Drop Grades in Gradebook

When to Use?

With the "Drop Grades" feature in the Blackboard Ultra course view, multiple grades can be dropped from the student's overall grade within the course. There is an option to drop the lowest or the highest grade. Follow the instructions below, or watch the video, to learn how to drop the lowest, or highest, grade in the Gradebook in Blackboard Ultra course view.

Procedure

  1. From your course, click on Gradebook.
  2. To create a category click the Gradebook Settings Cog.
    Click the Settings
  3. Scroll down to Grade Categories.
  4. You can click Add New Category or use one of the default categories.
    Click Add New Category
  5. Return to your Gradebook, click on the column icon, and click Edit.
    Click Icon Heading and Click Edit
  6. In Settings view the current Grade Category.  If you want to change it, click on the current category and select the correct one from the list.
    .
  7. Return to Gradebook.
  8. Select Overall Grade and click Edit.
    Click Item Heading then click Edit
  9. Find the category that you want to drop scores and click Edit Calculation Rules.
    Click Edit Calculation Rules
  10. Click Enable to turn on the category calculation rule. Select Drop Scores and define how many will be dropped and if they are the highest or lowest scores. Click Continue.
    Click Enable, Select Drop Score and Continue
  11. The Category will now reflect the current calculation rule.
    Updated category rule
  12. Click Save before navigating from the page.
    Click Save

 

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