How to add another column
- Use the plus sign and Add Item to create a new column.
Then... - Call your new column Letter Grade.
- Remove the Due Date.
- Make the column worth 100 points.
- Set it to display as a Letter Grade.
- Set the Category to something you don't typically use.
Now go to the Overall Grade column and click the icon to edit the Overall Grade settings.
ESSENTIAL STEP: Click the Exclude button (the circle with a slash through it) for the category that you set your Letter Grade column to, so that the points for this column will not be calculated in the final grade. When it turns purple and the points change to 0, you have done this step correctly.
Before...
...and after
Now, enter the percent score for each student in the newly created grade column.
The grades will display as letter grades.
You can also create a calculated column and set it to display as a letter grade; this method works if you don't drop grades out of a category. This video demonstrates that process.
NOTE: As of December 2023, Blackboard is planning a new feature in Ultra that will allow instructors to create multiple calculated grade columns.