Working Offline with Blackboard Grade Center

There may be times when you wish to work with the Blackboard Grade Center offline. To do this, first you will download the file, make changes, and upload the edited file. Downloading the file first ensures that the file is formatted correctly.

To download the Grade Center

1. Navigate to the Full Grade Center.
   
   
2. Place the cursor over Work Offline.
   
   
3. Click Download.
   
   
   
   
4. Select the data to be included in the download. You can choose to download the entire Grade Center, a single column, or User Information only. 
   
   
   
   
5. Choose the type of file to create: tab delimited (.xls) or comma delimited (.csv). Both file types can be edited using Microsoft Excel, but if you are planning to import to an application that does not support Excel, select Comma delimited.
   
   
6. Click Submit.
   
7. Click Download.
   
   
   
   
8. Make the desired changes to student grades without altering the column headings. When you are finished with the changes, you will need to save the file and upload it to the Grade Center.

 To Upload the edited file to the Grade Center

1. Navigate to the Full Grade Center.
   
   
2. Place the cursor over Work Offline.
   
   
3. Click Upload.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Browse My Computer to select the file to be uploaded.
   
   
5. Navigate to the location where you saved the edited file and select the file, then click Open.
   
   
6. Click Submit.