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Grade History Reports

Blackboard Ultra allows instructors download Grade History in a course, which encapsulates the various reports run in a course of previous and current student data, including student access to assignments, score reports, and various other details.

  1. Open the Gradebook – Gradable Items tab in your Blackboard Ultra Course.
A screenshot of the Gradable Items tab, found after clicking the Gradebook tab in a Blackboard Ultra course shell from the Instructor Access View.

2. Click the Download icon located on the right-hand side of the webpage, displayed as a small downward arrow surrounded by a box.

yellow square around download button (square with down arrow)

This will open a new side-panel to access the Download Grades menu.

A screenshot of the side-panel which opens on the right-hand side of the screen after clicking Download. There are options to click through to determine the type and parameters of Grade History report that is needed for Download with a Download option to click at the bottom.

3. Next, under the first section Download Options, click the Grade History selector to begin generating a Grade History report.

Instructors are able to select various parameters which will inform the software which data items to pull from the course.

  • Record Details: Instructors can select one by one which items to pull information from throughout the course, or instructors can choose Select All Items to pull data from all associated course items in the Gradebook.
  • Last Modified Date: Instructors can choose a timeframe for the Grade History report. Parameters include: All Time, 6 months, 30 days, 14 days, 7 days, or 1 day.
  • File Type: Instructors can choose which type of file to generate for download to their computer or machine. File types offered are Tab-separated Files (.xls) or Comma Separated Values files (.csv). These files are recommended for access via Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, or a similar software.
  • Save Location: Instructors can select where to save the generated Grade History report. Options are on the local machine via My Device, or to the Blackboard Course Cloud via Content Collection.
A screenshot of the side-panel which opens on the right-hand side of the screen after clicking Download. There are options to click through to determine the type and parameters of Grade History report that is needed for Download with a Download option to click at the bottom.

After selecting all of the various parameters, click Download at the bottom of the side-panel menu to generate and download the Grade History Report.

Note: If selecting only a few items for download, this can take longer within the browser for Blackboard Ultra to locate the information, generate a report for those singular items, and then to download them.

Simply leave the browser window or tab open until you see the file downloaded into your Downloads or previously selected folder(s). This can take up to 5-10 minutes.

4. When the report has been generated and successfully downloaded onto your machine, a small black pop-up will appear within the browser window stating Download Complete.

A small pop up box which reads 'Download Complete'.

5. In your browser or on your machine, locate the file that has been downloaded per the file type selected. In Chrome, for example, locating and opening the Recent Downloads icon as marked by the small downward facing arrow with a box will allow you to view those files.

Click to open the file and view the Grade History report on your device.

A small popup box that appears after clicking 'Recent Downloads' in Google Chrome. The box is titled 'Recent Download History'. There is a file listed there for Excel Software to open on the computer.

6. The downloaded file will open and present the following information:

  • Date 
  • Type of assessment and grade category 
  • Last edition user’s details 
  • Student username 
  • Submission receipt: The submission receipt number 
  • Submission attempt: The number of the submitted attempt 
  • Type: If it was a regular or an override grade 
  • Obtained value 
  • Event: Additional details such as if was a group attempt, if it’s not posted or if it needs grading 

Non-posted grades are included in the file as well.

A table listing parameters of the Grade History report. The parameters for each column in the report are: Date, Type of assessment and grade category, Last edition user’s details, Student username, Submission receipt: The submission receipt number, Submission attempt: The number of the submitted attempt, Type: If it was a regular or an override grade , Obtained value, Event: Additional details such as if was a group attempt, if it’s not posted or if it needs grading

Go through the report to ensure that all information has been captured by the report, and locate any additional details that need to be pulled in an additional Grade History report. Use the previous steps to generate a new report as is necessary.

For a more in-depth explanation of Student Groups from the Student View Perspective, see the linked Blackboard Ultra Resource Video below.

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