This will show you how to set up the Blackboard 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 column, and configure the settings.
To drop a low or high score from a group of columns first create a distinct category for those columns.
- From your course, click on Grade Center, then click Full Grade Center.
- To create a category click on Manage then select Categories.
- Click Create Category.
- Enter a name and description for your category, and click Submit.
- Return to your Full Grade Center, click the drop down arrow next to the name of your grade column, and click Edit Column Information.
- Scroll down to the Column drop-down and click the name of your new category.
- Click Submit.
- Repeat this step for all other grade columns that you wish to include.
- Return to the Full Grade Center.
- Click Create Calculated Column and select total column.
- Name your column, select how you would like the grade to be displayed, and click Selected Columns and Categories.
- Click on your new category and then click on the arrow to move it to the right.
- Choose to drop the highest grade or lowest grade and how many you would like to drop.
- Click Submit.
Be sure your total columns reflect this change by opening their Selected Columns and Categories and adding your new column along with the other columns you would like totaled.
This should not include those columns you combined to create the drop column.