Setting up the Overall Grade
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The Overall Grade in Blackboard displays students’ current grades and appears next to their names in the Gradebook for quick reference. This column is optional, but students use columns like this to monitor their course grade throughout the semester.
When setting up the overall grade, you have two options:
Use an existing column: We recommend using the Midterm or Final column as your Overall Grade if you intend to import grades from your Blackboard course to myBama.
Set up a new calculation: The Overall Grade Column will not import to myBama for Midterm/Final Grades. You will need to create a separate column with the correct formatting in order to import Midterm/Final Grades to myBama.
Set up a new Overall Grade column
The Overall Grade Column will not import to myBama for Midterm/Final Grades.
Select the Gradebook tab in your course.
If you don't have the Overall Grade configured yet, you'll see a banner prompting you to set it up.
Select Set it up.
If you don’t see the banner, select the gear icon to open the Gradebook Settings panel. Scroll to the end of this panel, and select Add Overall Grade Notation.
Under Select a Calculation Type, select either Points, Weighted, or Advanced, depending on how you want to set up your calculation.
Points allows you to create a total of the selected columns and/or categories.
Weighted allows you to add percentage weights to selected columns and/or categories.
Advanced allows you to set up a manual calculation with items or categories in your course.
Use the Overall Grade Settings to choose how to display the overall grade in your course.
Calculate grades based on points earned out of total graded points: This option works similarly to the Running Total option in Blackboard Original.
If selected, the only items that factor into an individual student’s grade are the items they have grades for (points earned divided by the total graded points).
If not selected, students will see their grades calculated based on all possible points (points earned divided by total possible points).
Select how the overall grade is displayed: This option allows you to select the display of the Overall Grade: points, percentage, letter, complete/incomplete, or another grading schema in the course.
Show to students: If selected, the Overall Grade column is visible to students. If not selected, the Overall Grade column is hidden from students.
When you’ve finished making changes, select Save.
Set up Overall Grade and Use an existing column
We recommend using the Midterm or Final column as your Overall Grade if you intend to import grades from your Blackboard course to myBama.
Select the Gradebook tab in your course.
If you don't have the overall grade configured yet, you'll see a banner prompting you to set it up. Select Set it up.
If you don’t see this banner, you’ll need to select the gear icon in your Gradebook to open your Gradebook Settings panel. Scroll to the end of this panel, and select Add Overall Grade Notation.
Under Select a Calculation Type, select Advanced. (Don’t worry, the next part is simple!)
Under Functions and Variables, select Variable to add an item to the calculation.
Hover the mouse over the item that was just added.
Select the down arrow to open a list of columns in your course. From the list, select the column to use as the Overall Grade.
Use the Overall Grade Settings to choose how to display the overall grade in your course.
Calculate grades based on points earned out of total graded points: This option works similarly to the Running Total option in Blackboard Original.
If selected, the only items that factor into an individual student’s grade are the items they have grades for (points earned divided by the total graded points).
If not selected, students will see their grades calculated based on all possible points (points earned divided by total possible points).
Select how the overall grade is displayed: This option allows you to select the display of the Overall Grade: points, percentage, letter, complete/incomplete, or another grading schema in the course.
Show to students: If selected, the Overall Grade column is visible to students. If not selected, the Overall Grade column is hidden from students.
When you’ve finished making changes, select Save.
Set up a new calculation
Set up your Overall Grade column by creating a grade calculation in the Overall Grade column.
The Overall Grade Column will not import to myBama for Midterm/Final Grades. You will need to create a separate column with the correct formatting in order to import Midterm/Final Grades to myBama: How do I enter the Midterm or Final grade column for an Ultra course?
Select the Gradebook tab in your course.
If you don't have the overall grade configured yet, you'll see a banner prompting you to set it up. Select Set it up.
If you don’t see this banner, you’ll need to select the gear icon in your Gradebook to open your Gradebook Settings panel. Scroll to the end of this panel, and select Add Overall Grade Notation.
Under Select a Calculation Type, select either Points, Weighted, or Advanced, depending on how you want to set up your calculation.
Points allows you to create a total of the selected columns and/or categories.
Weighted allows you to add percentage weights to selected columns and/or categories.
Advanced allows you to set up a manual calculation with items or categories in your course.
Use the Overall Grade Settings to choose how to display the overall grade in your course.