Grade book back-ups
Things happen - especially when dealing with technology. Just as you should back-up your documents on your computer, you should back-up grades in your online course. Do not depend on the system for this. As an instructor, grades are your responsibility so take the actions needed to preserve them.
Don't ask "how often should I back it up?" This is going to depend on the instructor and the course. For example, if you have weekly assignments and grades then you should back-up weekly.
It only takes a few minutes to back them up them from Blackboard. Once they are backed-up, the file can be open and viewed by a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel.
How To:
- Go into your course
- Click on the control panel
- Click on the grade book
- Click on the Download Grades button
- Select comma or tab delimited. If you aren't sure about them, it doesn't really matter if you chose comma or tab delimited as the back-up file. Either can be opened by a spreadsheet program.
- Click Submit
- When completed, click download to save to your computer
- Navigate to where you want to save the file on your hard drive and save it
Your grades have now been backed-up
When you need to access this file, simply locate it on your hard drive and open it up. It will open with your spreadsheet program. If you don't have one, you can open it with google docs or open office.
