Grade Center Back-up

All course grade centers can be backed up as an Excel file using Blackboard’s export feature. Blackboard support strongly advises backing up the grade center each time changes are made to ensure backup of sensitive grade information.

How to back-up a grade center 1.   From the Control Panel, click Grade Center and select Full Grade Center. 2.   Click Work Offline on the right side and select Download. 3.   On the Download Grades page under Data, select Full Grade Center. 4.   Under Options, select the Delimiter Type as Tab. NOTE: If users or columns have been hidden and you want the information backed up, you must select Yes by Include Hidden Information. 5.   Under Save Location, select Download Location as My Computer. 6.  Click Submit.  A file containing the Grade Center data will be created. 7.  Click the Download button and choose where to save the file. NOTE: The file will be downloaded with an *.xls extension which will open in Excel.

How to upload a file to the grade center Excel offers complex mathematical functions that instructors can use for grade calculations. If you download the Grade Center to Excel to do additional grade calculations, you will need to upload the grades back into Blackboard. From the Control Panel, click Grade Center and select Full Grade Center. Click Work Offline on the right side and select Upload. On the Upload Grades page click Browse to locate the file. Select the Delimiter Type as Tab. Click Submit.  The Upload Grades Confirmation screen will appear. Click Submit.