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 →“I’m not tech savvy.” “I give up.” “Technology hates me.” “I hate technology.” I often wonder if technology reflects back to us the energy we give it. Is the computer screen is really a mirror? Perhaps the train was delayed this morning, jammed packed with commuters like a sardine can, and in the downpour […]
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