This article refers to the Original Course View. If you are in an Ultra course, please refer to the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook and Grading support article. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About the Grade Center
• Set up your Grade Center in myLesley (online tutorial)
• Basic Grade Center
• Viewing Grade Details
• Clearing a Student's Assignment Attempt or Allowing an Additional Assignment Attempt
• Overriding Grades
• Anonymous and Delegated Grading
  • Anonymous Grading
  • Delegated Grading
• Rubrics
• Grade Center Reports and Statistics
• Working Offline with the Grade Center

About the Grade Center

The Grade Center functions as an online spreadsheet where each row contains the name of one of your students and each column represents an item such as an assignment, test, or calculated grade.

Please note that all final term/semester grades must be entered in Self-Service. Refer to the Self-Service How-To for Faculty for detailed instructions.

Questions about grading? Refer to the Grading Resources for Faculty support article or direct all grading inquiries to the Records Department in the Registrar's Office:

• Phone:  617.349.8760 or 800.999.1959 x8760 
• Email: help@lesley.edu
• Web: Submit a ticket

Set up your Grade Center in myLesley (online tutorial)

Setting up the myLesley Grade Center is not always the most intuitive thing. However, with a little bit of thought, it doesn’t have to be difficult. Before you begin, view the Set Up Your Grade Center in myLesley online tutorial. This tutorial will walk you through the process of organizing your gradable items, creating your content, and setting up your Grade Center.

Basic Grade Center

For an overview of the basic Grade Center features, including creating columns and entering grades, refer to the myLesley Grade Center and Grading support article.

Viewing Grade Details

Grade Details displays the student's grade information including each attempt at completing the assignment. Here you may view, grade and provide feedback to the student, as well as view the students' attempts and grade history. 

To access the Grade Details, go to the Full Grade Center.

Locate your student's submission in the Grade Center spreadsheet.

Hover your mouse over the submission until the chevron appears.

Click the chevron to open a menu. Select View Grade Details.

You will be brought into the Grade Details area. Here, you may grade, clear, exempt, or ignore an attempt; allow an additional attempt; override a grade; view the grade column details; and view the grade history.

For more information, refer to the View Grade Details support article or watch the How to Use Grade Details to See Attempts and Assign Grades tutorial video.

Clearing a Student's Assignment Attempt or Allowing an Additional Assignment Attempt

By default, Assignments are set to only allow one attempt per student. In some cases, you may need to clear a student's attempt or allow a student to submit an additional attempt. Refer to the Clearing a Student's Assignment Attempt or Allowing an Additional Assignment Attempt support article for more information and detailed instructions.

Overriding Grades

At times you may need to change a grade for a student's submission. Refer to the Override Grades support article for more information.

Anonymous and Delegated Grading

Anonymous Grading

Anonymous grading allows instructors to grade without bias by hiding student names from submissions. You may enable anonymous grading when creating an assignment. For instructions on creating an assignment, refer to the Creating and Managing myLesley Assignments support article.

When creating an assignment, scroll down to Grading Options and select Enable Anonymous Grading. You may choose whether to disable anonymous grading after a certain date or once all submissions are graded.

Once you begin grading the assignment you will notice that the students appear anonymous.

Please note that if your students include their name in the body of their assignment it will not be hidden from you.

Delegated Grading

Delegated grading allows you to divide up grading tasks among specific users in your course (such as another instructor or teaching assistant). These users may provide provisional grades, which you may then review to determine a final grade. You may enable delegated grading when creating an assignment. For instructions on creating an assignment, refer to the Creating and Managing myLesley Assignments support article

When creating an assignment, scroll down to Grading Options and select Enable Delegated Grading. You may decide whether to provide access for each grader to review all submissions, a random set, or groups. You may also decide whether or not each grader has the ability to view other graders' scores, feedback, and notes.

For more information, refer to the Delegated Grading support article or watch the Delegated Grading tutorial video.

Rubrics

Rubrics can help students organize their efforts to meet the  requirements of an assignment, and you can use them to explain  evaluations to students. Rubrics can help ensure consistent and impartial grading. Refer to the myLesley Rubrics support article for more information on creating, editing, and associating rubrics.

Grade Center Reports and Statistics

You can create printable reports from the Grade Center including progress reports from a particular grading period or for a specific set of students. You may also view statistical information related to any column or any user. 

For more information, refer to the Grade Reports and Statistics support article.

Working Offline with the Grade Center

Offline grading allows you to grade at your convenience, without needing to be online. You may upload grades from an external file (such as an Excel spreadsheet or csv file) or download your Grade Center grades to work offline. 

For more information, refer to the Working Offline with the Grade Center support article or watch the Working Offline with the Grade Center tutorial video.