now see a list of all the existing main navigation links before you; to delete one of them, click on the “Remove” button adjacent to the link that you would like to get rid of

How do I add a new CONTENT LINK to the main navigation panel of my course?

To add a new content link to your course (that is, an additional place where you can upload documents, handouts, and presentations to)

1. Click on “Control Panel”
2. Next, click on the “Manage Course Menu” link in the lower left-hand part of your screen
3. You should see a list of all the existing main navigation links before you, along with a series of button options at the top of your screen. Click on the “Content Area” button
4. In the new screen that appears, name your new button by either choosing an option from the drop-down menu provided or by typing in your own name into the “Area name” field
5. Hit “Submit”

How do I add a TOOLS LINK to the main navigation panel of my course?

To add a new tools link to your course (that is, to make “Email” or “Student Gradebook,” or some other tool a main link in your course)

1. Click on “Control Panel”
2. Next, click on the “Manage Course Menu” link in the lower left-hand part of your screen
3. You should see a list of all the existing main navigation links before you, along with a series of button options at the top of your screen. Click on the “Tool Area” button
4. In the new screen that appears, select the type of tool you want your link to connect to by selecting an option from the “Area Type” dropdown menu
5. Name your new link by typing a piece of text into the “Area name” field
6. Hit “Submit”

How do I add an INTERNAL LINK to the main navigation panel of my course?

To add an internal link to the main navigation panel of your course (that is, a main navigation link that will connect directly to a specific place within your course, like, say, a particular folder or a learning unit)

1. Click on “Control Panel”
2. Next, click on the “Manage Course Menu” link in the lower left-hand part of your screen
3. You should see a list of all the existing main navigation links before you, along with a series of button options at the top of your screen. Click on the “Course Link” button
4. In the new screen that appears, name your new link by typing in a name into the “Area name” field
5. Next, hit the “Browse” button to designate the exact place in your course that you want this new link to connect to
6. You should see a small course map window pop up (be patient, as this may take a little time); click on the + and – icons on the map to reveal the specific area, folder, or learning unit where you want your new link to point to; once this area is revealed, click on the radio button next to hit, and then hit the “Submit” button at the bottom of the map window
7. Hit “Submit” at the bottom of the page

How do I add an EXTERNAL LINK to the main navigation panel of my course?

To add an external link to the main navigation panel of your course (that is, a main navigation button that will connect directly to a specific URL outside your course, like, say, the UAA Library or the National Gallery of Art, etc.)

1. Click on “Control Panel”
2. Next, click on the “Manage Course Menu” link in the lower left-hand part of your screen
3. You should see a list of all the existing main navigation links before you, along with a series of button options at the top of your screen. Click on the “External Link” button
4. In the new screen that appears, name your new button by typing in a name into the “Area name” field
5. In the “Target” field, type in the complete URL for the website that you would like this link to connect to (note: don’t forget the “http://” part)
6. Select the “Launch in new window” option
7. Hit “Submit”

How do I convert main navigation links to main navigation buttons (and vice versa)?

Blackboard 6 allows faculty to decide whether they want their main navigation panel to consist of button links (as in previous versions of Blackboard) or text links. Text links take up less space on the page; however, buttons are sometimes more visible to students. To designate whether your course will feature buttons or text links,

1. Go to the “Control Panel”
2. Click on the “Settings” link down in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen
3. Click on the “Course Design” option
4. Click on the additional “Course Design” option
5. In the new screen that appears, select either “Buttons” or “Text”
6. Hit “Submit” at the bottom of the page

How do I change the color of my main navigation links?

1. Go to the “Control Panel”
2. Click on the “Settings” link down in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen
3. Click on the “Course Design” option
4. Click on the additional “Course Design” option
5. In the new screen that appears, you will have the option of choosing either “Buttons” or “Text” as the presentation style for your main navigation links; underneath that option, you will see additional options that will allow you to modify the color of your buttons (if you chose “Button” for your main navigation panel) or the background color and text color for your text links (if you chose “Text” for your main navigation panel)
6. Once you’re finished choosing your color options, hit “Submit” at the bottom of the page

How do I add a banner to my course?

1. Go to the “Control Panel”
2. Click on the “Settings” link down in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen
3. Click on the “Course Design” option
4. Click on the “Course Banner” option
5. Browse for your course banner by clicking on the "Browse" button, and then, once your image is loaded, clicking "Submit"

Student Homepages

Where do my students go to fill out their homepages?

The instructions for this task may vary depending on how you rename your main navigation buttons; however, starting from your default settings, your students would

1. Click on the "Tools" main menu button/link
2. Click the "Edit Your Homepage" link
3. Fill out the homepage template form as instructed
4. Click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page

Where do my students go to view their homepages?

Again, the instructions for this task may vary depending on how you rename your main navigation buttons; however, starting from your default settings, your students would

1. Click on the "Communication" main menu button/link
2. Click on the "Roster" link
3. Click "List All" in the search field that appears
4. Once they see a full list of everyone in the class, they would click each name to view that student's homepage

Email

Can I check my email messages from within Blackboard?

No. Blackboard allows you to send email to your students from within your course; however, it does not allow you to collect or read that email via Blackboard. Email sent from Blackboard goes to each student's UAA email address and must be read by the student through his/her regular client-side email program.

If my students do not use their UAA email address, then what should they do to ensure that they still get email from me?

If students don't use their UAA email address, then you need to have them set a "forward" on that account so that any mail going to it will be rerouted to their preferred email address (e.g., their hotmail account or GCI account, etc.). To do this, post or distribute the following instructions for your students:

1. Visit the following website: http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/DirectoryUpdate/
2. Log on to the page by typing your UAA username and password into the appropriate fields
3. Scroll down the page until you locate the field labeled "Forward UAA Mail to This Address"
4. Type your preferred email address into that field
5. Click on the "Update" button adjacent to the field
6. Once finished, click on the logout button at the bottom of the page and close out of that window

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Content Folders & Items

How do I set up a content folder?

The instructions for this task may vary depending on how you rename your main navigation buttons/links; however, starting from your default settings, you would

1. Enter the "Control Panel"
2. Locate the content area that you want to add your folder to (e.g. "Course Information," "Course Documents," "Assignments," etc.), and click on that link
3. At the top of the screen, you will see a series of buttons. Locate and click on the "Folder" button
4. Give your folder a name by typing a title into the blank textbox next to the "or specify your own name" prompt
5. Give your folder a description (this is optional), by typing text into the large textbox beneath the field for your folder's name (leave the "Smart Text" default setting alone here)
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the "Submit" button
7. Click the "OK" button
8. You should see your newly created folder "shell" before you on the page; click on the "OK" button at the bottom of the screen to return to the control panel, or click on the name of the folder itself to begin putting content in it.

How do I put an item inside a content folder?

Again, the instructions for this task may vary depending on how you rename your main navigation buttons/links; however, starting from your default settings, you would

1. Enter the "Control Panel"
2. Locate the content area where your folder resides (e.g. "Course Information," "Course Documents," "Assignments," etc.), and click on that link
3. Now locate the folder to which you want to add content. Click on the name of the folder in order to get inside the folder.
4. At the top of your screen, you will see a series of buttons. Locate and click on the "Item" button
5. Give your item a name by typing a title into the blank textbox next to the "or specify your own name" prompt
6. Give your item a description (this is optional), by typing text into the large textbox beneath the field for your item's name (leave the "Smart Text" default setting alone here)
7. If you would like to attach a linked document along with this item, then scroll down the page, locate the large "Browse" button, and browse for the desired attachment. In the "Name of Link to File" field, type in a the piece of text that students will click on in order to access this linked file (e.g., "click here to access document")
8. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit the "Submit" button
9. Click the "OK" button
10. You should see your newly created item before you on the page; keep clicking on the "OK" button at the bottom of the screen until you return to the control panel.

Why should I save all my documents either in Rich Text Format or as HTML files before uploading them to Blackboard?

Because you need to ensure that all your students--regardless of whether they're working on a PC or a Mac, and regardless of whether they're using ClarisWorks or Microsoft Word as their word-processing program--will be able to open the documents you post to your course. Rich Text Format and HTML format are two file types that are pretty much "universal"—that is, all computers and all word processing programs are generally able to open them.

How do I save a document in Rich Text Format or as an HTML file?

Once you are finished composing your document,

1. Click "File" è "Save As"
2. At the bottom of the dialog box that appears, locate the field that reads "Save as type." In the dropdown menu next to this field, scroll down and highlight either "Web Page" (to save your document as an HTML file) or "Rich Text Format" (to save your document in Rich Text format).

Quizzes and Tests

How do I create a quiz/test in Blackboard?

There are two ways you can create quizzes and tests in Blackboard:

(1) you can create quizzes/tests through the "Test Manager," which is found in the control panel; or

(2) you can create quizzes/tests "on-the-spot" right within a content area, a folder, or a learning unit of your course. These instructions explain both options. One way isn't necessarily easier or faster than the other; they are very similar.

How do I delete a quiz?

That depends on whether or not the quiz has already been taken by some students. If it hasn't yet been taken by students, then you may delete it by going into the "Test Manager" (e.g., Control Panel è Test Manager), and hitting the "Remove" button adjacent to the quiz/test you would like to remove. If the test has already been taken by students, then you need to enter the content area where the quiz/test lives and remove the test by clicking on the "Remove" button associated with the quiz in that area.

Can I modify quizzes and tests after they go live?

Yes. Blackboard allows you to modify quizzes and tests after they've gone live. Blackboard says that you are only allowed to modify the language of specific questions on a live exam (not the quiz settings, not the question point values, not the number of questions, etc.); however, we have observed that Blackboard does in fact allow you to modify everything--even point values and questions--without scores for that test being lost. If you are really concerned about losing the scores of students who have previously taken an exam, however, then you should really follow Blackboard's very visible injunctions about modifying certain parts of a live exam.

How do I modify a quiz?

The easiest way to modify a quiz is to go into the control panel, click on the "Test Manager" link, and click on the "Modify" button next to the particular quiz/test you would like to alter. Make sure you carefully read Blackboard's warning about modifying live exams (this warning will not appear if your exam is not yet available for students to take).

How do I modify the settings of a quiz?

To modify the settings for a quiz (for example, settings such as allowing students to take quizzes  multiple times, password protecting a quiz, turning a quiz "on," allowing students to see a full graded copy of their quiz after they've taken it, etc.),

1.   Go to the link in the control panel that will allow you to enter the content area where you want your test to live (note: if you want your quiz to live inside a specific folder or learning unit within that content area, then you need to open up that folder or learning unit first and get inside it).

2.   Once you see your quiz link on the screen before you, click on the "Modify" button adjacent to that quiz link.

3.   Next, click on the "Modify Test Options" link

4.   Review the page, make the adjustments to it that you want, and then hit the "Submit" button at the bottom of your screen.

How do I designate a uniform point value for all questions in a single quiz?

If you want all the questions of your quiz to have the same point value, but you would rather not have to type in this point value individually for every question, then do the following:

1.   Follow the steps outlined above for creating a quiz/exam.

2.   Before you choose the type of your first question, click on the link that reads "Creation Settings" (this link is found right next to the "Add Question" dropdown menu field).

3.   Place a check in the box next to the option that reads "specific default point values for questions"

4.   In the field next to that box, type in the desired number value for each question in the quiz

5.   Hit the "Submit" button

6.   Hit "OK"

7.   Continue to create your quiz as usual

Is there a way that I can see a composite yet detailed view of how all my students did on a particular quiz or exam?

Yes. To access this view,

1.   Enter the gradebook (Control Panel è Gradebook)

2.   Click on the name/title of the quiz/exam in question

3.   Select the "Assessment Attempt Details" link

4.   When finished viewing the detailed results displayed on the screen, hit the "OK" button as many times as needed in order to back out to the gradebook again

How do I "reset" a quiz/exam in Blackboard

1.     Resetting a quiz/exam must be done from within the online gradebook. To reset a quiz/exam, first go to the "Control Panel" è "Gradebook."

2.     Next, hover your cursor over the individual numerical score (or symbol) associated with a student's quiz/exam. That numerical score (or symbol) is a link. Click on it.

3.     Clicking on the link will take you to an abbreviated "View Grades" page for that student's quiz. Click on the "View" button in the right-hand column of the screen.

4.     Doing so will open up a copy of the exam for that student. Once a copy of the student's exam is open for you on the screen, locate the "Clear Attempt" button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and click on it. Clicking on this button will allow the student to re-enter that exam and re-take it.

How do I copy an exam from one course to another or from one location to another?

    The only way to move the same exam from one course to another or from one location to another is to create a POOL. Pools can be exported between courses and pools can be used to create a second exam or quiz that looks just like the first within the same course. I'd recommend creating everything first as a pool (or taking old exams and creating a pool from them) so that you have maximum flexibility.

You can copy your existing questions from tests to pools.

1 Create a new pool

2 When you go to add that first question choose "From a question pool or assessment."

3 Choose the appropriate exam to copy from

4 Check 'ALL.'

5 Click submit

Discussion Board

How do I set up a discussion forum?

The instructions for this task may vary depending on how you rename your main navigation buttons/links; however, starting from your default settings, you would do the following (note that you don't necessarily have to be in the control panel to set up a class discussion; discussions can be set up from the "front view" of your course):

1. Click on the "Communication" main menu button/link of your course (or, if you have a "Discussion Board" main link available to you, you can go ahead and click on that)
2. Click on the "Discussion Boards" link
3. Click on the "Add Forum" link at the top of the page
4. In the new screen that appears, give your discussion a title and a description
5. Next, designate the settings you would like for this particular forum (note that these settings may be changed and modified later if need be)
6. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit "Submit"
7. You should see your new forum before you. Because students are often reluctant to post the first message to a forum, you should do that for them. Click on the name of the forum to enter it
8. Once inside the forum, click on the "Add New Thread" button in the top left-hand corner of your screen
9. In the message form that appears, fill out the subject line and then type your message in the open textbox
10. When finished, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and hit the "Submit" button
11. Click the "OK" button at the next screen to back on out to the forum level of the discussion board

How do I respond to a message in the discussion forum?

1. Enter the forum in question by clicking on the name of the forum itself
2. Click on the subject line of the message you want to read and respond to. (Note: You can't respond to a message unless it is open on the page before you, and so you have to open the message first)
3. The message should now be visible on your screen; locate the "Reply" button adjacent it, and click on it
4. In the message form that appears, fill out the subject line and then type your response in the open textbox
5. When finished, scroll down to the bottom of the page, and hit the "Submit" button

How do I view multiple messages on the page at once, without having to click on each message individually?

1. Enter the discussion forum in question
2. Locate the small "Expand All" link in the upper right-hand corner of the new page that appears, and click on it
3. You should see an expanded menu of icons appear at the top of your page. Some of these read "Select All," "Unselect," "Invert," etc. Click on the "Select All" icon (or, alternatively, manually place a check mark in the empty box next to each message you want to read)
4. Now click on the "Collect" icon. What you should get after doing this is a long list of all the messages you selected, open and available for reading on the page before you

Note: attachments to messages cannot be clicked on and opened when messages are viewed in this fashion; if you want to be able to open up files that are attached to messages, then you need to view those messages individually in the traditional manner.)

Gradebook

How do I enter grades into my gradebook?

1.     Go into the "Control Panel"

2.     Click on the "Gradebook" link

3.     Locate the name of the item you would like to input grades for (e.g., "Paper #1" or "Homework Assignment"), and click on that name (the name is a link).

4.     Next, click on the "Item Grade List" link.

5.     In the empty grade box adjacent to each student's name, insert a numerical score for that student.

6.     Once you're finished entering all your scores (you may leave some boxes blank if students haven't submitted that assignment yet), hit "Submit."

Note: The method above outlines the fastest way of entering grades for a particular item because it allows you to enter all the grades for a single item at once. You can also enter grades by student, however. This method is much slower, but it might come in handy when inserting grades for late assignments. To enter grades by student, click on the name of the individual student for whom you need to insert a grade (the name of each student is a link), and then click on the "User Grade List" link. In the screen that appears, locate the empty field next to the item you would like to enter a score for, enter that score, and then scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit "Submit."

How do I change grades for items that are not Blackboard-generated quizzes and exams?

From within the gradebook, follow the same steps outlined in the answer above. Scores previously entered into the empty grade box for a particular student may be deleted and a new score put in its place.

How do I change grades for items that are Blackboard-generated quizzes and exams?

1.     From within the gradebook, hover your cursor over the individual numerical score that a student has earned for a particular quiz/exam. That numerical score is actually a link. Click on it.

2.     Clicking on the link will take you to an abbreviated "View Grades" page for that student's quiz. You have two options here: (1) you can manually type in a revised score for the student in to the appropriate grade field and hit "Submit," or (2) you can click on the "View" button in the right-hand column of the screen. Doing so will open up a copy of the exam for that student. From this point, you may alter the points that your student earned for each question on the exam, thus overriding the automatic point value that you assigned each question when setting up the exam to begin with. When finished, simply keep hitting "Submit" and "OK" when prompted until you get taken back out to the complete gradebook view.

What does it mean when I get a exclamation mark, a padlock, or a question mark in my gradebook?

All three of these symbols can mean one of the following options:

·       Either there is an essay question on an exam that Blackboard cannot grade, and it's asking you to grade it (to grade it, simply click on the symbol itself to call up the student's test)

·       Or the student is still in the middle of taking his/her exam and has not yet submitted it for your review

·       Or the student, for some reason, got locked out of the exam while in the process of taking it, and the exam needs to be reset in order for the student to be able to re-take it (see next question for details).

How do I "reset" a quiz/exam in Blackboard

1.     Resetting a quiz/exam must be done from within the online gradebook. To reset a quiz/exam, first go to the "Control Panel" è "Gradebook."

2.     Next, hover your cursor over the individual numerical score that a student has earned for a particular quiz/exam. That numerical score is actually a link. Click on it.

3.     Clicking on the link will take you to an abbreviated "View Grades" page for that student's quiz. Click on the "View" button in the right-hand column of the screen.

4.     Doing so will open up a copy of the exam for that student. Once a copy of the student's exam is open for you on the screen, locate the "Clear Attempt" button in the upper right-hand corner of the screen, and click on it. Clicking on this button will allow the student to re-enter that exam and re-take it.

How do I add a new item (e.g., an assignment, a paper, an project, etc.) to my online gradebook?

Once inside the gradebook, locate the "Add Item" option in the upper left-hand corner of your screen. Fill in the information required of you, and hit "Submit" and then "OK."

How do I change or modify an item in my online gradebook?

1.     Locate the "Manage Items" button at the top of the gradebook.

2.     In the new screen that appears, click on the "Modify" button adjacent to the item you would like to modify.

3.     Make your modifications to the item as you see fit, and hit "Submit."

4.     Keep hitting the "OK" button until you're taken back out to the complete gradebook view.

How do I change the way a gradebook item score appears (Letter, percentage, complete/incomplete, score, text) ?

1.     Locate the "Manage Items" button at the top of the gradebook.

2.     In the new screen that appears, click on the "Modify" button adjacent to the item you would like to modify.

3.     Choose between Letter, percentage, complete/incomplete, score, text in "Display As".

4.     Keep hitting the "OK" button until you're taken back out to the complete gradebook view.

How do I remove/delete an item from my online gradebook?

1.     Locate the "Manage Items" button at the top of the gradebook.

2.     In the new screen that appears, click on the "Remove" button adjacent to the item you would like to remove.

3.     Click the "OK" button until you're taken back out to the complete gradebook view.

NOTE: You cannot remove Blackboard-generated quizzes and assignments through this method until you first delete those items from the content area/s in which they live.

Is there a way that I can weight grades in my online gradebook?

Yes. To weight grades, click on the "Weight Grades" button at the top of your gradebook. At the next screen, enter a percentage value for each item (or for each category of item), making sure that the total percentage points for all items equals 100. Once finished, click "Submit" and then "OK."

Can I rearrange the organizational setup of my gradebook?

Yes. You have many options in terms of how you view the gradebook. All of the options are located near the top of your gradebook. There are filtering options to the top left of your gradebook, there are sorting options to the top right of your gradebook, and there is a "Manage Items" option in the top row of your gradebook. These options, in combination, allow you some discretion over how to view the online gradebook.

How do I export my online gradebook to Excel?

To export your online gradebook to Excel, locate the "Download Grades" option at the top of your screen, and click on it. In the screen that appears, you will be given specific instructions on how to continue the process from here. It might be a good idea to print out these instructions before proceeding further.

How do my students access their online gradebook?

Students may access their own online gradebook by selecting the "Tools" main menu button, and then the "View Grades" option.  Students only see their own grades; they do not see the grades of other students in the course.

Am I allowed to use letter grades and percentages in the gradebook instead of just point values?

Yes. The Blackboard gradebook accepts point values, percentages, and letter grades as valid grading options. Blackboard will also allow you to grade, say, Assignment A using a letter grades and Assignment B using percentages.

How do I display letter grades or percentage scores for Blackboard-generated quizzes and tests?

Because Blackboard-generated quizzes are always graded on a point value system, when a student completes a quiz, his/her grade, by default, appears as a numerical score. You can change that by doing the following:

1.   Enter the gradebook ("Control Panel" è "Gradebook")

2.   Click on the name of the quiz or test in question

3.   Select the option that reads "Item Information"

4.   In the dropdown menu next to the "Display As" field, change the default setting to read either "Percentage" or "Letter"

5.   Hit "Submit" at the bottom of the page, and then hit the "OK" button twice in succession to return to the gradebook view

6.   All the scores for that particular quiz should now reflect either a percentage or a letter grade

How do I display letter grades or percentages for items that are not Blackboard-generated quizzes and tests?

To do this, set up the item as follows:

1.   Enter the gradebook ("Control Panel" è "Gradebook")

2.   Click on the "Add Item" button in the top left-hand corner of the page

3.   Fill out the name, category, and description for the item to be added

4.   Indicate a point value for the item

5.   In the dropdown menu next to the "Display As" field, change the default setting to read either "Percentage" or "Letter"

6.   Hit "Submit" at the bottom of the page, and then hit the "OK" button twice in succession to return to the gradebook view

7.   Note: When you go to enter grades for that particular item, you need to use letter grades if you set the "Display As" option to "Letter," and, likewise, you need to enter percentages if you set the "Display As" option to "Percentage."

Suppose I enter all the grades for a particular item as letters (e.g., A, B, C, etc.), and then later want them to be displayed as either numerical scores or percentages? Can I do this?

Yes. To do so

1.   Enter the gradebook (Control Panel è Gradebook)

2.   Click on the name/title of the item whose scores you want to change

3.   Select the "Item Information" link

4.   In the "Display As" box, use the dropdown menu to change the default option from whatever you don't want it to be, to whatever you want it to be (e.g., letters to scores, letters to percentages, percentages to letters, etc.)

5.   Hit the "Submit" button

6.   Hit the "OK" button twice in succession to return to the gradebook

If I don't set up an item to display grades as, say, letters, can I still enter letter grades for each student when I go to grade that particular item?

No. If an item isn't set up to accept grades of a certain type (e.g., percentages, letters, point values, etc.), then you cannot enter that type of a grade into the grade field for each student (you can, but the grade won't take; it'll remain blank). In other words, the settings of the item must be reconfigured to accept that kind of grading first. To do this,

1.   Enter the gradebook (Control Panel è Gradebook)

2.   Click on the name/title of the gradable item in question

3.   Select the "Item Information" link

4.   In the "Display As" box, use the dropdown menu to change the default option from whatever you don't want it to be, to whatever you want it to be (e.g., letters to scores, letters to percentages, percentages to letters, etc.)

5.   Hit the "Submit" button

6.   Hit the "OK" button twice in succession to return to the gradebook

7.   Now you can go ahead and enter scores for that particular item according to the grade type you've set for it (e.g., letter grades, percentages, point values, etc.)

How can I find out what numerical values are behind Blackboard's system of letter grades, and how can I change those values if I want to?

1.   Enter the gradebook (Control Panel è Gradebook)

2.   Click on the "Gradebook Settings" option at the top of the gradebook

3.   Click on the "Manage Display Options" link

4.   Click the "Modify" button on the right-hand side of the screen adjacent to the "Letter" category

5.   Read the instructions provided by Blackboard and change any default settings as you see fit

6.   When finished, hit the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page, and click on the "OK" buttons to back out to the gradebook again

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