Adding an Item to your Gradebook

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To work on the gradebook for a course, log on to Blackboard and open your course.  Once the course is opened click on Control Panel in the lower left of the screen.

Once the Gradebook screen opens, locate the Assessment area and click on Gradebook,

To add an item click on the Add Item icon.

Each item in your gradebook requires a unique name.  Once you have given an item a name you can also select a grade category.  Categories can be used to sort grades or assign a weight to grades within a category.  To learn how to edit your categories, please return to the Blackboard Tutorials and select How to Manage Settings.

You can also add a short description, set a date, assign points and select how the grade will be displayed.

In Options you can can control the visibility of the grade by the students and select if you want this grade to be included in calculating grades.

One you have made all of your selections, click on the Submit button.

Blackboard will provide a prompt confirming that your item has been added.  Click on OK to continue.

To quickly access the item settings, click on the Item link.

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