Release Grades to Students

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Overview


The following tutorial shows how to release your assessment grades so that your students may view them. Releasing Grade Assessments requires two steps. The first is to release the score, the second is to release the grade.

Release Assessment Score

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Assessment Properties override the Release Grades feature in the Grade Book. Check to see that you have your assessment scores set to be released.

  • In the Build Tab, go to Assessments
  • NOTE: If you do not see the Assessment you are looking for, it may be displayed on the next page. At the bottom of the window, you will find Next Page Next Page and Previous Page Previous Page icons you can use to navigate through the list of Assessments.
  • Click on the ActionLinks ActionLinks icon icon next to the quiz your wish to release
  • Select Edit Properties
  • Scroll down to Student score
  • Select one of the four Release options available
  • Press Save

Note for Excel Users: New columns created by Blackboard's import process are automatically setup as Ungradable, Not Released, and Text. These settings must be changed to Gradeable and Released before students can see their grades.

Note: Students may view their own grades, but not the grades of other students. It is important to change the type of column to Numeric if it will be used in a calculation formula.


Release Grades

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  • Add the My Grades tool following the Adding a New Tool tutorial if you haven't already. This will be how your students access their grades.
  • Under the Teach Tab, click on Grade Book.
  • Click on Grade Book Options and select Column Settings.

Column Settings

  • Check the Check Box at the top of each column you wish to change. (1)
  • Click on Release to change the Released to Student setting to Yes. (2)
  • Click on the Grade drop down, select Yes, and press the Go green arrow icon. (3)
  • If you need to use your column in a calculation you may click the hyperlink on a column's current type (e.g. Text) to change it to Numeric. Set the Convert Column Type Value to Numeric. Press Save. (4)
  • To return to the Grade Book, click on the Grade Book breadcrumb available at the top of the screen. (5)

Column Settings

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