Blackboard 9.1: Local Systems Meeting July 2011 Hilary Griffiths

Blackboard Gradecentre Efficiency – access and data input Customisability – filters and views Reporting – plus notifications

Inline editing of grades You can now enter values directly into Grade Center cells Click in a cell to edit

Quicker editing Reduced number of clicks to accomplish tasks e.g. you can add comments directly from the Grade Center front page

Display grades for selected students Can hide users, which could be useful if a student still appears in the Grade Center but is no longer active in the course

Smart Views Smart Views can be used to display only students meeting particular criteria e.g. belonging to a certain group or having marks within a specified range

from Grade Center You can students directly from the Grade Center, e.g. those who have not handed in an assignment.

Improved reporting Customisable student progress reports, which can include all or specified users, all grades or specified columns, header, footer etc

Current functionality Inline editing of grades – quicker editing Customisable columns Display grades for selected students Smart Views students directly from Grade Center Improved reporting Grade centre history Download data as delimited file

Developments – Summer 2011 Needs Grading view Interactive grading rubrics Timed assessments Rustici Scorm Player Test announcements Performance dashboard e.g. needs marking

Improved Grade Centre On Control Panel Quicker access See work that needs marking Filter view Shortcuts to favourite filters

Improved Grade Centre You can now add feedback files from Quick Comments

Rubrics

Future developments SP8 (Nov 2011) Learning Object repository Negative and weighted marks Grade centre delegation Student activity reports SIS integration LTI interoperability

Cross course notifications

Future developments SP8 (Nov 2011) Learning Object repository Negative and weighted marks Grade centre delegation Student activity reports SIS integration LTI interoperability

Recommendations Save submissions and feedback to student eportfolio Enhanced group submission Holding area for sighted double marking Batch upload of comment files Receipt for submissions