Student Response System – Clickers v. 5.0 (F2F Workshop)

Grade Center Outline and Agenda

A. Screen Reader vs Interactive Modea. Interactive mode allows grades to be typed directly in the cellb. Screen Reader mode displays the down chevron arrow to access “view

grade details”

B. Action Bar

C. Manage Taba. Column Organization (Organize and Sort Columns)

i. Frozen areaii. Hide Columns (students still see columns hidden by instructors)

iii. Users IDiv. Availabilityv. Categories

vi. Points – points must reflect and match what is posted in the Syllabus’ Class Information and Schedule. Editing points is necessary if column information does not match.

b. Remove a Column (careful there aren’t grades)

D. Matching the Grade Center to Reflect Class Information and Schedulea. When students look at their grades it’s in a vertical alignment and

needs to match the Class Information and Schedule from the Syllabusb. Edit a Grade Column Week 4 Mid-Term Paper – match it to show 50

pointsc. Create a Grade Column (Class Participation)-35 pointsd. Create a Week 5 PPT Assignmente. Delete Week 5 PPT column, since there is a better way to add

assignment columns in the Grade Center

E. Creating an Assignment using the Assessment Tab in the Content Foldera. Attemptsb. Green exclamation point (work was submitted-ready for grading)c. View detailsd. Redo Week 5 (make it an assignment with 100 points) (is missing)

(Add the attachment back to the new Week 5)e. Rearrange columns

F. Grading

Grade Center Overview

The Grade Center is the area in Blackboard to view and grade student’s assessments. The Grade Center should align with the course outline and schedule found in the Syllabus section. Interactive content areas such as Discussion Board, Blogs and Wikis, if set as gradable, are graded from their content area, and will display graded in the Grade Center column(s). The instructor should manage the Grade Center to reflect grading throughout the course.

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Grade Center Overview

a. Green Exclamation Point – view grade detailsi. Grade one student at a time

ii. Grade papers – Assignment file download – read papers from the computer

1. Read/Review documents – leave comments2. Save changes in pdf

iii. Attach commented papers back in the View Attempt screen iv. Feedback to Students – viewed by studentsv. Instructor Notes – notes to self

b. Interactive mode – grade directly in the cell, press enter to next cellc. Tests already are graded by Bb, points will show in column, essay

questions in a test are graded by viewing grade details and view attempt of the test

G. Grading Discussion Board, Wiki, and Blogs must be graded in their content areas

a. Demonstrate grading a Discussion Board Forum

H. Working Offline (grade at your leisure)a. Download grade column or bookb. Enter Grades in the “Needs Grading” cellsc. Upload back to the grade center

I. Using Weighted Grade Column or Total Column but not both, as grade indicator for the course

a. Demonstrate Weighted Gradesb. Select from Columns vs Select from Categories

i. Since the Discussion Boards count as 10% and there are 2 DBs, make sure you select Discussion from Categories to Select, all other graded material can be pulled over from the Columns to Select

J. Grade Center Reportsa. Create a Report – Reports reflect data from the entire course or single

userb. View Grade History – Tool to track all changes to grades within the

Grade Centeri. History Displays – From data information , comment history

ii. View history periods (from the last day- 6 months, to all history)

K. Column Header Menu Optionsa. Edit Column Informationb. Show/Hide to Users (Identified by circle with red line, this is one way

to hide a column from your students)c. Sort Ascending d. Sort Descending

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