What needs grading?

Blackboard offers a Needs Grading area to the Grade Center. This allows instructors to find Blackboard assignments and tests that need to be graded without having to load the entire grade center.

Access the Needs Grading Area

1. Go to control panel and select Grade Center
2. Click Needs Grading

Options Available

To view the options bar, click Filter.

Filter is based on:

• Category: Assignment, test, etc.
• Item: name of item
• User: usernames
• Date Submitted: Any date, before, after, exact date uses the date selection tool

After selecting options, click Go. A list of items needing to be graded will appear.

From this point, more options become available:

• Show All: show all items needing to be graded
• Edit Paging: limit the number of items to be listed
• Drop down by each name:
• Grade all users
• Grade anonymously