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  1. Login to Blackboard.
  2. Make sure your Edit mode is ON.
  3. Select the Programme you will be working in from the Course List.
  4. Select the Grade Centre button - highlighted in the image below - from the Control Panel menu to go to the Grade Centre.
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  5. On the Grade Centre Action Bar, choose the Manage button and from the drop-down menu select Grading Schema.
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  6. The Grading Schema page will open. Select the Create Grading Schema button.
  7. The Create Grading Schema page will open:
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  8. Enter an appropriate schema Name and Description.
  9. Enter the Schema Mapping information. By default, any new grading schema will have two ranges of percentiles from 50% to 100% and from 0% (zero) to less than 50%. For example, a pass/fail schema might be set up like this:

    Grades scored between

    Will equal

    Grades manually entered as

    will calculate as

    50% and 100%

    Pass

    Pass

    100%

    0% and less than 50.0%

    Fail

    Fail

    0%



    Although a typical a schema might be:
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  10. Select the Insert Row arrow to insert a new row into the schema to enter additional display values to the schema.
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  11. Select the Submit button to save your Schema.

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Example of Column Chapter 2 displaying stardard percentage grade:
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Example of Column Chaper 2 displaying schema *COM101 Grading Schema"
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Applying Grading Schema to a Grade Column

  1. Login to Blackboard.
  2. Select the Programme you will be working in from the Course List.
  3. Select the Grade Centre button from the Control Panel menu to go to the Grade Centre.
  4. From the contextual menu next to the title of a column select Edit Column Information. The Edit page will open.
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  5. In the Column Information section, select the Primary Display drop-down menu.
  6. Select the Grading Schema you have created earlier. In this example below the Grading Schema is called 'COM101 Grading Schema'
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  7. Select the Submit button to apply your Grading Schema.