Timesaving Tips Using the Blackboard Grade Center Jason Rhode, Assistant Director Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center jrhode@niu.edu | twitter.com/jrhode Resources available at http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/gradecenter/tips.shtml

Agenda Getting acquainted Demonstration of tips described at http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/ gradecenter/tips.shtml Grade Center Q&A

Getting acquainted

Demonstration of tips described at http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/ gradecenter/tips.shtml

Grade Center Q&A

Overview of New Features http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/gradecenter/tips.shtml

Timesaving Tips Hide unnecessary columns Organize columns Freeze columns Customize grading schema Add custom categories Shorten column titles Enter grades directly into cells Add due dates Provide feedback Display score and percent or letter grade Exempt a grade Email students Create calculated columns Create customized “Smart Views” View Grade Center statistics View Grade Center history Automatically drop the lowest grade Weight grades either proportionally or equally Print/run reports

Hide unnecessary columns

Organize columns

Freeze columns

Customize grading schema

Add custom categories

Shorten column titles

Enter grades directly into cells

Add due dates

Provide feedback

Display score and percent or letter grade

Exempt a grade

Email students

Create calculated columns

Create customized “Smart Views”

View Grade Center statistics

View Grade Center history

Automatically drop the lowest grade

Weight grades either proportionally or equally

Print/run reports

Upcoming Blackboard Workshops http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/workshops

More Information http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/ gradecenter/tips.shtml http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/ gradecenter http://blackboardtutorials.niu.edu

http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/ gradecenter/tips.shtml

http://www.niu.edu/blackboard/ gradecenter

http://blackboardtutorials.niu.edu

Contact the Presenter Jason Rhode, Ph.D. Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center Northern Illinois University [email_address] twitter.com/jrhode 815.753.2475