Blackboard Vista: Editing and Reordering Columns

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Numeric, Alphanumeric and Text columns can be used with no additional set up or editing. You can edit Letter Grade columns if you want to change the numeric range for each letter grade. You must edit Selection List and Calculated columns before they can be used.

In Steps 2-3, you will edit a Letter Grade column. Make sure you have this type of column in your Grade Book before you continue.

You can also determine the left-to-right order of the columns in your view of the Grade Book. Your column order also determines how the grades display to students in My Grades. The order of columns is set separately for each Grade Book tab. By default, the Last Name, First Name, User ID and Role columns appear first. In Steps 4-5, you will reorder columns.

Step 1: Open the Grade Book

Select the Teach tab.
In the “Instructor Tools” menu, click Grade Book. The Grade Book screen is displayed.

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Step 2: Find the Letter Grade Column

Locate the Letter Grade column to edit and click on the column label.
From the View Options drop-down menu, click Edit Column Letter Grade
Scheme. The Edit Letter Grade Scheme screen is displayed.

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Step 3: Edit the Column

In the “Grade” and “Range” text boxes, enter the letter grade and the range it represents.
Click Save or Save and Set as Default. If you click Save and Set as Default, new letter grade columns will automatically use the same grade scheme.

NOTE: Delete unnecessary grade rows, like “E”, for example.

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Step 4: Select Reorder Columns

Click Reorder Columns. The Reorder Columns screen is displayed.

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Step 5: Reorder the Columns

The top column in the list is the leftmost column in the tab view. Check the check box next to each column that you want to move. In the example, we are moving the Case Study and Project 1 columns above Final.
Move the checked columns by clicking the appropriate Insert Selected Columns Above icon.
Click Save. The Grade Book tab you are working on is displayed, with your changes (not shown).

NOTE: To insert checked items at the bottom of the list, click the last icon in the Move column. These items will appear farthest to the right in the Grade Book view (not shown).

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