Blackboard Grade Categories

Grade Center categories are useful if you intend to “weight grades” or create “shortcuts” to filter grade center columns.

NOTE: Blackboard 9’s performance—especially on the Grade Center—is dependent upon the processing power of the computer you use. For optimal performance, we suggest that you close any unnecessary programs, tabs, or browser windows.

  1. In Grade Center, on the Action Bar, click Manage to access the drop-down list.
  2. Select Categories. (NOTE: Categories can be used to conveniently weight grades.
  3. On the Categories page, click Create Category on the Action Bar.
  1. On the Create Category page, enter the category Name and an optional Description to add the category to the Grade Center.
  2. Click Submit.