Dropping the Lowest Grade in the Blackboard Grade Center
by Sarah Whittaker
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Sunday, 21 April 2019
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Published in Blackboard, Grade Center, Teaching with Technology
The Blackboard Grade Center is a very powerful tool that can help save instructor time. For example, in many courses the average quiz grade is calculated based on the best 3 out 4 quiz scores. Instructors can create a column in Blackboard that will calculate this average automatically for them. So, there is no need to manually select the 3 highest grades or to use Excel to calculate the average grade.
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Steps to follow
Complete the following 5 simple steps in the Blackboard Grade Center.
- Ensure columns are created for each assessment.
- Create a new category.
- Assign the new category to each of the columns.
- Create an Average Column including the new category in the calculations.
- Choose how many lowest grades you wish to drop.
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Review more details in the PDF link below.
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Want to see the process demonstrated for you?
Watch the video below.
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