Blackboard 8 Grade Center
Flash Video Mini-tutorials

Top 10 Introductory Topics

• How do I add a column in the gradebook? (1.09 MB / 00:40 sec)
• How do I manually override a grade / type in a new score? (517 KB / 00:33 sec)
• How do I email selected students from the gradebook? (919 KB / 1:05 sec)
• How do I view column information: name, primary display, secondary display, points possible, external grade and due date? (765 KB / 00:30 sec)
• How do I exempt a grade and revert it back to the original? (438 KB / 00:32 sec)
• How do I change the primary display of a grade to a specified grading schema, percentage, letter, number, or complete/incomplete? (975 KB / 00:50 sec)
• How do I remove a column from the gradebook? (916 KB / 00:32 sec)
• How do I add a calculated column: weighted, total, average, and min/max? (1.82 MB / 2:06 sec)
• How do I show or hide selected students in my gradebook view? (573 KB / 1:05 sec)
• What do the icons mean and where can I access this information? (435 KB / 00:17 sec)

Top 10 Intermediate Topics

• How can I set up a smart view based on how students perform on assigments, projects or exams? (1.29 MB / 01:54 sec)
• What is a grading period and how do I create one? (0.98 MB / 01:35 sec)
• What is a grading schema and how do I create one? (2.23 MB / 02:52 sec)
• What are categories and how do I create them? (2.07 MB / 02:10 sec)
• How do I organize my gradebook by categories, points possible, last name, etc.? (2.23 MB / 02:06 sec)
• How do I view grade history? (1.80 MB / 01:18 sec)
• How do I add comments in the gradebook that the students are able to view? (1.29 MB / 01:04 sec)
• How do I upload and download gradebook information? (2.17 MB / 02:46 sec)
• How do I print out grade reports for the students? (2.86 MB / 02:29 sec)
• How do I access SafeAssign reports of student papers that were uploaded through the plagarism database software? (4.03 MB / 02:57 sec)