Blackboard Tip: End of the Semester Checklist

Following some suggestions for the end of the semester

·         Make your courses unavailable

·         Download your gradebook

·         Archive  your  course

Make your  courses unavailable:

-            From the Control Panel, click Customization and select Properties.

-           Under the third option  Set Availability, check the box next to No.

-           Click Submit.

Download  course Gradebook:

-          From within your grade center click Work Offline - select Download.

-          On the Download Grades page under Data, select Full Grade Center, and under Options, keep the option section  as default  click submit .

          Click the Download button and choose where to save the file.

The file will be saved with  excel 2003     *.xls extension .

Archive your course

-           From the Control Panel, click Packages and Utilities and select Export/Archive Course.

   

-          Click Archive.

Note:  Archive saves all elements of the course, which includes all student grades, tests, student activities and the course roster. Export saves  all or parts of the course structure. Exporting does not include student activities or student roster.

 

-            On the Archive Course page under Select Copy Options, select Include Grade Center History. -    Click Submit.

  

     Note:  The archived course is saved in a zip and may take some time to be processed.  An email will be sent when the process is completed.

-           Click the Archive File link   to download  to your computer or click the chevron near the file name and select open .

Blackboard Tip: Adding a Quick Comment to a Grade

Adding a comment is a way that you can give feedback to students on their performance . Following steps to add quick comment

·         From within blackboard grade center rollover  an entered grade

·         Click the chevron near the grade (Note: in order to view the quick comment button, the cell needs to include a grade.)

·         Select Quick Comment from the contextual menu

·         Type in the Feedback to user box to share comments with students

·         Type in the Grading Notes textbox for reference. The grading notes are only available to instructors and other users such as TAs who have access to the grade center.

·         Click Submit