This will show you how to set up the Blackboard Gradebook (formerly Grade Center) to drop a grade from a group of scores, such as dropping the lowest quiz score from a semester’s worth of grades. You have to categorize the group, create a calculated item, and configure the settings.

To drop a low or high score from a group of items first create a distinct category for those items.

  1. From your Blackboard Ultra course, click on Gradebook.

  2. To create a category click the Gradebook Settings Cog.
    Click the Settings
  3. Scroll down to Grade Categories.
  4. You can click Add New Category or use one of the default categories.
    Click Add New Category
  5. Return to your Gradebook, click on the column icon, and click Edit.
    Click Icon Heading and Click Edit
  6. In Settings view the current Grade Category.  If you want to change it, click on the current category and select the correct one from the list.
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  7. Return to Gradebook.
  8. Select Overall Grade and click Edit.
    Click Item Heading then click Edit
  9. Find the category that you want to drop scores and click Edit Calculation Rules.
    Click Edit Calculation Rules
  10. Click Enable to turn on the category calculation rule. Select Drop Scores and define how many will be dropped and if they are the highest or lowest scores. Click Continue.
    Click Enable, Select Drop Score and Continue
  11. The Category will now reflect the current calculation rule.
    Updated category rule
  12. Click Save before navigating from the page.
    Click Save