Grading Assignments
Here are some basics to get started. Click on the links below to get more information and a more complete printable version.
How do I find and grade papers that have been submitted?
With Blackboard Learn, the ‘door’ to grading items is via the Grade Center. This is a change from other systems such as Prime.
- You don't go to an Assignment dropbox to view or grade submitted papers;
- You < strong >don't go to a Test to grade student submissions.
- Instead, you go to the Grade Center and choose the item to grade.
QUICK TIP: Use the “Needs Grading” link under the Grade Center to quickly access a list of pending submissions to grade.
After I have graded a paper, it disappears from the Needs Grading list. How can I find them again to review and revise grades and comments after they have been graded?
To review both graded as well as ungraded submissions:
- go to the Grade Center,
- Click on the Edit button at the top right corner of that assignment’s column.
- Choose Grade Attempts.
How do I post comments on a submission and then enter a grade?
- You can do comments and markup directly on the student’s submissions by clicking on the Comment icon.
- Other Comment options allow you to highlight a segment of text or even select a whole area.
- Options also include highlight or
strikethrough.
- Your comments and markups are displayed in a list to the right of the student’s paper.
- You can enter the grade into the grade box.
- If you have chosen/applied a grading rubric, click on the small downward angle bracket at far right to open the grading rubric.
Click this link to a more in-depth Blackboard FAQs. with much more about the various options and tools on grading Assignments.
