Grade reporting and troubleshooting

Grade reporting and troubleshooting

Blackboard data imported to myBama

Grades populate based on letter data from a Midterm column or Final column.

  • If appropriate Midterm or Final column data can be found in Blackboard, it will populate the grade selection dropdown for each student in myBama. 

  • Grades from Blackboard are automatically saved upon completion of the import process, excluding previously rolled grades.

Larger class sections will take longer for the import process to complete.

Troubleshooting Blackboard Grade Import

Users may receive an error message when importing grades

Error message: “There are no Blackboard Learn grades found for this course…”

Reasons can include:

  • The Blackboard course with the matching CRN does not exist

  • The Blackboard course does not include a Midterm column or Final column

  • The Gradebook includes more than one column named “Final”

  • The Midterm or Final column grades are not showing as “Letter” or “Text”

Contact CIT for more guidance on entering grades into Blackboard and preparing them to import into myBama.


Grade information for myBama

The Office of the Registrar provides guidance on permissible grade types.

  • Only letter grades can be imported into myBama.

    • Plus/minus grades, as well as IN (incomplete) and NC (no credit) are allowed for undergraduate courses.

    • A,B,C,D,F, and I are allowed for graduate.

    • I, IN, and NC grades may need to be selected from the dropdown in myBama when needed.

  • Failing grades due to non-attendance must be assigned in myBama.

    • Select FN (or NN, if available) if the student never attended.

    • Select FS (or NS) if the student stopped attending and enter the last attendance date for the student.

    • These grades cannot be imported from Blackboard. More information is available on the Office of the University Registrar website.

  • If an invalid grade is in the Midterm or Final column in Blackboard, Banner will set that student’s grade to NONE. All other grades will be imported and submitted as normal.