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Create a Column

• The instructions below will tell you how to add a column to "Full Grade Center" in Blackboard Learn.
• This column will not have an assignment or test submission link associated with it, so students cannot upload their assignments to it.
• The instructions below will also tell you how to grade such a column with or without a Bb Learn rubric.

1. In your Bb Learn course's "Full Grade Center" (if you are unsure how to get to "Full Grade Center," let me know), click "Create Column."
2. Specify a "Column Name" in the provided field.
3. If you wish, enter a "Grade Center Name" (this changes how the name of the column will display in "Full Grade Center" only; students will still see the "Column Name" in their "My Grades" area) and enter a "Description" (appears to students in their "My Grades" area).
4. Select what the "Primary Display" for the column should be. "Score" is a numeric score. "Letter" is a letter grade (if you choose this option, let me know, so that I can send you information on configuring your course's Letter Grade Schema). "Text" lets you enter words, phrases, etc. (Let me know if you use this option.) "Percentage" displays the score out of 100%. "Complete/Incomplete" will display a check and award points if any character (including a zero or "0") is entered. "Primary Display" appears to you in "Full Grade Center" and to students in their "My Grades" area.
5. Select an option, if any, for the "Secondary Display." This offers the leftover options from "Primary Display." The "Secondary Display" only appears to you in "Full Grade Center," not to students.
6. If you are using grade categories, select the one you wish to use. A "Category" is a way of organizing columns in "Full Grade Center," often used to group together columns that are included in calculate columns such as "Weighted Total." If you use this option, let me know. If you aren't using a "Category," select "No Category."
7. Set the "Points Possible."
8. If you wish to develop a rubric in Bb Learn, click "Add Rubric" and click "Create New Rubric."
   (a) The following link is to a 3-minute video on creating rubrics. The video shows an example of creating a rubric outside of "Full Grade Center," but the "Rubric Detail" screen section of the video should be relevant.
        i. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReR0icb-4Vk
   (b) The following webpage has additional information on rubrics.
        ii. https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Rubrics
   (c) If you need further assistance with this, contact us.
9. If you create a rubric in Bb Learn, then decide if you want to show the rubric to students by selecting one of the "Yes" options under "Show Rubric to Students
   
10. Enter a "Due Date" if you wish.
11. If you want to "Include this Column in Grade Center," select "Yes" next to that option; otherwise, select "No."
12. If you want to "Show this Column to Students," select "Yes" next to that option; otherwise, select "No."
13. If you want to "Show Statistics (average and median) for this column to Students in My Grades," select "Yes" next to that option; otherwise, select "No.
14. Click "Submit."

Editing a Column

1. In "Full Grade Center" in a Bb Learn course shell, click the circled down arrow in the column header.
2. Click the "Edit Column Information."
3. For Turnitin Direct Assignments:
   (a) Just uncheck the box in the "Due Date" area, scroll up/down, and click "Submit."
   (b) We generally recommend using rubrics in Turnitin Direct only.
   (c) Change the due date and any other Turnitin Direct assignment settings you wish by following the instructions at the webpage below:
        i. Turnitin Direct -- Creating and Modifying
4. For a column added using the "Adding a Column" section above:
   (a) See steps 3-14 from the "Adding a Column" section above.

Grade the Column without a Rubric

• Bb Learn Grade Center -- Grade a Column Manually

Grade the Column with a Rubric

• Bb Learn Grade Center -- Using Rubrics with No Submissions.