In the Control Panel of your Blackboard course, click on Grade Center > Full Grade Center. Locate the Weighted Total column....Under Options, choose whether to:Include the column in Grade Center Calculations.Show the column to students.Show Statistics (average and median) for the column to students in My Grades.Mar 30, 2020
On the Grading Schemas page, click the Letter Action Link to access the contextual menu. Select Edit. On the Edit Grading Schema page, edit the Name, if desired, and add an optional Description. In the Grades Scored Between text box, enter the percentage range for the letter grade.
Weighted totals are calculated based on percentages and not based on grading schemas/letter grades. Columns included in the weighted total aren't displayed using the same grading schema as the input grade values.
The Blackboard Grade Center allows you to set up running totals, which show the student their current course grade.
PercentLetter Grade94 - 100A90 - 93A-87 - 89B+83 - 86B8 more rows
It has gained increasing popularity in recent years, largely in response to the phenomenon known as grade inflation. The name refers to the fact that three of the four highest letter grades have a range of eight points, while the remaining one spans seven points.
Weighted Total vs. Total: the two columns are created by default in every Blackboard space. The Total column shows the number of points attained out of the total possible. The Weighted Total shows the current total as determined by the weighting scheme set in the Edit Column Information page as above.
Weighted grades appear to benefit students in most cases. Weighted grading systems foster equity and encourage students to take the more challenging classes. There is no consistency among schools on how classes are waived, which classes may be waived, or how waived classes figure into a student's Grade Point Average.
The weighted system calculates grade items as a percentage of a final grade worth 100%. The Max. Points you assign to individual grade items can be any value, but their contribution towards the category they belong to and the final grade is the percentage value (weight) assigned to them.
The Running Total option, on or off, works the same whether you use Weighted Total or not. The benefit of turning off the Running Total option is that you don't have to enter zeros for any assignments a student doesn't submit. The total possible points will calculate correctly using this option.Jun 10, 2014
The difference between a "running" total and a non-running total is that a running total will not penalize students for ungraded items. Here is a video showing the difference between a running a non-running Total column in the Blackboard Grade Center, with an example.Oct 31, 2012