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New: Flexible Grading in Blackboard Ultra

Grade by question or by student

Location

Online

Date & Time

September 18, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Description

Blackboard Ultra now includes a new Flexible Grading interface to support grading by question, student, or a mix and match approach. Flexible Grading provides a streamlined navigation to help prioritize grading by instructor preference and need. 

Available since August 23rd for the Fall 2023 semester, Flexible Grading offers several new enhancements to the Ultra grading experience:

  • Grade by question, student, or a combination of methods
  • Navigate easily between multiple assessment attempts
  • Provide feedback using a rubric, annotation tools, comments, and notes
  • Collapse or expand the grading interface's side panels to focus on students’ submissions
  • Filter by grading status

Image 1: Example of flexible grading in an assignment.


Flexible Grading is available for assignments and essay questions on tests, and can be used with SafeAssign. Subsequent releases will include group submissions, anonymous grading, multiple grades per student, and peer review.

Join our introductory training session on Monday, September 18, to learn more about Flexible Grading. This session will include a live demo.


To RSVP for the event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar! Registered participants will also receive a calendar invitation from the event host at least one week before the event.

At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.

JOINING THE SESSION

This webinar will take place in a Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Visit the myUMBC event and select the "Join Online Event" button to join the Collaborate session.

Prior to the Event

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