The default setting uses the letter grades A, B, C, D, and F with Pluses and Minuses. Each letter grade has a percentage range listed to the left and the calculated value to the right. All these can be modified to match your grading scale.

Entering a Letter Grade for a student is the same as entering the calculated value of the letter grade as established in the Grading Schema. Therefore, students with a grade between the listed scores (97-100 in the default) will have a grade calculated as 98.5%. This may not be advantageous to the student with 100% and could increase the average for a student with 97%.

There is no Modify function for Text grades. Text grades do not calculate in Bb because there is no numeric value. Entering a Text Grade may display a "0" or an "F" in the student's View Grade page. The student will usually see the Text Grade by clicking on the item and seeing its individual page.

A Quiz, Survey, or Assignment link is automatically entered into the Grade Center.

When a student takes a quiz, the grade is automatically entered for objective questions.  The instructor must manually grade subjective items.
Since a survey is not graded and is anonymous, the only indication is that the student took the survey.

When a student uploads an Assignment Link an ! (exclamation point) or a lock icon appears.
The ! means the assignment is ready for downloading and grading.
The lock icon means the student Saved something, but did not click the Submit button, or that the student was locked out of completing an assessment.

You can create or add additional columns manually for other course assignments or for grouping students (e.g., section numbers, then sort by that column).

To add entries to your Grade Center, click the Grade Center link in the Assessment section of the Bb class Control Panel.
Click Add Grade Column.

1. Enter a Column Name; enter an optional Grade Center Display Name (to use less space in the Grade Center); enter a Description if needed, select a Primary Display (e.g., Score, Percentage) and, if needed, a Secondary Display; select a Category if needed, and enter the Points Possible.
2. Select a Date if needed.
3. Select Options - Include this column in Grade Center calculations, Show this column in My Grades (the student view), Show Statistics (average and median) for this column in My Grades (Student View), as needed.
4. Click Submit

Note: Deleting an assessment or assignment link or changing the content of an assessment after any student completes it will delete the grades for the item.

Use the Modify button and turn off Visibility (set to NO) to retain the grades.

You can download your Grade Center data to a spreadsheet file. Select the tab delimiter.

To export your Grade Center to a spreadsheet, go to the class Control Panel and click the Grade Center link.
Click Manage - Download
Select the Data to Download with the buttons
Click Delimiter type: Tab

Click the Include Hidden Information if needed
Click the Submit button.
Click the Download button.

The downloaded file name will start with gc followed by the Bb CourseID and the date and time (YEAR-MO-DA-HR-MN-SC) of the download. Open the downloaded file in spreadsheet program, such as MS Excel.

We recommend regularly exporting the Grade Center data and keeping the files as backups.  Use a master spreadsheet for ongoing work or calculations.