Checking your grades
on Blackboard
I. User Information
| Item | Description |
|
Average Points/ Assessment |
The sum of the scores you've received for each of the automatically graded quizzes divided by the total number of quizzes. Note that this number does not reflect a true average of your quiz scores if the points possible for each quiz are different. It also does not take non-quiz items into account. |
| Assessment Average | The sum of the scores you've received for each of the automatically graded quizzes divided by the sum of the points possible for each quiz. This average does not include the grades for any non-quiz items for which you've received a grade. |
| Total Points | The total number of points that you've received for all of the items in your Gradebook, including both quizzes and non-quiz items. |
II. Scores
| Item | Description |
| Date Added and Item | Lists the various assignments and quizzes and the date each assignment was created. They can be sorted by item order, date added, name, or type. |
| Score | Lists the grade you have received for each assignment. A blank score indicates an ungraded assignment. Additional status indicators that appear in the Score column if a grade has not yet been assigned are listed in a small legend beneath the Date Added column. |
| Points Possible | The total number of points possible for each assignment. |
| Weight | Reflects the percentage each item is worth towards the total grade. |
| Class average | Represents the average score of everyone in the class, not your personal class average. |
III. To calculate your grade for an item
on a scale
of 1 to 100:
| If the total possible points for an item... | then your grade on a
scale
of 1 to 100 equals... |
| equals 100 | your posted score. For example, a score of 90 out of 100 possible points is 90%. |
| do not equal 100 | (your posted score /
the total points possible for the item) x 100.
For example, if an item has 20 possible points, and you received a score of
18, your grade would be equal to: |