Blackboard: Creating and Assigning Gradebook Categories

This article explains how to create gradebook categories and how to assign assessment items to those categories.

How to Create and Assign Gradebook Categories

Creating Grade Categories

1. From your course, select Gradebook in the navigation bar. 
2. Select the settings icon in the upper right corner to access the gradebook settings.
3. Select Add New Category.
4. Type a name for the new category.
5. Select enter on your keyboard or click your mouse outside of the new grade category.
    Your new category has been created.

Assigning Grade Categories

1. From the main course content area, select your assessment item. 
2. Select the settings icon in the upper right corner.
3. Under the Grading & Submissions section, select the assessment's grade category.
4. Select Save​​​​​​​.