Color Code Your Grade Center

Blackboard’s Full Grade Center offers an option to color code both grade statuses, and color code grade ranges. Color-coding can be a strong visual cue for you to determine whether an assessment is in progress, is ready to be graded, or you have exempted the grade. Color-coding can also be used to show you at a glance grades which fall below a designated percentage so that you can follow up with these students.

To set up color coding in your Full Grade Center:

1. Navigate to the Full Grade Center in your course in Blackboard.
2. Click Manage.
3. Select Grading Color Codes from the drop down menu.
   
   
   
   
4. Check Enable Grading Color Codes.
   
   
   
   
5. To color-code your Grade Center by Grade Status, including grades that are In Progress, Need Grading, or Exempt:
   a. Under Color Coding Options, select the appropriate status for which you want notification.
   b. Select a color.
   c. Click Apply.
   
   
   
   
6. To color-code your Grade Center by Grade Ranges:
   a. Click Add Criteria.
   
   
   
   b. In the Criteria field, select a Grade Range for which you wish to be notified (example: color-code all grades Less Than 70%).
   c. Enter the percent or percent range you want color-coded.
   d. Select a background color for the color-coding.
   e. Select a text color.
   f. If you want to color-code additional grade criteria, click Add Criteria.
   
   
   
   
7. Click Submit.

You can toggle the color-coding on and off in the Grade Center using Hide Color Coding and Display Color Coding.