Downloading a Gradebook

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To download your gradebook for a backup copy or to edit grades using a program like Excel, you first need to download your gradebook.  To download you gradebook you first need to log on to Blackboard, enter your course and click on Control Panel in the lower left of the screen.

When the Control Panel screen opens, locate the Assessment area and click on Gradebook.

On the right hand side of the gray bar at the top of the screen click on the Download Grades icon.

The instructions for downloading the gradebook open.  Click on the Download button to continue.

In the File Download dialog box click on the Save button.

In the Save As dialog box, navigate on your computer to the location where you want to save you grades.  This could be in a new folder on your desktop or in folder that you have dedicated to your online course.  If you are teaching more than one course, it is always a good idea to create a folder for each course to keep all of the files associated with that course in one location.

The file will already have a name, all you need to do is to click on the Save button to download and save your gradebook.

Once the gradebook is saved, it can be opened as a .csv file in a program like Excel.

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