Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Blackboard Tip: Grade Center Smart View

You can create different views of your Grade Center. Smart Views are views of the Grade Center based on a variety of student criteria . You can filter which students you view, the columns you view, or a combination of both.

·         From within your course click- Evaluation- Grade center   




·         tclick Manage -Smart Views

      


·       click Add Smart View.

     

·         On the Create Smart View page, type the Name (required) and description (optional) then select a Type of View from one of the following:
        Group (select individual groups select a Group, which was created in the course.
        Benchmark (select users based on performance criteria)
        Focus (select individual users)
        Investigate (a combination of the first three)

    Select the criteria you would like to use to limit users.
       
   


NOTE: If you would like to create a view that include all students but limits columns you view, select Benchmark for your view type and then make the criteria “Grade on Total Greater than or Equal to” 0 , filter Results to choose which columns you would like to view.

     

·        Click Submit then OK.  You can access the new smart view from  the Current View dropdown