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Using Gradebook Categories

  • Category: Assessing Learning

Use Gradebook categories to group similar assessments for organization and grade calculations. Categories are not used to change assessment icons in the redesigned Gradebook.

Access Gradebook categories

  1. Select Gradebook.
  2. Select the Settings gear beside To Do.
    Gradebook page with the Settings gear highlighted beside the To Do button.
    Figure 1. Select the Settings gear beside To Do. Select the image to enlarge.
  3. Scroll to Grade Categories.
    Gradebook Settings showing the Grade Categories section, Add New Category button, and existing categories.
    Figure 2. Add or manage categories in the Grade Categories section. Select the image to enlarge.

Add, edit, or delete a category

  1. To add a category, select Add New Category and enter a category name.
  2. To edit or delete a custom category, select the More options ellipsis beside the category and choose the required action.

Note: Default Blackboard categories do not have a More options ellipsis and cannot be edited or deleted.

Change an assessment category

  1. Open the assessment.
  2. Select the Settings gear.
  3. Open the Grade category menu.
  4. Select the required category.
    Assessment Settings panel showing the Grade category menu used to assign a category.
    Figure 3. Choose the required category in Assessment Settings. Select the image to enlarge.
  5. Select Save.

Use categories in calculations

Categories can be weighted in Overall Grade calculations and used to apply rules such as dropping the lowest quiz score. Keep unrelated items out of a category when a category calculation rule will be used.

Category Calculation Rule panel showing the enabled rule, Drop Scores option, and one lowest score selected.
Figure 4. Enable the category rule and set one lowest score to be dropped. Select the image to enlarge.
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