How do I add a Weighted Column to the Grade Centre in Blackboard?

A weighted column can be created in the Grade Centre that generates a grade based on the result of selected grade columns and their respective percentages. These are normally used to generate an indicative overall mark of all assessment tasks that students undertake in a module (assuming that provisional grades for all assessment tasks are published in the Grade Centre).

Important: weighted columns are unsuitable for generating an indicative overall module mark of assessment tasks students where the University Grade Descriptor is applied, but can be used to generate an assessment task mark for a task consisting of subtasks.

A weighted total should appear by default in a new site, and you can edit this to choose which columns are included. If a weighted total does not appear in your new site, or you require additional weighted totals to generate a weighted calculation of a series of individual tests that students are undertaking for example, follow the steps below.

Step 1: From the Control Panel, click Grade Centre then Full Grade Centre.

Step 2: Once the Grade Centre has loaded, click the chevron  next to Create Weighted Column and select Weighted Column.

Step 3: On the Create Weighted Column page:

1. Scroll to Column Information, enter a Name for the weighted column, e.g. 'Weighted Total'.

   

2. Next, scroll down to Select Columns and select the columns you wish to apply a weighting to in the Columns to Select box on the left, then click the right facing chevron  to move the column into the Selected Columns area. You can enter the weightings the for the selected columns. The Total Weight should equal 100%.

   

   You can select more than one column by holding down CTRL on the keyboard and then selecting the names of the columns to select.

3. Once you've successfully added all your weightings check Calculate as Running Total is selected as No (if selected as yes, it will calculate your weightings starting from 100 and working down to the final mark).
4. If you do not wish students to see their weighted grade for the selected columns, scroll down to Options and set Show this Column to students to No.
5. Click Submit to finish creating the weighted column.