Ultra: Managing Gradebook Settings and Grading

The Gradebook is the central location for managing student grades, tracking progress, and providing meaningful feedback throughout your course. From a single interface, you can view submissions, enter and adjust grades, create grade categories, configure grading settings, and calculate the overall course grade. Understanding how to use the Gradebook effectively helps ensure accurate grade calculations, consistent assessment practices, and timely communication with students. This guide walks you through the Gradebook settings, grading workflows, and tools available in Blackboard Ultra so you can confidently manage student performance from the first assignment to the final grade.

About the gradebook

• Video: Gradebook overview

• How to find the gradebook

• View gradeable items

• View student engagement

• Send messages from the gradebook

• Search the gradebook

• Grade columns

Add items to the gradebook

• Create assignments

• Add tests

• Take attendance

• Automatically created grade items

• Manually add grade items

Set up gradebook settings and options

• Update gradebook settings

• Calculate grades

• Exempt attendance

• Make accommodations

Grade student submissions

• Assign grades

• Grade offline

• Grade assignments

• Grade tests

• Grade attendance

• Grade all submissions by assessment

• Grade all assignments and tests by student

• Assign automatic zeros

Change grades

• Override grades

• Change due dates

• Download a grade history record of changes

• Change points earned on test questions