Blackboard can handle complex grade calculations but should you do that? Using a points totaling calculation makes it easier to find errors in your grade book set-up, makes it easier for students to understand their grades and how they are doing and reduces meetings with students to confirm their standing toward the end of the term.
Continue reading →Blackboard’s weighted columns can handle almost any grade calculation. Options include equal and proportional weighting of columns in categories, dropping low scores, or selecting only the highest score. There are few options that can’t be accommodated using Blackboard Grade Center.
Continue reading →Blackboard’s Grade Center can automatically calculate grades. But do you really know what average means in Blackboard? Weighted versus unweighted averages cause confusion about whether the system has calculated grade correctly.
Continue reading →Blackboard Learn or Something Else? You Decide! You’re invited to attend demonstrations of three different Learning Management Systems (LMS) to provide feedback and help identify the LMS that best meets our needs going forward: Brightspace, Canvas, or Blackboard Ultra. Students and Faculty have three different opportunities to see demonstrations targeted toward important needs and uses […]
Continue reading →Wouldn’t it be great if all of your students could easily access your course content in the ways that best fit how they learn? With a little effort and assistance, you can design your content so it can be read, listened to, and watched using different kinds of devices. This helps students who use assistive […]
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