Setting Up the Overall Grade (Grand Total) | Blackboard Ultra | Seneca Polytechnic

Use a Points calculation to create an Overall Grade that functions like a Grand Total column.

Set up a Points Overall Grade

1. Select Gradebook.
2. Select the Settings gear beside To Do.
3. Under Overall Grade, select Manage overall grade settings. If Overall Grade has not been configured, select the available setup option.

   

4. Select Points as the calculation type.

   

5. Review the categories and items included in the calculation. Select the exclude icon to remove an item or category from the calculation.
6. Select the unlink icon when an item should calculate independently of its category.
7. In Overall Grade Settings, choose how the grade is displayed: letter, points, or percentage.
8. Turn Show to students on when the Overall Grade is ready to be displayed.

   

9. Select Save.

Edit category calculation rules

Select Edit calculation rules beside a category to drop scores or use only selected highest or lowest scores.