Grading Practicum Student Submissions in Blackboard

Grading Practicum Student Submissions in Blackboard

1. Click Grade Center to expand it.

2. Click Needs Grading to open ungraded submissions.

3. Show list of submissions needing grading for a student by:

A. Clicking the User box drop-down arrow.

B. Clicking the student’s name.

C. Clicking Go.

4. Grade a submission:

A. Click the student’s name under User Attempt.

Note: If you don’t filter by student, you can still grade it by clicking the student’s name to the right of the asignment, as shown.

5. Review assignment and submission in:

- Assignment Information (click to expand)

- Submission (text entered by the student).

- Attached Files (click to read document(s) submitted by the student).

- Comments (entered by the student).

6. Grade the submission:

- Click View Rubric

Single Rubric: If there is just one rubric, it opens in a separate window:

When all rows have been scored, the total score for the rubric is displayed:

- Click Save to close the rubric and copy the score back and return you to the assignment’s grading (which is not yet submitted).

- Optionally, enter additional information about the submission:

Ø Enter text feedback for the student.

Ø Attach feedback file(s) for the student.

Ø Enter notes not available to the student.

Ø Attach file(s) not available to the student.

- Click Submit to save your grading of the submission when you’re finished. (Note: Clicking Exit discards your grading of the submission.)

Multiple Rubrics: If there are two or more rubrics, you’re shown a list of them:

- Apply the rubrics in the sequence listed:

Ø Start with those used for secondary evaluation (usually only one).

Ø End with the one used for grading.

Rubric Used for Secondary Evaluation:

- For each row, set radio button that meets criteri(on/a) for row.

- Click Points box drop-down arrow to show point options and click desired points.

- Optionally, enter feed-back for the student for the selected row score.

- When all rows have been scored, the total score for the rubric is displayed.

- Optionally, enter feedback for the student on the entire rubric.

- Take note of instructions in Description for what to do with rubric score (usually to write it down to use in the next rubric [Blackboard has no currently available way to do this automatically.]).

- Click in lower right corner to save this rubric and go to next one.

Rubric Used for Grading:

- For each row, set radio button that meets criteri(on/a) for row.

- Optionally, enter feed-back for the student for the selected row score.

- Calculate the score for the submission using the formula in Description, which is usually multiplying the score from the previous secondary evaluation rubric times the score of this rubric as a percent (in this example, 82.00 x 85% = 69.70).

- Enter the result in the box to “Change the number of points out of 100 to:”.