Blackboard Ultra: Setting Up Your Grading Scale

This article outlines the steps of creating a new grading scale in the Blackboard gradebook and assigning the grading scale to the Overall Grade column.

Why are my student's grades not calculating correctly in the Overall Grade column?

The grading scale that is currently assigned to your Overall Grade is not matching the scale that is listed in your syllabus. You will need to create a new grading scale and assign it to your Overall Grade.

Create a new grading scale:

1. Log in to Blackboard
2. Open your course
3. Click Gradebook
4. Click the Settings Gear
5. Under Grade Schemas, click Manage Grade Schemas
6. Click Add
7. Name the grading scale and then click Add
8. Click the 50% listed as an A and type your lowest percentage for an A
9. Point your cursor to the line in between A and F and click the plus sign
10. Type the letter grade and then the lowest percentage for that letter
11. Repeat steps 9 and 10 until you have your entire scale created
12. Lastly, click Save

Assign the grading scale to Overall Grade:

1. Log in to Blackboard
2. Open your course
3. Click Gradebook
4. From the Gradable Items screen, click the 3 dots to right of Overall Grade
5. Click Edit
6. In the Select how the overall grade is displayed list, click the name of the new grading scale
7. Lastly, click save

Optionally, watch the video below to see the steps above demonstrated in a course.